Welcome to another episode of TV Avalanche, where Brian Grubb and I try to sort out the best, worst, and most interesting things happening in Peak TV.
This week, we kick things up with a discussion of both Stranger Things 2 (which I reviewed here) and the first season, which we had never discussed before. No real spoilers, as we’ll revisit the second season in a week or two.
From there, it’s a long and slightly spoiler-filled Brooklyn Nine-Nine discussion, and, as promised, here is the video of Captain Holt discussing hula hoop moves:
That leads into a discussion of some of our favorite TV weddings and proposals, followed by an explosive investigation into the fact that the Mindhunter leads look a lot like other people. This resemblance in particular…
…led to poor Carrie Coon having to do this:
Updated my bio to address the ongoing Mindhunter controversy.
— Carrie Coon (@carriecoon) October 23, 2017
Finally, we close things out with a pair of reader questions, first from our pal Mo Ryan about Brian’s proposed Halt and Catch Fire spinoff, then one on when hope-watching goes bad on the back end, and you’re stuck with a show you once loved, now hate, and probably should have dropped years ago.
As always, you can send questions to tvavalanche@uproxx.com, or tweet with the hashtag #TVAvalanche.
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The rundown:
00:00 – 24:00 Stranger Things (and a Jason Statham tangent)
24:00 – 41:15 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
41:15 – 48:30 Favorite TV weddings/proposals
48:30 – 56:30 Mindhunter doppelgangers
56:30 – 1:06:00 Listener mail