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The 'Slow Horses' Season 4 Finale and 'The Franchise' Lacks Teeth

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The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.55.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Chris and Andy hit on some news from the week including the trailer for the Bob Dylan biopic 'A Complete Unknown' and Christopher Nolan eyeing Matt Damon to star in his next movie (1:00). Then they talk about the season finale of 'Slow Horses' and why they felt more lukewarm on this season compared to past ones (12:23), before talking about the premiere of the latest Armando Iannucci comedy 'The Franchise' and how it may have worked better as a workplace drama (33:03). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Everybody lies, but most of us don't like to talk about the lies we tell.

0:08.0

Until now.

0:10.0

From Spotify and the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Brian Phillips.

0:15.0

In my new podcast, Truthless, I'm talking to people about their best tales of deception.

0:22.0

From changing an entire family history to building an award-winning

0:27.9

Hollywood career on a lie. You can listen to Truthless on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, on October 15th. I ain't sports to have to clear the room.

0:45.0

Stand up and walk now.

0:48.0

Hello and welcome to the watch.

0:49.0

My name is Chris Ryan.

0:50.0

I am an editor at the Ringer.com and joining me on the other line one game

0:56.3

from elimination it's Andy Greenwald that is true that actually is how I feel internally after you know multiple transatlantic trips.

1:07.5

I think I'm ready to just um for the off season.

1:10.8

Yeah me too. Yeah we're doing hotel at a hotel again.

1:14.0

Andy and I, we will be back together on Monday with probably a more robust show.

1:19.0

Sorry for missing you on Monday to all of our watch listeners.

1:22.0

I was on Broadway, you know, no big deal.

1:24.0

Let's talk about this.

1:25.0

This is unbelievable.

1:27.0

We weren't able to make our recording times work out,

1:29.0

but I got to do the rewatchables live with Bill Mal and Sean at the Music Box Theater on 45th Street,

1:36.4

which like, I think for like a couple of weeks leading up to the show, I was like, right, the

1:41.8

music box and just sort of in my head was like, it's a theater or it's like a club in New York and I wasn't really thinking about it.

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