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Archer, Community, & Revamping TV Shows

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On today’s episode, we talk about Archer and Community! Andrew Lawrence returns to talk about both series and the idea of revamping TV shows in the middle of its run, like It’s Always Sunny, Parks and Rec, and even Friday Night Lights. We also discuss introducing new shows to people with out-of-order episodes. And somehow we manage to tie in Juno, Back to the Future, and LA Noire to the discussion. (Light spoilers for the shows, tagged in the recording.)

Guests:
Andrew Lawrence – “Phrasing”

Audio notes: (56min. runtime)
0:01:00 – Archer Vice, retreading old territory, and character dynamics
0:13:40 – Community’s fifth season, improving the show, and being weird
0:26:15 – Arrested Development, It’s Always Sunny, and making terrible people worse
0:39:25 – Parks & Recreation, Friday Night Lights, and changing gears half-way

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How I Met Your Mother & TV Show Finales

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Kids, we’re going to tell you about the story of the How I Met Your Mother Finale! Earl and Andrew discuss the show’s long-awaited ending, coming at it from a non-fan and fan view respectively. They deal with the massive outrage and express their thoughts on the finale, how it stacks up against Friends, Definitely Maybe, and Eternal Sunshine, and whether the show worked as whole. They also end up talking about other TV show finales, compare it to Lost’s own divisive finale, and Earl comes up with the strangest parallel between two characters from both shows. (Spoilers on that finale, minor Lost spoilers, and lots of hinting at other TV show endings.)

Guests:
Andrew Lawrence – “Patent pending”

Audio notes: (1hr. 2min. runtime)
0:01:00 – Finale backlash, Eternal Sunshine, and people’s lives being intertwined
0:11:25 – Soulmates, passion v. dedication, Definitely Maybe, unrequited love
0:20:10 – Tracy in retrospect, season 9 as a whole, and storytelling as catharsis
0:28:20 – Series as tragicomedy, finale as spectacle, Friends, How I Met Your Dad, and Noah Baumbach
0:38:00 – Comparing to LOST finale, expectations between show & audience, and other TV endings
0:50:00 – Finales for cancelled shows, ellipsis endings, and having post-mortem articles for cancelled shows

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True Detective

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This week we’re talking about True Detective! Earl and Patrick discuss the recently finished first season, critique the finale and its take on spirituality and existentialism, debate the concept of a “television novel”, and speculate on a second season. They also end up butchering people’s names, and connect the series to Taxi Driver, Top of the Lake, and Kenny vs. Spenny. Get ready to enter Carcosa and check out the episode! (Full spoilers, because time is a flat circle.)

Guests:
Patrick Barfoot (@patrickbarfoot) – Editor and Director, patrickbarfoot.com

Supplementary notes:
True Detective Conversations
As many as five serial killers who operated in London, Ontario, may still be alive and free, new book says – National Post article
The Genius of True Detective: “It’s Just One Story” – Badass Digest / Film Crit Hulk
Seitz: The 7 Things That True Detective Was About

Audio notes: (47min. runtime)
0:01:10 – General thoughts on series, and the finale
0:07:30 – Speculating nominations, performances, and straight man & funny man dynamic
0:10:40 – Ending analysis, spirituality, Nic Pizzolatto & Cary Fukunaga, and the afterlife
0:20:40 – “Television novels”, miniseries format, detective genre, and writer/director combo
0:28:15 – Dread, cosmic horror, “little priest”, and HP Lovecraft
0:33:20 – Occult history of US transportation system, keeping it strange, and London as capital of serial killers
0:37:05 – Speculating on Season 2, fractured perspectives & time periods, and female leads

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Netflix – House of Cards

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Today we’re jumping into House of Cards and the online network, Netflix! Earl chats with Leo Panasyuk about the series, David Fincher, anti-heroes, and the network’s future. They also discuss avoiding spoilers, and whether or not we need a statute of limitations on divulging spoilers. Plus a moment of remembrance for Philip Seymour Hoffman. (Very minor spoilers overall, with one segment tagged with a spoiler warning.)

Guests:
Leo Panasyuk – Film critic for We Eat Films

Audio notes: (48min. runtime)
0:00:00 – Intro and Philip Seymour Hoffman
0:05:15 – Impressions of House of Cards, critical acclaim, and general thoughts
0:12:30 – David Fincher, writers & directors, and cinematic style in television
0:18:00 – (Spoilers in this segment.) Beau Willimon, politics, and anti-heroes vs. villains
0:25:50 – Longform narrative, spoilers, and dealing with spoilers
0:36:55 – Netflix, binge-watching, exclusivity, and competing with streaming networks

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Arrested Development

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Now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything and the one podcast that had no choice but to have All Kinds of Philler… it’s Arrested Development. That’s right, the long-awaited fourth season is finally here! Earl chats with Anna after marathoning all 15 episodes about the latest season of the TV show and what they think of the series as a whole. Just like the show, they both have a rich back-story, get ahead of themselves in their discussion, and say some inappropriate things! Was this new season a “Mission Accomplished”, or have they made a huge mistake?

Guests:
Anna (@gobanana66)

Audio notes: (1hr. 13min. runtime)
02:05 – First three seasons
20:10 – The new season
68:45 – What’s next
71:30 – Anna’s playlist

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