The 'Last of Us’ Season 2 Finale and ‘Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning’

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🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Chris and Andy talk about the ‘Last of Us’ Season 2 finale, why adapting the show from the video game caused more limitations and issues in this season than in the first one (08:24), and what’s on deck for Season 3 of the show. Then they talk about ‘Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning,’ the maybe-final installment of the ‘Mission: Impossible’ franchise, and why the stunning action set pieces could not make up for the incomprehensible plotlines (45:44). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producer: Kaya McMullen Video Production and Editing: Jon Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I need sports to have to clear the room.
0:03.6	Stand up and walk now.
0:06.3	Hello and welcome to The Watch.
0:08.0	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:09.2	I am an editor at the ringer.com.
0:12.2	And joining me in the studio, if he chooses to accept it, it's Andy Greenwald.
0:19.4	You know, my path to this latest new studio was not unlike Ethan Hunt's path to the, I believe, it was called a Pavlova, or is that a dessert?
0:29.7	It had a Russian name. I was wondering the same thing. I feel like I didn't stick around to see if they noted it in the credits of who played the Pavlova.
0:37.3	Oh, they only said it 41 times.
0:38.7	You didn't catch it?
0:39.8	As Andy is alluding to, we are going to talk about Mission Impossible Final Reckoning today.
0:44.3	We're also going to talk about the season finale of Last of Us, which aired on Sunday night.
0:47.8	It's Tuesday.
0:49.0	We took Memorial Day off.
0:50.4	We're just...
0:50.9	For the troops.
0:51.7	Two relaxed guys. And what are we going to tell people?
0:55.7	Oh, I have a few housekeeping things.
0:57.4	Okay.
0:57.8	You can follow us on Instagram at the watchpod underscore.
1:01.1	You can email us at the watch at Spotify.com.
1:03.3	You can watch us on Ringer-Dash TV.
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