See that “Explicit” content rating? That can only mean one thing: The final season of Succession is here and we’re dissecting the first episode (F-bombs and all) before sharing our predictions for the show’s ultimate winners, losers, and slime puppies. 🥰

But first! It’s a big week for Disney news: There’s a royal showdown in Florida, Mickey snubs the Metaverse, and personnel shakeups rock Marvel. But the real drama in the house of mouse? It’s the fate of Hulu, which might turn out to be a victim of its own success…

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📺 Review: Succession (Season 4 Premier)

🚨 Spoiler Alert: All Episodes through Season 4, Episode 1 (starting at 33:12) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 4 (Season In Progress)
• Renewal Status: Going out on top, baby!
• Where to Watch: HBO, Sundays at 9 PM ET
• Where to Stream: HBO Max
• Spinoffs: Yes, please!

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🔗 Links:

• Disney’s Rock (ESPN) & Hard Place (Hulu) - 500ish – M.G. Siegler, 500ish.com
• Netflix announces that Arrested Development isn't going anywhere, actually – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• How I Met Your Father is coming to regular television – Sam Barsanti, A.V. Club
• Disney's Reedy Creek Board Vote "Completely Circumvents" DeSantis' Authority – Tom Tapp, Deadline
• Disney reportedly eliminates metaverse division in first round of layoffs – Jon Porter, The Verge
• Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter Let Go At Studio – Anthony D’Alessandro, Deadline
• The Saga of Victoria Alonso's Firing From Marvel Studios Heats Up – Germain Lussier, Gizmodo
• Jonathan Majors Charged With Assault and Harassment – Rebecca Rubin, Variety
• The hive is strong: Yellowjackets' season opener is Showtime's most-streamed premiere ever – Matt Schimkowitz, A.V. Club
• Peacock adds 'Morning Joe' and 'Squawk Box' – Alex Sherman, Twitter
• ‘Succession’ Season 4 Episode 1 Hits Series High Ratings – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter

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After over a decade off the air the comedy Party Down is back, but can it still serve the laughs? (First you’re going to have to figure out how to give STARZ your $3 to tune in, but we’ll get you caught up in meantime!)

Plus: Peacock doubles down on the success of Poker Face by reminding us that they’ve got plenty of Monk to tide you over until season 2 of the Natasha Lyonne hit. Oh, and maybe they’re threatening to kill off Monk in a new Monk movie? No biggie.

Speaking of movies: What the heck is going on with Netflix’s movie strategy and why don’t they want spend $180 million on the new Nancy Meyers romcom? (But $150 million was totally cool, obvi.)

And HBO celebrates another breakout hit with The Last of Us surpassing House of the Dragon, but that’s not enough to make Disney+ pay to keep streaming HBO’s content in India.

Wait, why is Disney streaming HBO’s content in India? Where’s MAX in all this mess? Someone get us David Zaslav, STAT! (And while we have his attention could he greenlight our Barry spinoff starring NoHo Hank?)

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📺 Review: Party Down

🚨 Spoiler Alert: The first 3 episodes of Season 3, plus assorted spoilers from Seasons 1 & 2 (starting at 24:30) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 3 (Season In Progress)
• Where to Watch: STARZ
• Where to Stream Past Seasons: Hulu

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🔗 Links:

• Great news, Shalhoubophiles: Monk is getting a revival movie on Peacock – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• ‘The Last of Us’ Passes ‘House of the Dragon’ in Full-Season Viewers – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter
• 'Gattaca' TV Series in Development at Showtime – Joe Otterson, Variety
• Barry Season 4 | Official Teaser – YouTube
• HBO’s ‘Barry’ Ending With Season 4 – Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter
• Bill Hader Explains Why Season 4 of ‘Barry’ Will Be Its Last – Kate Aurthur, Variety
• Soon, not streaming on Disney+ Hotstar: HBO content – Manish Singh, TechCrunch
• Netflix Offloads Inheritance, House/Wife as Filmmakers Shop Projects – Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter
• Netflix Pulls Plug Ways With Nancy Meyers Next Project – Justin Kroll, Deadline
• Party Down’s new season says hustle culture is a scam – Alissa Wilkinson, Vox
• How Party Down became a cult phenomenon – Saloni Gajjar, A.V. Club
• ‘Party Down’ Is Back. Did You R.S.V.P.? – Alexis Soloski, The New York Times

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There’s the threat of a writers strike looming over Hollywood, so this week we invited the new Bing chatbot to join us in the hopes of befriending our new cloud-based creative overlords. Take it away, Bing!

"Hello, this is Bing. Welcome to Streamageddon, the podcast where we review everything streaming and TV. In this episode, we’ll take a look at two mid-season network sitcoms: Not Dead Yet on ABC and American Auto on NBC.

"But that’s not all. We’ll also check in on the guest hosts at The Daily Show, discuss the impending end of Succession, try to explain Paramount’s new pricing strategy and play America’s favorite game: Renewed or Canceled?!

"You don’t want to miss this episode of Streamageddon!"

(Check out the bonus segment at the end of the episode where we fact check Bing!)

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📺 Review: Not Dead Yet

🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 2 Episodes (starting at 48:36) 🚨

• Renewal Status: Not Announced
• Where to Watch: ABC
• Where to Stream: Hulu

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📺 Review: American Auto

🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 2 Episodes of Season 2 (starting at 1:02:19) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 2
• Renewal Status: Not Announced
• Where to Watch: NBC
• Where to Stream: Peacock

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🔗 Links:

• Paramount Plus will go up in price when it combines with Showtime – Emma Roth, The Verge
• Here's why Warner Bros. is suing the South Park guys and Paramount for $200 million – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• 'The Daily Show' guest hosts (so far): Why Leslie Jones soared and D.L. Hughley sank – Eric Deggans, NPR
• Get set for March TV madness – Saloni Gajjar, Matt Schimkowitz, Tim Lowery, Mary Kate Carr, Jen Lennon, Cindy White, A.V. Club
• Pilot Season 2023: Volume Takes Another Dive Amid Looming Strike – Peter White, Deadline
• Glass Onion is getting a director’s commentary on Netflix today – Andrew Webster, The Verge
• Don't sleep on NBC sitcoms American Auto and Grand Crew – Saloni Gajjar, A.V. Club
• TV Ratings: ‘Magnum P.I.’ Drops in NBC Debut, ‘Not Dead Yet’ Gets Big Streaming Boost – Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter
• Two birds with one stone: Disney cancels The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers and Big Shot – Matt Schimkowitz, A.V. Club
• Goodbye, Goldbergs: ABC sitcom ending with tenth season – Mary Kate Carr, A.V. Club
• Warner Bros. cancels Judge Mathis and burns down The People's Court – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• Judge Mathis is already getting a new TV show – Sam Barsanti, A.V. Club
• David Fincher confirms that Mindhunter was too expensive for Netflix to want more – Mary Kate Carr, A.V. Club
• Succession is ending later this year – William Hughes, A.V. Club

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Rian Johnson’s Poker Face is a sly new case-of-the-week detective series anchored by Natasha Lyonne’s performance as Charlie Cale, a woman on the run with one special skill: She can always tell when someone is lying. Oh, and everywhere she goes someone seems to die. Thankfully the lie thing usually helps her solve the murders, so it all works out in the end!

The series is arguably Peacock’s first bonafide hit, but is it any good? We unpack the pros and cons of the show’s throwback format: Inspired by classics like Columbo and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (classics, I say!) each episode of Poker Face reveals the murderer at the start of the episode and asks us to watch Charlie try to piece it together.

Plus! We check-in on The Last of Us and answer these burning questions about the streaming universe:

• Why is Paramount+ absorbing Showtime and who chose the service’s terrible new name?
• Why is Discovery+ not being absorbed into HBO Max anymore? (Except it still sort of is, but then what does that mean??)
• How many Billiions spinoffs is too many Billions spinoffs?
• Is anyone actually going to pay for Peacock?!
• And speaking of money: How much could one banana cost, Michael? Ten dollars? (Apparently too much for Netflix! We’ll explain…)

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📺 Review: Poker Face

🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 4 Episodes (starting at 35:47) 🚨

• Renewal Status: Renewed for Season 2
• Where to Watch: Peacock

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📺 Check-In: The Last of Us

🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 5 Episodes (starting at 56:13) 🚨

• Renewal Status: Renewed for Season 2
• Where to Watch: HBO/HBO Max

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🔗 Links:

• Get ready for a lot more Poker Face – Katie Chow, A.V. Club
• Review: ‘Poker Face’ Is the Best New Detective Show of 1973 – James Poniewozik, The New York Times
• There's never been a better time to watch Columbo – Gabrielle Sanchez, A.V. Club
• Showtime gets its HBO on, removes exclusive shows from its streaming platforms – Matt Schimkowitz, A.V. Club
• Showtime to be swallowed up by Paramount Plus, and shows are already getting canceled – Sam Barsanti, A.V. Club
• Discovery+ Now Expected to Survive as Stand-Alone Streaming Service as HBO Max Expands – Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter
• ‘Night Court’ Renewed For Season 2 At NBC – Rosy Cordero, Deadline
• Netflix orders a second season of That '90s Show – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• 'Arrested Development' Seasons 1-5 Leaving Netflix In March 2023 – Drew Ryan, whats-on-netflix.com
• NBCU Ends Peacock Free Tier for New Users – Todd Spangler, Variety
• Comcast Xfinity Subs Losing Free Peacock Premium Summer 2023 – Todd Spangler, Variety
• Marvel's Kevin Feige talks Phase 5, Kang, and the future of the MCU – Devan Coggan, EW.com
• Teasing season 2 of The Last Of Us, Bella Ramsey tells homophobic viewers to "get used to" gay people – Sam Barsanti, A.V. Club

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This week we’re coming at you with a double feature of deja vu starring a pair of reboots: Night Court (NBC/Peacock) and That 90s Show (Netflix).

Do these spiritual successors capture the essence of their original runs? And honestly, should they? The original Night Court was horny on main years before we even had a term for it, and That 70s Show thrived in the cynical heyday of early 2000s Fox.

Join us as we discuss the many challenges involved in successfully rebooting any show— but especially comedies!— and how we draw the line between Reboots, Revivals, and Spin-Offs.

And yes, we’re going to answer the BIG question we already know you’re asking: Is the upcoming Frasier series a reboot or a revival? Spoiler alert: Dianne makes a shocking case for deeming it a spin-off (!!!) and Chris proposes retconning a new title for the entire Frasier canon in order to make it work. So if you’re listening, Paramount execs, My Seattle Life! is just waiting to be green-lit…

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📺 Review: Night Court

🚨 Spoiler Alert: The First 2 Episodes of Night Court (2023), plus the original series (starting at 30:36) 🚨

• Where to Watch the Reboot: NBC and Peacock
• Where to Watch the Original: Freevee and Amazon

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📺 Review: That 90s Show

🚨 Spoiler Alert: First 2 Episodes of That 90s Show, plus the original series (starting at 41:23) 🚨

• Where to Watch the Reboot: Netflix
• Where to Watch the Original: Peacock

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🔗 Links:

• It's time to sling some 'derves in a new Party Down season 3 trailer – Hattie Lindert, A.V. Club
• The bar is low for television reboots. Night Court clears it. – Sara Morrison, Vox
• Mila Kunis calls out Jackie and Kelso timeline in That ‘90s Show – Ellis Cochrane, Cosmopolitan

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Finally, a show that answers the age-old question: “What if The Mandalorian let us see Pedro Pascal’s face and had a sidekick who can talk?”

Yes, this week we’re streaming a different -ageddon: It’s the kind of armageddon that puts the “fun” in fungal… but is it any good? We’re reviewing the pilot of HBO’s The Last of Us in order to find out!

On the way we’ll discuss the latest streaming news and TV’s rich history of post-apocalyptic fare (and not-so-rich history of live action video game adaptations).

But first it’s an emergency round of America’s favorite game: Renewed or Canceled?! Play along as Dianne guesses the fate of these streaming shows:

• Abbott Elementary (ABC/Hulu)
• FX’s The Bear (Hulu)
• Uncoupled (Netflix)
• Workaholics (Comedy Central/Paramount+)
• Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin (Peacock)
• Chucky (SyFy)
• Reginald the Vampire (SyFy)
• Snowpiercer (TNT)
• Minx (HBO Max)
• Mel Brooks’ History of the World Part I (Really!)

Can you go 10 for 10? Lock in your guesses now and find out in this week’s episode.

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📺 Review: The Last of Us (Series Premier)

🚨 Spoiler Alert: First Episode (starting at 38:42) 🚨

• Where to Watch: HBO/HBO Max
• Total Episodes: 9 Episodes, 1 Season (In Progress)
• Renewal Status: Not announced (but based on the ratings we’d be surprised if it doesn’t get the green light soon)

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🔗 Links:

Contains spoilers for Renewed or Canceled?!

• ‘The Last Of Us’ Premiere Draws 4.7M Viewers – Peter White, Deadline
• HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ Review – Jen Chaney, Vulture
• HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ Adaptation: A Review for Non-Gamers – Scott Meslow, Vulture
• The Last of Us’ co-creators say a TV show was always “lurking inside the game” – Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge
• Can 'The Last of Us' Cordyceps Fungus Really Infect Humans? – James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter
• CNN wants comedian to save it from being a joke in primetime ratings war: report – Ariel Zilber, New York Post
• The Education of CNN’s Chris Licht – James B. Stewart, The New York Times
• HBO Max Hikes Price for the First Time (But Not the Last) – Savannah Salazar, Vulture
• Abbott Elementary Renewed for Season 3 After Globes Wins – Zoe Guy, Vulture
• ‘The Bear’: FX Sets Summer Premiere; Season 2 Upped To 10 Episodes – Rosy Cordero, Deadline
• Adam DeVine ‘Butt Hurt’ Over Canceled ‘Workaholics’ Movie – Rebecca Alter, Vulture
• Pitch Perfect: Bumper In Berlin Scores Season 2 Renewal At Peacock – Katie Campione, Deadline
• ‘Uncoupled’ Canceled After One Season at Netflix – Joe Otterson, Variety
• Syfy to keep playing with Chucky for a third season – Sam Barsanti, A.V. Club
• ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 4 Won't Air On TNT In Content Write-Off, Shopped – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline
• Minx finds a new home following HBO cancellation – Gabrielle Sanchez, A.V. Club
• History Of The World, Part II teaser: Stars come out for Mel Brooks sequel series – William Hughes, The A.V. Club

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We love a good storytelling gimmick and this week we’re sharing our favorites (and least favorites) as we unpack the new Netflix heist series Kaleidoscope.

Plus we answer all your burning questions, like:

• What did HBO Max erase from existence while we were on vacation?
• Who is hosting The Daily Show now that Trevor Noah is gone?
• Why is Netflix teaming up with Nike?
• And is the streaming universe doomed in 2023?!

But first it’s a surprise round of America’s favorite game: Renewed or Canceled?! Play along as Dianne guesses the fate of these streaming shows:

• 1899 (Netflix)
• 61st Street (AMC)
• Wednesday (Netflix)
• Dangerous Liaisons (Starz)
• Step Up (Starz)

Can you go 5 for 5? Lock in your guesses now and find out in this week’s episode.

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📺 Review: Kaleidoscope

🚨 Spoiler Alert starting at 43:34 🚨

• Where to Watch: Netflix
• Total Episodes: 8 Episodes, 1 Season
• Renewal Status: No Renewal Announcement (Limited Series)
• Watched for Review: All 8 Episodes

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🔗 Links:

Contains spoilers for “Renewed or Canceled?!”

• What’s the Best Way to Watch Randomized Heist Series Kaleidoscope? – Keith Phipps, Vulture
• Netflix’s ‘Kaleidoscope’ Invites You to Scramble Its Storyline: TV Review – Daniel D'Addario, Variety
• Kaleidoscope is a generic heist story but a fascinating experiment – Andrew Webster, The Verge
• ‘The Daily Show’ to Enter Its Guest-Host Era With Leslie Jones – Hershal Pandya, Vulture
• Chelsea Handler on New Netflix Special, Returning to Late Night – Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety
• Nike Training Club Launches On Netflix – Armando Tinoco & Dade Hayes, Deadline
• Warner Bros. Discovery CFO: Restructuring, Write-Off Frenzy Is Over – Jennifer Maas, Variety
• HBO Max Removes 256 ‘Looney Tunes’ Shorts, Three Seasons of ‘The Flintstones’ – Todd Spangler, Variety
• ‘Dangerous Liaisons,' ‘Becoming Elizabeth’ ‘Step Up’ Pulled From Starz – Peter White, Deadline
• ‘Wednesday’ Is Returning to Nevermore for Another Semester – Jennifer Zhan, Vulture
• No, Netflix isn't going to let Prime Video get its hands on Wednesday that easily – Emma Keates, A.V. Club

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We’re stuffing your stocking with a spoiler-packed bonus episode about this holiday’s streaming hit: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.

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📺 Review: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

🚨 Spoiler Alert: Full Movie 🚨

• Where to Watch: Netflix
• Related Watching: Knives Out (Netflix)

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We saw the latest Knives Out mystery in theaters and we have spoiler-free thoughts to share to help you get excited to stream it on at home!

We’ll discuss Netflix’s latest experiment with a hybrid theatrical/streaming strategy, plus the other mysteries plaguing the streaming universe, such as…

• Cecily Strong’s sudden departure from SNL!
• Peacock’s puzzling pivot!
• And all the suspicious disappearances plaguing HBO Max…

It’s a case only Benoit Blanc can solve, but unfortunately you’re stuck with us instead!

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📺 Review: Glass Onion

🚨 Extremely light spoilers starting at 44:29, but really we’re not spoiling this one for you!🚨

• Where to Watch: Netflix (December 23)
• Sequel To: Knives Out, baby!

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🔗 Links:

• Cecily Strong Says 'My Heart Is Bursting' After 'SNL' Exit: 'I Am Ready to Go' – Zack Sharf, Variety
• Peacock Adjusts Development Strategy, Orders James Wan Horror Drama – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline
• ‘Raised By Wolves’ & ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ Removed HBO Max For FAST – Peter White, Deadline
• ‘Los Espookys’ Canceled After Two Seasons at HBO – Joe Otterson, Variety
• HBO fast-tracks new Julio Torres show after canceling Los Espookys – Katie Chow, A.V. Club
• Season two of Minx is still filming after getting canceled by HBO Max – Katie Chow, A.V. Club
• ‘Westworld,’ ‘Minx’ Moves: Warner Bros. Discovery’s Licensing Pivot – Lesley Goldberg and Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter
• ‘MILF Manor’: TLC & Discovery+ Drop Trailer for New Dating Show Straight Out of ’30 Rock’ – Meredith Jacobs, TV Insider
• Netflix to Let Tens of Thousands of Subscribers Give Early Feedback on Content – Sarah Krouse and Jessica Toonkel, The Wall Street Journal
• Knives Out may get lots of sequels, but absolutely no prequels from Rian Johnson – Mary Kate Carr, A.V. Club
• ‘Glass Onion’ Is Box-Office Hit, But Leaving Theaters – Jason P. Frank, Vulture

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It’s kill or be killed (or just, like, have a so-so vacation) in the explosive finale of The White Lotus in Sicily! We’ll dish out the details, including the results of our White Lotus Murder Bracket in less time than it takes to drive to Taormina.

Plus: Will HBO Max drop the HBO and go all-Max all the time? Can you even trademark the word “Max” and does this mean people named Max will be signing up for “Max’s Max”??

But that’s not the only madness brewing in the streaming universe this week, because Warner Brothers Discovery CEO is picking a fight with the big dogs at Netflix. And we have real news about the next chapter of fake news now that The Daily Show is officially without Trevor Noah.

Pour another glass of white wine and join us as we bid arrivederci to one of the year’s best shows!

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📺 Review: White Lotus (Season 2 Rewind) - Part 1

🚨 Spoiler Alert: All Episodes through Season 2, Episode 7 (starting at 22:13) 🚨

• Number of Seasons Overall: 2 (All Episodes Available)
• Renewal Status: Renewed for Season 3
• Where to Watch: HBO, HBO Max

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🔗 Links:

• The Daily Show Will Feature Celebrity Guest Hosts Until Fall 2023 – Josef Adalian, Vulture
• Warner Bros Discovery close to picking ‘Max’ for name of HBO Max replacement – Alex Sherman and Lillian Rizzo, CNBC
• New Streaming War Brewing? Warner Bros. Discovery Boss David Zaslav Takes Aim At Netflix Over Payment Terms – Peter White, Deadline
• List of Warner Bros. Discovery television programs – Wikipedia
• Sure, that HBO Max - Discovery Plus hybrid service will cost more, but at least it'll also have more ads – William Hughes, A.V. Club
• The White Lotus wraps up season 2 with an electrifying episode – Manuel Betancourt, A.V. Club
• Aubrey Plaza psychologically tortured Adam DiMarco on The White Lotus set – Mary Kate Carr, A.V. Club
• Sabrina Impacciatore on Valentina’s ‘White Lotus’ Sex Scene – Valentina Valentini, Vulture

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