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Oct 2021
1h 58m

“The Re-Departed” With Bill Simmons, Chr...

The Ringer
About this episode

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey have got this rat—this gnawing, teething rat—and need to rewatch the 2006 Best Picture–winning film ‘The Departed,’ starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and Mark Wahlberg, and directed by Martin Scorsese.


Producer: Craig Horlbeck

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