It is still impossible to watch the Falcons Super Bowl—I don’t need to specify which one—without your pulse quickening. Even when it’s being presented as clips and a series of charts, the dread mounts unbearably. It is possible to know the end is coming and still, foolishly, hope it won’t.
I knew when Secret Base unveiled Dorktown Presents: The History of the Atlanta Falcons that I’d simultaneously enjoy it for its dissection of the bizarre, frequently entertaining history of the team I love and get really bummed out by it because of That Game. There was plenty to laugh about and actually enjoy through the first six episodes, because this team is a flooded mineshaft, sure, but it’s a flooded mineshaft studded with gems.