Check Displeased

Alicia Zimmermann squeaking towards the Bechdel test finish line, Bad Bob's bangs, Bitty's bow ties, and Angels in America all in one episode? Sekrit and Tomato dive right in, not to mention they discuss one of the most important Check Displeased questions of all time: does Jack really, actually, literally want to fuck his dad? 

Read along with us: 2.17 Graduation | Blog

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A whirlwind tour of the waning days of Bitty's sophomore year: thematic haircuts, major appliance purchases, not involving your agent in major career decisions ... it can't possibly be sanitary to actually like put your mouth there, right? This was definitely written pre-Covid.

Read along with us: 2.16 Kiss the Ice | Blog

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Here we have it - what we've all been waiting for. At last! At last! The love song of Ransom and Holster! Ransom and Holster would very much dare to eat a peach (if you know what I mean), and that's why Samwell Men's Hockey votes them in as co-alternate captains, despite zero indications that either of them even wanted a new position (if you know what I mean). Most importantly, Ransom and Holster are both taller than Jack, and we meditate on that for a little while. 

Read along with us: 2.15 A | Blog

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Just when this story was getting good, it's time to stop worrying about that and go check on the little matter of who's going to live in Jack's room when he graduates??? Spoiler, it's Chowder. Love his adult braces but not sure what the point of this gesture is? Sekrit and Tomato break down what a "cinnamon roll" is and why it's kinda problematic that Chowder is one. Also, real talk, Jack should have given his dibs to Bitty.

Read along with us: Jack's Dibs

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Here we have it, folks: the very best strip of Check, Please!, right in time for our fiftieth episode! Sekrit and Tomato realize that Jack becomes ever gayer in his melodramatic sensibilities, question whether going into the NHL is the right decision for someone who has to tear off his jersey and cry in secret after a difficult loss, and once again celebrate Ngozi's concise, potent visual storytelling. Then we start to get into the sweet, sweet Check, Please! conspiracy theories.

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Approaching their last game on Samwell Men's Hockey, ever, Jack and Shitty stare at the ice and wax philosophical about being in the moment, and "competitive fucking horticulture" -- you know, some early-to-mid-20s bullshit like that. Sekrit and Tomato touch on: things that have been tweeted about eight months ago that are only tacitly referenced in the actual comic; if Bitty is so small he could fit into a hockey bag, is he also so small he could fit inside someone's butt?; why nobody ever questions Jack's solid life plans. Also: what is a photo, though, actually?

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This one's loose, everybody - and not just because Tomato unknowingly had COVID while recording it, then edited it with one finger in her new oximeter. We start to think about Bitty's relationship to masculinity, fandom id, migratory slash fandom, and general twinkhood while covering two of the most important debates of all time - Pie vs. Crumble and Roaches vs. Attic. Plus, Sekrit explains the Check Please Renaissance. Belated Hanukkah Sameach! And here's to more of Jack's butt in 2021, a resolution I think we can all get behind (ha ha). 

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In this diversion from the main story line, we see Shitty give Lardo dibs on his room at the Haus. Bouncing off of that, Sekrit and Tomato explore all things Shitty/Lardo, Lardo's continued lack of relevance and development, and most importantly, which new varieties of gummy candy to seek out. Wouldn't it be nice if this relationship were explored at all? We do it for you, right here in this very podcast.

Read along with us: Shitty's Dibs

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After a six month hiatus, Check, Please! came roaring back with this comic ostensibly about Lardo's naked dude art but mostly about Shitty getting into extremely unnaked Harvard Law School? Lardo runs from the room crying, Bitty (who's "never considered [himself] much of an intellectual") disdainfully calls the art on display "creative," and Jack climbs into a vagina - but only in subtext, so what does that mean? Plus Sekrit teaches Tomato a little bit about art history and the legacy of naked dude portraiture!

Read along with us: 2.11 Junior Show | Blog Post

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In what proved to be the last comic for a while, ushering in a trend of hiatuses for OMGCP, Samwell Men's Hockey goes to practice on a frozen lake. If this were a different kind of story someone would have fallen in, but the most dramatic thing that happens here is Jack understandably hedges his romantic past to Bitty. Sekrit and Tomato chew on this lovely bit of introspection, and perhaps more importantly--what the hell is Bitty wearing in the first panel? Also: some British history for good measure; what exactly is a spoiler?; is this blog post trying to avoid being queerbaity? And other pressing issues raised in this strip! Jack’s big fat ass, for example.

Read along with us: 2.10 Shinny | Blog