It’s a full week in TV, both episodes and news, giving us our first marathon episode in long time. First up, Noel and Kate talk through their week in TV, starting with comedy and reality, including the finale of Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas, DuckTales, SYTYCD, and RuPaul’s Drag Race. Next up are the genre offerings, including Luke Cage season two, the finale of Supergirl, the midseason finale of Into the Badlands, and a frustrating Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger. We round up the week’s TV with the dramas, including a standout Claws, a Christmas-themed Pose, and interestingly intersecting episodes of Dietland and The Bold Type. Afterwards, it’s time for a return to more kind TV with a deep dive on the second season of Netflix’s Queer Eye.
Season Spotlight: Queer Eye Season 2 (2:05:33)
Our Week in Comedy and Reality
Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas finale (31:51)
DuckTales (40:38)
SYTYCD (45:17)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (48:19)
Our Week in Genre
Luke Cage Season 2 (1:04:17)
Supergirl finale (1:07:40)
Into the Badlands midseason finale (1:17:06)
Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger (1:19:32)
Our Week in Drama
Claws (1:28:59)
Pose (1:42:17)
Dietland (1:44:05)
The Bold Type (1:50:12)
Music Featured: “Covergirl” by RuPaul as featured on SYTYCD for Laganja Estranja’s audition; Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor, K. 626, no. 3: Sequentia: Rex Tremendae, as performed by the Wiener Singverein, Rudolf Scholz, and Helmuth Froschauer; “I Get Around” by The Beach Boys
Articles Mentioned: Candice Frederick’s piece at The Week about this week’s Claws; E. Oliver Whitney’s piece at ScreenCrush about Skyler’s season two episode of Queer Eye
Errata: The midseason finale of Into the Badlands is titled, “Leopard Catches Cloud,” not “Chamber of Shadows.” The Televerse regrets the error!