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3 years ago

The Morning Show, Love Life, and Eternals backlash

Life and love and work in New York :), plus what's up with the latest MCU film

We discuss The Morning Show and Love Life, two very different shows exploring complicated relationships.

02:40 The Morning Show, streaming on Apple TV+, surprisingly stuck the landing in season 1, but it remains to be seen whether the mess of storylines in season 2 can congeal into a coherent, intelligent whole.

22:42 Love Life, streaming on HBO Max, is pulling off a really good season 2, thanks to quality writing, direction, performances, and more.

37:51 Plus, culture notes about why critics seem to be sour on Eternals (and why fans are sour on critics being sour on Eternals).

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