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A more complete picture of the band's period output does wonders for the Fall's The Frenz Experiment.

This week we discuss self-consciousness, self-identification, and awful puzzle design in The Fall: Part 2 - Unbound.

Does the world really need another Fall anthology? Yes, absolutely, and this is it.

Season three of The Fall may not have lived up to the previous two seasons, but it remains a largely absorbing series.

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