The Televerse is entering its eighth year, which means it’s time once again for the yearly Televerse Make-You-Watch-athon, wherein your two gracious hosts force each other to fill in a gap in their viewing history and watch a show they’ve missed (intentionally or otherwise). This year, Noel subjects Kate to yet another animated series, the much-loved Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Kate subjects Noel to the glacially-paced and oh-so-intense The Leftovers. How very on-brand. Before that, however, there’s another interesting week in TV to discuss. We kick things off with a brief look from Kate at Jack Ryan season one, some love for the Making It finale, Kate’s thoughts on the season 13 premiere of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, another fun Wrecked, an answer-filled Castle Rock, and the emotional series finale of Adventure Time. Take a listen, then reach out with your take on the week’s TV and our latest Make-You-Watch-athon picks.
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Make-You-Watch-athon 7
Noel’s pick: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (47:45)
Kate’s pick: The Leftovers (1:10:41)
Our Week in TV
Jack Ryan Season 1 (4:32)
Making It finale (11:39)
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia premiere (18:33)
Wrecked (21:20)
Castle Rock (24:38)
Adventure Time finale (26:51)
Music Featured: “Come Along With Me”, from the Adventure Time finale; Star Wars: The Clone Wars Theme song; The Leftovers Theme song
Article Referenced: Mo Ryan’s reflection on The Leftovers’ finale for Variety, ‘The Leftovers’, Life, Death, Einstein and Time Travel
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Good for you, Kate, getting more people to watch The Leftovers. I watched the first two seasons via binges and didn’t have any problems doing so. Comedies are more likely to be difficult watches for me.
I absolutely didn’t believe the monologue at the end. If it was possible, that scientist would be busy helping basically everyone else.
I live in Chicago but never heard of Carrie Coon prior to The Leftovers. I don’t think I’d seen Gone Girl when that originally aired.
Carl Theodor Dreyer directed Passion of Joan of Arc. I watched it because people kept comparing “Day Night Day Night” to it, although Julia Loktev rejects that comparison and prefers the take from Bresson (who castigated the “grotesque buffooneries” of the silent film).
I liked Eccleston’s character, but didn’t think much of his accent.
I’ll permit myself to brag by saying that my watch of the scuba diving scene seemed most consistent with the resolution we actually got.
I appreciate Noel’s restrictions on his scuba & ferry service, which means less competition for me.
There are enough jokes about Kevin’s endowment, that any explicit confirmation wouldn’t live up to it.