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Recap: Ted Lasso Season 3×02 – “(I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea”

March 22, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Directed by: M.J. Delaney Written by: Sasha Garron Finally, it is time for some Roy Kent backstory, and this episode delivers and delivers. It’s written by Sasha Garron and is easily one of the best of

Recaps of “Ted Lasso” Season 3

March 17, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

I’m Sabrina Mittermeier, a new contributor to The Spoilist. My day job is researching and teaching American cultural history at a German university, including classes on television. I am currently in treatment for depression, something

Recap: Shrinking – 1×09 – “Moving Forward”

March 17, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

An upbeat opening set to Eddie Vedder’s “The Dark” has three patients waiting and pairing off with Paul, Gaby and Jimmy. Jimmy takes his on an excursion to scatter his mother’s ashes at the Rose

Recap: Ted Lasso Season 3×01 – “Smells Like Mean Spirit”

March 15, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Welcome to The Spoilist’s Ted Lasso Season 3 coverage! I’m Sabrina, you may already know me from my Shrinking recaps on here, Ted Lasso is life, and I hope my writing on this show will be

Recap: Shrinking 1×08 – “Boop”

March 10, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

This week feels like a narrative calm before the storm, a quiet moment before the big finale (which I expect to at least partially be set at Brian and Charlie’s wedding). It’s a classic 8

Recap: Shrinking – 1×07 – “Apology Tour”

March 3, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Let’s start by saying that this one is the funniest yet. I laughed a lot about episode 4, “Potatoes”, even despite some of its tropes, but this one managed to do the same without them

Recap: Shrinking – 1×06 – “Imposter Syndrome”

February 24, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

If you‘re here for the first time, I now created a landing page for all my episode reviews/recaps of Shrinking. We open with Sean describing his war flashbacks, doing the work. The work Jimmy himself

Recaps of “Shrinking”

February 17, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

Shrinking is a dramedy created by Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Ted Lasso), Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), and Brett Goldstein (SuperBob, Ted Lasso). I’m Sabrina Mittermeier, a new contributor to The

Review: Shrinking – 1×05 – “Woof”

February 17, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

If you‘re here for the first time, I now created a landing page for all my episode reviews of Shrinking. Derek and Liz‘s marriage continues to be flawless. No notes. We open the morning after

Review – Shrinking 1×04 – “Potatoes”

February 10, 2023 Sabrina Mittermeier Comments Off

We open on a rainy morning in LA. Yes, they do in fact exist. Derek, by now a favorite character, pees into the flower pots on the balcony because Liz “hogs the bathroom in the