The DtW crew found a June-full of tv shows to share with a select few, and guess what? You made the list! Dan and Raul return to forecasting the next month of noteworthy new and returning television series that will feel like a summer holiday. New vacation destinations include a true story about models doing culty stuff, Larry David's funny history of America stuff and a doc on the King of Pop and whatever he was up to. Over in the land of make-believe we can visit old friends Alice and Steve to see how that friendship is holding up, take in some ambiance and meet friends on Cape Fear and say hello again to Sugar while we wave so long to The Bear. Plenty to talk about, upcoming adventures and off-trail conversations abound, so pack and plan with this pod!

Down to Watch is leaving it's mark and serving up consequences with Legends and Punisher: One Last Kill! Dan and Raul skipped across the pond to take a look at what they call undercover cop drama and they like what they see. It's the usually comedic Steve Coogan delivering a grizzled veteran customs officer tasked with putting a team together to battle the influx of heroin into 90s England. Without extra funds, it will take creativity and a selection of agents disillusioned with their current customs work for a gang of rookies to infiltrate an established drug cell. On the other hand, One Last Kill proves that the Punisher can re-enter society as well as the MCU by dealing with his mental distress and neighborhood chaos with what turns out to be all of the guns in under an hour. Both shows did what they came to do pretty well, come listen to a pod about it!

You're the Down that I Watch! (ooh ooh ooh, honey!) Dan and Raul watched the 1978 classic musical Grease, so this pod is all about T-Birds and rose colored ladies and the beauty school dropouts in the midst of summer loving, of the night variety. One host enjoyed it more than the other but neither denies the massive historical impact that Danny and Sandy had on musicals, movies and culture in general. Many of the songs in this tuneful tale are hard coded in the minds and hearts of both fans of the film and music lovers alike, while the vibe of the movie, be it parody or pastiche, can lead to a more disputed discussion under modern scrutiny. What cannot be argued are the magnetic charms of a young Travolta, the breakneck speed at which the plot unfolds and the classic tune that tells us that Grease is the word!

Hey hey, it's DtW on the way, and we're setting up shop in Widow's Bay! Dan and Raul are checking out the homey storefronts, the peaceful coast and the one nice diner in a spooky island town on AppleTV. This is a town that has been compared to Pawnee from Parks & Rec by way of Stephen King, and the description is as apt as the town is very cursed but the people are quite kooky. Mayor Loftis, played by Matthew Rhys, is trying to wrangle the odder elements of the isolated community enough to turn it into a tourist destination in an effort to save the floundering town. However, despite his shaky skepticism, the forces of strange and scary are descending on the town like a fog, sometimes literally, and only the quirky loons like Stephen Root's Wyck know how to deal with it. The show is both funnier and scarier than the trailers hinted at, but do these qualities mesh into a solid watch? Listen to this pod and be forewarned!

The year is finally getting into the swing of new TV and Down to Watch has your May schedule all filled out! Dan and Raul went to the TV show store to browse the new products on the shelf and came away with a cart full of promise: The big guns are back in the form of the MCU's Punisher 'special presentation' and Nick Cage helmed 1930s Spider-Man, Taylor Sheridan's expanding universe adding Dutton Ranch and the Duffer Brothers producing an elderly A-listers versus a sci-fi retirement community in The Boroughs. Wrexham and Good Omens are back, and For All Mankind spins off to Russia while The Terror returns for a new story about a very scary asylum. New shows include Legends giving Steve Coogan some serious business to conduct, Tatiana Maslany promises (good stuff in) Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed and Brazil '70 gives Pele's squad the historical drama treatment. There's even more than that so check the pod and get your May on!

This week, Down to Watch is donating it's time to Margo's Got Money Problems! Dan and Raul are back to the TV mines after the big 300th podcast episode, and it looks like they found a real gem. Elle Fanning stars in a book adaptation about young college student Margo getting knocked up by a professor and finding the funding situation to be distressing. Parenting in general is a tough go, especially when her own parents, played by Michelle Pfieffer and Nick Offerman, maybe don't appear to be the best models. Margo's scrambling to put together a support system out of the makeshift family she's got when the world of OnlyFans opens avenues of financial gain she hadn't considered before. Will it be sad and funny, perhaps bittersweet but ultimately heartwarming? These things are all possible!

This week, this month, this year! DtW hits 300 episodes and Kevin Smith is here (in spirit!) to celebrate with Dan and Raul. A trip down memory lane is in order as our two hosts have been downing View Askewniverse movies since they first fell in love with the medium. We go one by one through his films and how they do and don't resonate in today's society as well as their impact upon the world of film and those of our hosts as well. Smith has always been a voice of the people, and there's no better filmmaker to dive deep with for our anniversary show. Thanks for listening over the years and don't forget to snoochie boochies! BONG!!!

This week, Down to Watch buddies up with Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy in 48 Hrs! Dan and Raul walked into a prison to the dulcet tones of Roxanne and into the genre defining buddy cop film that launched a thousand action flicks. Nick and Eddie were treading new ground in genre pulp as well as societal norms with the tough cop, smooth criminal act across a foggy San Francisco. Walter Hill directs and invites a few of his actors from previous films to fill out a solid cast and delivers a well paced action thriller that would influence filmmakers for generations. Give this episode a listen, because Reggie has been having A VERY BAD DAY!

It's April and the DtW crew is ready for new TV! Dan and Raul are watching bunnies hiding colorful eggs as well as trailers for new TV coming up in the next month, and have a carefully curated basket of shows that might make Spring a little sunnier. There's some real world business here including Made for March, following teams through March Madness, This is a Gardening Show, where Zach Galifianakis will teach us all about gardening in a funny and charming way, and Trust Me: The False Prophet, a crime doc peeking in on an LDS offshoot. Drama-wise, among the plastic grass we find another season of Beef, a Handmaid's spinoff, a desperate dip into OnlyFans in Margo's Got Money Problems and a series remake of Man on Fire. Plus our hosts are excited about Widow's Bay, a possible Twin Peaks-like story, and more! Come check out this April shower of shows!

This week, DtW looks back at the beginnings of a villain so beloved he became the hero! Dan and Raul watched Manhunter, the Michael Mann directed film that introduced the film world to one Hannibal Lecter (Lektor?) and his creepy charisma. While the performance Brian Cox brings to the Cannibal stands in stark contrast to the more famous performance, the whole film is cool and stylish glimpse into a franchise and director both bound for legendary status. Come track down the killer with us!