402: His Planet Is Terrible

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2018

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Check that your documents are in order and prepare to make an unusual border crossing. “Counterpart” is a spy thriller with a science fiction twist. Featuring a great lead performance from J.K. Simmons and an incredibly strong supporting cast, this is a show that features exciting spycraft mixed with some serious questions about identity, the sum of our experiences, and the road not taken. We discuss the first season, with a spoiler horn before we get to the most surprising plot twists that lead into the show’s forthcoming second season.

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0:00.0	The Inconquerable.
0:05.0	Number 4002.
0:09.0	April 2018.
0:12.5	Welcome back, everybody, to The Incomparable.
0:14.9	I'm your host, Jason Snell, as always.
0:17.2	And we are going to talk about a TV show.
0:19.3	It is the season where we talk occasionally
0:22.4	about just concluded TV series that are worth talking about. And for this time, we're going
0:29.6	to talk about a show called counterpart, which is available in the U.S. on stars. It is available
0:35.2	in many parts of the world on various channels. I think it's in a lot of
0:39.0	Europe on HBO. It's not in the UK yet. We don't know why. Hopefully it will come there soon.
0:45.7	It's great. I love it. There's the spoiler alert. I really love it. And so I wanted to talk
0:50.2	about it with my friends on a podcast. And that's what you're listening to right now.
0:53.0	That's the, that's the, how that story ends up. I just, uh, jump to the end.
0:57.4	In the end, he liked it so much. He did a podcast about it. Let me tell you about my dear friends
1:02.4	who are here with me now to talk about counterpart. John Syracuse is here. Hello. Which one are you? I'm not going to reveal whether I'm wearing the brown suit or the black suit.
1:15.3	I'll just let you imagine that.
1:17.4	Dan Moran is also here.
1:18.4	Hello.
1:19.0	Hello.
1:19.9	Only one person goes through the podcast at a time.
1:22.8	Mm-hmm.
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