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Happy Wine Wednesday!  We are leaving the zombie apocalypse in Georgia and heading to northern New Jersey to explore the groundbreaking pilot episode of the HBO series, The Sopranos.  Grab your wine, your gabagool,  and join us for our second installment of our special series - The Pilot Project!

As always, we kick things off with what we liked and did not like about the pilot.  There are very few weak spots in the episode, but Kristine had a few issues with some of the acting.  Jocelyn took issue with some of the less than subtle moments in a pilot episode that was otherwise strong at subtlety.  No conversation about The  Sopranos would be complete without unpacking the opening credits and praising the very memorable theme song "Woke Up This Morning" by the Alabama 3.

Next up, we unpack all of the tension - sexual or otherwise - between Tony and Dr. Melfi. With Kristine being a newbie to the series, it was fun to have her dabble in a bit of wild speculation about how Tony's mafia colleagues will react once they find out that the guy who appears poised to take over the family has started therapy.  We also get into all of the family dynamics featured in the pilot - Tony/Uncle Junior, Tony/Livia, and Tony/Carmella.  We also explore the Tony Soprano we see in reality versus the image of Tony that he wants Dr. Melfi to believe.  The man is no Gary Cooper!

We talk about the standout performances and Kristine shares whether or not the pilot left her wanting more of the Soprano family.  We then dabble a little in thirsty thoughts and close out with a spoiler section.  No need to worry, you'll get a heads up before Jocelyn shares key plot points from the rest of the series. 

Be sure to check out our first installment of The Pilot Project in which we discussed the pilot episode of The Walking Dead - "Days Gone Bye."

Until next time!

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Don't want to hear us shoot the shit? Skip ahead to the 18:14 mark for the start of our discussion on The Walking Dead.

Happy Wine Wednesday! We are back with something new this week - The Pilot Project.  The Pilot Project is a special series of episodes in the same vein of our Does It Hold Up series.  In the Pilot Project, we will watch and discuss the pilot episodes of a variety of shows from the wildly popular to the cult classics.  We are kicking off the series this week with the critically acclaimed pilot episode of The Walking Dead entitled - "Days Gone Bye."

This episode was lots of fun to record because Kristine is a newbie to the franchise and Jocelyn is 9 seasons in on The Walking Dead's zombie shenanigans.  Before we get into Days Gone Bye, we shoot the shit a bit. Kristine asks Jocelyn about her recent attempts to date in the times of COVID.  We also pay our respects to brilliance of Michael K. Williams.

From there we head to Georgia and join Rick Grimes on his journey into the zombie apocalypse.  We share our overall thoughts on the episode and explore whether the pilot lives up to its reputation as being a master class in horror television.  We talk about the brilliant use of silence in the pilot and the genius of Greg Nicotero's work on creating the zombies.  Kristine enjoyed the pilot, but she isn't quite ready to become a horror fan and she had a lot of questions about Rick's decision making.  We share what we liked about the pilot overall, as well as the sh*t we did not like.  Duane and Carl are undoubtedly precious, but the performances from the child actors behind these characters left a little to be desired.  

Next, we get into the pilot and explore the decisions made by the characters.  Would you have taken in Rick Grimes?  If you were Rick Grimes would you have taken so long to put on clothes around Morgan and Duane?  How about Rick's choice to put on his work uniform instead of regular clothes? We had lots of thoughts on all of these questions.  We also talk about Lori moving on after assuming Rick died and making the choice to do so with Shane.

We're talking about the zombie apocalypse so of course we had to get into our own personal escape plans.  Kristine will be staying with friends while Jocelyn heads out to the family farm.  We also talk zombie apocalypse weapons and Jocelyn urges Kristine to rethink her initial choice of weapon.  We then discuss the challenges of dealing with loved ones while trying to survive and whether we would be able to make the hard choice to "put down" our reanimated loved ones.  

We then shift to our thirst segment, which was a little light this week given the lack of actual live characters in the episode.  We do a quick round of marry, f*ck, kill and then discuss the complications of sex during the zombie apocalypse.  

The episode closes out with a spoiler segment in which Jocelyn gives Kristine a complete rundown on what happens with the characters we were introduced to in Days Gone Bye.  We give lots of notice of the spoiler segment in case you want to avoid them.

Until next time!

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We are back and we are burdened with glorious purpose!

This week we are discussing all things Loki.  After explaining our hiatus, we jump right into a discussion of the Disney Plus series.  The conversation kicks off with our overall thoughts - we cover what we liked, what we did not like, and explore whether the Loki series delivered on the wish list we discussed in our Thor-verse episode, which you can find here.

Next, we get into our favorite Loki moments, discuss our favorite trickster's story arc, and speculate about Loki's future.  No conversation about the Loki series would be complete without discussing all of the various Lokis we've met thus far.  We talk all things Sylvie and unpack her relationship with Loki.  We also share our picks on the superior Loki, as well as which Loki was our fave. 

We get into some speculation about Kang and the significance of the multiverse.  The episode wraps with the thirst segment.  We had a lot of thoughts  and feelings about Loki in bondage gear and Kang devouring apples.

Links to sh*t we mentioned in the episode:
- Check out Dan Casey's amazing multiverse theory here.
- Can't get enough of Loki flipping his glorious hair?  We've got you covered - click here.

If you are craving more Marvel content, check out our previous episodes on the Thor-verse, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Ant-Man, and Avengers: Age of Ultron. Also, be sure to check out Kristine and the gang over at the Marvelous TV Club podcast for even more Marvel content.  

Until next time!

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Happy Wine Wednesday!  Award winning journalist Abbey White is back this week to bid a fond farewell to the FX series Pose.  We kick things off with our thoughts on the unexpected announcement that the series was coming to an end.  We then share our overall impressions of the final season.  We loved ALL things Elektra, but did not love some of the pacing issues created by the reduction of episodes.

Series co-creator Steven Canals said that in mapping the final season out, the writers looked back to the dreams of the main characters identified in season 1 and essentially set out to make those dreams come true in the final season.  With that in mind, we walk through the final chapter in each character's arc and share our thoughts on where they ultimately landed.

Next, we discuss our favorite episodes and musical cues.  We also share our MVPs of the series.  No discussion of Pose would be complete without discussing our thoughts on Pose's chances for long overdue awards season recognition and why the few nominations the show gets seem to all go to Billy Porter.

The episode closes with our thoughts on Pose's legacy and the actors who made us thirsty.

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Get more in-depth MCU analysis from Kristine over at the Marvelous TV Club Podcast where  Kristine, Marc, and their other fabulous co-hosts are talking all things Loki.

As always, we drink and we use adult language.  Cheers!

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Happy Wine Wednesday!

Special guest Samantha Adolfo joins us this week to discuss one of our favorite himbos - Thor Odinson.  With the Loki series on Disney Plus set to premiere soon, we thought it was a perfect time to talk all things Asgard. 

We kick things off with sharing our love for the Thor films and explain why people who only love Thor: Ragnarok are just wrong.  We then poke fun at Mark Graham and his 2009 Vulture article in which he questions the casting of Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston as Thor and Loki.  We cannot imagine anyone else in these roles! Somehow the discussion takes a brief thirst detour in which Jocelyn very passionately defends the sex appeal of Tom Hiddleston and shares some sage advice she received many years ago that hasn't let her down to date. Jocelyn also defends sexy men with chicken legs.  Apologies for the Chris mixup - Jocelyn was upset about people teasing Chris Hemsworth for having chicken legs - not Chris Evans.  *insert infinite face palm*

Next, we get into our thoughts about the Thor films.  We discuss how the first Thor film stacks up against the other origin films, as well as how Thor: The Dark World does not quite hold up when compared to the second films of Thor's fellow Avengers.  We close out the discussion of the films with Thor: Ragnarok and declare an official enemy of the pod.  Listen to hear how a Vox writer ended up with this unfortunate distinction.

We then get into all of our feelings about Thor's character arc.  Sam perfectly explains why the God of Thunder is also the God of our hearts.  It should come as no surprise that we had a LOT of thoughts about how the Marvel writers handled Thor's grief in Endgame.  No discussion about the Thor films would be complete without discussing our favorite trickster.  Loki has not had much character development thus far, so we hope that his Disney Plus series will change that.  We also chat about our wish list for Thor: Love and Thunder.  Spoiler alert - one of us is really not feeling Natalie Portman or her portrayal of Jane Foster.

The episode closes out with a really fun thirst segment.  We learn just how perfectly meshed we are as friends when we share the objects of our thirst from the Thor-verse.  Also, low-rise jeans are a devil, unless they are on the body of a god! And move over America's Ass, we declare the ass of the UNIVERSE in this episode.  We also play a fun rapid fire game in which Jocelyn shares the name of a character from the Thor-verse and Sam and Kristine determine whether they are worthy.

After you're done listening, enjoy this montage of Tom Hiddleston dancing.  Snake hips for the win! And enjoy Chris Hemsworth taking a playful jab at those who questioned his casting.

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Get more in-depth MCU analysis from Kristine over at the Marvelous TV Club Podcast where  Kristine, Marc, and their other fabulous co-hosts will be talking all things Loki.

As always, we drink and we use adult language.  Cheers!

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Happy Wine Wednesday! Our discussion of the Disney Plus series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier concludes this week.

Our conversation picks up with our favorite Sam and Bucky moments.  We then talk about Bucky's arc and how happy we were to see him in therapy - although we would've loved to see even more of it.  Next, we discuss the Wakanda of it all.  We share our thoughts on the presence of the Dora Milaje in the series and unpack the social media discourse regarding the same. 

We then move on to John Walker and the writers' choice to surround him in so much Blackness - whether it was his best friend, his alma mater, or his wife.  It was clearly intentional and we had thoughts about it.  No discussion of problematic figures in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier would be complete without touching on Baron Zemo.  We do not count ourselves among the Zemo hive, but he did raise some interesting points about Captain America, the shield, and supremacy that warranted discussion.  We also share our disappointment in how the writers shortchanged Karli and the FlagSmashers.

We close out the discussion with an extended thirst segment.  Of course we discuss the chemistry between Bucky and Sarah and the perfect name for the ship.  We then shift our focus exclusively to Bucky and conclude after much deliberation that he is a power bottom.  Finally, we swoon over the objects of our thirst from the series.  Find out which one of us wants to be Bucky's key holder.  We had a lot of fun introducing Abbey to our tradition of thirst! 
 
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As always, we drink and we use adult language.  Cheers!

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Happy Wine Wednesday! Journalist and friend of the pod Abbey White joins us this week to discuss The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.  We had a lot of thoughts about the show.  In fact, we had so many thoughts that this will be a two-part discussion.  We kick things off with our overall thoughts, including  our love for the slice of life moments and the amazing chemistry between Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan.  That said, the show left us wanting way more nuance on the complicated subjects it explored.

We then discuss the complicated legacy of Captain America and explore the shortcomings of Steve Rogers as a friend to Sam, Bucky, and Sharon.  We also discuss someone else who once held the Captain America title (in the comics) - Isaiah Bradley.  We unpack Isaiah's statement to Sam that no self respecting Black man would ever want to be Captain America and Sam's decision to take on the title.  The first half of the discussion closes with our thoughts on whether the writers did a good job of portraying how complicated and heavy a choice it was for Sam to become Captain America.
 
Join us next week for the conclusion of our discussion, which includes our favorite Sam and Bucky moments and the Dora Milaje/John Walker social media discourse.  Abbey is introduced to her first thirst segment and doesn't disappoint!

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Pour a glass of your favorite wine and summon all of your charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent - we're talking all things RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13.  We discuss overall thoughts on the season, including the "Porkchop" twist, the length of the season, and the COVID adjustments.  How long did it take you to realize there was no pit crew for several episodes?

We then discuss werk room entrances and who wowed us from the start.  Symone took our breath away with her beauty and unapologetic Blackness.  Kandy gave Kristine nostalgic feelings for the Bronx.  And we were all in on GottMik's entrance line - down with the cis-tem! 

Kristine shares her thoughts on seeing her first reading challenge and we talk about the standout performances of GottMik and Symone in the Snatch Game.  We discuss the queens who ruled the runway and whether there were any queens who we felt left the competition too soon.

Next up - we get into the reunion and the finale.  We celebrate the top 4 and toast our new reigning queen - the ICONIC Symone. 

It wouldn't be us if we didn't get thirsty.  We share our Season 13 crushes and manage to work in a conversation about Wham! and Kathleen Turner.

As always, we drink and we use adult language.

Links to sh*t we mentioned:

- Find merch for many of the Season 13 queens at My Best Judy Merch.

- If you aren't following Symone, Kandy Muse, LaLaRi, Olivia Lux, Tamisha Iman, Denali, and Kahmora Hall on Twitter - fix that now!

- Stream Bad Bitch Tip by LaLaRi and Ocean Kelly!

- Are you like Jocelyn and looking to turn memories into a keepsake?  Check out these quilts on Etsy.

Get more in-depth analysis from Kristine, Marc, and their other fabulous co-hosts over at the Marvelous TV Club Podcast.   

Until next time!  Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @MoreWinePod! Longer feedback can be sent to [email protected].  

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Happy Wine Wednesday!  Kristine and our very special guest, Marc Faletti, hold Jocelyn accountable for her questionable Marvel Cinematic Universe viewing choices.  After Jocelyn explains her poor life choices, we dive into the Ant-Man films starring the delightful Paul Rudd.

The discussion kicks off with Marc and Kristine sharing what drew them to the Ant-Man films.  Next, we discuss the MVPs of the Ant-Man films.  It should come as no surprise that we are here for all things Cassie Lang.  We then discuss the very complicated character, Hank Pym.  Is he a hero or a menace?

No discussion of a Marvel film would be complete without identifying our favorite Easter Eggs.  We also touch on our favorite Paul Rudd moments, our hopes for the future of the  Ant-Man franchise, and the objects of our thirst.  Do Ant-Man and the Wasp have chemistry?  Listen and find out!

Get more in-depth analysis from Kristine, Marc, and their other fabulous co-hosts over at the Marvelous TV Club Podcast.   Follow Marc on Twitter here. 

Until next time!  Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @MoreWinePod! Longer feedback can be sent to [email protected].  

Friendly reminder:  we drink and we use adult language.  Cheers!

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