The Toy Department – Episode 375

The Toy Department

In Episode 375, Madden and Kolsky address Derek’s road location and failure to shower — with a weird detour to the film Wonka — before splashing into:

• A thrilling and dramatic episode of The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion (3:05) that leaves the show in an unfortunate place moving forward towards the final…
• The fifth and final season of Fargo (35:30) and what a spectacular show it was throughout its run…
• Netflix’s Emmy Award-Winning limited series Beef (42:05), which both hosts only returned to recently and ended up really enjoying…
• The new series Sexy Beast (50:50) and the fundamental but still-unanswered question of why??
• The excellent Best Picture nominee American Fiction (57:10) and some thoughts on the upcoming Oscar race…
• Homework for next week (1:07:40), including: another episode of The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion, Apple TV+’s new World War II show Masters of the Air, Donald Glover’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith on Amazon, Netflix’s dour comedy Loudermilk and the film Self Reliance on Hulu (written/directed/starring Jake Johnson)…