Bonus: So, What’s the Point of TV?

On this week’s exclusive Slate Plus bonus episode, the hosts (and Slate senior editor Rebecca Onion, who’s sitting in for Julia) divulge their thoughts, secret feelings, and opinions about watching television. (This conversation was inspired by GQ’s mega-article, “How to Watch TV.”) Should motion smoothing/blurring be left on, or off, at a parent’s house? What happens to the episode when your partner falls asleep? And wait, do we even care about TV anymore?