The Merit of ‘Mountainhead’ and ‘Your Friends and Neighbors’ Season 1 Finale

The Watch

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Tv & Film

4.5 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Chris and Andy discuss Jesse Armstrong’s recent HBO movie 'Mountainhead,' chatting about why they found it so enjoyable despite some mixed reviews and how exactly the film's message suited our current cultural moment (8:01). Then they discuss the Season 1 finale of Apple TV+’s 'Your Friends and Neighbors,' the show’s back-end turn to a crime show, and where it can improve in Season 2 (54:22). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producers: Kaya McMullen and Devon Baroldi 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.
0:08.3	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:09.5	I am an editor at theringer.com and joining me in the studio, my favorite fungible human asset, it's Andy Greenwald.
0:20.1	Great to be here with you, just alone in a room, the end of the world.
0:22.9	What's up, brother? How are you?
0:24.6	Great. I'm great. How are you?
0:26.1	Today on the pod, a little news at the top, mountain head in the middle, and the end of your friends and neighbors at the end of the pod.
0:33.5	So a nice little run through television. Later in the week, we'll be hitting Department Q, I hope.
0:39.2	Oh, for sure.
0:39.8	Yes.
0:40.2	Scott Frank's Department Q.
0:42.6	Let's see if any new programming reminders or housekeeping.
0:45.1	Obviously, you can always hit us up at The Watch at Spotify.com.
0:48.3	Follow us on Instagram, The Watchpod underscore.
0:52.2	And you can watch us on YouTube.
0:53.8	Ringer-Dash TV is the channel. Please watch us on Spotify
0:56.6	where you listen to us. The watch feed. You're the best. Do you wake up ready to podcast? Like,
1:00.8	how much time do you think you honestly would need from the moment your eyes open to being here in
1:05.4	front of a mic? I went to bed thinking about Mountain Head. Woke up thinking about Mountainhead.
1:09.6	Nice. So I think I could probably just start talking about Mountain Head after my second cup of coffee.
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