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Happy Wine Wednesday! We're back with our regular coverage of HBO's The Last of Us.  This week we're talking about episode 2 - "Infected."  We talk about the very interesting cold open and our complicated feelings about where the writers seem to be suggesting that the outbreak began.  Now that we've had more time with Ellie, we get into our impressions of her and thoughts on her introduction as a character.  

We pour one out for Tess and share the moment when we realized she actually had hope, which meant she was not long for this world.  We then give out several awards for the episode - the moment that gave us serious chicken skin, the video game moment of the week, the hustling backwards award, and we close it out giving a delicious chicken sandwich award to our favorite part of the episode.

I spend a lot of time freaking out over the clickers and the fact that they actually fight back - they were swinging, y'all! After I finally calm down from my freakout, Candi and I discovered that we have actual magical powers when we come together thanks to an obscure, but memorable reference that we both decided to discuss during the thirst segment not knowing the other was thinking of the exact same moment.  We will do our best to use our powers responsibly.

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Happy Wine Wednesday! February is the month of love and it's Black History Month, so we're kicking things off with a show that features one of my favorite, albeit toxic, relationships while also weaving in the history of Black Americans due to an inspired casting choice.  Pod fave Terence Johnson returns this week to discuss the pilot episode of Interview with the Vampire.  This show is so good and Jacob Anderson is an absolute revelation!

We talk about the pilot's opening hook, character introductions, and the choice of New Orleans as the setting.  We share our thoughts on worked well in the episode, including the amazing performance by Jacob. 

Terence gives a closing pitch on why you should keep watching beyond the pilot.  As someone who has now watched the entire first season after this recording, I wholeheartedly agree with Terence.  You should definitely stick with this show!

Of course we close the conversation by getting thirsty.  To borrow from Louis, we talk about who would have us seeking ass before absolution and we do some thirst-inspired fan casting for season 2.

Friendly reminder - we drink, we know things, we use adult language, and we have a great time!

Be sure to follow and support Terence here: his website, his Twitter account, and his IG. You can also check out my fun discussion with him about the Looking pilot here.

And check out recent episodes on The Last of Us,  Abbott Elementary Season 2 (so far), a reckoning for Sleepy Hollow, The Bear, and race (or lack thereof) in House of the Dragon.  Maddie joined me to discuss the pilot episode of House of the Dragon and we did a Season 1 recap. 

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Happy Wine Wednesday! This week we are kicking off our regular coverage of The Last of Us with a discussion about the amazing pilot episode of the HBO series.  We talk about the pacing of the writing, our introduction to Joel, and our thoughts on the rules of zombie engagement.  We were both deeply concerned about how fast these zombies move. 

Programming Note: In the episode, I reference my conversation with Terence Johnson about Interview with a Vampire.  That was previously scheduled to come out before this episode, but my editor made a miracle happen and we got this discussion back quicker than expected.  Stay tuned next week for my very fun discussion with Terence about Interview with a Vampire and the absolutely delightful onscreen presence of Jacob Anderson.

As always - we drink, we know things, we use adult language, and we have a good time!

Find and follow Candi on Twitter here. 

And check out recent episodes on Abbott Elementary Season 2 (so far), a reckoning for Sleepy Hollow, The Bear, and race (or lack thereof) in House of the Dragon.  Maddie joined me to discuss the pilot episode of House of the Dragon and we did a Season 1 recap. 

Until next Wine Wednesday!

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Happy Wine Wednesday! Candi joined me this week for a mid-season check-in on Abbott Elementary. We discuss the first 10 episodes and share our thoughts on character development, the Janine/Gregory slow burn, and the brilliant decision to make Mr. Johnson a series regular. We also share our favorite episodes in the first half of the season. It should come as a surprise to no one that I had lots to say about the Halloween episode, “Candy Zombies.”

As always - we drink, we know things, we use adult language, and we have a good time!

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Until next Wine Wednesday!

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Happy Wine Wednesday! It's the holiday season and shows are on hiatus, so it's the perfect time to discover new faves and take the occasional trip down memory lane to revisit past shows.  In the previous episode, Reverend Solomon Missouri and I discussed a new fave - The Bear.  This week, I'm switching gears and revisiting a show that had so much potential and then completely alienated its audience in an astonishing fashion - Sleepy Hollow.

I'm joined this week by Stacey and Tamara to unpack our very complicated relationship with this series.  The discussion is broken out into two parts.  In part 1, we discuss the Sleepy Hollow pilot and revisit the magic of Tom Mison and Nicole Beharie on screen.  As always, the pilot discussion is spoiler free and limited to the events of the pilot only. 

In part 2 of the discussion, we talk about the series as a whole and pull no punches.  We get into the terrible treatment of Abbie Mills as a character and Nicole Beharie as an actress.  We discuss the writers biggest crimes against the audience and the many, many times the show completely wasted the potential of its talented cast.  It was a long overdue, cathartic conversation about a show that went from being must see television to me  blocking most of the writers' room on social media after their poor responses to valid criticisms from the fans.

Check the chapter markers to see where part 2 of the discussion begins (roughly around the 1:16:00 mark).

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You can find all of the links to support Stacey here.  You can find Tamara on Twitter here and IG here.

And don't miss recent episodes on The Bear, House of the Dragon, She-Hulk,  and Shameless. 

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HAPPY WINE WEDNESDAY! This episode was a dream come true.  I got to talk about one of the best shows of 2022 with the illustrious Reverend Solomon Missouri.  Solomon is a Twitter pastor, play cousin, problem (his words, not mine), and preeminent marriage counselor to wayward athletes.  I became acquainted with him thanks to his epic thread in which he cautioned Dell Curry about the current state of dating - they're pegging out here!

Solomon joined me to discuss a show you should absolutely be watching - The Bear.  Part 1 is all about the pilot episode with no spoilers and part 2 is a spoilery discussion in which we discuss Season 1 as a whole.

Unfortunately, we had some audio issue with part 1.  If you can't take the audio issues, here's the link to the start of part 2 of the discussion which sounds much better.  It's right around the 2 hour mark if your podcast app doesn't support chapter links.  Audio issues aside, I hope you enjoy this discussion.  Solomon was an absolute delight!

I love you for listening.  Friendly reminder that on this podcast we drink, we know things, we use adult language, and we have a good time!

You can find everywhere Solomon is located on social media here. And find his ICONIC thread and words of wisdom for Dell Curry here.

Check out our full catalog for past episodes on House of the Dragon, Pose, The Walking Dead, Abbott Elementary, Grand Crew, She-Hulk, Bob's Burgers, Thor, and more! Are you a fan of Jeremy Allen White? Check out my chat with Andy B. all about Shameless. 

Until next time!

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Happy Wine Wednesday! Candi returns this week to close out our coverage of House of the Dragon.  As I previewed in my discussion with Maddie in our Season 1 wrap-up, I wanted to create a separate space to discuss the show runner's decision to cast Black actors to portray the Valeryons while also deciding not to introduce race into the writing.  The decision was at times both frustrating and amusing.  It also created moments that felt both intentionally and unintentionally Black as f*ck and that's what Candi and I get into this week.

Some moments are light - like Black ass names and crab boils.  And some moments are a little heavy - like character erasure.  We also talk about how many fans took their cues from the writers, which meant you can find a million and one posts about Aemond while having to go to great lengths to find appreciation for characters like Laena, Baela, and Rhaena - it's not like the show gave any of them a lot of material.

Candi shares her thoughts about the season as a whole and of course we get thirsty. 

As always - we drink, we know things, we use adult language, and we have a good time!

Find and follow Candi on Twitter here. 

You can also find my conversation with Maddie about the HotD pilot here and our Season 1 wrap up here.

Until next Wine Wednesday!

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Happy Wine Wednesday! Maddie is back and we're talking all things House of the Dragon Season 1.  Time stamps:

8:03 - Discussion Overview

8:34 - Thoughts on opening title and the decision to stick with the tried and true theme song from Game of Thrones.

12:51 - We revisit my character arc predictions from the pilot discussion and the very long list of things I got wrong.

1:54:39 - A well deserved mea culpa for Viserys.

2:07:21 - Did the time jumps work?

2:19:37 - Reflections on Season 1 as a whole.

2:53:06 - Race - and the acknowledgment of race (or lack thereof) - in Season 1 of HotD.

3:14:24 - Spoiler free wishlist for Season 2 of HotD.

3:22:44 - Thirst segment!

3:32:47 - Quick spoiler discussion.

Thank you SO much for listening.  Friendly reminder - we drink, we know things, we use adult language, and we have a good time!

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And check out Maddie and I on Rewatchers (YouTube) here and here.

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Happy Wine Wednesday, y'all! It's our final episode on She-Hulk - for now - and it's bittersweet. This show has been such a fun time and I will really miss it. However, I can't think of a better way to close out our coverage than being joined by Candi and new guest to the pod - Andre!

As always, we kick off our discussion by touching on the ongoing themes of the season and the exploration of them in the finale and the season as a whole.  First, we talk about the "big bads" of the season and the revelation of Todd as the Hulk King. We also revisit the return of Titania and whether or not we wanted to see Josh again after his devastating betrayal. 

Next up - cameos! We talk about the chaotic Royal Rumble-like fight when everyone crashes the party like a series of Kool-Aid men.  And we give our closing thoughts on Emil's role throughout this season - we definitely had mixed feelings about that. 

Much to our delight, Jessica Gao was not done with her exploration of toxic masculinity.  We discuss how that's explored in the finale and our thoughts about the writers addressing this issue over the course of Season 1.

We wouldn't leave you without our thoughts on our favorite "at law" moments.  Following that, we talk about the general use of the secondary characters in Jennifer's world - we would've been really happy with more Nikki, Pug, and Mallory - here's hoping that they will have more involvement in the future.

The episode closes with our wishlist for Season 2 and Andre survives his very first thirst segment by sharing his hopes for Jennifer's romantic prospects going forward.

We have a brief spoiler segment after our sign off in which I ask Andre and Candi to weigh in on Bruce arriving in the finale with a son. 

Thank you so much for joining us for this coverage - I hope you've had as much fun as we have.  I love you for listening.  Friendly reminder - we drink, we know things, we use adult language, and we have a really good time.

Find and follow Candi on Twitter here.  You can find and support Andre here.

Be sure to check out our prior episodes on  Thor: Love and Thunder, Shameless,  Community, House of the Dragon, Justified, The Bob's Burgers Movie,  Queer As Folk (2022), Fire Island, Looking, and many more here.  

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Happy Wine Wednesday! Our coverage of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law continues this week with a discussion about episodes 7 and 8.  As always, we start with recurring themes across the first season and how they are explored in these episode.  This includes our thoughts on Emil's role this season, the use of cameos generally, Easter Eggs, and our favorite "at-law" moments.  We also revisit our thoughts about Luke's fashion design talents in this episode after seeing She-Hulk's official uniform for the first time and her gala dress.  Perhaps Luke isn't a nemesis after all?

We had SO many thoughts about the Daredevil cameo.  We loved every second of it and we are fully invested in Matt/Jenn or Daredevil/She-Hulk - we're here for all of it.  Jessica Gao and her talented staff of writers are not relenting in their exploration of toxic masculinity and we share our appreciation for that.

As always, we get thirsty with some fun prompts inspired by these episodes.  We share with whom from the MCU we would like to have an adversaries to lovers experience like Matt and Jennifer. We enjoyed Matt's walk of shame and share our choices among other MCU characters we wouldn't mind see doing a shoe-less walk of shame from Jennifer's apartment.  Our thirsty thoughts conclude with giving Jennifer some well deserved agency and choosing the MCU character with whom we would like to see her consensually create a sex tape. Josh is the worst!

Friendly reminder - we drink, we know things, we use adult language, and we have a really good time!

I love you for listening!

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Be sure to check out our prior episodes on  Shameless,  Community, House of the Dragon, Justified, The Bob's Burgers Movie,  Queer As Folk (2022), Fire Island, Looking, and many more here.  

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