About this episode

In this episode, Blaine and Adam discuss the unique aspects of 'DTF St. Louis' and Steve Carell's return in 'Rooster'.

To help both the podcast and The Alabama Take site itself, consider making a donation of any size with the link here . In this week's episode of the TV and streaming podcast Taking It Down, Blaine welcomes and gives a quick overview of the episode (0:02) before introducing Adam and explaining Donovan's absence (1:31). From there, the two hosts are in non-spoilers and discuss a certain oddity to the series 'DTF St. Louis' found on HBO (1:31). They also discuss 'DTF St. Louis' in comparison to the new Amazon Prime series 'Scarpettta' (5:50). Then it's time to sing some praises for Steve Carell and his return to TV with the HBO series 'Rooster,' but they keep the spoilers away (9:53). After a break, they do a quick check in with 'Shrinking' to begin the spoiler section (21:20) before moving into exactly what makes 'DTF St. Louis' both strange and unique (24:14). After that, they disucss specifics of the 'Rooster' premiere and what about it gives them hope (46:18). To end spoilers, they add some thoughts on Oscar-nominated films (1:00:10) before getting a little more specific about the movie 'Hamnet' (1:01:39). For more, visit The Alabama Take website . To sign up for the site's…

People in this episode

Host: Blaine Duncan

Guest: Adam

Topics covered

• TV series
• streaming
• reviews
• Steve Carell
• HBO
• Amazon Prime

Keywords

• DTF St. Louis
• Steve Carell
• Rooster
• Scarpetta
• HBO
• Amazon Prime
• Shrinking
• Hamnet

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: DTF St. Louis, Scarpetta, Rooster, Shrinking, Hamnet

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