University of California (NOT California University...you'll see) faculty member Bobby Krut returns to talk about Sandra Oh's new English-department half-hour dramedy on Netflix, The Chair. We discussed the almost-perfect pacing and casting, underrating Amanda Peet at your peril, whether Holland Taylor should get a spinoff, and more. Then we went Around The Dial with Nine Perfect Strangers, Messyness, I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson, and Unforgotten before Doug tasked us with adding a Russian Roulette-style trapdoor to a TV moment. Sarah wouldn't let the bird rest in her Canon presentation for a fifth-season Cheersepisode; true crime won and Mike Richards lost; and the truth was once again stranger than fiction in a Game Time animé sequel. Don't pine for a crumpled podcast; listen to this shiny new episode of Extra Hot Great.

Show Topics

• The Chair
• ATD: Nine Perfect Strangers
• ATD: Messyness
• ATD: I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson
• ATD: Unforgotten
• Extra Credit: Russian Roulette
• The Canon: Cheers S05.E09: Thanksgiving Orphans
• Winner and Loser of the Week
• Game Time: More Animé Bullshit

Show Notes

• Bobby Krut's website
• Bobby on Twitter
• Bobby on Instagram
• The Kominsky Method on Netflix
• The National Network of Abortion Funds
• The "Bet-Crap" on Best Evidence
• A Russian Roulette reference video
• The The Thing About Pam podcast
• Photo: Eliza Morse / Netflix

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