‘Adolescence’ May Be the Best Show of the Year. Plus, ‘White Lotus’ S3E5 and ‘Severance’ S2E9.

The Watch

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Tv & Film

4.5 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Chris and Andy talk about the first episode of ‘Adolescence,’ the new Netflix drama miniseries, and make the case for why it may be the best show of the year (6:05). Then they break down the most recent episode of ‘The White Lotus’ and why that celebrity cameo ended up showing how slow this season has been moving (26:37), before spending some time on the penultimate episode of ‘Severance’ Season 2 (44:47). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Senior Producer: Kaya McMullen Video Production: Chris Thomas Video Editor: Stefano Sanchez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.7	Hello and welcome to The Watch.
1:03.0	My name is Chris Ryan.
1:09.9	I am an editor at the ringer.com and joining me in the studio, we all have our Achilles Heel.
1:14.3	It's Andy Greenwald. Big Monday.
1:20.6	What's going on, buddy? Look, uh, adolescence, white lotus severance, big TV show, but big TV show Monday. Yeah, big TV show Monday. But I wanted to wish you, and particularly
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