Scott Frank on the Making of ‘Dept. Q.’ Plus, the ‘Top Chef: Destination Canada’ Finale.

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🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Chris and Andy talk about the finale of ‘Top Chef: Destination Canada’ and their feelings on the season overall (8:19). Then they are joined by ‘Dept. Q’ cocreator Scott Frank to talk about what drew him to the project (36:42) and the dueling roles he held as Scott the director and Scott the writer while making this show (53:54). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Guest: Scott Frank Producer: Kaya McMullen Video Producer: Jon Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.3	Hello, and welcome to The Watch. My is chris ryan i am an editor at the ringer
0:42.3	dot com and joining me in the studio his favorite part of canada is milan it's andy greenwald
0:49.8	oh you do top chef joke a top chef joke because we're going to talk about Top Chef for maybe the second time this season.
0:56.6	Now that the finale is aired, Greenwald, it's great to see you.
0:59.1	It is Monday in the United States of America.
1:02.2	Still, yeah.
1:03.1	And today on the show we have Scott Frank, the co-creator, the writer of several of the episodes, or most of the episodes, the director of almost all of the episodes of the Netflix thriller series
1:13.4	Department Q starring Matthew Good.
1:15.6	It was awesome.
1:16.6	Andy and I broke that season down over the last couple of weeks,
1:19.5	and we're so happy to have Scott back to chat with him about making the show.
1:23.7	That was great.
1:24.3	That was big trading for Desmond Bain Energy you just brought.
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