Episode 53: The Crown Season 5, Episode 2 The System Recap

Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, are back to discuss The Crown Season 5, Episode 10: Decommissioned, and to look back at Season 5 as a whole. Then, they look ahead to Season 6 and make predictions about what's likely to come. Plus, which American Idol winner would Carlyn have voted for?

Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, are back to discuss The Crown Season 5, Episode 9: Couple 31. Ivan shares the secret to making a great omelet, while Carlyn again questions why The Crown refuses to introduce Darren to us. Plus, what did Diana do to make Ivan so angry?

Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, are back to discuss The Crown Season 5, Episode 8: Gunpowder. Ivan has a new favorite character, and Sam is still not a fan of Martin Bashir. Plus, the three of them try to gauge what level of involvement Queen Elizabeth and John Birt would have had in the conception of Mr. Bean.

Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, are back to discuss The Crown Season 5, Episode 7: No Woman's Land. Carlyn shares some of her favorite vending machine snacks and tries to explain how California's Lemon Law works. Plus, was Apollo 13 really the best choice for Diana and Dr. Khan?

Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, are back to discuss The Crown Season 5, Episode 6: Ipatiev House, and come away with more questions than answers. Where is this Elizabeth and Philip disconnect coming from? Who else did Philip convince to be in his companionship gang? And why does King George V have a parrot? The world may never know...

Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, are back to discuss The Crown Season 5, Episode 5: The Way Ahead, which might just be the kinkiest episode of The Crown yet. Together, they break down why Charles doesn't get Camilla a cell phone, does the revenge dress scene make sense, and if this is the best version of Anne we've gotten so far. Plus, why is Carlyn stroking her microphone?

Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, are back to discuss The Crown Season 5, Episode 4: Annus Horribilus. Was 1992 actually a horrible year? And do these flashbacks to Claire Foy and Vanessa Kirby work? Plus, how is this episode of The Crown similar to Grey's Anatomy?

Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, are back to discuss The Crown Season 5, Episode 3: Mou Mou. Ivan's cameo prediction is proven false once again by some surprising but familiar faces. Also, serious question, do they now need to check out Chariots of Fire?

Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, are back to discuss The Crown Season 5, Episode 2: The System, and largely feel a disappointing sense of deja vu along the way. Should this episode actually have been the Season 4 finale? Was there a conspiracy or not? Plus, a familiar face from the King Charles III movie.

Sam Cheung, Carlyn Greenwald, and Ivan Vukovic, three regular everyday Americans, watch the 2017 BBC film King Charles III, which later aired on PBS as a Masterpiece. Everything is strange, from the blank verse to the breaking of the fourth wall to the random POV shift from Charles to Kate Middleton, making this a fascinating film to dissect. Plus, it features a familiar face from The Crown Season 4.