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

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>This week, we waste no time by starting with general, non-spoiler thoughts on the huge, expensive Amazon Prime show <em>The Rings of Power</em>: 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 <em>House of the Dragon</em>'s second and third episodes (14:32).</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>After some cool announcements, it's a discussion of the precipitous downfall of <em>She-Hulk: Attorney at Law</em> (37:01) before lauding the new FX/Hulu series <em>The Patient</em>, 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).</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><em>The Alabama Take</em> 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 <a href= "https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thealabamatake">Buy Me A Coffee</a> or visit our <a href="https://venmo.com/BlaineDuncan" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Venmo</a> and <a href= "http://paypal.me/MrBlaineDuncan" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">PayPal</a> to help to keep the site and podcasts going.</p>