Clare & Henry enter triage as they track the sudden breakthrough and subsequent stumbles of Ariana DeBose, an Academy Award winner whose IMDb credits will have you asking “was her Oscar enchanted by a malevolent witch?”, “didn’t that movie make multiple corporations shutter their film divisions?”, and finally “good god, what ever shall the Flop Doctors do?”

But our intrepid duo has a secret…they *love* Ariana DeBose. So for as harsh as they can be on some of the inadvisable projects she’s chosen (if anyone can explain the rules of the wishes in the Disney animated movie Wish, please contact us immediately at [email protected]) they have immovable faith in her ability to be a star. In four short years, she may just have flopped more than anyone ever has. But with the aid of the Flop Doctors, her flop era will be but a prologue to many more years of slaying.

Writer/journalist/Marvel Unlimited subscriber John DiLillo joins Clare & Henry for a rigorous survey of Kevin Feige’s favorite child, The Marvel Cinematic Universe. In my best Jeff Probst: 36 movies, 12 streaming series, and only one real acting award nomination! How much homework do I need to do before these movies? Does Robert Downey Jr. have billions in debt? Why is Kelsey Grammer here? These aren’t just things Gwyneth Paltrow will whisper to her assistant at the premiere of Avengers: Doomsday, they’re the questions driving us mad! Common sense may be to pronounce time of death, but the Flop Doctors aren’t ready to give up yet. They and their special counsel form a trio as powerful as Spider-Man, Spider-Man and Spider-Man, working in lockstep to tame this reckless corporate beast. Stay tuned to hear the solutions they’ve engineered, including original pitches for projects, actionable advice for how to make these movies pop, and one very outside-the-box X-men casting. It may be easy to sit back and mourn the good old days of the MCU, but as one of our finest poets once put it: what is grief, if not love persevering?

Henry and Clare take a look at one-time Academy Award Nominee Jack Nasty, hoping to get a read on how one of the most promising actors of the 21st century ended up shilling an Amazon Prime remake of Swayze’s Road House. Along the way, they touch on topics as varied as the famous red scarf, Manosphere GIFs, big ol’ bugeyes, Stupid Human Suits, the Altman-esque ensemble cast of Everest, and the unshakeable horror of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s Child Catcher. When their historical survey is complete, they welcome Mr. Gyllenhaal into their office, giving him direct and actionable advice to follow - ideas ranging from one-sentence commands to full-fledged movie pitches built from the ground up. Is Jake too bizarre to be a romantic lead again? Deep down, do we wish we could quit him? Possibly, but that’s why the Flop Doctors picked him…and as entrepreneur Lou Bloom would say, “why you pursue something is equally as important as what you pursue"

This episode, Henry and Clare dive deep into the multifaceted career of the People’s Disney Princess AKA the Susan Lucci of the Oscars AKA the Nightbitch herself - the one and only Amy Adams. The two hosts tackle difficult but necessary questions, such as: Can a Night at the Museum sequel create a sex symbol?  Have Americans properly reckoned with the Hicksploitation JD Vance biopic on Netflix? Should Amy have been given an Oscar for keeping a straight face during her three scenes in Dear Evan Hansen? And most importantly - Can the Old Amy come to the phone right now…or is she dead? Tune in to hear the solutions our hosts have engineered to aid one of America’s greatest performers in escaping the flop era that never should’ve happened at all. Watch out Jessica, Bryce, Isla and Julianne…with the Flop Doctors’ help, it’s only a matter of time before Amy is restored to her rightful title as Redhead Supreme.