This episode kicks off with RJ sharing why he and Sue are founding season ticket holders for the Vancouver Rise FC, the city’s entry in the women’s professional soccer Northern Super League. KJ gives us a couple of Snappers to wrestle with, as well as another glimpse into the Wide World of Theater: from the thrill of landing a role in a new production of “West Side Story”, to the agony of a power outage on the opening night of “Burning Mom”. The antidote? RJ’s admiration of season 2 of The White Lotus. He also brings news of daughter Hannah’s efforts in a 3-minute thesis contest.

Links: Shed Dogs; the Vancouver Rise; diving in soccer; the White Lotus; the exit row; Roger Daltry going deaf and blind; Burning Mom trailer; West Side Story.

Theme music is Escaping like Indiana Jones by Komiku, by permission.