Firewall & Iceberg Podcast

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg review "Suits" (02:35 - 15:10), "Wilfred" (15:15 - 26:45) and new season premieres of "Louie" (26:50 - 36:30), "Burn Notice" (36:40 - 42:30), "True Blood" (42:30 - 50:00).

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg discuss ABC's "Combat Hospital" (02:00 - 10:10), "Twin Peaks" (10:15 - 33:10), The "Game of Thrones" finale (33:15 - 53:30) andThe "Killing" finale (53:30 - 01:25:00)

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg review "The Nine Lives of Chloe King" (01:00 - 11:25), "John Benjamin Has a Van" (11:30 - 17:30) and "Falling Skies" (17:30 - 27:40) and answer Listener Mail about Tracy Morgan (27:45 - 34:40), Statutory Romance in genre fiction (34:40 - 39:50) and Second-position casting (39:55 - 43:20) before discussing this week's episode of "Twin Peaks" titled "Traces to Nowhere" (43:30 - 01:01:00)

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg review ABC Family's "Switched at Birth" (01:40 - 12:00) and talk about "X-Men: First Class" (12:00 - 19:40) before answering Listener Mail about Showkillers (19:50 - 30:50) and Empty Cups (31:00 - 34:20) and then begin the summer's "Twin Peaks" Re-Watch (34:25 - 01:02:00).

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg review MTV's "Teen Wolf" (01:50 - 14:15) and TNT's "Franklin & Bash" (14:20 - 21:30), plus the return of TNT's "Men of a Certain Age" 21:30 - 28:05). They also answer Listener Mail about Network Branding (28:20 - 34:45), shows with many finales (34:50 - 41:00) and instances of the same actors playing multiple roles on shows (41:00 - 44:45) and revisit "Game of Thrones" (45:20 - 55:10) and "The Killing" (55:20 - 01:05:25). They close with the Grand Summer-Rewatch Announcement (01:05:30 - 01:09:00).

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg discuss the cancelation of "United States of Tara" (01:30 - 06:45), offer an "American Idol" finale preview (06:50 - 12:10) and talk about the finales for "Survivor" finale (12:15 - 18:20) "The Office"/"Community"/"Parks and Recreation" (18:30 - 32:00) and "The Big Bang Theory" (32:05 - 37:15). After answering Listener Mail regarding cliffhangers (37:30 - 44:30), it's on to talking about the finales for "Chuck" (44:30 - 51:00), "Castle" (51:00 - 56:30), "How I Met Your Mother" (56:30 - 01:03:20), "The Good Wife" (01:03:20 - 01:07:14), "Grey's Anatomy" (01:07:15 - 01:11:35) and "The Simpsons" (01:11:35 - 01:17:25).

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg discuss CBS's Upfront (01:00 - 28:20), The CW's Upfront (28:25 - 39:30), answer pilot-related Listener Mail (42:30 - 50:45) and review HBO's "Too Big to Fail" (51:00 - 01:00:00)

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg discuss NBC's Upfront (06:00 - 36:40), FOX's Upfront (36:45 - 53:30), ABC's Upfront (53:35 - 01:20:30).

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg offer an Upfronts Preview (00:40 - 42:00) and answer listener mail regarding TV shows you like despite unappealing heroes (42:05 - 47:20), non-English-language programming (47:20 - 50:30 ), shows with overlapping locations (50:33 - 55:25) and Chuck Bass' bad behavior on "Gossip Girl" (55:30 - 01:01:25).

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg discuss "Justified" pre-finale (01:00 - 20:30) and "Fringe" pre-finale (20:40 - 33:00) and answer Listener Mail regarding whether a comedy be "the best show on TV" (33:22 - 39:15), how low-rated networks can get audiences (39:15 - 43:10), the decline of the lead-in 43:20 - 47:20) and shows that were successful after cast departures (47:30 - 58:50).

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg discuss Steve Carell's "Office" departure (01:15 - 21:25) and "The Voice"/"American Idol" (21:30 - 36:30) and then answer a lot of Listener Mail, touching on subjects including "Archer" (36:40 -- 42:30), Boston Rob's "Survivor" performance (42:40 - 48:00), their points of disagreement (48:20 - 52:20), Quick cancellations, particularly "Paul Reiser Show" (52:20 - 56:38), TV shows course-correcting (56:40 - 01:01:00) and successful and unsuccessful shows using locations (01:01:00 - 01:09:30).

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg discuss The return of "Cougar Town" (01:00 - 11:00), answer Listener Mail about Nudity (11:45 - 17:45), The NY Times "Game of Thrones" review (17:50 - 26:05) and Industry info seeping into our opinions (26:25 - 30:30), and also review HBO's "Talking Funny" (30:45 - 35:25), the new season of "Doctor Who" (35:25 - 39:00), HBO's "Cinema Verite" (39:10 - 48:20) and HBO's "Treme" (48:30 - 01:01:20).

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg discuss the rebooted "Law & Order: Los Angeles" (01:30 - 09:55), review the premieres of "Happy Endings" (10:00 - 18:05) and "The Paul Reiser Show" (18:30 - 27:00), touch on the NBC premiere of "Friday Night Lights" (27:00 - 31:30), review the "Burn Notice" telefilm "The Fall of Sam Axe" (31:35 - 38:00) and spend a while on HBO's "Game of Thrones" (38:00 - 58:45).

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg discuss WonderCon (00:50 - 04:45), reflect on the run and cancellation of "Lights Out" (04:45 - 21:30), review "Breaking In" (21:35 - 31:40), "Workaholics" (31:45 - 38:35) and "Top Chef Masters" (38:40 - 50:20) and answer Listener Mail about "Community" (50:25 - 56:51) and Product Placements (56:55 - 01:04:40).

Alan Sepinwall and Dan Fienberg review new seasons of "Nurse Jackie" (01:50 - 11:40) and "United States of Tara" (11:40 - 20:20), plus "Body of Proof" (20:25 - 28:13), "Chaos" (28:15 - 35:40), "Camelot" (35:40 - 44:40), "The Borgias" (44:45 - 50:30) and "The Killing" (50:30 - 01:03:30).