About this episode

Chris and Andy discuss various TV series and are joined by 'Beef' creator Lee Sung Jin to delve into Season 2's themes and casting.

Chris and Andy discuss Helena Bonham Carter's exit from Season 4 of ‘The White Lotus’ (1:14) before reacting to the trailers for ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 (2:53) and the ‘For All Mankind’ spinoff series, ‘Star City’ (6:54). Then they discuss ‘Euphoria’ Season 3, Episode 3 (11:57). Later, they are joined by ‘Beef’ series creator Lee Sung Jin to discuss why Season 2 is set in Ojai (and Seoul), the millennial cringe undercurrent, how he convinced Youn Yuh-jung and Song Kang-ho to join the cast, writing the ‘X-Men’ movie, and more (34:15). Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of The Watch and so much more! Email us! thewatch@spotify.com Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Guest: Lee Sung Jin Producers: Kaya McMullen and Kai Grady Additional Video Supervision: Sarah Reddy Order and it will come. Like today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Ryan, Andy Greenwald

Guest: Lee Sung Jin

Topics covered

• television
• film
• interviews
• trailer reactions
• series discussions
• pop culture

Keywords

• Beef
• Euphoria
• House of the Dragon
• The White Lotus
• trailer reactions
• Lee Sung Jin
• interview
• pop culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Ringer

Books & works: The White Lotus, House of the Dragon, For All Mankind, Star City, Euphoria, Beef, X-Men

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