S2:E3 Ratched and Criminal

The Emmys

Before we talk about Ratched and Criminal… The Emmys. In years past, known for our awards night parties and feasts, we ate on TV trays and watched a paired down show with a paired down menu on paper plates this year. Very 2020. 

We posted our (partial) ballots last week, and we did pretty well! We were surprised that it was the lowest-rated Emmy’s ever. Do people have something better to do?? None the less, we thought it was fun and funny. 

Schitt’s Creek swept the comedy category, winning the first 7 awards in a row. Congrats to Dan Levy and everyone at Schitt’s Creek and to Travis, who called it!

Ratched

About 1 AM on Thursday night, we realized that Netflix had probably dropped the whole first season of Ryan Murphy‘s origin story, Ratched. And so it began. We were finished by Saturday. As regular listeners know by now, we love Ryan Murphy.

This time around, Murphy takes on the iconic character from the Ken Kesey novel and Milos Forman film of the same name, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Nurse Ratched. 

If you like Murphy’s other shows, especially AHS Asylum and Hollywood, you’ll want to check out Ratched. 

It boasts a knockout cast including Murphy favorites Sarah Paulson in the title role, Judy Davis, Jon Jon Briones, and Finn Wittrock. More on him later. Rounding out the cast are Corey Stoll, Sophie Okonedo, Amanda Plummer, Alice Englert, Vincent D’Onofrio, Charlie Carver, Cynthia Nixon, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Sharon Stone.

Here are some of our favorite moments

As Promised- Finn Whittrock (or is it Matt Bomer?)

Elaine thought she was the only one who suffered from Ryan Murphy boy confusion. But in doing this weeks research, she learned she is not alone.

As we discuss on the show, a fan tweeted that she couldn’t tell Ryan Murphy‘s leading men apart. But not before it went viral and was R/T’d over 200k times and getting the attention of Matt Bomer!

And Finn Whittrock…

The original poster apologized, and Bomer was very cool, but ultimately it was taken down.

Criminal

Netflix dropped Season 2 of Criminal U.K. last week. We watched all four episodes in one night. The unfortunate folks being interrogated this time around are Sophie Okonedo (Ratched,) Kit Harington in his first TV role since Game of Thrones, Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe), and Kunal Nayyar (Big Bang Theory.)

It’s a great season, and we expect the rest of the European countries who did a version last time will be dropping on Netflix soon.

Check out Season 1 from all four countries on Netflix.

Correction: Elaine does it again!

You’ll notice when you listen, Elaine, still dizzy with Murphy boy confusion, will tell ya that Sharon Horgan starred in Episodes. But of course, she meant to say Catastrophe with the amazingly talented and funny Rob Delaney. She is not Tamsin Greig!

Join us in recognizing the students who are doing it online! Here are our heroes: Joss and Milo!

Travis would be bummed if we didn’t put a plug in for this show coming to CBS All Access. Check it out and get a free trial.