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The Boroughs

5/25/202621 min

Something is definitely up in the fantastic new Netflix series The Boroughs. Monsters, or maybe aliens? It’s set in a seemingly idyllic mid-century modern retirement community in the middle of the desert, and focuses on a septuagenarian Scooby Gang formed by Geena Davis, Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, Denis O’Hare and Clarke Peters.

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  2. Speaker 20:30

    [upbeat music] Something is definitely up in the new Netflix series The Burrows, which is about a seemingly idyllic mid-century modern retirement community in the middle of the desert. Is it monsters? Is it aliens? Well, it's something weird anyway.

  3. Linda Holmes· Host0:47

    Yep, that's the plot, but the real draw here is the cast: Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Dennis O'Hare, Clark Peters. It is fun to watch them get drawn into investigating these creepy goings-on like a kinda septuagenarian Scooby gang. I'm Linda Holmes.

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