Alan and Kathryn return to discuss the highly anticipated East of Eden adaptation by Zoe Kazan starring Florence Pugh - but would you believe an even greater performance bowls them both over? Then the pair take a tour through the original Lonesome Dove miniseries and its many, many sequels.

00:00 Introduction

00:51 See Alan & Kathryn live

01:41 Treehouse of Horror on Patreon

02:50 Ninety seconds of Love is Blind: Boston

04:50 East of Eden

32:04 Lonesome Dove

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Alan and Kathryn are discussing one of The Simpsons' classic Halloween anthologies this month on our special Patreon-exclusive episode. But first, some hot takes on the New York Times' latest list of superlatives.

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With the advent of fall TV upon us, Alan & Kathryn break from their format to run down several of the biggest shows on the horizon. Then, the pair are joined by journalist and author Lynette Rice to discuss her new book: "ER: The Oral History".

Purchase Lynette's book at https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250399588/er/

00:00 Introduction

01:20 Housekeeping: Alan wrote a book! Live appearances abound!

03:20 October's Patreon episode

04:40 Fall TV Preview

40:00 Lynette Rice Interview

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All characters great and small come under the microscope this week, as Alan & Kathryn reach first for Reacher (and the new Reacherverse spinoff Neagley) before hailing themselves a Taxi back to the 1970s.

00:00 Introduction

01:19 Housekeeping: See Alan & Kathryn live in New Jersey!

2:19 The Emmys: great winners, garbage production

11:01 October's Patreon episode revealed

12:36 Renewal news: P-Valley and Slow Horses!

15:35 Reacher

35:07 Neagley

44:55 Taxi

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With the return of Apple TV's Slow Horses, Alan and Kathryn discuss the show's willingness to kill beloved characters off as well as the dichotomy of running-spies and strolling-spies. Then the pair navigate the many twists and turns of J.J. Abrams' own spy show, Alias.

00:00 Introduction

01:15 October's Patreon episode

02:33 The Emmys, weekend one

08:24 Fleabag's tenth anniversary

10:00 Slow Horses

37:17 Alias

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This week, Alan and Kathryn's attention is briefly distracted by the return of Australian rom-com Colin from Accounts, causing them to unexpectedly veer into an impassioned discussion of the wonderful 90s PBS show Wishbone.

00:00 Introduction

01:11 The newest Patreon episode: Party Down

01:48 The Simpsons - Kathryn's blind spot

03:24 Colin From Accounts

27:10 Wishbone

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For our special Labor Day Patreon-exclusive episode, Alan & Kathryn revisit Party Down, one of the most underrated sitcoms of the twenty-first century, in a discussion that is both long and interesting.

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With the celebrated return of FX's Adults this week, Alan & Kathryn dedicate the episode to the sitcom's triumphant second season. Then, the pair sit down with Adults' creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw for an in-depth discussion on the things they love about TV.

00:00 Introduction

01:26 Next month's Patreon episode

02:30 The fall TV slate

04:14 What's Alan plugging?

05:30 Kathryn wants off of the Great American Road Trip

07:58 Sons of Anarchy's meta-sequel

11:00 Adults

31:29 Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw interview

For next week's episode, you can watch the two Wishbone episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V0XaODnKvA&list=WL&index=2 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ImiOm0ulI&list=WL&index=1

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