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episode 12: We Want a Warm Embrace (Finales)


Our deep dive brings us down a winding road of which TV show finales make us feel warm and fuzzy and which ones send us into a rage. We talk about everything from How I Met Your Mother to Supernatural to New Girlto Mad Men. But first, we kick it off with Rosey’s experience crying through Queer Eye Season 6, then we share all our thoughts about the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts special (we have a lot of thoughts), and Avery tells us about her experience watching Philly DA. Listen to the episode here.

Next week, we’re deep diving into the 2001 classic Legally Blonde. Join us down memory lane by rewatching it with Amazon Prime.

Some topics covered:

  • Queer Eye Season 6
  • Trophy Wife
  • Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
  • Brie Larson v Chris Pratt Support (apparently Tessa Thompson and Anthony Mackie didn’t get support either…)
  • JK Rowling — ContraPoints
  • Amber Heard and Johnny Depp
  • Pete Davidson
  • Philly DA
  • The Massachusetts Bail Fund
  • Jensen Ackles’ House
  • Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Books: Daisy Jones & The Six / The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Finales We Discussed:

  • How I Met Your Mother
  • Insecure
  • Supernatural
  • Veronica Mars
  • Parenthood
  • House
  • Seinfeld
  • Chuck
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine
  • Schitt’s Creek
  • Gossip Girl
  • New Girl

Things we trailed:

  • Cobra Kai
  • Yellowjackets
  • Licorice Pizza

Where to stream:

  • Queer Eye — Netflix
  • Trophy Wife — Hulu
  • Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts — HBO Max
  • Philly DA — Amazon
  • Cobra Kai — Netflix
  • Yellowjackets — Amazon/Hulu (Showtime)
  • Licorice Pizza — In theaters

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 January 12, 2022  1h25m