532: Should You Give Disclaimer* A Close Read?

Rolling Stone's chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall is back to talk about Apple TV's latest prestige limited series -- starring Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline, directed and written by Alfonso Cuarón, and maaaaybe a little too fond of its own shot compositions. Is the hinted-at conclusion worth sticking around for -- or are we mostly seeing it through for Kline's cardigan acting? Next, we went Around The Dial with Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, Happy's Place, Shrinking, and the Platonic (not) ideal of "this should have been a feature" docuserieses, before Tara nominated a third-season Harley Quinn episode for the Canon. An Office reboot won, Succession lost, and a new scoring wrinkle scared the hell out of us in Game Time. Throw your drawers out the train window and have a listen!

GUESTS

👤 Alan Sepinwall

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 📜 Disclaimer

Around The Dial: 💍 Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage

Around The Dial: 🙂 Happy's Place

Around The Dial: 🛋️ Shrinking

Around The Dial: 🦎 The Hunt For The Chameleon Killer

The Canon: 🃏 Harley Quinn S03.E03: The 83rd Annual Villy Awards

Winner & Loser: 👍 The new Office series

Winner & Loser: 👎 Jeremy Strong

Game Time: 🎃 Halloween Spooktacular

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NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site

✍🏻 Alan Sepinwall's review of Disclaimer* for Rolling Stone

⚖️ Alan's Better Call Saul book, Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill: The Complete Critical Companion to Better Call Saul

💊 Tara's Untitled: A Bad Teen Novel

👱🏻‍♂️ The Billy Crystal wig under scrutiny

🌃 Tara's piece on Saturday Night Not Ready For Primetime Players verisimilitude for Cracked

🦎 Sarah's The Hunt For The Chameleon Killer review at Best Evidence

📷 Photo: Apple

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