304: Solving The Mystery Of Homecoming's Second Season

Published: May 27, 2020, midnight

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We\'re welcoming Vanity Fair TV critic Sonia Soraiya to the guest chair to talk about the shorter, neater, Julia-Roberts-less-but-still-better second season of Amazon\'s Homecoming -- from sensible episode lengths to overacting extras to how TV has conditioned us to react to mystery shows. We went Around The Dial with Mrs. America, Run, Nadiya\'s Time To Eat, and a rare successful Zoom episode from Mystic Quest, before listener John rolled a 20-sided die on getting Community\'s D&D episode into the Canon. Vampires won, Skeet Ulrich lost, and one was the winningest number in a Pointless-inspired Game Time. Slap on a fake tattoo before you forget, and join us for an all-new Extra Hot Great!

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GUESTS

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\\U0001f464 Sonia Saraiya

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TOPICS

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Lead Topic: \\U0001fad0 Homecoming

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f64b\\u200d\\u2640\\ufe0f Mrs. America

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f686 Run

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f37d Nadiya\'s Time To Eat

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f3ae Mythic Quest

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The Canon: \\U0001f3b2 Community

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Winner & Loser: \\U0001f44d What We Do In The Shadows

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Winner & Loser: \\U0001f44e Riverdale Skeet Ulrich

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Game Time: \\U0001f9e0 Lowest Of The Low

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NOTES

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\\U0001f5d2 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 304 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

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\\U0001f426 Sonia Saraiya on Twitter

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\\U0001f64b\\u200d\\u2640\\ufe0f Sonia\'s Mrs. America review at VanityFair.com

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\\U0001fad0 Tara\'s Homecoming review at Primetimer

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\\U0001f4bb Sonia at VanityFair.com

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\\U0001f3a7 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast

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\\U0001f914 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast

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