The regular panelists had to forge ahead without esteemed colleague Kathryn VanArendonk in our discussion of Dickinson's second season; that's the bad news. The good news is, we all like Apple TV's imagining of poet Emily Dickinson's life and loves with lots of swearing and twenty-first-century slang. How DOES the show balance the demands of historical fact with flights of fancy, and not take itself too seriously? And are Season 2's creepy [character spoiler redacted] the key to its success? Later, we went Around The Dial with The Masked Dancer, Everything Is Going Great, Cheers Season 5, Mr. Mayor's debut, and Lupin and other "Pringle mysteries." A new detective franchise won, an old HBO franchise lost, and we continued the episode's verse theme with the Tara-crafted Tube Tunes VII. Pass Nobody an earbud for an all-new Extra Hot Great.SHOW TOPICSDickinsonATD: Everyone Is Doing GreatATD: The Masked DancerATD: CheersATD: Mr. MayorATD: LupinWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: Tube Tunes VIISHOW NOTESKathryn VanArendonk, with us in spirit with her Dickinson deep dive for VultureTara's Everyone Is Doing Great review for PrimetimerTara's Masked Dancer review, dittoTara's Force Five podcast appearanceSarah on Tiger's identity crisis for PrimetimerPhoto: Apple TVDISCUSSIONTalk about this episode on its dedicated page on ExtraHotGreat.com
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