Episode Details

In Episode 430, Madden and Kolsky are chomping at the bit after a week off, so it’s right on into:

• The last two weeks of The Challenge: Vets & New Threats (1:20) and whether Johnny Bananas was right when he said “I AM the Challenge!”
• Apple TV+’s Chief of War (24:10) and why neither of our hosts expect to keep watching…
• Noah Hawley’s Alien Earth on FX (28:55) and how he just keeps making compelling television…
• Peacock’s John Grisham adaptation The Rainmaker (33:30) and how it’s pretty darn good for a network-y sort of show…
• Netflix’s documentary series America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (39:20) and how much Kolsky loves Michael Irvin…
• Homework for TWO weeks from now (53:00), including: the next two episodes of The Challenge: Vets & New Threats, revisiting the Apple TV+ show Smoke and three movies —The Pickup on Amazon Prime Video, Freaky Tales on HBO Max and The Phoenician Scheme on Peacock…