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Its such a pleasure to listen toSerialagain.

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The Justice Center houses, in location, everything a justice system needs, she narrates.

The main court tower is 26 stories high, so the elevator really runs the place.

Lawyers clash, collude, and commiserate with judges, clients, and each other.

Deals are cut and sentences negotiated in sometimes illogical and unfair ways.

host Sarah Koenig narrates in the opening minutes.

The answer is that cases like that one, they are not what fills Americas courtrooms everyday.

By virtue of its extraordinariness, Koenig argues, Syeds case can tell only us so much.

It offers up a prismatic view of the world through one specific courtroom, week after week.

You could draw a thematic line between this new season andS-Town,Serials novelistic spinoff from last year.

A similar enterprise animatesSerials turn toward Cleveland.

Serialbegins its third season with considerable baggage.

Serials third season is off on a fantastic start.

I cant wait for more.

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