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2 years ago

Atlanta, Severance finale, and Bennifer engagement 2.0

Welcome back and bye for now, plus best wishes to a very public couple

We discuss Atlanta and the Severance season 1 finale, two displays of some of the best television playing right now.

04:03 Atlanta, streaming on FX on Hulu, is an extraordinary, self-assured chameleon of a show, and we’re so glad it’s back for its third season.

20:47 We’re doing something a little different this week and going deep on one single episode: the perfect Severance season 1 finale, streaming on Apple TV+.

40:09 Plus, culture notes about Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez getting engaged (again!).

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Artwork and design: Sara Macias and Andrew Liu