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S01E07 – “Down Neck” – Cut To Black – A Sopranos Sitdown

It has been quite a love fest over here on Cut To Black as we make our way through Season 1 of The Sopranos, but has the honeymoon finally ended? Does S01E07 “Down Neck” throw the train off the rails and not deliver on the greatness of the first six? Or is it more Sopranos…

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Star Trek Discovery S01E10-15 Breakdown

Jim and Jakob are back to discuss the back half of the first season of Star Trek Discovery. Has this show made Trekkies out of these lost souls? Does new Trek deliver or is it too dark and gritty? And most importantly what are the most popular ships in the fanfiction world? All this and…

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S01E06 – “Pax Soprana” – Cut To Black – A Sopranos Sitdown

We are back this week with episode 6 of Season 1 of “The Sopranos”, titled Pax Soprana. This episode reels things in a bit after the small detour we took with Episode 5 “College” as the show re-introduces the Jersey drama between Tony and Uncle Junior and we learn a lot about Tony Soprano’s erections….

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S01E05 – “College” – Cut To Black – A Sopranos Sitdown

This week Jim and Jakob get together to discuss the episode that Time Magazine lists as the best episode of The Sopranos and TV Guide has labelled it the #2 TV Episode of all time. Does this mostly standalone episode live up to the hype? Can Tony be fully honest with his daughter? And will…

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Altered Carbon Pilot Breakdown and Review

Jakob and Jim get a small taste of the new Netflix sci-fi totally not Blade Runner epic ALTERED CARBON! Undercover Swede Joel Kinnaman stars in this new show that posits a world where your whole consciousness lives on a disc and can be swapped out into different sleeves essentially letting you live forever. Sounds great…

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S01E04 – “Meadowlands” – Cut To Black – A Sopranos Sitdown

Jim and Jakob check in this week with episode 4 of season 1 “Meadowlands”, we get a nice dose of Tony’s home life and work life and how they overlap and we see the fallout after the events of last week’s episodes. Also since it is Sopranos and it is 1999 we get some hilarious…

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S01E02 – “46 Long” – Cut To Black – A Sopranos Sitdown

We are back to discuss season 1, episode 2 of the Sopranos “46 Long” as we settle in for the long haul and learn all the trials and tribulations that come along with being involved in the New Jersey mob. Things do start to heat up (oof) between not only Tony and his mother, Olivia,…

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S01E01 – “The Sopranos” – Cut To Black – A Sopranos Sitdown

What more could be said about The Sopranos? Well, frankly quite a bit! Join seasoned Sopranos vet Jim Scampoli and Sopranos virgin (yes they exist) Jakob Burrows as they embark on a journey through all 6 seasons of The Sopranos starting with episode 1. Whether you have seen them all multiple times or you are…

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Black Mirror Season 4 Explained

Think about this, the technology that you are currently using to listen and subscribe to Shows What You Know could one day be part of your downfall! Don’t want to think about? Well you have no choice as we are back to discuss everyone’s favorite technology after school special: Black Mirror! Black Mirror is back…

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Maisel Men – Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S01E05-08 Breakdown

We are back with our discussion of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, we finish out the first season covering episodes 5-8 and wow, what a great show. Listen to hear our complete thoughts! Send your feedback to showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet us @showswhatuknow! Send us a review on iTunes and recommend a show for us to watch! For…

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