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Obsessed: The Podcast

How TV’s Most Tragically Funny Character Was Born

Obsessed: The Podcast

The Daily Beast

Tv & Film

4.5686 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

They shared everything, but the truth. Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington, and Kate Mara star in Imperfect Women, now streaming on Apple TV. Kevin Fallon and Dan Bucatinsky close out their Comeback rewatch series with the show’s co-creator, Michael Patrick King. In a wide-ranging conversation, King reflects on the origins of The Comeback with Lisa Kudrow, the inspiration behind Valerie Cherish, and the risks the show took in satirizing reality TV before the genre exploded. He also shares behind-the-scenes stories about pitching the series to HBO, crafting the unforgettable Season 2 finale, and how the show continues to evolve decades later. Follow Kevin Fallon on Instagram @kpfallon Follow Matt Wilstein on Instagram @mattjwilstein New episodes every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; early drops on YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Now streaming on Apple TV.

0:02.0

Imperfect Women is a sexy murder mystery told from the perspectives of three women,

0:07.4

Nancy, Eleanor, and Mary, who have built a friendship over 25 years that has made them like family.

0:13.2

The three women thought they shared everything with each other, their fears, their hopes, their dreams, and their secrets.

0:21.6

But when Nancy is murdered, everyone becomes a suspect.

0:24.6

Eleanor and Mary are left to uncover the secrets their friend had hidden behind her seemingly perfect life.

0:31.6

As the investigation unravels, the two women will stop at nothing to find out who is responsible for their friend's death.

0:38.3

Lines are crossed, boundaries are broken, and friendships are tested.

0:43.3

This sultry thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat, starring Carrie Washington, Elizabeth Moss, and Kate Mara,

0:50.3

Inperfect Women, now streaming only on Apple TV.

0:56.6

People don't realize, like, there were no housewives back then.

0:59.9

People built an appetite for wanting to see every detail of a woman's life as they get

1:05.9

followed by reality cameras.

1:07.0

No, you're wrong, Danny.

1:08.0

It's not every detail of a woman's life as they get followed by a camera.

1:11.2

They only care when it's a disaster.

1:13.7

People are really red meat for that.

1:15.7

And speaking of red meat, the poster that Lisa and I actually asked HBO to do for the first season

1:22.2

was a woman standing in a meat grinder, grinding herself up to make TV. It says television, it's a grind.

1:32.1

Hello, hello, hello. I'm Kevin Fallon, and this is Obsessed the podcast, where I guide you through

1:39.4

everything in TV movies and celebrity nonsense that we think is unimmissible.

1:45.9

And today is a very happy day, but is also the last day of our obsessed rewatch podcast.

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