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or wherever you get your podcast. Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to the death taxes and bananas podcast now I know

this season there's been a lot of ups and downs just as far as what I like to say the strength of

episodes are concerned. There have been some that have been I mean just in my

opinion like Academy Award-esque.

There have been some others that have been some real head scratches.

I mean, they've been chasing some strange storylines this season,

but I think there's no debate that the last episode was, in my opinion, probably the

strongest episode of the season, even though it didn't necessarily pan out the

way I wanted it to, or I mean my guests really wanted it to.

Now we've seen a lot of cast members in the past come on the show and we've seen them evolve, grow, develop

over the years. But I can honestly say, of all the years I've spent, all the seasons that that I've done I don't think we've seen

anyone go through an evolution from their first season on the show to where they've

become now I mean in every way, shape and form.

This is someone that obviously in the past, him and I, did not see eye to eye.

Just over the seasons, we've just, you know, just seen this, I think think miraculous growth and couldn't be more impressed by

by how far he's come unfortunately you know his his season came to an early end after this episode

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