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'Big Little Lies' Finale and a Conversation With TV Writer Mike Levin (Ep. 138)

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.55.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer’s Chris Ryan, Andy Greenwald, and Alison Herman discuss the finale of ‘Big Little Lies’ (0:45) and what its run means for the future of television (16:10). Then they are joined by Mike Levin of NBC’s ‘Trial & Error’ to discuss his experience writing for TV in Hollywood and what shows he’s watching (27:55). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.5

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0:06.4

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0:19.2

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0:43.7

Hello and welcome to the watch. My name is Chris Ryan. I am editor at Thuringar.com and joining

0:48.4

me in the studio is my favorite Elvis impersonator. It's Andy Gruehlaw. Is that a big little

0:53.9

lies wreck? It's a deep big little lies wreck to the finale. And since Andy is not, shall we say,

0:59.2

a viewer of big little lies? You could put it that way. But we could not talk about it.

1:03.2

No, nor did I want to not clean race demands it. We brought in our buddy Allison Herun. Hi,

1:07.6

Allison. Hey, I'm so honored. I was here for the intro. I got to hear the yell.

1:12.3

That's right. How are you feeling? I'm feeling great. I'm feeling like I'm witnessing history.

1:17.2

Can I say, can I just jump in here and say one quick thing? Let's put the disclaimer up front.

1:21.1

I'm sorry. I guess I, I guess I botched it. No, no, no, no, no, let me have this.

1:29.9

Let me have it. How do we cover TV now? Chris is TV necessary to cover TV.

1:35.5

I pushed the limits of that already. Let me just say, you know, I watched with the rest of America.

1:41.2

I watched the first episode of big little lies. Unlike apparently large swaths of America,

1:46.1

I tapped out, said, no, not for me. I guess I was wrong. I can admit that people seem

1:52.9

delighted by the show. They seem to love it. Guys, the think piece furnace is just just burning on

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