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He/him. TV Critic, author. Now searchable on Tubi. I am not Alan Sepinwall III. https://alansepinwall.ghost.io

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 21d

Some news: yesterday was my last at Rolling Stone. For now, I'm going solo, doing all my TV reviewing, recapping, etc., at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing. Many more details here:

Don't stop believing

Some news, as they say

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 8h

At What's Alan Watching?, my take on this week's The Lowdown, where Tulsa native Jeanne Tripplehorn moved to the forefront, and the show played with another detective story trope:

The Lowdown recap, Episode 4: 'Short on Cowboys'

In which Lee gets to know the widow Washberg

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 2d

Sports were a mistake.

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 12h

And then the third one(*) can't even be bothered to stick with that naming convention!

(*) Obviously Breaking Training misses the point of the original by leaning into sentimentality, letting the Bears win, etc. But at least it knows what it wants to be. Japan is just all over the map.

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 13h

This aggression against Bad News Bears In Breaking Training will not stand, man!

Also, apparently Paul Hogan always wanted Crocodile Dundee to be an action movie franchise, and was annoyed that they had to introduce the character in a romcom context. CDII is his purest vision!

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 13h

Hey, it's from An Golden Era!

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 18h

It's come to my attention that the original What's Alan Watching? site debuted 20 years ago today. Why not celebrate that anniversary by subscribing to its current iteration, aka the place where I'm writing all my reviews and recaps right now?

What's Alan Watching?

Television reviews, recaps, and more from Rolling Stone chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 16h

They should have retired it after Crush did it to Marlin while they were riding the EAC:

Crush says, "Woah, dude. Mr. Turtle is my father."

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 18h

This, btw, was the first post on the original blogspot site:

What's 'What's Alan Watching?'

Like the description says, I get paid to watch TV, which is quite possibly the sweetest gig known to Western civilization. As a sports fan, ...

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 18h

What's Alan Watching?

Television reviews, recaps, and more from Rolling Stone chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 1d

2.5 hours?

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 1d

Rarely have I been more excited by a Final Jeopardy answer while at the same time being this disappointed in the contestants.

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 1d

If you take a long enough drive, eventually you’re going to hear every Sirius station find a reason to play the Taylor Swift song about Travis Kelce’s dong.

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 1d

Might be going to spam? But if not, yes, I appreciate you resubscribing!

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI, Friday's free What's Alan Watching? newsletter, with links to everything I reviewed and recapped last week, plus news about my next-next book (after the Rod Serling one), about a show set in Baltimore that you might have heard of before:

What the &%*# did I do?!?!

New book news, plus the 'Platonic' finale, 'Chad Powers,' 'Slow Horses,' 'Peacemaker,' 'Platonic,' and more

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 2d

Penn is great, but him winning definitely fits the "voters believe that 'the most acting' = 'the best acting'" narrative. What Benicio does is at least as hard, if not harder, but you don't notice the effort nearly as much.

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 2d

Sports were a mistake.

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 2d

Just a spectacular example of Angry Dan in action.

Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI, I spent the entire day on Friday watching Netflix's "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" and then reviewing it.

It was neither an appealing activity nor an appealing show. Audiences keep lapping up these shows about how the audiences lapping the shows up are the REAL monsters.

‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ Review: Charlie Hunnam Dons Frilly Undergarments and Flesh Masks for Netflix’s Trashy Takedown of True Crime and Those Who Love It

Focusing on the figure who inspired 'Psycho,' 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and more, the latest installment in the anthology series also features Laurie Metcalf and Tom Hollander.

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 2d

When Jaxson Dart is playing well:

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 3d

AI at its peak

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My take on this week’s surprising Peacemaker: alansepinwall.ghost.io/peacemaker-r...

Peacemaker recap, Season 2, Episode 7: 'Like a Keith in the Night'

Can the 11th Street Kids make it home alive?

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 3d

Yes. It clearly left an impression on me.

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 3d

It will all be in one book

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 4d

In today's free What's Alan Watching? newsletter, thoughts on Platonic s2, The Lowdown, Peacemaker, and Slow Horses. Plus, news about my next-next book, an episode-by-episode look at The Wire. Read! Subscribe! Share! Name a tennis ball!

What the &%*# did I do?!?!

New book news, plus the 'Platonic' finale, 'Chad Powers,' 'Slow Horses,' 'Peacemaker,' 'Platonic,' and more

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 3d

So if we’re going back to your old Springsteen comp, this is Taylor circa Human Touch and Lucky Town?

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