The Brink, season 1 episode 1 is reviewed. Tim Robbins and Jack Black star in this new end-of-the-world series on HBO. Do the tone and jokes on this show work to its advantage? What did you think of the pilot for The Brink, and do the ideas and premise have promise?

Ben Mankiewicz (Turner Classic Movies), Alonso Duralde (The Wrap, Linoleum Knife), and John Iadarola (ThinkTank) discuss!