'The Card Counter' Busts and 'Ted Lasso' Doubles Down

This week on SCHMUCKING Around, Patrick S. Harrison (@patsharrison), the bestselling author of 2020 and prodigal co-host, returns to the podcast to catchup a bit by asking what some of Sam’s favorites have been over the past couple months (3:57), Sam’s knowledgeability around some social media stars (6:07), and ask if Simu Liu is the Daryl Morey of Marvel (11:55). Then Pat brings back our ‘Temperature Check’ segment to discuss our excitement levels for ‘The Matrix: Resurrections’ (16:51), ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ (20:35), and Christopher Nolan’s just announced Robert Oppenheimer biopic (21:48). *SPOILER ALERT* Then, the long-awaited return of ‘THE MARVEL MINUTE’ where Sam sums up episode 5 of ‘What If…? Zombies!?’ (27:10). Finally, Pat and Sam get down to the line-up for this week and spiel about Hulu’s new mystery/comedy ‘Only Murders in the Building’ (31:30), Oscar Isaac’s new drama ‘The Card Counter’ (42:26), and an update on the first 8 episodes of ‘Ted Lasso’ season 2 on Apple TV Plus (58:25).

Next week:

-  ‘Y: The Last Man’ (Hulu)

-  ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’ (FX)

-  ‘Cry Macho’ (In theaters & HBO Max)

Email us with your takes, suggestions, and feedback at: shmuckingaroundpod@gmail.com

Follow the show on Instagram.

This episode is sponsored by ‘Out of Regs’. Available on Amazon and Audible.

Get the ‘Out of Regs’ audiobook free with an Audible free trial.