The Rings of Power, House of the Dragon, The Patient, and She-Hulk

This week, we waste no time by starting with general, non-spoiler thoughts on the huge, expensive Amazon Prime show The Rings of Power: the ratings from this group are very high (3:14). There are a few connections made for the lack of Listener of the Week, Dilly Bars, and a shoutout to this week's College Football Pick 'Em winner, and luckily that's all tied into a short segment (11:53). But after that, there is plenty of talk about House of the Dragon's second and third episodes (14:32). After some cool announcements, it's a discussion of the precipitous downfall of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (37:01) before lauding the new FX/Hulu series The Patient, which stars Domhnall Gleeson and Steve Carell in interesting roles; it may be more in how much we believe in the show runners (44:26). The Alabama Take brings a variety of podcasts and writings with no ads, but we still have some bills to pay. If there's nothing in the shop to interest you, feel free to make a donation: venture to Buy Me A Coffee or visit our Venmo and PayPal to help to keep the site and podcasts going.