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The Watch

Ep. 79: 'Transparent,' 'Fleabag,' and 'The Good Place'

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.55.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer's Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald discuss the transcendent return of 'Transparent,' Antoine Fuqua's magnificent new film (8:00), the evaporation of the fourth wall on 'Fleabag' (26:00), Netflix's 'Easy' (36:00), NBC's 'The Good Place' (45:00), and the professionalism of 'The Ranch' (53:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today's episode of The Watch is brought to you by Jaguar, the art of performance.

0:05.4

To learn more about the all-new Jaguar XE, visit JaguarUSA.com.

0:10.0

I need support to have to clear the room.

0:13.6

Stand up and walk.

0:15.8

Hello and welcome to The Watch.

0:17.9

My name is Chris Ryan.

0:19.0

I am an editor at TheRinger.com and joining me in the studio.

0:23.4

He's been to Shell and Back.

0:25.1

It's Andy Greenwald!

0:27.1

Hello, my friend.

0:29.1

Good to have you here.

0:31.1

An extremely Jewish episode of The Watch today.

0:33.6

Well, one and a half, yeah.

0:34.6

Is that a crazy thing to say to start this episode?

0:37.1

It's a little weird.

0:38.1

But we're talking about transparent, so it's okay.

0:41.1

One and a half Jews up in this piece.

0:43.6

Andy, it's great to see you.

0:46.6

I want to talk before we get.

0:47.6

We're going to talk about the sort of state of television comedy.

0:50.1

This is our TV check-in week.

0:51.1

We're going to check in with some new comedies today.

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