00:00Hello and welcome back to Man of Many's What We're Watching.
00:02This month, we have New Rick and Morty, Nick Kroll's endless puberty blues, and Wrexham
00:06AFC continues its meteoric rise.
00:08But first, we're hoping a new effort from some comedy legends lives up to its potential.
00:12Kicking off our list for May, we have the four seasons on Netflix.
00:15With Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Will Forte all in the mix, this mini-series adaptation
00:19of a 1981 Alan Alder flick might have struck a deft balance between humour and heart.
00:23Then again, there's always a danger with this kind of material that it wades too deep into
00:27the schmaltz.
00:27Here, three couples' annual weekend getaway is turned on its head when one announces
00:31they're getting a divorce.
00:32But we're hoping the laughs outweigh this app, because anything featuring Will Forte is at
00:35least worth a look.
00:36Next up is something a little out of left field.
00:38Octopus is a two-part Prime Video documentary about our fascinating eight-legged friends,
00:42exploring new dimensions of their intelligence and mystery.
00:45Executive produced and narrated by Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and featuring an unsurprisingly
00:50octopus-obsessed Tracey Morgan, this is a May must-watch we didn't see coming.
00:53A third inclusion sees Disney Plus returning to Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's Wrexham
00:58football club.
00:59With their recent history-making and widely reported promotion to English football's
01:03second tier, the end of this fourth season of Welcome to Wrexham is pretty much spoiled.
01:06But despite the guarantee of a triumphant finale, half the fun of this show is watching the
01:12heartache and drama that happens along the way, along with those rare moments in which
01:15Reynolds lets his smug veneer slip.
01:17Next, the Rick and Morty animated phenomenon is back for season 8 on Max.
01:21Despite the removal of creator and voice actor Justin Roiland, for good reason, and the insufferable
01:26nature of some corners of its fanbase, Rick and Morty remains a reliably good time.
01:30Everyone's favourite drunken uber genius and his grandson's sidekick return for 10 new episodes.
01:34Details are scarce, but one of the show's strong points is the lore that grows with every
01:38new season.
01:39We're looking forward to it.
01:40Moving from one adult animated series to another, we're wrapping up this month with
01:44season 8 of Big Mouth, which has us wondering, how long can puberty last?
01:48If you're Nick Kroll's animated alter ego, going through it for 8 years might mean it's
01:51time to visit a healthcare professional.
01:53Either way, this series has never pulled its punches, even as it tackles growing up through
01:56some wild ideas, like hormone monsters, or anthropomorphised genitals.
02:00It's pretty wild, but always gets a laugh.
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