1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,973 Speaker 1: from Newstalk ZEDB. 3 00:00:12,973 --> 00:00:15,973 Speaker 2: Screen time time on news Talk ZEDB. Carl Pushman is 4 00:00:16,013 --> 00:00:17,893 Speaker 2: here with his picks this week for shows to watch 5 00:00:17,973 --> 00:00:21,253 Speaker 2: or stream from your place. Gid A Carl Morning Jack. 6 00:00:21,853 --> 00:00:24,133 Speaker 2: Let's start off with the show streaming on Prime Video. 7 00:00:24,213 --> 00:00:25,773 Speaker 2: Tell us about Scar Petter. 8 00:00:26,653 --> 00:00:28,613 Speaker 3: Well, a well read fellow like the South, Jack will 9 00:00:28,653 --> 00:00:31,533 Speaker 3: be familiar with the scat Case Scarpetter novels. I'm sure 10 00:00:32,053 --> 00:00:35,253 Speaker 3: Patricia Conwell's long running crime series has been hugely popular 11 00:00:35,293 --> 00:00:38,133 Speaker 3: since the first book came out way back in nineteen ninety. 12 00:00:38,253 --> 00:00:40,213 Speaker 3: They're still going strong now and then now there's twenty 13 00:00:40,293 --> 00:00:45,053 Speaker 3: nine books in that series. Appropriately for a show with 14 00:00:45,173 --> 00:00:48,893 Speaker 3: such a strong lineage there, it's led by star power. 15 00:00:48,933 --> 00:00:52,373 Speaker 3: It's got Nicole Kinman as Case Scarpetter, the medical examiner 16 00:00:52,973 --> 00:00:56,333 Speaker 3: who's quite genius with her forensic science, and Jamie Lee 17 00:00:56,413 --> 00:01:01,053 Speaker 3: Curtis plays Assisted Dorothy, and their chemistry together is one 18 00:01:01,093 --> 00:01:04,093 Speaker 3: of the highlights of the show. They's play sort of 19 00:01:04,213 --> 00:01:09,013 Speaker 3: arguing sisters who haven't outgrown their childhood problems with each other. Now, 20 00:01:09,013 --> 00:01:11,533 Speaker 3: the show doesn't follow a particular book, It sort of 21 00:01:11,533 --> 00:01:14,213 Speaker 3: borrows bits and pieces from various ones and masteres them 22 00:01:14,293 --> 00:01:18,173 Speaker 3: together with an AI sort of subplot going on as well, 23 00:01:19,413 --> 00:01:22,293 Speaker 3: which suggests is a lot going on, and there is, 24 00:01:22,333 --> 00:01:26,173 Speaker 3: and there's almost too much going on. It has dual timelines, 25 00:01:26,213 --> 00:01:30,293 Speaker 3: as the murder she's investigating now sort of collides with 26 00:01:30,373 --> 00:01:33,493 Speaker 3: the first big murder she solved back in nineteen ninety. 27 00:01:34,573 --> 00:01:37,053 Speaker 3: What's quite interesting about this is instead of doing the 28 00:01:37,373 --> 00:01:43,053 Speaker 3: anti aging makeup or de aging via AI or computer graphics, 29 00:01:43,453 --> 00:01:45,693 Speaker 3: they instead put a whole new cast for the nineteen 30 00:01:45,813 --> 00:01:49,213 Speaker 3: ninety version of these characters, which does help in keeping 31 00:01:49,253 --> 00:01:51,773 Speaker 3: track of where you are in the timeline in which 32 00:01:52,013 --> 00:01:54,893 Speaker 3: case you're following, especially as the lines begin to blur 33 00:01:55,053 --> 00:01:58,413 Speaker 3: and the all those links and hints start to come 34 00:01:58,453 --> 00:02:02,333 Speaker 3: into focus. So it is dempse attention demanding storytelling with 35 00:02:02,373 --> 00:02:06,613 Speaker 3: a lot going on. Also doesn't shy away from grizzly murdercys. 36 00:02:06,973 --> 00:02:11,413 Speaker 3: And because Kidman's character case Corpetter, is a medical examiner, 37 00:02:11,453 --> 00:02:16,333 Speaker 3: you get some pretty pretty brutal autopsy scenes as well. 38 00:02:16,613 --> 00:02:17,773 Speaker 3: A bit squash so. 39 00:02:18,053 --> 00:02:21,373 Speaker 2: Great, They're right, don't be having you. Don't be having 40 00:02:21,373 --> 00:02:23,973 Speaker 2: your lasagn you or your spaghetti meatballs as you're watching 41 00:02:24,013 --> 00:02:26,453 Speaker 2: Scarpetter exactly correct. 42 00:02:26,533 --> 00:02:29,733 Speaker 3: Yes, So it doesn't go from that at all. It's 43 00:02:29,733 --> 00:02:31,973 Speaker 3: a it's a good show. The mystery does intrigue and 44 00:02:32,013 --> 00:02:35,733 Speaker 3: it's suspenseful. The pace can be a bit slow, and 45 00:02:35,893 --> 00:02:38,373 Speaker 3: because of its long running prestige and all that, you know, 46 00:02:38,413 --> 00:02:42,733 Speaker 3: the case Carpetter novels really helped define that forensic detective boom. 47 00:02:42,973 --> 00:02:45,493 Speaker 3: It's not as great as I expected with all that 48 00:02:45,533 --> 00:02:47,173 Speaker 3: star power and lineage behind it. 49 00:02:47,813 --> 00:02:51,813 Speaker 2: Okay, that's Scarpeitter, that's on Prime Video. Tell us about Crackhead. 50 00:02:53,133 --> 00:02:56,093 Speaker 3: Yeah, what a great title, right, and for a TV series, 51 00:02:56,333 --> 00:02:59,733 Speaker 3: a fairly provocative one as well. As you may have 52 00:02:59,773 --> 00:03:01,853 Speaker 3: guessed from that title. The show does deal with some 53 00:03:01,893 --> 00:03:05,613 Speaker 3: pretty heavy themes, primarily drug addiction and mental health struggles, 54 00:03:06,013 --> 00:03:08,093 Speaker 3: and in that regard it can be quite horroring viewing 55 00:03:08,133 --> 00:03:11,613 Speaker 3: at times, but it's also very funny, and it's that 56 00:03:11,813 --> 00:03:15,213 Speaker 3: balance that makes it such a bingeable watch. It's all 57 00:03:15,253 --> 00:03:18,413 Speaker 3: pulled from creator and star Holly Shervey's real life experience 58 00:03:18,613 --> 00:03:21,453 Speaker 3: at a rehab when she was younger, and she brings 59 00:03:21,493 --> 00:03:23,653 Speaker 3: all that authenticity to the show and with something that 60 00:03:23,693 --> 00:03:27,333 Speaker 3: was really important to her when writing it, as follows 61 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:30,933 Speaker 3: her character Frankie who goes to rehab after inadvertently burning 62 00:03:30,933 --> 00:03:33,533 Speaker 3: down her sister's house while on a booze and drug 63 00:03:33,573 --> 00:03:36,813 Speaker 3: fueled bender. And you know, once you go to rehab, 64 00:03:36,813 --> 00:03:40,693 Speaker 3: you're forced to confront your demons and get clean, and 65 00:03:41,613 --> 00:03:44,573 Speaker 3: it ends up proving quite a chaotic environment. And it's 66 00:03:44,613 --> 00:03:47,373 Speaker 3: based on, like I said, an actual her experience and 67 00:03:47,413 --> 00:03:50,693 Speaker 3: an actual clinic. So it's a really raw look at, 68 00:03:50,733 --> 00:03:53,533 Speaker 3: you know, treatments for addiction and mental health in our country, 69 00:03:54,173 --> 00:03:56,853 Speaker 3: and it can be quite grim, but it can be 70 00:03:57,453 --> 00:04:00,853 Speaker 3: incredibly funny and some of that humor is quite outrageous. 71 00:04:01,293 --> 00:04:04,853 Speaker 3: But that all comes together. The episodes really fly by. 72 00:04:05,013 --> 00:04:08,173 Speaker 3: They're only sort of an hour long, and they just 73 00:04:08,293 --> 00:04:11,693 Speaker 3: grip you. And I think it's because, you know, you 74 00:04:11,733 --> 00:04:15,213 Speaker 3: see those movies or shows and the creator's vision really 75 00:04:15,253 --> 00:04:19,253 Speaker 3: comes through. It's got a distinctive look and tone and style, 76 00:04:19,733 --> 00:04:24,013 Speaker 3: and that's what's happening with the show. It's just it 77 00:04:24,053 --> 00:04:27,693 Speaker 3: has that unique voice really there. Her husband, Emtt Skelton 78 00:04:27,773 --> 00:04:29,093 Speaker 3: is the director, so you can see that they just 79 00:04:29,173 --> 00:04:31,493 Speaker 3: worked together and came up with this really fast, punchy, 80 00:04:31,573 --> 00:04:35,013 Speaker 3: stylized look to the show. It just works great. So yeah, 81 00:04:35,053 --> 00:04:37,693 Speaker 3: that's a big recommend, and I've found it addictive viewing. 82 00:04:38,093 --> 00:04:40,893 Speaker 2: Oh superb oh, I got really looking forward to seeing that. Okay, 83 00:04:40,933 --> 00:04:44,733 Speaker 2: that's Crackhead. That's streaming on three now, Scar Petter is 84 00:04:44,813 --> 00:04:47,173 Speaker 2: on Prime Video. We'll have all the details for those 85 00:04:47,213 --> 00:04:49,533 Speaker 2: shows up on the News talks 'B website, and of 86 00:04:49,613 --> 00:04:52,133 Speaker 2: course you can hear more from Karl on his sub 87 00:04:52,173 --> 00:04:53,613 Speaker 2: stack screen Crack 88 00:04:54,653 --> 00:04:57,773 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 89 00:04:57,853 --> 00:05:01,173 Speaker 1: to Newstalks EDB from nine am Saturday, or follow the 90 00:05:01,173 --> 00:05:02,653 Speaker 1: podcast on iHeartRadio.