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S01E03 – The Mathematician’s Ghost

We really enjoyed the ambitious approach to storytelling that Foundation is employing in its third episode, “The Mathematician’s Ghost”. The themes resonant throughout both times and places and every plot point and character seems to be a lens that can be looked through both ends of to reveal two different images. Join us for a…

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S01E01 & E02 – The Emperor’s Peace & Preparing to Live

Apple released the first two episodes of their sci-fi epic “Foundation” this week and “epic” is exactly what they were. There are so many visual and narrative intricacies to dig into in these two hours of TV. That’s probably why it took us as much time as Apple spent making the episodes, to properly cover them. Join us next week for a regular-sized episode.

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Series Preview

We’re about a week out from the premiere of the Apple TV+ epic sci-fi series, Foundation, which means it’s time to talk about the trailers we’ve seen, our history with the source material, expectations for the series adaptation, and the format of our weekly coverage, among other things. Join us for the preview today and come back for our coverage of the first three episodes this Monday.

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Ted Lasso, What If?, Reservation Dogs, Shang-Chi, What We Do in the Shadows, The Sopranos S5 – Off the Clock

“Off the Clock” is our weekly premium show where we talk about all the TV we’ve been watching in our free time. One episode per month is also dedicated to discussion of topics voted on by our Patreon supporters.

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Ted Lasso, Jungle Cruise, Schmigadoon!, What If…?, Reservation Dogs, Beastars, Patron topics – Off the Clock

This time on OTC we catch up to the half-way point of Ted Lasso season 2, Talk about Disney’s epic adventure movie “Jungle Cruise”, as well as our first impressions of Reservation Dogs and Patron topics. A.Ron also talks about Marvel’s new “What If…?” animated series, the Netflix furry action happening in Beastars, the Friends reunion he didn’t have a chance to talk about sooner, and a wrapup on Schmigadoon!.

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Ted Lasso S2, Foundation, Schmigadoon, The Pacific, Zola, Shadow and Bone – Off the Clock

This week we talk about the first 2 episodes of Ted Lasso’s latest season, the first Foundation novel and a bit about our hopes / expectations for the Apple TV+ series, Schmigadoon!, The Pacific, Zola, and Shadow and Bone. Plus, we answer questions from our Patreon “Executive Producers” about our plans for future coverage and whether we think great long-form stories on TV are killing shorter-form stories in movies.

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Mythic Quest, I Think You Should Leave, It Takes Two, Phogs – Off the Clock

This time we talk about a couple comedies and a couple video games. I talk about the “Always Sunny” roots of “Mythic Quest”, A.Ron talks about the Netflix sketch comedy show “I Think You Should Leave”, then we talk about a couple co-op video games with “It Takes Two” and “Phogs”.

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For All Mankind S2 Finale – Off the Clock

We interrupt your regularly-scheduled programming to bring you an emergency edition of Off the Clock. The season finale of For All Mankind has been released. Repeat: The season finale of For All Mankind has been released, and it’s a banger. Join us for an impromptu discussion of this early 2021 Baldies contender.

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For All Mankind Season 2 – Off the Clock

This entire episode is dedicated to the first 9 episodes of Season 2 of Apple TV+’s alternate history space race series, “For All Mankind”. We love this show! Come watch and talk about it with us!

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WandaVision, Mr Inbetween, For All Mankind – Off the Clock

This week we conclude the first season of WandaVision which we were seemingly less disappointed in than the rest of the internet. Then we discuss the first episode of a Hulu / FX show called “Mr Inbetween” that was suggested by one of our Executive Producers over on our Patreon. Finally, we talk about the first three episodes of “For All Mankind” now that A.Ron has begun watching it.

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