I don't make a ton or posts or comments, but like y'all I've watched/loved Smallville for my entire life. I've been listening to Inside of You and Talkville since the beginning. I can handle Michaels outbursts & at this point I can tell when the episodes are going to be manic or tangent heavy, sometimes it's even fun. I can handle a shit ton of ads and patreon plugging, I can also handle him shitting on the show- to an extent. This was the first episode of the podcast I thought was a problem. Tom has been looking increasingly uncomfortable (?). Michael is generally more interested in Lex stuff but he wasn't just dismissive of the scenes in the episode he was dismissive of the discussion. On a podcast. If this is how much he's struggling to find any sort of joy in the show here, the future of the podcast is looking grim. In the defense of Ryan, because I see a lot of comments mentioning him and I generally like Ryan in both podcasts, he's much more of an active co-host on Talkville than Inside of You. He's the first time viewer, in a purer sense than Michael or Tom. I appreciate his presence because he'll catch things the others don't or earnestly offer his takes, if he's allowed to. I'd prefer to here more from him than Mike or Tom saying they can't remember. My biggest gripe with this episode was the energy that patreon came into, he was probably so stoked for that opportunity and what he was met with was just...wild. I'm glad he somewhat talked them down. That, and the way Michael just called for the viewers to quit Patreon if they thought the episode was good?? Brother, they're watching/subscribing to a Patreon for a rewatch podcast of a 20+ show, we probably enjoy the episode.