Unraveling 'DTF St. Louis' and 'Shrinking' Does Its Best
About this episode
Blaine and guests discuss the new HBO series 'DTF St. Louis' and the latest episode of 'Shrinking'.
In the weekly episode, Blaine introduces the show with a welcome and overview as well as the topics of the week (0:03). When Donovan and Adam join Blaine, Blaine gives a special thank you to someone who helped with the fundraising for the host site and podcasts (1:23). In the non-spoiler section, the hosts introduce the the new series on HBO 'DTF St. Louis' and hint that it may be better than most critics would say (2:23). After that, they discuss without spoilers how 'Shrinking' may have aired its best episode yet (11:40). In the spoilers, they get into why 'DTF St. Louis' is so good (15:32) as well as how 'Shrinking' pulled out an excellent episode in a season that has not been as good (42:04). For more, visit The Alabama Take website . To sign up for the site's newsletter rather than rely on social media, sign up here . To help both the podcast and The Alabama Take site itself, consider making a donation of any size with the link here .
People in this episode
Host: Blaine Duncan
Guests: Donovan, Adam
Topics covered
- TV reviews
- Film discussions
- Episode analysis
- Spoiler talk
- New series introduction
Keywords
- DTF St. Louis
- Shrinking
- TV reviews
- HBO
- episode analysis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: HBO, The Alabama Take
Books & works: DTF St. Louis, Shrinking
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