It’s a week in which we mourn the unique streaming comedies that have been canceled over the last few months, as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon try to find the big new prestige hit. Ramon stans for Mad Men and we discuss whether the series—and other early aughts staples—still hold up.
But hold up, we have suggestions, too: Specifically, the new Netflix series The End of the F***ing World, which offers a timely exploration of consent and teen angst. And we break down the Obama interview from David Letterman’s new weekly series.
Want to see Vince Vaughn fight a car? On the complete opposite end of the spectrum is Brawl in Cell Block 99, which is currently on Amazon Prime. Vaughn plays a down-on-his-luck patriot who ends up in prison and has to literally bash heads in and rip faces off to protect his family.
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