It’s an interesting place for the show to be in - because people who have become devoted fanatics of the show are now viewing it almost as you view a true procedural, so they expect the story to move forward every week. The front part of this episode was interesting, but it was mostly chasing down stories and/or rumors and trying to fit them in a context. When you straight-up title an episode “Rumors,” you’ve got the true journalists on high defense alert before the Mail Kimp ad even rolls. Journalism Aspect: I’ve talked about this before, but a lot of the way people are processing this show is through the eyes of journalists or other culture observers. When it was over, I was still somewhat excited - but also let down. Since I had binge-listened Episodes 1-8, this was my first “morning of release” listen. I’m getting old) but after I did urinate, I decided to go to the gym and listen to Serial on the treadmill. Admittedly, this was predominantly because I had to pee (i.e. I set my alarm for 7am normally, but on Thursday I woke up at 5:15am and couldn’t go back to sleep. I listened to Serial Episode 11 ( full transcript) on Thursday morning.
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