October 20, 2025 • 65 mins
In this episode, Ruchi and Shalini celebrate the long-awaited return of Loot on Apple TV+ — debating whether it’s heartfelt, hilarious, a little bit of both or not enough of either. They revisit the journeys of Seasons 1 and 2, unpack Molly Wells’ latest character moves, and share their first impressions of Season 3. Along the way, they detour into their current binge obsessions (Love Is Blind strikes again) and make some bold, possibly accurate predictions for what’s next in Loot-land.
BYR average rating: 7/10
Number of episodes in Season 3 so far: 2
Binge in Progress: Love Is Blind, GBBO, Derry Girls
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Hey appers, welcome back to Binge App Repeat.
Ruchi is back in the studio and Lute is back on Apple TV.
Plus today we app all about the character arcs, Maya Rudolph's
hilarious facial expressions andsome heart warming moments in
the show. We also discuss our predictions
for the rest of Season 3 and some other TV shows that have
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faced similar plot points and choices.
Let's dive in. Our episode starts now.
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Oh, hello. Hello.
What are what are you doing here?
What have I? I've been here.
What are you doing? That's true yappers.
I was on an Asia tour the past 21/2 weeks and I'm finally back.
I'm still a little jet lagged but it's OK.
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I'm back now you've. Gone for a so long.
Wait you? It was so funny because you
literally messaged me like the exact 2nd that I landed.
It was crazy. Are you back yet?
The fuck? Yeah.
And I was like, yes, actually. Here I am.
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As of one second ago. Well welcome back.
Thank you. During my travels, I binged Loot
season 1 and 2, which is the premise of today's episode.
We're talking about Loot, which is an American comedy television
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series that premiered on June 23rd, 2022.
That was season 1 and season 3 premiered on October 15th, 2025
on Apple TV. It stars Bayer Rudolph as Molly
Wells, who's divorced from her tech billionaire ex-husband, has
now made her the third wealthiest woman in the US.
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And with her? Or is it the US or the world?
Maybe it's the world. I don't know, I don't know.
I got this from Wikipedia by theway.
Anyway. And then with her new found
money, she decides to run the day-to-day work of the
charitable foundation that she forgot she even founded.
So yes, originally this episode,like the BYR episode, was
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supposed to be all about season 3.
But then Yappers, Shalini and I got the memo a little bit too
late that only the first like 2 episodes would be released.
So we're like OK, I guess we'll do just the first two episodes
of season 3 and then also season1 and 2 because why not?
Because we. Can.
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Because we can. So yeah, I feel like this is
we're going to put Loot Season 3on this, but it is going to be a
mostly about the show in generalbecause I actually hadn't
watched it at all until we figured out that Season 3 was
coming out and I was like, oh, this show, this show looks like
something that I would enjoy. So that's why I spent the last
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two weeks just binging it duringmy travels.
So fresh in my mind. Well, do you maybe want to go
first then and just talk about what you thought?
Oh OK sure OK wow, this is so unique.
What original thoughts do I have?
Oh man, OK. I guess my overall thought is I
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generally like the show. I wouldn't say that I love it,
but I do enjoy it. I think my vibe is that it's a
very good, feel good background show.
It's very light hearted. It's an easy watch.
I don't think there's a lot of like critical thinking behind
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it, which is why it's such an easy watch.
And I think I do have some issues with the character
development, which I put down inmy notes to talk about.
But I think overall it's like, it's like a fine watch, but it's
not something that I think, I don't think I would be like, oh,
you have to watch this. It's so good.
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OK. All right, I would say this
qualifies as a show that I wouldtell my friends they have to.
Oh God, OK. Well, I mean, OK, I will say I
agree with you. I don't think there's a lot of,
it's not like a super deep show like Severance or White Lotus or
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Game of Thrones or anything. But I think for what it is, it's
just so delightful. And I love Maya Rudolph, I love
Adam Scott. I think this show I, I find a
lot of comedies like super cringe, a lot of pure comedies
and sitcoms like pretty cringe. For example, like How I Met Your
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Father, I could not get through like more than two episodes of
that show. So like recent comedies I find
really difficult to watch. But in contrast, I find this
show really funny and I actuallylaugh out loud almost every
single episode, which I rarely do in TV shows even when I do
find them funny. So I think like something about
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the comedic timing is just so good.
And like Maya Rudolph's like facial expression, I don't know
something about it. I find it so funny.
So I really love this show. I think I agree with you there.
So I do think that there are a lot of laugh out loud moments,
but it's kind of similar to likeSNL comedy, for example.
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So like when you're watching SNL, you're like, oh, this is a
hilarious situation and you're like laughing at SNL, but
there's not a whole lot of like plot and character development
and growth that you're really rooting for that makes the
situation funny. Like in The Office for example,
I feel like there are a lot of laugh out loud moments like in
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this situation, but then there are a lot of moments that are
made funny because it's like that character would absolutely
react in that way to that crazy situation.
And that's what makes it even funnier.
And I feel like there's not a lot of that in Loot.
It's just like funny situations,like funny physical comedy or
like funny facial features, which Maya Rudolph is amazing
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at, but it's not like there's anemotional connection to the
situation that makes it funny. Interesting.
Yeah, I think I could. I would probably agree with
that. I think I was reading somewhere,
OK, this is like slightly changing the subject, but I was
reading somewhere that Apple TV has created this kind of new
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niche genre around heartfelt comedy, kind of starting with
Ted Lasso. It's like it's so Ted Lasso
shrinking platonic. If you watch that loot, I'm sure
there are other ones, maybe bad sisters, maybe qualifies.
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There are all these shows that like there are some combination,
some ratio of hilarious and heartfelt.
And like I think that ratio kindof changes, but they all like
try to tap into that one thing. And so maybe it sounds like this
one you're saying is like a bit too much like emphasis on comedy
and not enough heartfelt situations that like ends up
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making it a little less funny. That is super interesting.
But yes, because I, I actually think I really love heartfelt
comedy in general. Like Parks and Rec was like
that, The Office was like that. So I feel like that's why I
generally watch comedy shows anddefinitely Ted Lasso is like
that too. So I think that makes a lot of
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sense. But I completely agree with your
assessment. I think Loot was a little bit
more comedy than a heartfelt maybe just because I didn't
really have like a good emotional connection to the
people, the characters. So OK, going back to Maya
Rudolph's character here's like here's my gripe with her.
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I feel like her character, MollyWells is a little strange
sometimes because yes, she is supposed to be this mega
billionaire. She has so much money.
She definitely has a certain standard of living that is like
very unapproachable to the common person.
But at the same time, when she is faced with these, like,
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common situations, I feel like she just, like, has no idea what
to do, which is kind of strange because I don't think Molly came
from money, right? Like in the conversation with
John Novak and in Season 1, Episode 1, she's like, oh, yeah.
Like, we built this company together.
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And like, we you were working out of my garage and coding and
like, I was on the phone callingmarketers.
And she has this like she describes this hustle
personality and this very resourceful hustle personality,
which you don't get well-being like raised in money, I feel, or
like you, you have to very intentionally be taught that.
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And it's definitely something that you don't lose.
But now as a tech billionaire, they're painting this picture of
her like not being able to understand women's like
unhoused, like unhoused women, for example.
That was like one of the main plot lines in one of the first
episodes in season 1, which is like, I understand that because
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that was like, oh, you have to show how out of touch she is to
create this like comedic situation and be able to laugh
at this person. But it's it kind of just like
kept going. And I was like, I don't think
she is so out of the loop that these situations would plausibly
keep happening. And like, yes, I know it's a
show and it's all of this and they're like trying to construct
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the comedy. But I think it just comes back
to the point of like the comedy that we're seeing is being
constructed from like the physical stuff, like facts and
everything, and not really aboutwho this person really is, like
a deep understanding of who thatperson is.
Yeah, like the the believabilityof a situation is what makes it
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funny. And so, like, when you're just
layering contrived things, it's like, it's like, yeah, if
someone was like this, this would be funny.
But we've already shown that she's perhaps not like this.
Yeah, yeah, I think she, she's been, she's being treated as a
like a very one-dimensional person in the sense of she is an
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extremely rich and affluent person who is now starting to
realize that there is humanity behind society and there's
humanity behind connection and friendship and everything.
And it's like, I feel like this person should have known that
already. Yeah, that's interesting.
I mean, I personally am not a billionaire and so I cannot
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imagine how quickly one could become out of touch with things
and like forget their roots, butI imagine it is possible to do
that. Like I would believe if she's
been in this upper echelon society for the last, I don't
know, is it 20 years or something?
I think I could believe that she's forgotten what it's like
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to be a real human. I like, so I guess in that way,
I think it's believable that she's out of touch, but I don't
I, I agree with you that it's not super believable that she's
lost her hustle mentality because I agree that that kind
of thing doesn't go away. So even if she's out of touch,
she should still know what a hustle is.
Just have some sort of motivation or like purpose in
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life. Yeah.
And even if she is out of touch,like the fact that she was once
in that situation doesn't preclude her from understanding
that other people are also in that situation.
But for like way more basic needs, for example, like, sure,
she's like the average person isnot calling up investors to like
fund your tech company or fund your next Google.
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But like you do respect that like people are doing whatever
they can to like get their basicneeds met.
And like, not understanding, like not putting those together
was like, I don't know if this person would really feel this
way in this moment. Yeah, that's really fair.
Yeah. Yeah, so I think that's kind of
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like my biggest gripe about it and why I kind of have to do
like, a suspension of disbelief in order to enjoy the show.
But like, when I do do that, it's like, oh, OK, this is fun.
This is like a fun show. Like, don't think too hard,
Richie. OK, so let's do you want to do a
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brief recap on like season 1 and2 because actually, please.
OK, I did have a question for you from season 1 to season 2.
Oh boy, I think I had a questionat least.
OK, let's see where I I'm just going to start this sentence and
see where I go. Oh, all right, I'm along for the
journey. OK, so in season 1, the first
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couple episodes are all about the divorce, the aftermath of
the divorce, figuring out there's a charity, getting more
involved with the charity. I think season 1 ends with wait,
is this right? No, this isn't right.
OK, Season 1 I want to look thisup just.
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Season 1. OK, yes, so season 1 ends with
the Silver Moon meeting in Corsica where Molly is like
billionaires shouldn't exist andlike that becomes the magazine
cover in season 2 and she's. Moon.
Is that like secret cult? No, no, no, that's in Season 2.
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So Season 1 is like that. They go to that beautiful
Italian, plays Rivera, French Rivera, Where is Corsica?
Let me tell you, Corsica is in France.
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Mediterranean Sea, France, yeah.OK, yes, so they go to Corsica
in France and they have this like huge sustainability summit,
but it's like all attended by billionaires and other out of
touch people. And during this summit, they are
like, they're previewing this water filtration machine, and
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they put it like, really dirty water.
And the output is also a really dirty water.
And then Molly has to drink it, and then she gets like, heavy
diarrhea like this is. Yeah, exactly.
Like classic situation where Maya Rudolph is doing something
like completely disgusting, but like, she's doing it like
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failed. Maya Rudolph didn't all the
time. Yeah, exactly.
I was like, this is just like the bridesmaid scene.
She's running out into the street, like pooping in her
wedding dress. Yeah.
So anyway, that's how season 1 ends.
And then season 2 begins with. Oh, Season 1 also ends with her
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sleeping with her ex-husband, right?
Yes, yes. So she sleeps with her
ex-husband and it's a reveal because you think it's Arthur,
but it's actually not, and it's John.
Right. And then Season 2 starts with
not really acknowledging that like it's supposed to happen
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like soon after season 1 ends. But I mean in real reality it
happens like 2 years after season 1 ends.
And it starts with Molly and theWells Foundation doing Space for
Everyone where they try to like buy up a bunch of hotels in LA
and then create this space for everyone.
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But at the same time, John Novakannounces his Space for Everyone
initiative where they go to space.
Yeah, super weird. So yeah, I, I guess like because
I was binging this, I got a lot of whiplash between the end of
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Season 1 and the beginning of Season 2, where I felt like
there wasn't a lot of connectionpoints.
Continuity. Yeah, there wasn't a lot of
continuity like there wasn't. There wasn't like there was
strictly plot continuity, but there wasn't a lot of
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acknowledgement about like character continuity.
I think this comes back to my point around like the plot just
being a little bit disconnected or kind of superficial compared
to characters. You know what?
OK, this is going to be a bit ofa tangent, but I feel like old
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TV shows that aired once a week and filmed weekly, edited weekly
and released weekly did so much better with character continuity
because they were actually living at the pace that the show
was coming out. And I feel like TV shows these
days, I actually feel this a lotlike when a whole season comes
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out at once. I know this show is not one of
those shows that comes out all at once, but I'm pretty sure
it's like filmed and shot and everything.
Everything's done all at once. I think they they just don't
have a great sense of like wherea character would go if they
were living this timeline because they're writing
everything all at once and they're not like going with the
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flow. OK, Any operas that are in the
film industry tell me if this iswrong because I obviously don't
have a great sense of like how TV shows were written back in
the day versus now and how that's changed.
Actually, Richie, you should askyour sister if she if she has
any insight. But yeah, I just feel like I've
noticed this with a lot of TV shows where like now it just
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feels like, oh, they have chosenan arc for a character and that
character follows an arc, but it's always like a bit
contrived. It's not supernatural like
supernatural. It's spooky season.
It's not like, yeah, it doesn't feel very natural and it just
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feels either too fast or not enough or yeah, I don't know.
So anyway, going back to the point you were making.
Well, I just, I mean, I think that does relate to something
that we've touched on before, which is like, I feel like
writers are in this impossible situation where they want to
pour their heart and soul into these characters.
But at the same time, a lot likeseasons are just like cancelled
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Willy nilly. Like you have no idea when your
show is going to end. Like we saw this with
Motorheads, for example, right. Motorheads ended with the
cliffhanger. It's still being advertised, by
the way, on Amazon Prime Video, but it was cancelled for the
second season. So we just like, we'll never
know what happened to those characters in that story.
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And it ended with the cliffhanger.
And so you're now you're like, I'm left hanging like this.
And it's the same with other andit can go in the other direction
too, where you will have people like they are like, OK, we don't
know if we're going to get a season 2, so we're just going to
create a fantastic season 1. They create a fantastic season
1. Of course it's fantastic.
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They get a season 2. They're like, well, now what do
we do? Because we like wrapped up all
of these stories and now we haveto basically create a whole
other show. But instead of making it as
fantastic as it could be by starting fresh, we have to use
the same characters who have already gone through all of this
stuff and like create new situations and they can come off
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as contrived and that. Way, Oh my gosh, I'm trying to
remember which show we had this discussion on.
Do you remember? It must have been like a Season
2 or a Season 3 of something that we were so excited to see
it, but then we were like a little disappointed.
Like Ginny and Georgia, maybe Motörhead, maybe at Wall.
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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think it could have been
either of those. Oh yeah, I think maybe it was at
all. Anyway, yes.
Another show that just got axed that ended on a cliffhanger.
Yeah. Oh, man, yeah.
So I do think, yeah, I agree. Like writers really have their
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work cut out for them these days.
And for making these characters that are like super lovable and
the viewers are emotionally invested in them enough to want
to see them next season, but like, they can't do too much
with them because they want to save stuff for future seasons.
Yeah, yeah. Anyway, I don't like
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specifically recall what my question was on season 2.
I think it's just a sort of feeling that I had about like,
wait, what? Yeah.
That is so that's really interesting too because I
watched these seasons as they came out.
I'm pretty sure I, I, I didn't watch season 1 when it came out,
but I watched it far before season 2 came out.
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So I did have a break. And so I never noticed that I
just and I, I just noticed that like it kind of picked up where
it left off. I didn't remember season one
well enough to like sense a vibedifference or anything or like a
lack of acknowledgement. And so I yeah, I think that's a
really interesting perspective you bring from having binged it
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versus just like waiting for Season 2 and then waiting for
Season 3. I will say, like, I think my
feeling kind of went away over the course of season 2.
So it was definitely a lot of whiplash and episode 1 and 2 and
I was like a little bit confused.
But then as season 2 went on, I think it kind of found its
footing a little bit more. So maybe also the actors were
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like, oh, yeah, we're filming this show again.
Like took some time to get back into it.
Yeah. I hate when I have that feeling
when a new season starts of a show that I like, where I'm
like, it feels so different, yeah.
Yeah. And then OK, so going into now
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season 3, so Season 3 starts with bye bye mode where so
season 2 ends. All right, let me let me recap.
OK, so season 2 ends with John Novak basically staging his
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death and then everyone thinks he's dead, but then he calls
Molly and he's like, hey, I'm actually not dead.
And she's like what the hell? That's how it ends.
And then season 3 starts with well also.
Season 2 ends with her kissing Arthur and then being like ye.
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Yes, OK, yes. She goes to Arthur, confesses
her love for him, and then as she's doing that, Arthur's model
girlfriend. Wild, by the way.
Anyway, Arthur's model girlfriend comes out and it's
like, hey, Arthur, what's going on?
And she's like, Oh my God, I'm so embarrassed.
And then she runs away off on her private jet and then is
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like, take me away. And then season 3 starts with
her on an island, presumably crash landed.
But then we find out that she's not actually crash landed, she's
just getting away. It's like a lost type situation.
Yes. OK, yeah.
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So that's season 3. I was when when we saw her on
the deserted island, I was like,are you kidding me?
Like what is going on right now?But then the when they reveal
that I wasn't actually true, I was like, OK, that makes sense.
I'm I'm happy right now. I was like, really, what's going
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on? I.
Was like what could this? What could the season possibly
be going? Like what direction could the
season possibly be going in if she's on a deserted island?
Exactly. And not me also feeling so bad
for Nicholas because I was like,Oh my God, he's like doing so
much for her. He's like creating this like
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like resort type pagoda type thing on the island and like
catching fish for her. And then it's revealed that he's
like, we need more cod and shrimp and all these things to
the people on the island. I was like, OK, that's pretty
good moisturizer in the coconut.Yes, that was really funny.
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So I thought that was very well done.
Yeah, I liked that. I liked that.
I also like that it didn't last that long.
Yes, yes, agreed. Yes.
And then they go to the other side of the island.
And then Henry Winkler is that his name makes.
US. Yeah, Doctor Saperstein.
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Yeah, Doctor Saperstein. This nudist man, I, I really
didn't put together that like the take away Molly was getting
from being in that resort was that I cannot stay on this
island because I will turn into him.
I didn't put that together untilshe spelled it out and I was
like, oh this is how they are getting her back to real.
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Life, yes, but I thought that was great.
I thought that was a great example of how Molly was
starting to become more logical and being like, OK, yes, there
are billionaires who are still extremely out of touch, like
this person. And they, like, go crazy from
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the amount of money that they have.
But then there are also people like who are trying to get their
basic needs met and like, I'm gonna be more grounded.
Yeah. Yeah, OK.
The other thing, this is probably very super visual of
me, but the other thing that I noticed between Season 1 and
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Season 2 is that the actress whoplays Sophia, I think she got
veneers. I'm pretty sure.
Yeah, like her, her teeth changed.
And Arthur, the character Arthur, his teeth did not get
changed. That man's teeth ain't changing.
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Yeah. And I think that's really
superficial on me, but also whenever he comes on screen, I
just like can't stop looking. I know, I mean, I think to be
fair to him, I think he keeps them that way on purpose.
Like, I think it, you know, keeps his face very like very
unique compared to the other white actors in their 40s or
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whatever. That's very true.
Kind of like Amy Lou Wood, like it just makes her so unique, you
know? But going back to the actress
that plays Sophia, did you know she is trans?
Really. Yes.
I did not know that. She is trans and never brought
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up in the show. Like it's not even a part of her
character, which I love. I absolutely love that.
Yeah. That's amazing.
Wow, good for her. Yeah, I remember Anju and I had
this conversation because she was like, I'm pretty sure this
actress is trans. And I was like, what?
No, no way. And then like, we did some
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digging and she was like, yeah, she's trans and I.
Was like, what? Wow, that's great.
Yeah. I also love how it's not
mentioned in this show at all. Yeah.
Amazing. Amazing.
But who's your favorite character?
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Oh. OK, let me think.
We got OK, We got Molly. We got Sophia, Arthur, Howard,
Nicholas. Ainsley.
Ainsley, the older lady that stays on Naked old people
Island. I think Howard is definitely up
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there for me. Love Howard.
I think like I always expect to find his lines not that funny
and then I end up laughing because something about his
delivery just makes it so funny.Like it's just so genuinely
like, I don't know. I think one line of Howard's
that made me laugh. This was one of the few
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situations where I think it was a good character funny line.
And not just like, objectively funny line where Sophia asks
Howard, she's like, Howard, are you free right now?
And he's like, are you asking asmy boss or my friend?
And she's like, as your boss. And he's like, I'm swamped, so
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busy. And then she's like, OK, what if
I'm your friend? And then he's like, oh, yeah, I
can do it. Like, what do you want?
I'm super free. That I've been free for the past
month. Yeah, I'm all free for the next.
Month. So funny.
Yeah. I think I love his character.
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And maybe then just Molly. Yeah.
Yeah. I find I really like Nicholas as
a concept, but I think sometimeshe overacts a little bit and
that takes me out a little. I was gonna say Nicholas,
actually, I think there is a couple lines and I'm like, wow,
this is so relatable where Ainsley is talking about the
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wedding drama of her like sister's wedding drama or her
own wedding drama. She's like trying to place her
family members at the table and then she's like, well, aunt so
and so can't sit next to so and so because of the whole like, I,
I feel like forgot the crazy situation that she brought up.
But she was like, because of thewhole like adapted baby
situation. And then Nicholas was like, I'm
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back in like he was so like, don't talk to me.
And then he heard about the drama.
He's like, tell me more. Oh, Nicholas, I do like him as a
bridge between Molly and the real world.
Yeah, I agree. I think it's really nice to see
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like two people who are coming from this out of touch place try
or like become more grounded, but in different ways.
Yeah, it's cute, cute. Ainsley also is kind of an
underdog. I wish they had like a little
bit more for her. Like the whole scenario with her
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just stuck in Dubai and then making friends with the security
guard in Dubai. He's like, I don't think your
friends are coming, Ainsley. And she's like, nonsense, let's
go to the subway. Like, what are you gonna get
this time? I thought that was.
Really. Yeah, it was.
Like this is like a a a glimpse into Ainsley's character that
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the other characters are too dismissive ever to see.
We only see it because they're not around to take up all the.
Space. Yeah, basically.
So sweet. But going back to Howard, this
is my prediction for the rest ofseason 3.
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Sophia's sister and Howard will be a couple.
OK, wait, remind me what Howard's relationship history
is? He was with someone for a really
long time, right? Yeah, he was with someone for a
really long time, but she didn'treally treat him well.
And then Nicholas, he or no. So Howard, this woman and
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Nicholas went to The Cheesecake Factory to like, get to know
each other more, I think. And then at The Cheesecake
Factory, Howard goes to the bathroom and then the woman
tells Nicholas she's like, oh, like I'm not going to marry
Howard. He's just like someone you have
fun with. He's not like marriage material
or something like that. And then, and they had been
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dating for like 7 years or something crazy.
And then on the way home from The Cheesecake Factory, Nicholas
is like, hey Howard, like I justwant to tell you that she said
this to me. And then secretly Howard and his
girlfriend were on a FaceTime call that entire time.
And his girlfriend was like, see, I told you he's a lie.
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It's like, yeah, a liar. And then that's how Howard and
Nicholas get into this huge fight.
And then they don't talk for, like, an episode or two.
And then they make up when Howard tries to help Nicholas
through his lines and get the audition for some play or
something. But that's like the the fight in
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their relationship. So that's Howard's history.
And then I think Howard does endup breaking up with the
girlfriend because she wants himto go like pick up her brother
or something from the airport, like drop everything and go and
pick him up. And then he's like, no, because
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my friend Nicholas is in this play and I'm not going to miss
the play. And then she's like, you have to
miss the play. Like what are you talking about?
And then he's like, no. And he like, sets his boundaries
and that's how they break up. OK, OK, OK, cute.
So he has been kind of taken advantage of in relationships in
the past, but we're hopeful about him and Sophia's sister.
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Cute. I like it.
I wasn't sure if she was going to come back.
Yeah. So the episode ended with the
two of them or where Sophia invites her sister to just come
and like, stay with her for a little bit, basically because I
think her car breaks down. And then they kind of reconcile
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their relationship a little bit more.
So I think we'll we'll see her more and then in the coming
season. Oh, OK, yay.
OK, great prediction. I'm so curious.
Do you have any predictions for the rest of season 3?
OK, my only prediction which I hope does not happen, but I just
can't see how it possibly could not happen.
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Well, I don't know. Well, we'll see.
But I feel like her and Arthur, this can't be the end of their
journey. Like their relationship arc, you
know? I feel like they got together
too soon and so they will break up.
Really. I don't know, because I feel
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like that's what you see when, well, I guess that's not true.
Like Jim and Pam stayed together, but I don't know, I
was kind of thinking because this is like the main love story
of the show, right? And I feel like when that's
happened from what we've seen, like let me think of some
examples. Mindy and Danny Castellano, they
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got together in like season 2 or3 and then ended up breaking up
in like season 4 or five in the mid Indeed project.
Then we have Robin and Ted who got together at the end of
season 1, dated and then broke up at the end of season 2.
Then we have Luke and Lorelai who did end up getting back
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together but they got together season 5 and then ended up
breaking up for like most of season 7.
And how did I know that your next example was going to be
Gilmore Girls? You know me so well I could not
not include Gilmore Girls. I was going to bring it up if
you didn't. But yeah, like I feel like
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whenever there's a main love story arc that we're rooting
for. Oh, and Jess and Nick from New
Girl. New Girl.
Yeah, they also got together in like Season 2 and then broke up
until like the last few seasons or something, right until like
Season 6 or 7. So I just feel like Arthur and
Molly got together too soon and there's gonna be some hurdles.
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I think there will be a lot of hurdles with Jon, right?
Like, oh, OK, that was the otherthing.
Like, Jon literally faked his death on national TV, and then
there was no backlash about that.
There was like no discussion about that.
Yeah. What's his plan?
Yeah. Like, is he gonna come back from
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the dead? Like what's going on?
Yeah, Like, was there a press conference?
Was there not? Did it happen?
What did people think? Do people still hate him?
Like what? What's going on?
I don't know how that will develop.
Maybe he'll just disappear. I doubt it.
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I doubt it. I think there is going to be
some issue with John, but at thesame time, like I wonder if they
didn't do it because Adam Scott was built busy filming Severance
or something or is busy filming Severance.
So like that's why he can't be apart of this show that much.
I don't know. It's so weird.
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I wish they had some kind of like like keeping tabs on what
John is doing though, because heeven though he's not a main or
recurring, no not main character, he's still like a
recurring character and he's definitely like an influential
part of the story. Totally, totally.
Very influential part. Yeah, Mystery.
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I mean, I guess on the plus side, Severance and Loot are
both on Apple TV, so maybe they've struck some sort of deal
where they can just borrow Adam for a few for like a few days of
filming for Loot. Severance is like so much more
popular than. Oh, for sure, for sure.
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But you know, it's like still inthe same family, so maybe
they'll like throw a bone to loot and be like, OK, I don't go
do loot for a few days. That's true.
That's true. That's a good point.
Way better than if loot was on like Amazon Prime Video and
several yes Apple to be like there's no way like you cancel.
You need to write him out. Yeah, like I actually he did die
(39:37):
in the crash. That phone call was fake.
That in person meeting was fake.He he actually blocked you on
Duolingo. No Duolingo high fives.
No Duolingo high fives. All right, any other predictions
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for Season 3? No, I think that's my main one.
The other ones I haven't really.I haven't really thought through
anything for like Nicholas or Howard or Ainsley or Sophia.
Is Sophia still with that guy? No, I think they broke up, but I
can see Oh no, no, they got backtogether.
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OK. Because she went to New Orleans
and went to the jazz club. OK, cute.
Oh, I really like them together.Me too.
They are very sweet. I was like, what are you doing,
Sophia? Oh, my gosh.
Yeah. So I hope they stay together
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with Arthur and Molly. Your point about them probably
breaking up, I'm not sure. I think there is a really
pessimistic side of me that thinks that season that Louis is
going to get cancelled at the end of Season 3.
And so it's most likely that they will get together.
They'll have one major issue, which is probably John is going
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to introduce some, like saying that they have to overcome and
then they'll get together in theend and then loot will end after
Season 3. Is my prediction.
No. Pessimistic.
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Yeah. I will say I do like Season 3
more so that I liked season 2 sofar.
Oh, OK, great. It's a bad sign.
I feel like a lot of shows have a season 2 slump where they're
like, how do we, how do we recreate the magic of Season 1?
Yeah, another gripe that I had, which is totally unrelated to
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LOOT and I completely understandthis, is that I am a little bit
frustrated with the Apple TV skip intro button because when
you skip the intro, there's still 10 seconds left of the
theme before it starts. It's like exactly 10 seconds
because it skips the intro. Then it goes to the part where
in the intro where they're like dealing hands in the casino.
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And then I hit the 10 second more button and then the episode
starts and like then what is thepoint of the skip intro button?
This whole intro was only 20 seconds to begin with.
It's true. I was like.
Did you know that skip intro means skip the intro?
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That's so funny. Does it happen in all Apple TV
shows? Because I think severance it
does skip to pretty much the endof the.
Yeah, it doesn't happen in all TApple TV episodes, which makes
me think that it is a global setting.
The skip intro button is a global setting that literally
says plus 20 seconds and if yourintro is longer than that then
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you don't. It's like not a configurable
thing. That's crazy though because
presumably people click skip intro at different times.
Like it's available for A5 to 10second window, right?
That's true. I don't know.
Something is wrong with the way they've programmed it.
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Maybe there's like some chapter button that has been
misconfigured on LOOT for example.
I don't know. Oh no see I would never notice
that because I only watched one or two episodes a week of the
show like since it started. I hate things that disrupt my
flow for binging. For Amazon Prime Video, it was
(43:40):
ads. I hated it.
I also hated on Amazon Prime Video when you paused the
episode it would show you an ad and it wouldn't show you like
the still that you're on, which made it very difficult to pause
and read the letter that they did not narrate on the TV show
(44:01):
itself. Oh.
Is this for the summer I turn pretty?
Or yeah, for the summer I turn. OK OK oh OK.
I don't know what type of prime I have but I mine doesn't have
ads so I've not experienced thisbut that's really frustrating.
Also, I feel like the the one ofthe very few benefits of Amazon
(44:23):
Prime Video over other streamingservices is that, like when you
pause, it automatically shows you all the actors and the
character that they play. Yeah, and I love that.
But does that not show up when you pause?
I do see that, it's just that ifyou pause for longer than like 2
seconds it goes to the full screen ad.
I don't know if they still show you other things, but yeah, I I
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saw a lot of ads for cars and I was watching the summer.
I turned pretty. It was like full screen of like
Chevrolet, whatever. I was like, I'm yeah, I'm not
gonna just wanna read. This letter from Jenny Han.
Yeah, it's exactly. No, no, not the not the letter
from Jenny Han, but the letter from.
(45:10):
Oh, Susanna to Susanna to Conrad.
Yes. Oh, OK, OK, OK.
Yeah, where Jeremiah is like, this is for you.
And he, like, throws the letter at Conrad and then he, like,
walks away. And then Conrad's like, let me
open it. And then it switches the scene.
I was like, dare you, I'm tryingto read that letter, that
(45:31):
personal letter from your dead mom to.
You Chevy go. Away.
Seriously. So I had to like pause it on
pause so I could. Read it, Oh my God.
(45:52):
The things we do to get the gas.I'm just like Nicholas for real.
I'm back in. Yeah, I'm back.
OK. Anyway, anything else you want
to talk about for Luke? Let me see oh the the episode 2
plot line about Arthur getting nervous about what to do for
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their date and then like over planning and stuff.
I really thought there would be more consequences to it.
I, I saw the a lot coming, like I saw this story coming where
he's like, Oh my gosh, I suddenly have to change
everything about how I date because this woman is so
different. I feel like we see that a lot.
And so I was expecting it to be more of like a, a confrontation
(46:39):
between them of like, why are you doing this?
This is not the person I wanted to date.
Like I, I am in love with you. I'm not in love with having a
boyfriend that can do all these things for me or whatever.
But instead she's like, oh, oh, Nicholas did something, huh.
OK, yeah, let's just go do something normal.
And it was just like, so non confrontational.
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So actually, you know what? I started by being like, I
wanted something different. But now that I say it, I
actually liked that it was different from what I expected.
Oh nice, I actually did expect her to be allergic to cilantro.
Saying the whole time, especially when they pan to his
face. But then he wasn't looking at
her. I was like, my God, the second
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he looks up at her face is gonnabe like.
Yeah, that's what I thought too.That's what I thought too.
And then it turns out that he was the one who was allergic to
his gold. They knew what they were doing.
That was so funny, my gosh. Also, OK, I guess I've been
living under some stupid rock, but I did not know that Mark
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Zuckerberg has been wearing a fuck ass gold.
Yes. Wait, OK, I was literally going
to ask you about that. I was going to say, OK,
question. Do you believe that adding a
gold chain makes men hotter? OK.
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Yeah, first. Question of you listening.
I shook my head no. Oh yeah, I forgot that everyone
looks at the video. In fact, no one looks at the
video. About 30%.
OK, follow up question. Do you believe that the gold
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chain made Mark Zuckerberg hotter?
Let me show you some pictures. Let.
I tend to think that gold chainson men make them look more
smart. Me.
OK, I think I think I would agree with you there.
But just to be clear, let me show you a picture.
(48:42):
Of Mark Zuckerberg Share with the class.
Yes, I will share with the class.
OK, so Mark Zuckerberg, right? Yeah, lizard man.
OK, here's here's here's anotherpicture.
(49:02):
OK, great. OK, yes, you're aware.
And just for completeness, oh, wait, I can't show for
completeness. Take it.
OK, Anyway, this is gold chain Mark Zuckerberg.
Gold chain Mark Zuckerberg. I wasn't expecting there to be a
pendant associated. Yeah, there's a whole ass
(49:24):
pundit. Dude this does nothing for him I
think. IMO.
Here's another. Shot you could see the gold
chain right here right here I amso sorry for those on audio
right now but we're basically you can follow along on the
experience by Google image searching Mark Zuckerberg and
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then you can look at the ones with the chain and without a
chain and you can tell the pictures that are with pain is
because his hair is a little bitlonger and he's often wearing a
black shirt so here's the yeah I.
Feel like it's the hair that's more noticeable than the chain.
Yeah, that's what I think too. I think it's the longer hair
(50:10):
rather than the. Chain Nothing can make this man
attractive. Sorry.
I just hate it. Yeah.
OK. That's very well.
So I agree. I do think when I saw the
initial picture of Mark Zuckerberg with like the glow up
and he had like longer hair and he had the chain and everything,
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I was like, OK, he definitely looks more attractive than he
did before. But I don't think it's solely
because of the chain. I think it's because he got a
little bit of a tan and his hairis a little bit longer and it's
like more style to him. Yeah, you know what I'm saying?
That's like, you're not ugly, you're just bored.
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Yes, I feel like. Mark Zuckerberg is a
contradiction to that because hestill.
Looks like that. Shalini, I'm sorry.
I hate him. That's fair.
Yeah, that's fair. That's fair.
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Oh my gosh. OK, so gold chain on a man not
for you. No.
Yeah, I do agree. I think it does make them look a
little bit smart. Me.
Yeah, like. Especially when they're
shirtless. Yeah, it's like what, what are
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you trying to do here, trying todo with that?
Well, great. Should we rate?
Let's do it. OK, So what are we rating here?
Just episodes 1 and 2. I don't know, I would say loot
as a show overall. OK.
I would say quality is integers only, huh.
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OK. I would say quality is 3 out of
five and I would say enjoyment is four or five.
I'll say 4. Yeah, enjoyment is 4 out of
five. Yeah.
OK, that puts you out of seven, seven, OK.
I, I totally I agree with like the seven overall.
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I think my quality 3. Is that what you said as well?
I feel like I agree with those numbers.
I think four and three, yeah. So that puts seven overall I'm
happy with. That if I could give half, I
would give half to both and thatwould push me to 8, but it's
(52:44):
fine. I wouldn't give hats fair.
If anything I would detract. Detract.
You're actually at a six and I'mat an 8.
Yep, and there we go. That makes us 7.
You know, we got there in the end.
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Great. OK, now it's the time of the
episode where we talk about our binge in progress.
Shalini, what have you been watching?
All right, so I am of course watching Love is Blind.
We have 11 episodes so far I think.
Too many, honestly. Too many.
(53:28):
Yeah, a lot. There's a lot.
So looking forward to the shit show that is The Bachelorette,
bachelor parties and the weddings.
I'm really not rooting for many couples at this.
Well, Megan Jordan, I, I I wouldbe happy to see them get
married. I think she's been a little
unfair to him in the last episode, but yeah.
(53:53):
OK then still watching Great British make off and I'm re
watching Derry girls which is one of my favorite shows of all.
Time. Just perfection.
What made you want to re watch Derry Girls?
I was just, I was like in the inneed of a new show to watch by
(54:14):
myself and I think it just popped up on my like, dive back
in section on Netflix and I haven't watched it.
I I, yeah. When did the last season come
out? Like over two years ago, right?
I don't think I've rewatched it since it came out.
Yeah, it's been a while. Yeah, so I was like, I don't
(54:36):
even remember what happened. This is perfect.
So yeah, just really enjoying it.
I wonder if it's because, Oh my gosh, I forgot her name, but the
woman who's in Bridgerton. Yeah, the one that plays.
Claire yeah. I wonder if it's because like,
it was her season, the last season of Bridgerton, so then
they couldn't they couldn't do both or something?
(54:57):
Maybe, maybe I was sad that Dairy Girls ended.
Wait, it's it's ended. Yeah, it's done.
It's fully done. Oh.
No, I know it's really bad and. It's so short, it's like 3-6
episode seasons I think. Wow, you're right.
Oh, her name is Nicola Coughlin.Oh yeah, yeah.
(55:19):
Yes, I know. Darn.
I was like, really hoping that there was another season.
But you're right. Yeah, it ended May 2022.
Yeah, so long ago. Yeah.
Yeah. Well, that's a good example of a
show that didn't continue just for the sake of it.
(55:43):
Good. Yeah, if it if it went S, I'm
sure I would have felt differently about the show as a
whole. So.
Yeah, that's true. Three perfect seasons.
Like a Game of Thrones type situation?
Yes. I had to explain that to someone
the other day who hadn't watchedGame of Thrones at all because
our friend Daniel, Daniel Wang, he was like, should I watch it?
(56:04):
Is it worth it? And I was like, you know, that
meme of the horse where like theback half of the horse is like
beautiful and shaded and contoured.
And then like the front half of the horse is like they and just
like they lost time. And it was like, yeah, like this
was like stupid 2D, like that type of face.
I was like, Game of Thrones is like that.
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The first, first couple seasons,phenomenal, amazing.
The last season, they kind of slapped something together at
the end. Oh my God, it's like the most
epic downturn of the TV show of all time.
For seven seasons, it had the potential to be the best TV show
ever created. And then they just botched it at
(56:50):
the end. Botched it?
Yeah, absolutely botched. The Starbucks cup in winter felt
like God. They did not care.
What a miss. Anyway, anyway, what's your
binge in progress? Basically the same stuff Love Is
Blind season 90. Actually, Yappers, if you want
(57:12):
Shalini and I to do a Love is Blind Season 9 finale live watch
through. I don't know what we're going to
do. Maybe something with the finale.
Let us know in the comments because I kind of want to do it.
Maybe we'll just do it regardless.
If you. Don't even bother writing and
actually. If we get one like.
(57:40):
On this. Star We'll do it, yappers.
We hear you. You talked and we listened.
Ruchi commented, and Ruchi listened.
Oh, who? People want us to do this?
(58:02):
Their names are Milo and Maui. Milo and Maui are pets.
Names. Yeah, birds.
They love our podcast. Our biggest fans, yes.
(58:22):
Anyway, watching Love is Flying season 9.
Totally agree. I'm not really rooting for
anyone except for maybe Megan and Jordan.
Sparkle, Meg and Jordan. Yeah.
I felt like, OK, going back to the point about her being unfair
to him, totally agree. I feel like he's just like, I'm
tired. And she's like, why don't you
(58:43):
want to talk to me? Now she's like, this is not the
man I fell in love with and it'slike, dude, he's tired, let the
man sit in. Silence.
He has a kid. He's just trying to have his
quiet time. Oh my God, let him have one
movie or you sit together in silence.
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But maybe it's just part of merging lives.
Hopefully it's a smaller argument in the grand scheme of
things. I still think they communicated
way better in that scene than any of the other couples have
the entire season. That's very true.
I I I think it's really funny how whenever anyone has a fight,
the love is line producers will put like this like super
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dramatic soundtrack behind them.And then they did that for
Sparkle, Megan Jordan. But then like halfway through
the fight, they were like laughing, joking, joking around.
And then it was like the dramatic music was still there.
So it's kind of like weird. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I I hope they make it. But if they don't, really not.
(59:53):
Invested in anyone? Yeah, feel nothing.
I'm excited to see the Austin season though, which will come
out. Next year.
Have they not done Austin before?
No, Season 10 is going to be Austin.
Oh, they've done Houston and Dallas.
Yes. Something Oh my God, after
Houston people were like leave Texas.
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Alone like please. Don't come back when you are
coming back. What happened?
Oh my God, the Houston season was such a shit show.
That was the season with Rabia and Uche and and Milton.
Lydia and Milton are the only ones that got married because
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there were like multiple other couples that completely fell
apart before they even got. I think Lydia and Milton and one
other couple were the only ones that even made it to the altar.
And then Lydia and Milton got married.
They were the only couple to getmarried and now they're broken
up. It was like such an
inconsequential season. Yes, Lydia and Milton, I did
hear that they filed for divorce, so they're no longer
(01:00:59):
together. Yeah, and he was so young.
It was. Yeah.
I was like, how are they castingthis show?
Yeah, but they came back for Austin, OH.
Boy, they have not come to California yet at all.
(01:01:19):
I'm surprised that they haven't done like LA.
Yeah, anything. Else, yeah, I feel like they do
kind of Tier 2, tier 3 cities, but like, what about like San
Diego or something? Wow, you really came for San
Diego. Yeah, yeah, Come.
On Tier 3 cities like San Diego.Yeah, I guess that makes sense
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how they want to do like the shittiest subpar cities that
have like 0 people living in them.
Why haven't they done San Diego first of all?
San Diego is a beautiful city. But I I see your point.
I think it would be a good, goodcity to like.
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Let's see what the dating scene is like there.
Yeah, that'd be a great city, actually.
I would love to see you. Love is blind, San Diego, right?
Yeah. So I don't know.
We'll see. We'll see.
Yeah, and then watching Great British Bake Off, but I'm not up
to date yet. I still have the meringue week
to watch. Oh, OK.
(01:02:26):
Yeah, cool. Yeah, nice.
And I guess that's it. Oh great, nobody wants this
Comes out in four days. Yes, I'm very excited for that.
That's probably going to be our next episode Yappers.
Nobody wants this season 2. I've been posting pretty
(01:02:47):
consistently on our Instagram stories about it, so hopefully
should come to no surprise. So if you want to take the next
couple days to binge watch Season 1 so that you can call us
out on things that we get wrong in the next episode, let us
know. Yeah.
Oh yeah. OK, so the two episodes that I
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was not here for Wayward and TheWoman in Cabin 10, should I
watch either of them? Both of them?
None of them. You can skip the woman in Cabin
10. We did not really like it.
I mean, it's not that long. It's like an hour and a half.
So if you want to just watch a movie one afternoon and then
listen to our episode, you can. But spooky.
(01:03:29):
Season I wouldn't. Consider that one very spooky
season. It's kind of just like a
thriller set on a yacht, you know?
Yeah, it's kind of like Gone Girl, Girl on the train vibes,
but not done as well. OK.
All right. Skipping that.
Skip it, skip it. But Wayward was really good.
(01:03:52):
And that one's definitely spookyseason because it's like set in
Vermont in the woods, and there's like a dark past of this
town. And it's kind of culty and it's
told from the point of view. It's like a few different points
of view. But they're all, they're all
just like what's going on at this school for troubled teens.
(01:04:12):
Yeah, it's really good. And Tony Collab is so brilliant.
Oh, is it like supernatural at all?
No. Is that a oh OK, no, it's not
supernatural. I don't even think they try to
pretend like it is, I'm pretty sure.
OK so just like culty vibes. Yes, culty vibes.
(01:04:35):
OK, OK, I'll maybe give that a watch.
Maybe that'll be in my binge in progress next.
Probably. Not that I feel like nobody
wants. This is pretty high at the top
of that list. Yay.
OK. Whoa, thanks for yapping with
us. If you loved this episode, have
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Hey appers, welcome back to Binge App Repeat.
Ruchi is back in the studio and Lute is back on Apple TV.
Plus today we app all about the character arcs, Maya Rudolph's
hilarious facial expressions andsome heart warming moments in
the show. We also discuss our predictions
for the rest of Season 3 and some other TV shows that have
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faced similar plot points and choices.
Let's dive in. Our episode starts now.
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Oh, hello. Hello.
What are what are you doing here?
What have I? I've been here.
What are you doing? That's true yappers.
I was on an Asia tour the past 21/2 weeks and I'm finally back.
I'm still a little jet lagged but it's OK.
(01:06):
I'm back now you've. Gone for a so long.
Wait you? It was so funny because you
literally messaged me like the exact 2nd that I landed.
It was crazy. Are you back yet?
The fuck? Yeah.
And I was like, yes, actually. Here I am.
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As of one second ago. Well welcome back.
Thank you. During my travels, I binged Loot
season 1 and 2, which is the premise of today's episode.
We're talking about Loot, which is an American comedy television
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series that premiered on June 23rd, 2022.
That was season 1 and season 3 premiered on October 15th, 2025
on Apple TV. It stars Bayer Rudolph as Molly
Wells, who's divorced from her tech billionaire ex-husband, has
now made her the third wealthiest woman in the US.
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And with her? Or is it the US or the world?
Maybe it's the world. I don't know, I don't know.
I got this from Wikipedia by theway.
Anyway. And then with her new found
money, she decides to run the day-to-day work of the
charitable foundation that she forgot she even founded.
So yes, originally this episode,like the BYR episode, was
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supposed to be all about season 3.
But then Yappers, Shalini and I got the memo a little bit too
late that only the first like 2 episodes would be released.
So we're like OK, I guess we'll do just the first two episodes
of season 3 and then also season1 and 2 because why not?
Because we. Can.
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Because we can. So yeah, I feel like this is
we're going to put Loot Season 3on this, but it is going to be a
mostly about the show in generalbecause I actually hadn't
watched it at all until we figured out that Season 3 was
coming out and I was like, oh, this show, this show looks like
something that I would enjoy. So that's why I spent the last
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two weeks just binging it duringmy travels.
So fresh in my mind. Well, do you maybe want to go
first then and just talk about what you thought?
Oh OK sure OK wow, this is so unique.
What original thoughts do I have?
Oh man, OK. I guess my overall thought is I
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generally like the show. I wouldn't say that I love it,
but I do enjoy it. I think my vibe is that it's a
very good, feel good background show.
It's very light hearted. It's an easy watch.
I don't think there's a lot of like critical thinking behind
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it, which is why it's such an easy watch.
And I think I do have some issues with the character
development, which I put down inmy notes to talk about.
But I think overall it's like, it's like a fine watch, but it's
not something that I think, I don't think I would be like, oh,
you have to watch this. It's so good.
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OK. All right, I would say this
qualifies as a show that I wouldtell my friends they have to.
Oh God, OK. Well, I mean, OK, I will say I
agree with you. I don't think there's a lot of,
it's not like a super deep show like Severance or White Lotus or
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Game of Thrones or anything. But I think for what it is, it's
just so delightful. And I love Maya Rudolph, I love
Adam Scott. I think this show I, I find a
lot of comedies like super cringe, a lot of pure comedies
and sitcoms like pretty cringe. For example, like How I Met Your
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Father, I could not get through like more than two episodes of
that show. So like recent comedies I find
really difficult to watch. But in contrast, I find this
show really funny and I actuallylaugh out loud almost every
single episode, which I rarely do in TV shows even when I do
find them funny. So I think like something about
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the comedic timing is just so good.
And like Maya Rudolph's like facial expression, I don't know
something about it. I find it so funny.
So I really love this show. I think I agree with you there.
So I do think that there are a lot of laugh out loud moments,
but it's kind of similar to likeSNL comedy, for example.
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So like when you're watching SNL, you're like, oh, this is a
hilarious situation and you're like laughing at SNL, but
there's not a whole lot of like plot and character development
and growth that you're really rooting for that makes the
situation funny. Like in The Office for example,
I feel like there are a lot of laugh out loud moments like in
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this situation, but then there are a lot of moments that are
made funny because it's like that character would absolutely
react in that way to that crazy situation.
And that's what makes it even funnier.
And I feel like there's not a lot of that in Loot.
It's just like funny situations,like funny physical comedy or
like funny facial features, which Maya Rudolph is amazing
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at, but it's not like there's anemotional connection to the
situation that makes it funny. Interesting.
Yeah, I think I could. I would probably agree with
that. I think I was reading somewhere,
OK, this is like slightly changing the subject, but I was
reading somewhere that Apple TV has created this kind of new
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niche genre around heartfelt comedy, kind of starting with
Ted Lasso. It's like it's so Ted Lasso
shrinking platonic. If you watch that loot, I'm sure
there are other ones, maybe bad sisters, maybe qualifies.
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There are all these shows that like there are some combination,
some ratio of hilarious and heartfelt.
And like I think that ratio kindof changes, but they all like
try to tap into that one thing. And so maybe it sounds like this
one you're saying is like a bit too much like emphasis on comedy
and not enough heartfelt situations that like ends up
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making it a little less funny. That is super interesting.
But yes, because I, I actually think I really love heartfelt
comedy in general. Like Parks and Rec was like
that, The Office was like that. So I feel like that's why I
generally watch comedy shows anddefinitely Ted Lasso is like
that too. So I think that makes a lot of
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sense. But I completely agree with your
assessment. I think Loot was a little bit
more comedy than a heartfelt maybe just because I didn't
really have like a good emotional connection to the
people, the characters. So OK, going back to Maya
Rudolph's character here's like here's my gripe with her.
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I feel like her character, MollyWells is a little strange
sometimes because yes, she is supposed to be this mega
billionaire. She has so much money.
She definitely has a certain standard of living that is like
very unapproachable to the common person.
But at the same time, when she is faced with these, like,
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common situations, I feel like she just, like, has no idea what
to do, which is kind of strange because I don't think Molly came
from money, right? Like in the conversation with
John Novak and in Season 1, Episode 1, she's like, oh, yeah.
Like, we built this company together.
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And like, we you were working out of my garage and coding and
like, I was on the phone callingmarketers.
And she has this like she describes this hustle
personality and this very resourceful hustle personality,
which you don't get well-being like raised in money, I feel, or
like you, you have to very intentionally be taught that.
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And it's definitely something that you don't lose.
But now as a tech billionaire, they're painting this picture of
her like not being able to understand women's like
unhoused, like unhoused women, for example.
That was like one of the main plot lines in one of the first
episodes in season 1, which is like, I understand that because
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that was like, oh, you have to show how out of touch she is to
create this like comedic situation and be able to laugh
at this person. But it's it kind of just like
kept going. And I was like, I don't think
she is so out of the loop that these situations would plausibly
keep happening. And like, yes, I know it's a
show and it's all of this and they're like trying to construct
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the comedy. But I think it just comes back
to the point of like the comedy that we're seeing is being
constructed from like the physical stuff, like facts and
everything, and not really aboutwho this person really is, like
a deep understanding of who thatperson is.
Yeah, like the the believabilityof a situation is what makes it
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funny. And so, like, when you're just
layering contrived things, it's like, it's like, yeah, if
someone was like this, this would be funny.
But we've already shown that she's perhaps not like this.
Yeah, yeah, I think she, she's been, she's being treated as a
like a very one-dimensional person in the sense of she is an
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extremely rich and affluent person who is now starting to
realize that there is humanity behind society and there's
humanity behind connection and friendship and everything.
And it's like, I feel like this person should have known that
already. Yeah, that's interesting.
I mean, I personally am not a billionaire and so I cannot
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imagine how quickly one could become out of touch with things
and like forget their roots, butI imagine it is possible to do
that. Like I would believe if she's
been in this upper echelon society for the last, I don't
know, is it 20 years or something?
I think I could believe that she's forgotten what it's like
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to be a real human. I like, so I guess in that way,
I think it's believable that she's out of touch, but I don't
I, I agree with you that it's not super believable that she's
lost her hustle mentality because I agree that that kind
of thing doesn't go away. So even if she's out of touch,
she should still know what a hustle is.
Just have some sort of motivation or like purpose in
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life. Yeah.
And even if she is out of touch,like the fact that she was once
in that situation doesn't preclude her from understanding
that other people are also in that situation.
But for like way more basic needs, for example, like, sure,
she's like the average person isnot calling up investors to like
fund your tech company or fund your next Google.
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But like you do respect that like people are doing whatever
they can to like get their basicneeds met.
And like, not understanding, like not putting those together
was like, I don't know if this person would really feel this
way in this moment. Yeah, that's really fair.
Yeah. Yeah, so I think that's kind of
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like my biggest gripe about it and why I kind of have to do
like, a suspension of disbelief in order to enjoy the show.
But like, when I do do that, it's like, oh, OK, this is fun.
This is like a fun show. Like, don't think too hard,
Richie. OK, so let's do you want to do a
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brief recap on like season 1 and2 because actually, please.
OK, I did have a question for you from season 1 to season 2.
Oh boy, I think I had a questionat least.
OK, let's see where I I'm just going to start this sentence and
see where I go. Oh, all right, I'm along for the
journey. OK, so in season 1, the first
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couple episodes are all about the divorce, the aftermath of
the divorce, figuring out there's a charity, getting more
involved with the charity. I think season 1 ends with wait,
is this right? No, this isn't right.
OK, Season 1 I want to look thisup just.
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Season 1. OK, yes, so season 1 ends with
the Silver Moon meeting in Corsica where Molly is like
billionaires shouldn't exist andlike that becomes the magazine
cover in season 2 and she's. Moon.
Is that like secret cult? No, no, no, that's in Season 2.
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So Season 1 is like that. They go to that beautiful
Italian, plays Rivera, French Rivera, Where is Corsica?
Let me tell you, Corsica is in France.
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Mediterranean Sea, France, yeah.OK, yes, so they go to Corsica
in France and they have this like huge sustainability summit,
but it's like all attended by billionaires and other out of
touch people. And during this summit, they are
like, they're previewing this water filtration machine, and
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they put it like, really dirty water.
And the output is also a really dirty water.
And then Molly has to drink it, and then she gets like, heavy
diarrhea like this is. Yeah, exactly.
Like classic situation where Maya Rudolph is doing something
like completely disgusting, but like, she's doing it like
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failed. Maya Rudolph didn't all the
time. Yeah, exactly.
I was like, this is just like the bridesmaid scene.
She's running out into the street, like pooping in her
wedding dress. Yeah.
So anyway, that's how season 1 ends.
And then season 2 begins with. Oh, Season 1 also ends with her
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sleeping with her ex-husband, right?
Yes, yes. So she sleeps with her
ex-husband and it's a reveal because you think it's Arthur,
but it's actually not, and it's John.
Right. And then Season 2 starts with
not really acknowledging that like it's supposed to happen
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like soon after season 1 ends. But I mean in real reality it
happens like 2 years after season 1 ends.
And it starts with Molly and theWells Foundation doing Space for
Everyone where they try to like buy up a bunch of hotels in LA
and then create this space for everyone.
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But at the same time, John Novakannounces his Space for Everyone
initiative where they go to space.
Yeah, super weird. So yeah, I, I guess like because
I was binging this, I got a lot of whiplash between the end of
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Season 1 and the beginning of Season 2, where I felt like
there wasn't a lot of connectionpoints.
Continuity. Yeah, there wasn't a lot of
continuity like there wasn't. There wasn't like there was
strictly plot continuity, but there wasn't a lot of
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acknowledgement about like character continuity.
I think this comes back to my point around like the plot just
being a little bit disconnected or kind of superficial compared
to characters. You know what?
OK, this is going to be a bit ofa tangent, but I feel like old
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TV shows that aired once a week and filmed weekly, edited weekly
and released weekly did so much better with character continuity
because they were actually living at the pace that the show
was coming out. And I feel like TV shows these
days, I actually feel this a lotlike when a whole season comes
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out at once. I know this show is not one of
those shows that comes out all at once, but I'm pretty sure
it's like filmed and shot and everything.
Everything's done all at once. I think they they just don't
have a great sense of like wherea character would go if they
were living this timeline because they're writing
everything all at once and they're not like going with the
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flow. OK, Any operas that are in the
film industry tell me if this iswrong because I obviously don't
have a great sense of like how TV shows were written back in
the day versus now and how that's changed.
Actually, Richie, you should askyour sister if she if she has
any insight. But yeah, I just feel like I've
noticed this with a lot of TV shows where like now it just
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feels like, oh, they have chosenan arc for a character and that
character follows an arc, but it's always like a bit
contrived. It's not supernatural like
supernatural. It's spooky season.
It's not like, yeah, it doesn't feel very natural and it just
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feels either too fast or not enough or yeah, I don't know.
So anyway, going back to the point you were making.
Well, I just, I mean, I think that does relate to something
that we've touched on before, which is like, I feel like
writers are in this impossible situation where they want to
pour their heart and soul into these characters.
But at the same time, a lot likeseasons are just like cancelled
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Willy nilly. Like you have no idea when your
show is going to end. Like we saw this with
Motorheads, for example, right. Motorheads ended with the
cliffhanger. It's still being advertised, by
the way, on Amazon Prime Video, but it was cancelled for the
second season. So we just like, we'll never
know what happened to those characters in that story.
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And it ended with the cliffhanger.
And so you're now you're like, I'm left hanging like this.
And it's the same with other andit can go in the other direction
too, where you will have people like they are like, OK, we don't
know if we're going to get a season 2, so we're just going to
create a fantastic season 1. They create a fantastic season
1. Of course it's fantastic.
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They get a season 2. They're like, well, now what do
we do? Because we like wrapped up all
of these stories and now we haveto basically create a whole
other show. But instead of making it as
fantastic as it could be by starting fresh, we have to use
the same characters who have already gone through all of this
stuff and like create new situations and they can come off
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as contrived and that. Way, Oh my gosh, I'm trying to
remember which show we had this discussion on.
Do you remember? It must have been like a Season
2 or a Season 3 of something that we were so excited to see
it, but then we were like a little disappointed.
Like Ginny and Georgia, maybe Motörhead, maybe at Wall.
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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think it could have been
either of those. Oh yeah, I think maybe it was at
all. Anyway, yes.
Another show that just got axed that ended on a cliffhanger.
Yeah. Oh, man, yeah.
So I do think, yeah, I agree. Like writers really have their
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work cut out for them these days.
And for making these characters that are like super lovable and
the viewers are emotionally invested in them enough to want
to see them next season, but like, they can't do too much
with them because they want to save stuff for future seasons.
Yeah, yeah. Anyway, I don't like
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specifically recall what my question was on season 2.
I think it's just a sort of feeling that I had about like,
wait, what? Yeah.
That is so that's really interesting too because I
watched these seasons as they came out.
I'm pretty sure I, I, I didn't watch season 1 when it came out,
but I watched it far before season 2 came out.
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So I did have a break. And so I never noticed that I
just and I, I just noticed that like it kind of picked up where
it left off. I didn't remember season one
well enough to like sense a vibedifference or anything or like a
lack of acknowledgement. And so I yeah, I think that's a
really interesting perspective you bring from having binged it
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versus just like waiting for Season 2 and then waiting for
Season 3. I will say, like, I think my
feeling kind of went away over the course of season 2.
So it was definitely a lot of whiplash and episode 1 and 2 and
I was like a little bit confused.
But then as season 2 went on, I think it kind of found its
footing a little bit more. So maybe also the actors were
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like, oh, yeah, we're filming this show again.
Like took some time to get back into it.
Yeah. I hate when I have that feeling
when a new season starts of a show that I like, where I'm
like, it feels so different, yeah.
Yeah. And then OK, so going into now
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season 3, so Season 3 starts with bye bye mode where so
season 2 ends. All right, let me let me recap.
OK, so season 2 ends with John Novak basically staging his
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death and then everyone thinks he's dead, but then he calls
Molly and he's like, hey, I'm actually not dead.
And she's like what the hell? That's how it ends.
And then season 3 starts with well also.
Season 2 ends with her kissing Arthur and then being like ye.
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Yes, OK, yes. She goes to Arthur, confesses
her love for him, and then as she's doing that, Arthur's model
girlfriend. Wild, by the way.
Anyway, Arthur's model girlfriend comes out and it's
like, hey, Arthur, what's going on?
And she's like, Oh my God, I'm so embarrassed.
And then she runs away off on her private jet and then is
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like, take me away. And then season 3 starts with
her on an island, presumably crash landed.
But then we find out that she's not actually crash landed, she's
just getting away. It's like a lost type situation.
Yes. OK, yeah.
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So that's season 3. I was when when we saw her on
the deserted island, I was like,are you kidding me?
Like what is going on right now?But then the when they reveal
that I wasn't actually true, I was like, OK, that makes sense.
I'm I'm happy right now. I was like, really, what's going
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on? I.
Was like what could this? What could the season possibly
be going? Like what direction could the
season possibly be going in if she's on a deserted island?
Exactly. And not me also feeling so bad
for Nicholas because I was like,Oh my God, he's like doing so
much for her. He's like creating this like
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like resort type pagoda type thing on the island and like
catching fish for her. And then it's revealed that he's
like, we need more cod and shrimp and all these things to
the people on the island. I was like, OK, that's pretty
good moisturizer in the coconut.Yes, that was really funny.
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So I thought that was very well done.
Yeah, I liked that. I liked that.
I also like that it didn't last that long.
Yes, yes, agreed. Yes.
And then they go to the other side of the island.
And then Henry Winkler is that his name makes.
US. Yeah, Doctor Saperstein.
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Yeah, Doctor Saperstein. This nudist man, I, I really
didn't put together that like the take away Molly was getting
from being in that resort was that I cannot stay on this
island because I will turn into him.
I didn't put that together untilshe spelled it out and I was
like, oh this is how they are getting her back to real.
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Life, yes, but I thought that was great.
I thought that was a great example of how Molly was
starting to become more logical and being like, OK, yes, there
are billionaires who are still extremely out of touch, like
this person. And they, like, go crazy from
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the amount of money that they have.
But then there are also people like who are trying to get their
basic needs met and like, I'm gonna be more grounded.
Yeah. Yeah, OK.
The other thing, this is probably very super visual of
me, but the other thing that I noticed between Season 1 and
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Season 2 is that the actress whoplays Sophia, I think she got
veneers. I'm pretty sure.
Yeah, like her, her teeth changed.
And Arthur, the character Arthur, his teeth did not get
changed. That man's teeth ain't changing.
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Yeah. And I think that's really
superficial on me, but also whenever he comes on screen, I
just like can't stop looking. I know, I mean, I think to be
fair to him, I think he keeps them that way on purpose.
Like, I think it, you know, keeps his face very like very
unique compared to the other white actors in their 40s or
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whatever. That's very true.
Kind of like Amy Lou Wood, like it just makes her so unique, you
know? But going back to the actress
that plays Sophia, did you know she is trans?
Really. Yes.
I did not know that. She is trans and never brought
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up in the show. Like it's not even a part of her
character, which I love. I absolutely love that.
Yeah. That's amazing.
Wow, good for her. Yeah, I remember Anju and I had
this conversation because she was like, I'm pretty sure this
actress is trans. And I was like, what?
No, no way. And then like, we did some
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digging and she was like, yeah, she's trans and I.
Was like, what? Wow, that's great.
Yeah. I also love how it's not
mentioned in this show at all. Yeah.
Amazing. Amazing.
But who's your favorite character?
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Oh. OK, let me think.
We got OK, We got Molly. We got Sophia, Arthur, Howard,
Nicholas. Ainsley.
Ainsley, the older lady that stays on Naked old people
Island. I think Howard is definitely up
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there for me. Love Howard.
I think like I always expect to find his lines not that funny
and then I end up laughing because something about his
delivery just makes it so funny.Like it's just so genuinely
like, I don't know. I think one line of Howard's
that made me laugh. This was one of the few
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situations where I think it was a good character funny line.
And not just like, objectively funny line where Sophia asks
Howard, she's like, Howard, are you free right now?
And he's like, are you asking asmy boss or my friend?
And she's like, as your boss. And he's like, I'm swamped, so
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busy. And then she's like, OK, what if
I'm your friend? And then he's like, oh, yeah, I
can do it. Like, what do you want?
I'm super free. That I've been free for the past
month. Yeah, I'm all free for the next.
Month. So funny.
Yeah. I think I love his character.
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And maybe then just Molly. Yeah.
Yeah. I find I really like Nicholas as
a concept, but I think sometimeshe overacts a little bit and
that takes me out a little. I was gonna say Nicholas,
actually, I think there is a couple lines and I'm like, wow,
this is so relatable where Ainsley is talking about the
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wedding drama of her like sister's wedding drama or her
own wedding drama. She's like trying to place her
family members at the table and then she's like, well, aunt so
and so can't sit next to so and so because of the whole like, I,
I feel like forgot the crazy situation that she brought up.
But she was like, because of thewhole like adapted baby
situation. And then Nicholas was like, I'm
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back in like he was so like, don't talk to me.
And then he heard about the drama.
He's like, tell me more. Oh, Nicholas, I do like him as a
bridge between Molly and the real world.
Yeah, I agree. I think it's really nice to see
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like two people who are coming from this out of touch place try
or like become more grounded, but in different ways.
Yeah, it's cute, cute. Ainsley also is kind of an
underdog. I wish they had like a little
bit more for her. Like the whole scenario with her
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just stuck in Dubai and then making friends with the security
guard in Dubai. He's like, I don't think your
friends are coming, Ainsley. And she's like, nonsense, let's
go to the subway. Like, what are you gonna get
this time? I thought that was.
Really. Yeah, it was.
Like this is like a a a glimpse into Ainsley's character that
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the other characters are too dismissive ever to see.
We only see it because they're not around to take up all the.
Space. Yeah, basically.
So sweet. But going back to Howard, this
is my prediction for the rest ofseason 3.
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Sophia's sister and Howard will be a couple.
OK, wait, remind me what Howard's relationship history
is? He was with someone for a really
long time, right? Yeah, he was with someone for a
really long time, but she didn'treally treat him well.
And then Nicholas, he or no. So Howard, this woman and
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Nicholas went to The Cheesecake Factory to like, get to know
each other more, I think. And then at The Cheesecake
Factory, Howard goes to the bathroom and then the woman
tells Nicholas she's like, oh, like I'm not going to marry
Howard. He's just like someone you have
fun with. He's not like marriage material
or something like that. And then, and they had been
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dating for like 7 years or something crazy.
And then on the way home from The Cheesecake Factory, Nicholas
is like, hey Howard, like I justwant to tell you that she said
this to me. And then secretly Howard and his
girlfriend were on a FaceTime call that entire time.
And his girlfriend was like, see, I told you he's a lie.
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It's like, yeah, a liar. And then that's how Howard and
Nicholas get into this huge fight.
And then they don't talk for, like, an episode or two.
And then they make up when Howard tries to help Nicholas
through his lines and get the audition for some play or
something. But that's like the the fight in
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their relationship. So that's Howard's history.
And then I think Howard does endup breaking up with the
girlfriend because she wants himto go like pick up her brother
or something from the airport, like drop everything and go and
pick him up. And then he's like, no, because
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my friend Nicholas is in this play and I'm not going to miss
the play. And then she's like, you have to
miss the play. Like what are you talking about?
And then he's like, no. And he like, sets his boundaries
and that's how they break up. OK, OK, OK, cute.
So he has been kind of taken advantage of in relationships in
the past, but we're hopeful about him and Sophia's sister.
(34:59):
Cute. I like it.
I wasn't sure if she was going to come back.
Yeah. So the episode ended with the
two of them or where Sophia invites her sister to just come
and like, stay with her for a little bit, basically because I
think her car breaks down. And then they kind of reconcile
(35:19):
their relationship a little bit more.
So I think we'll we'll see her more and then in the coming
season. Oh, OK, yay.
OK, great prediction. I'm so curious.
Do you have any predictions for the rest of season 3?
OK, my only prediction which I hope does not happen, but I just
can't see how it possibly could not happen.
(35:41):
Well, I don't know. Well, we'll see.
But I feel like her and Arthur, this can't be the end of their
journey. Like their relationship arc, you
know? I feel like they got together
too soon and so they will break up.
Really. I don't know, because I feel
(36:02):
like that's what you see when, well, I guess that's not true.
Like Jim and Pam stayed together, but I don't know, I
was kind of thinking because this is like the main love story
of the show, right? And I feel like when that's
happened from what we've seen, like let me think of some
examples. Mindy and Danny Castellano, they
(36:24):
got together in like season 2 or3 and then ended up breaking up
in like season 4 or five in the mid Indeed project.
Then we have Robin and Ted who got together at the end of
season 1, dated and then broke up at the end of season 2.
Then we have Luke and Lorelai who did end up getting back
(36:44):
together but they got together season 5 and then ended up
breaking up for like most of season 7.
And how did I know that your next example was going to be
Gilmore Girls? You know me so well I could not
not include Gilmore Girls. I was going to bring it up if
you didn't. But yeah, like I feel like
(37:06):
whenever there's a main love story arc that we're rooting
for. Oh, and Jess and Nick from New
Girl. New Girl.
Yeah, they also got together in like Season 2 and then broke up
until like the last few seasons or something, right until like
Season 6 or 7. So I just feel like Arthur and
Molly got together too soon and there's gonna be some hurdles.
(37:30):
I think there will be a lot of hurdles with Jon, right?
Like, oh, OK, that was the otherthing.
Like, Jon literally faked his death on national TV, and then
there was no backlash about that.
There was like no discussion about that.
Yeah. What's his plan?
Yeah. Like, is he gonna come back from
(37:51):
the dead? Like what's going on?
Yeah, Like, was there a press conference?
Was there not? Did it happen?
What did people think? Do people still hate him?
Like what? What's going on?
I don't know how that will develop.
Maybe he'll just disappear. I doubt it.
(38:11):
I doubt it. I think there is going to be
some issue with John, but at thesame time, like I wonder if they
didn't do it because Adam Scott was built busy filming Severance
or something or is busy filming Severance.
So like that's why he can't be apart of this show that much.
I don't know. It's so weird.
(38:32):
I wish they had some kind of like like keeping tabs on what
John is doing though, because heeven though he's not a main or
recurring, no not main character, he's still like a
recurring character and he's definitely like an influential
part of the story. Totally, totally.
Very influential part. Yeah, Mystery.
(38:55):
I mean, I guess on the plus side, Severance and Loot are
both on Apple TV, so maybe they've struck some sort of deal
where they can just borrow Adam for a few for like a few days of
filming for Loot. Severance is like so much more
popular than. Oh, for sure, for sure.
(39:16):
But you know, it's like still inthe same family, so maybe
they'll like throw a bone to loot and be like, OK, I don't go
do loot for a few days. That's true.
That's true. That's a good point.
Way better than if loot was on like Amazon Prime Video and
several yes Apple to be like there's no way like you cancel.
You need to write him out. Yeah, like I actually he did die
(39:37):
in the crash. That phone call was fake.
That in person meeting was fake.He he actually blocked you on
Duolingo. No Duolingo high fives.
No Duolingo high fives. All right, any other predictions
(40:06):
for Season 3? No, I think that's my main one.
The other ones I haven't really.I haven't really thought through
anything for like Nicholas or Howard or Ainsley or Sophia.
Is Sophia still with that guy? No, I think they broke up, but I
can see Oh no, no, they got backtogether.
(40:28):
OK. Because she went to New Orleans
and went to the jazz club. OK, cute.
Oh, I really like them together.Me too.
They are very sweet. I was like, what are you doing,
Sophia? Oh, my gosh.
Yeah. So I hope they stay together
(40:49):
with Arthur and Molly. Your point about them probably
breaking up, I'm not sure. I think there is a really
pessimistic side of me that thinks that season that Louis is
going to get cancelled at the end of Season 3.
And so it's most likely that they will get together.
They'll have one major issue, which is probably John is going
(41:09):
to introduce some, like saying that they have to overcome and
then they'll get together in theend and then loot will end after
Season 3. Is my prediction.
No. Pessimistic.
(41:30):
Yeah. I will say I do like Season 3
more so that I liked season 2 sofar.
Oh, OK, great. It's a bad sign.
I feel like a lot of shows have a season 2 slump where they're
like, how do we, how do we recreate the magic of Season 1?
Yeah, another gripe that I had, which is totally unrelated to
(41:53):
LOOT and I completely understandthis, is that I am a little bit
frustrated with the Apple TV skip intro button because when
you skip the intro, there's still 10 seconds left of the
theme before it starts. It's like exactly 10 seconds
because it skips the intro. Then it goes to the part where
in the intro where they're like dealing hands in the casino.
(42:14):
And then I hit the 10 second more button and then the episode
starts and like then what is thepoint of the skip intro button?
This whole intro was only 20 seconds to begin with.
It's true. I was like.
Did you know that skip intro means skip the intro?
(42:35):
That's so funny. Does it happen in all Apple TV
shows? Because I think severance it
does skip to pretty much the endof the.
Yeah, it doesn't happen in all TApple TV episodes, which makes
me think that it is a global setting.
The skip intro button is a global setting that literally
says plus 20 seconds and if yourintro is longer than that then
(42:57):
you don't. It's like not a configurable
thing. That's crazy though because
presumably people click skip intro at different times.
Like it's available for A5 to 10second window, right?
That's true. I don't know.
Something is wrong with the way they've programmed it.
(43:18):
Maybe there's like some chapter button that has been
misconfigured on LOOT for example.
I don't know. Oh no see I would never notice
that because I only watched one or two episodes a week of the
show like since it started. I hate things that disrupt my
flow for binging. For Amazon Prime Video, it was
(43:40):
ads. I hated it.
I also hated on Amazon Prime Video when you paused the
episode it would show you an ad and it wouldn't show you like
the still that you're on, which made it very difficult to pause
and read the letter that they did not narrate on the TV show
(44:01):
itself. Oh.
Is this for the summer I turn pretty?
Or yeah, for the summer I turn. OK OK oh OK.
I don't know what type of prime I have but I mine doesn't have
ads so I've not experienced thisbut that's really frustrating.
Also, I feel like the the one ofthe very few benefits of Amazon
(44:23):
Prime Video over other streamingservices is that, like when you
pause, it automatically shows you all the actors and the
character that they play. Yeah, and I love that.
But does that not show up when you pause?
I do see that, it's just that ifyou pause for longer than like 2
seconds it goes to the full screen ad.
I don't know if they still show you other things, but yeah, I I
(44:48):
saw a lot of ads for cars and I was watching the summer.
I turned pretty. It was like full screen of like
Chevrolet, whatever. I was like, I'm yeah, I'm not
gonna just wanna read. This letter from Jenny Han.
Yeah, it's exactly. No, no, not the not the letter
from Jenny Han, but the letter from.
(45:10):
Oh, Susanna to Susanna to Conrad.
Yes. Oh, OK, OK, OK.
Yeah, where Jeremiah is like, this is for you.
And he, like, throws the letter at Conrad and then he, like,
walks away. And then Conrad's like, let me
open it. And then it switches the scene.
I was like, dare you, I'm tryingto read that letter, that
(45:31):
personal letter from your dead mom to.
You Chevy go. Away.
Seriously. So I had to like pause it on
pause so I could. Read it, Oh my God.
(45:52):
The things we do to get the gas.I'm just like Nicholas for real.
I'm back in. Yeah, I'm back.
OK. Anyway, anything else you want
to talk about for Luke? Let me see oh the the episode 2
plot line about Arthur getting nervous about what to do for
(46:15):
their date and then like over planning and stuff.
I really thought there would be more consequences to it.
I, I saw the a lot coming, like I saw this story coming where
he's like, Oh my gosh, I suddenly have to change
everything about how I date because this woman is so
different. I feel like we see that a lot.
And so I was expecting it to be more of like a, a confrontation
(46:39):
between them of like, why are you doing this?
This is not the person I wanted to date.
Like I, I am in love with you. I'm not in love with having a
boyfriend that can do all these things for me or whatever.
But instead she's like, oh, oh, Nicholas did something, huh.
OK, yeah, let's just go do something normal.
And it was just like, so non confrontational.
(46:59):
So actually, you know what? I started by being like, I
wanted something different. But now that I say it, I
actually liked that it was different from what I expected.
Oh nice, I actually did expect her to be allergic to cilantro.
Saying the whole time, especially when they pan to his
face. But then he wasn't looking at
her. I was like, my God, the second
(47:19):
he looks up at her face is gonnabe like.
Yeah, that's what I thought too.That's what I thought too.
And then it turns out that he was the one who was allergic to
his gold. They knew what they were doing.
That was so funny, my gosh. Also, OK, I guess I've been
living under some stupid rock, but I did not know that Mark
(47:40):
Zuckerberg has been wearing a fuck ass gold.
Yes. Wait, OK, I was literally going
to ask you about that. I was going to say, OK,
question. Do you believe that adding a
gold chain makes men hotter? OK.
(48:00):
Yeah, first. Question of you listening.
I shook my head no. Oh yeah, I forgot that everyone
looks at the video. In fact, no one looks at the
video. About 30%.
OK, follow up question. Do you believe that the gold
(48:21):
chain made Mark Zuckerberg hotter?
Let me show you some pictures. Let.
I tend to think that gold chainson men make them look more
smart. Me.
OK, I think I think I would agree with you there.
But just to be clear, let me show you a picture.
(48:42):
Of Mark Zuckerberg Share with the class.
Yes, I will share with the class.
OK, so Mark Zuckerberg, right? Yeah, lizard man.
OK, here's here's here's anotherpicture.
(49:02):
OK, great. OK, yes, you're aware.
And just for completeness, oh, wait, I can't show for
completeness. Take it.
OK, Anyway, this is gold chain Mark Zuckerberg.
Gold chain Mark Zuckerberg. I wasn't expecting there to be a
pendant associated. Yeah, there's a whole ass
(49:24):
pundit. Dude this does nothing for him I
think. IMO.
Here's another. Shot you could see the gold
chain right here right here I amso sorry for those on audio
right now but we're basically you can follow along on the
experience by Google image searching Mark Zuckerberg and
(49:47):
then you can look at the ones with the chain and without a
chain and you can tell the pictures that are with pain is
because his hair is a little bitlonger and he's often wearing a
black shirt so here's the yeah I.
Feel like it's the hair that's more noticeable than the chain.
Yeah, that's what I think too. I think it's the longer hair
(50:10):
rather than the. Chain Nothing can make this man
attractive. Sorry.
I just hate it. Yeah.
OK. That's very well.
So I agree. I do think when I saw the
initial picture of Mark Zuckerberg with like the glow up
and he had like longer hair and he had the chain and everything,
(50:31):
I was like, OK, he definitely looks more attractive than he
did before. But I don't think it's solely
because of the chain. I think it's because he got a
little bit of a tan and his hairis a little bit longer and it's
like more style to him. Yeah, you know what I'm saying?
That's like, you're not ugly, you're just bored.
(50:53):
Yes, I feel like. Mark Zuckerberg is a
contradiction to that because hestill.
Looks like that. Shalini, I'm sorry.
I hate him. That's fair.
Yeah, that's fair. That's fair.
(51:15):
Oh my gosh. OK, so gold chain on a man not
for you. No.
Yeah, I do agree. I think it does make them look a
little bit smart. Me.
Yeah, like. Especially when they're
shirtless. Yeah, it's like what, what are
(51:35):
you trying to do here, trying todo with that?
Well, great. Should we rate?
Let's do it. OK, So what are we rating here?
Just episodes 1 and 2. I don't know, I would say loot
as a show overall. OK.
I would say quality is integers only, huh.
(52:02):
OK. I would say quality is 3 out of
five and I would say enjoyment is four or five.
I'll say 4. Yeah, enjoyment is 4 out of
five. Yeah.
OK, that puts you out of seven, seven, OK.
I, I totally I agree with like the seven overall.
(52:23):
I think my quality 3. Is that what you said as well?
I feel like I agree with those numbers.
I think four and three, yeah. So that puts seven overall I'm
happy with. That if I could give half, I
would give half to both and thatwould push me to 8, but it's
(52:44):
fine. I wouldn't give hats fair.
If anything I would detract. Detract.
You're actually at a six and I'mat an 8.
Yep, and there we go. That makes us 7.
You know, we got there in the end.
(53:07):
Great. OK, now it's the time of the
episode where we talk about our binge in progress.
Shalini, what have you been watching?
All right, so I am of course watching Love is Blind.
We have 11 episodes so far I think.
Too many, honestly. Too many.
(53:28):
Yeah, a lot. There's a lot.
So looking forward to the shit show that is The Bachelorette,
bachelor parties and the weddings.
I'm really not rooting for many couples at this.
Well, Megan Jordan, I, I I wouldbe happy to see them get
married. I think she's been a little
unfair to him in the last episode, but yeah.
(53:53):
OK then still watching Great British make off and I'm re
watching Derry girls which is one of my favorite shows of all.
Time. Just perfection.
What made you want to re watch Derry Girls?
I was just, I was like in the inneed of a new show to watch by
(54:14):
myself and I think it just popped up on my like, dive back
in section on Netflix and I haven't watched it.
I I, yeah. When did the last season come
out? Like over two years ago, right?
I don't think I've rewatched it since it came out.
Yeah, it's been a while. Yeah, so I was like, I don't
(54:36):
even remember what happened. This is perfect.
So yeah, just really enjoying it.
I wonder if it's because, Oh my gosh, I forgot her name, but the
woman who's in Bridgerton. Yeah, the one that plays.
Claire yeah. I wonder if it's because like,
it was her season, the last season of Bridgerton, so then
they couldn't they couldn't do both or something?
(54:57):
Maybe, maybe I was sad that Dairy Girls ended.
Wait, it's it's ended. Yeah, it's done.
It's fully done. Oh.
No, I know it's really bad and. It's so short, it's like 3-6
episode seasons I think. Wow, you're right.
Oh, her name is Nicola Coughlin.Oh yeah, yeah.
(55:19):
Yes, I know. Darn.
I was like, really hoping that there was another season.
But you're right. Yeah, it ended May 2022.
Yeah, so long ago. Yeah.
Yeah. Well, that's a good example of a
show that didn't continue just for the sake of it.
(55:43):
Good. Yeah, if it if it went S, I'm
sure I would have felt differently about the show as a
whole. So.
Yeah, that's true. Three perfect seasons.
Like a Game of Thrones type situation?
Yes. I had to explain that to someone
the other day who hadn't watchedGame of Thrones at all because
our friend Daniel, Daniel Wang, he was like, should I watch it?
(56:04):
Is it worth it? And I was like, you know, that
meme of the horse where like theback half of the horse is like
beautiful and shaded and contoured.
And then like the front half of the horse is like they and just
like they lost time. And it was like, yeah, like this
was like stupid 2D, like that type of face.
I was like, Game of Thrones is like that.
(56:26):
The first, first couple seasons,phenomenal, amazing.
The last season, they kind of slapped something together at
the end. Oh my God, it's like the most
epic downturn of the TV show of all time.
For seven seasons, it had the potential to be the best TV show
ever created. And then they just botched it at
(56:50):
the end. Botched it?
Yeah, absolutely botched. The Starbucks cup in winter felt
like God. They did not care.
What a miss. Anyway, anyway, what's your
binge in progress? Basically the same stuff Love Is
Blind season 90. Actually, Yappers, if you want
(57:12):
Shalini and I to do a Love is Blind Season 9 finale live watch
through. I don't know what we're going to
do. Maybe something with the finale.
Let us know in the comments because I kind of want to do it.
Maybe we'll just do it regardless.
If you. Don't even bother writing and
actually. If we get one like.
(57:40):
On this. Star We'll do it, yappers.
We hear you. You talked and we listened.
Ruchi commented, and Ruchi listened.
Oh, who? People want us to do this?
(58:02):
Their names are Milo and Maui. Milo and Maui are pets.
Names. Yeah, birds.
They love our podcast. Our biggest fans, yes.
(58:22):
Anyway, watching Love is Flying season 9.
Totally agree. I'm not really rooting for
anyone except for maybe Megan and Jordan.
Sparkle, Meg and Jordan. Yeah.
I felt like, OK, going back to the point about her being unfair
to him, totally agree. I feel like he's just like, I'm
tired. And she's like, why don't you
(58:43):
want to talk to me? Now she's like, this is not the
man I fell in love with and it'slike, dude, he's tired, let the
man sit in. Silence.
He has a kid. He's just trying to have his
quiet time. Oh my God, let him have one
movie or you sit together in silence.
(59:07):
But maybe it's just part of merging lives.
Hopefully it's a smaller argument in the grand scheme of
things. I still think they communicated
way better in that scene than any of the other couples have
the entire season. That's very true.
I I I think it's really funny how whenever anyone has a fight,
the love is line producers will put like this like super
(59:29):
dramatic soundtrack behind them.And then they did that for
Sparkle, Megan Jordan. But then like halfway through
the fight, they were like laughing, joking, joking around.
And then it was like the dramatic music was still there.
So it's kind of like weird. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I I hope they make it. But if they don't, really not.
(59:53):
Invested in anyone? Yeah, feel nothing.
I'm excited to see the Austin season though, which will come
out. Next year.
Have they not done Austin before?
No, Season 10 is going to be Austin.
Oh, they've done Houston and Dallas.
Yes. Something Oh my God, after
Houston people were like leave Texas.
(01:00:15):
Alone like please. Don't come back when you are
coming back. What happened?
Oh my God, the Houston season was such a shit show.
That was the season with Rabia and Uche and and Milton.
Lydia and Milton are the only ones that got married because
(01:00:37):
there were like multiple other couples that completely fell
apart before they even got. I think Lydia and Milton and one
other couple were the only ones that even made it to the altar.
And then Lydia and Milton got married.
They were the only couple to getmarried and now they're broken
up. It was like such an
inconsequential season. Yes, Lydia and Milton, I did
hear that they filed for divorce, so they're no longer
(01:00:59):
together. Yeah, and he was so young.
It was. Yeah.
I was like, how are they castingthis show?
Yeah, but they came back for Austin, OH.
Boy, they have not come to California yet at all.
(01:01:19):
I'm surprised that they haven't done like LA.
Yeah, anything. Else, yeah, I feel like they do
kind of Tier 2, tier 3 cities, but like, what about like San
Diego or something? Wow, you really came for San
Diego. Yeah, yeah, Come.
On Tier 3 cities like San Diego.Yeah, I guess that makes sense
(01:01:43):
how they want to do like the shittiest subpar cities that
have like 0 people living in them.
Why haven't they done San Diego first of all?
San Diego is a beautiful city. But I I see your point.
I think it would be a good, goodcity to like.
(01:02:06):
Let's see what the dating scene is like there.
Yeah, that'd be a great city, actually.
I would love to see you. Love is blind, San Diego, right?
Yeah. So I don't know.
We'll see. We'll see.
Yeah, and then watching Great British Bake Off, but I'm not up
to date yet. I still have the meringue week
to watch. Oh, OK.
(01:02:26):
Yeah, cool. Yeah, nice.
And I guess that's it. Oh great, nobody wants this
Comes out in four days. Yes, I'm very excited for that.
That's probably going to be our next episode Yappers.
Nobody wants this season 2. I've been posting pretty
(01:02:47):
consistently on our Instagram stories about it, so hopefully
should come to no surprise. So if you want to take the next
couple days to binge watch Season 1 so that you can call us
out on things that we get wrong in the next episode, let us
know. Yeah.
Oh yeah. OK, so the two episodes that I
(01:03:08):
was not here for Wayward and TheWoman in Cabin 10, should I
watch either of them? Both of them?
None of them. You can skip the woman in Cabin
10. We did not really like it.
I mean, it's not that long. It's like an hour and a half.
So if you want to just watch a movie one afternoon and then
listen to our episode, you can. But spooky.
(01:03:29):
Season I wouldn't. Consider that one very spooky
season. It's kind of just like a
thriller set on a yacht, you know?
Yeah, it's kind of like Gone Girl, Girl on the train vibes,
but not done as well. OK.
All right. Skipping that.
Skip it, skip it. But Wayward was really good.
(01:03:52):
And that one's definitely spookyseason because it's like set in
Vermont in the woods, and there's like a dark past of this
town. And it's kind of culty and it's
told from the point of view. It's like a few different points
of view. But they're all, they're all
just like what's going on at this school for troubled teens.
(01:04:12):
Yeah, it's really good. And Tony Collab is so brilliant.
Oh, is it like supernatural at all?
No. Is that a oh OK, no, it's not
supernatural. I don't even think they try to
pretend like it is, I'm pretty sure.
OK so just like culty vibes. Yes, culty vibes.
(01:04:35):
OK, OK, I'll maybe give that a watch.
Maybe that'll be in my binge in progress next.
Probably. Not that I feel like nobody
wants. This is pretty high at the top
of that list. Yay.
OK. Whoa, thanks for yapping with
us. If you loved this episode, have
(01:04:57):
some hot takes we missed, or if you've got a show you're dying
for us to binge next, follow us on socials we're at, Binge, yap,
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