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This is officially the season where they go “we never meant to be a teen show!” Cause who under 40 knows who the hell Mark Spitz is?

Bigger question: How does Mercedes Jones know who he is?

Because maybe Mercedes is a sports fan, or just paid half a lick of attention during the past two Summer Olympics, when Michael Phelps’ name could not be said without the echo of “Mark Spitz”.

I guess this makes Tina Michael Phelps?

Most likely the same way she knows about True Detective? 

I started hearing more about Michael Phelps in 2012 because that was after the World Championship and right before the Summer Olympics. That puts us around S3. Gee, I wonder who Mercedes had a big arc with in S3 that was associated with swimming?