It’s yet another week of finales this episode of the podcast, but more importantly, it’s time to bid a sad farewell to one of Kate’s favorite recent series, The Americans. Joining Kate to say goodbye and to spotlight the series finale are Alex McLevy of The A.V. Club and Allison Shoemaker of TV Party, Podlander Drunkcast, Debating Doctor Who, and so many other places. Before that, however, there’s plenty of TV to discuss, and Noel and Kate dive in with the premieres of The Break with Michelle Wolf, Queen Sugar, and Reverie, and the finales of iZombie, The Good Fight, and Killing Eve. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts on the week’s premieres and finales, and any other TV worth exploring!
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Spotlight: The Americans’ Series Finale with Alex McLevy and Allison Shoemaker (1:08:09)
Our Week in TV
The Break with Michelle Wolf premiere (16:22)
Queen Sugar premiere (22:05)
Reverie premiere (26:32)
iZombie finale (34:02)
The Good Fight finale (42:52)
Killing Eve finale (50:15)
Music Featured: Allegro from Vivaldi’s Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C Major, RV 537; The Americans Theme song
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I’ll make the equivalency the opposite way (or rather point out their inequivalence in a way you didn’t): Roseanne Barr wrote a tweet off the show. She can continue making such tweets regardless of whether her show is on the air (and as far as I can tell had been doing so prior to her show getting revived). Samantha Bee said something on her show, so canceling it would mean TBS would no longer broadcast it. Personally, I never watched either show (and don’t follow any of their respective twitters) and don’t care.
With all the audio clips you could have used (as you mentioned), I was surprised you used a commercial for the season finale of The Americans. It sounded like Chris Cornell singing, and I was going to point out the oddness of choosing someone so associated with the 90s for an 80s set show, but then I looked up and saw that Soundgarden had released their first EP shortly before the finale is set.
Stan didn’t need to send the message himself: it was sent by Philip & Elizabeth, who returned to the Soviet Union themselves and could deliver it to Arkady & other Gorbachev loyalists. Hopefully that would make it more likely that Gorbachev would try to arrange to get Oleg out of prison.
I thought it was a great final season, but I haven’t changed my mind about how disappointingly restrained the prior season had been.