An Ode to the Lost and Fallen. Allen takes on Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!, a show that does something a bit rare; cover the lives of people who did not get together with the targets of their affections. And it's fantastic -- the show, that is, not that the girls in here didn't win the big love game, but it's a hugely sympathetic show altogether. I'm certainly not one to argue, as we're in the middle of synchroing this one. And that's that for this week. See you again next Monday. -Stig Høgset.
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