None of us necessarily expected to recommend a comics-IP property featuring Colin Farrell under pounds of prosthetic make-up -- but we all liked it, including returning guest Richard Lawson. We talked about how it surprised us, the small feature-film stories it seemed to contain, whether it should have let the real Farrell shine through, and who's the season MVP (spoiler: Cristin Milioti). Then we went Around The Dial with the new Matlock, Alex vs. America, and Ryan Murphy's take on the brothers Menendez before Richard battled at least five Cynthia Nixon performances to get a Law & Order: SVU episode into the Canon. Friends won, Cold Case lost ("....AAeeeEnNNNGhhHHHHH!"), and Erica introduced us to a hard-fought Game Time. Waddle on over to your podcast app and have a listen!

GUESTS

👤 Richard Lawson

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🐧 The Penguin

Around The Dial: ⚖️ Matlock (2024)

Around The Dial: 👩‍🍳 Alex Vs America

Around The Dial: 👯‍♂️ Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

The Canon: 🔪 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S09.E01: Alternate

Winner & Loser: 👍 Friends

Winner & Loser: 👎 Cold Case

Game Time: 4️⃣ Four At A Time

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NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site

✍🏻 Richard Lawson at Vanity Fair

🐧 Richard's review of The Penguin

📍 Tara's Bashir Salahuddin interview at Cracked

🎙️ Tara's Natasha Rothwell interview

🔪 Sarah's review of Monsters at Best Evidence

👯‍♂️ And Richard's at VF

👩🏼‍💻 Sarah's Canon pitch for "Avatar"

📷 Photo: Macall Polay / HBO

529: Suiting Up For The Penguin