Really Important Fictional Things

Our rewatch-along of Yellowjackets continues with episode 3 "The Dollhouse."  Remember, although we focus primarily on the third episode, this contains spoilers for the entirety of season one.

Next we cover episode four "Bear Down" and that drops Friday 2/25

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This episode contains minor spoilers for Parks and Recreation, One Tree Hill, Friday Night Lights, The Mindy Project, and major spoilers for Archive 81 and Sweet Magnolias (timecode links below)

Spoiler alert, Rosey and Avery do a mini deep dive on Archive 81 because there's just so much to SAY.  We gotta talk about doubles luge. Rosey watched the absurd Sweet Magnolias...

Here we go! Our rewatch-along of Yellowjackets continues and this week, we talk about episode 2 called "F Sharp". Although we focus primarily on the second episode, this contains spoilers for the entirety of season one.

Next we cover episode three "The Dollhouse" and that drops Friday 2/18.

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This week we dive into female friendships on screen. But first we update you on what we watched, Avery has a random one for ya and Rosey is still apathetically watching How I Met Your Father. Then Rosey brings us through the history (spoiler alert: the patriarchy sucks) and then she and Avery share their friendship picks for a few categories: Odd Couple, Unexpected, BFFLs, Ride or Die, and Frenemies...

BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ! We're pumped to bring you our first watch-along minisode of Yellowjackets’ season premier. Although we focus primarily on the first episode, this contains spoilers for the entirety of season one.

Next we cover episode two "F Sharp" and that drops Friday 2/11.

Here is the article we mention about trauma response (also major spoilers for the whole season).

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On this week’s episode we’re diving into the PT Anderson instant classic Licorice Pizza, only in theaters folks! Only mild spoilers, but we still recommend you go see the movie before you listen to this one.

First we catch up on what we’ve been watching, which includes MAJOR spoilers for the new Aubrey Plaza flick Black Bear, but we’ve got chapters now so feel free to skip on ahead...

This week we give an update on what we watched last week (it’s a funky mix), dive into the creation and wonder that is web series from the mid 2000s, and then look at the newest movies added to all streaming services. The web series we chat about are The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, Quarterlife, Broad City, Awkward Black Girl.

Next week, we’re going to be talking about Licorice Pizza...

This week we check in on what we’re watching including our obsession with Yellowjackets. Then we dive deep into the 2001 classic Legally Blonde, talking funny things, cringey things, and how fictional stuff ages to become problematic or not. Then we look at Esquire’s top shows of 2021. Listen to the episode here.

Next week, we’ll chat about web series, a few of our favorites and the concept in general...

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...

Instead of letting Omicron’s presence completely drain your mental energy, listen to us light-heartedly discuss our new favorite show The Sex Lives of College Girls. We mix college nostalgia with contemplations of how seeing these situations on TV provides scripts for how to deal with serious stuff IRL — without letting it break you. We also discuss how The Morning Show is incorporating COVID into their storyline, Harry Potter, and a NOT NETFLIX top ten situation for 2021...