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The Prestige TV Podcast is your home for instant reactions, deep dives, creator interviews, and Hall of Fame retrospectives on the best television around. Join a rotating cast of Ringer personalities including Bill Simmons, Joanna Robinson, Rob Mahoney, Mallory Rubin, Van Lathan, and more as they break down the shows you're binging and the ones you're waiting to drop every week.
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Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney head back to Slough House to recap the ‘Slow Horses’ Season 6 premiere. Intro Anglophile corner James Bond casting news Instant reactions The best assassin duos Best (and worst?) spycraft of the week River and his grandfather Oliver Nash’s role Damien Cantor’s role Is Lamb looking out for River? Peter Judd is back The return of Frank Harkness Email us! arsetimethepope@gmail.com or prestigetvpod@spotify.com Follow us on IG and TikTok! Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of The Prestige TV Podcast and so much more! Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Rob MahoneyProducers: Devon Renaldo and Kai GradyStudio Production: Jacob Cornett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this special episode of the Prestige TV podcast, hosts Joanna Robinson and Mallory Rubin sit down with showrunner Michael Waldron (Loki, Chad Powers) to dive deep into the making of Chad Powers Season 2, its tonal evolution, and the storytelling philosophy behind crafting flawed protagonists. The conversation explores how superhero narratives, prestige TV influences like Mad Men and Fleabag, and the real-world chaos of college football’s NIL era shape the show’s DNA. Waldron shares candid insights on creative accountability, the thrill of audience complicity, and his advice for aspiring TV writers: watch and study the shows you love.
The Prestige TV Podcast crew closes out their furious season finale with a mix of glee, dread, and morbid fascination, unpacking the twisted fates of Catherine, Alice, and Emma Easton. The finale leaves the door wide open for a second season that could dive deeper into vigilante justice, trauma, and the seductive power of murder.
The Prestige TV podcast dives into episode seven of Furious, dissecting its emotional crescendo, moral ambiguity, and the convergence of characters toward a climactic finale. Hosts Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney explore themes of trauma, vengeance, and institutional corruption, while reflecting on listener insights about gendered justice and mythological parallels.
The Prestige TV podcast hosts Joanna Robinson and Rob Mahoney engage in a live draft of the best television of the year so far, highlighting surprise hits like Widow's Bay and Furious, while debating genre, performance, and ensemble dynamics across shows like The Bear, Industry, and Euphoria. Their playful competition reveals both personal favorites and broader trends in a top-heavy but refreshingly unpredictable TV landscape, where under-the-radar series such as Paradise and How to Get to Heaven from Belfast earn passionate defenses, and long-standing debates about likability, tonal balance, and narrative ambition continue to shape how audiences connect with prestige storytelling.
Furious episode six, titled 'They Make a Noise Like Feathers,' delivers a masterclass in tonal balance, weaving dark trauma with sharp humor as Alice and Catherine finally meet and form a tense, intimate bond. The episode culminates in Catherine shooting the abusive cop Marshall and sparing Alice, while Danny Kelly uncovers a flash drive implicating Alice in the same exploitation she’s investigating.
The Prestige TV podcast team dives deep into episode five of Furious, a dark, tonally complex Hulu/Disney+ series about trauma, vengeance, and systemic corruption, unpacking character motivations, moral ambiguities, and the show’s layered performances.
Furious, Hulu's new thriller series, subverts expectations by blending dark trauma with sharp humor and stylized violence, following a cop (Emmy Rossum) and a vigilante killer (Lola Petticrew) whose paths converge in a story about abuse, survival, and systemic rot. The show challenges how women’s pain is portrayed on screen, rejecting the 'perfect victim' trope in favor of messy, morally complex characters.
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