“D*mn, girl. I didn’t know Nike made dresses.” In this week’s episode, we dissect Love & Basketball, a film released on April 21, 2000, starring Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps. Join us as we discuss childhood fisticuffs, relationship terms, sports careers, Gucci and gold, “heaux vibes”, curfews, being “just friends”,  and more!

Notable Mentions + References in This Episode:

Holiday Heart

Melissa and Ade's Contemporary (SYTYCD S5 E18)

Monica and Quincy at the Dance (Scene)

Queen Sugar

Fool of Me - Meshell Ndegeocello

Monica Challenges Quincy to a One-on-One Game For His Heart (Scene)

Wish Upon a Star (Episode 001)

Alley Cats Strike (Episode 025)

Double Teamed (Episode 045)

The Cheetah Girls 2 (Episode 076)

Why Did I Get Married? (Episode 090)

Shall We Dance? (Episode 111)

A Different World Season 5 Pt. 1 (Episode 140)

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“In case y'all didn't know, marriage is the cure to promiscuity.” In this week’s episode, we dissect The Best Man, a film released on October 22, 1999, starring Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, and Sanaa Lathan. Join us (and our special guest Nicholas) as we discuss books, rose petals, upside-down guitars, secrets, Langston Snooze, audacity, wedding reception proposals, the electric slide, forehead kisses, and more!

Notable Mentions + References in This Episode:

Big Momma’s House - Not In Big Momma's House Scene

Big Momma's House - Sherry's Nightmare

The Best Man - Quentin’s Scenes

The Best Man - Card Game

The Best Man - Electric Slide / Wedding Reception

Fame (Episode 101)

Roll Bounce (Episode 122)

The Family That Preys (Episode 092)

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“You can’t decide whether you want me to be a boy or man.” In this week’s episode, we dissect How Stella Got Her Groove Back, a film released on August 14, 1998, starring Angela Bassett and Taye Diggs. Join us as we discuss age gaps, “Jamaican” accents, “desperate American women”, half wigs, author intent, losing your best friend, EMT duties, vacation flings, and more!

Notable Mentions + References in This Episode:

90 Day Fiancé 

Annie (1984)

The Song of the Uncaged Birds (The Guardian)

Author Terry McMillan interview on "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" (1996) 

Terry McMillan on Getting to Happy

Terry McMillan & Ex Fight on 'Oprah'

Everything is Interrupted

Up, Up, and Away (Episode 023)

Madea's Family Reunion (Episode 088)

Flashdance (Episode 102)

The Parent Trap (Episode 144)

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“That flat-footed little weirdo played all of us.” In this week’s episode, we dissect Why Do Fools Fall In Love, a film released on August 28, 1998, starring Larenz Tate, Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, and Lela Rochon. Join us as we discuss tragedy, stature, charisma, lawsuits, Little Richard, rain, dogs, foreclosure, mysterious deaths, and more!

Notable Mentions + References in This Episode:

Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

Why Do Fools Fall in Love (Cover) - Diana Ross

El Norte

Three Wives: The Legacy of Love

Lemme Smang It

Hounded (Episode 037)

Madea Goes to Jail (Episode 093)

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“I'm the blues in your left thigh...trying to become the funk in your right.” In this week’s episode, we dissect Love Jones, a film released on March 14, 1997, starring Nia Long and Larenz Tate. Join us as we discuss stalking, left thighs, spoken word, hateration, Chicago, novels, motorcycles, cheese omelette, and more!

Notable Mentions + References in This Episode:

What Would You Do - City High

Cousin Skeeter Theme Song

X-Men First Class - Darwin's Scene 

Creative Expression: Theodore Witcher on the Legacy of Love Jones

Love Jones Oscars Panel (2017) 

The Proud Family - Poetry Club (Dijonay) | (Penny)

Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder) - Maxwell

Sumthin’ Sumthin’ - Maxwell

Sumthin’ Sumthin’ (Mellosmoothe Uncut) - Maxwell

Herb Kent the Cool Gent

With ‘Love Jones,’ black love took center stage: An oral history 

Flashdance (Episode 102)

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“You know, a man just comes along and he buys us off a shelf. Then he plays with us until he thinks we're no longer fun. Or until he gets us all dirty, right? Then he just wants to throw us away.” In this week’s episode, we dissect A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, a film released on April 3, 1996, starring Lynn Whitfield and Martin Lawrence. Join us as we discuss VIP tickets, suspended disbelief, stalking, crystal birds, bets, women's rights and wrongs, brake pads, and more!

Notable Mentions + References in This Episode:

Thin Love Between Love and Hate - The Persuaders

MADtv - Can I Have Your Number?

Sunset Boulevard (Opening Scene) 

Single Black Female

Brown Sugar - D’Angelo

Fruitopia

Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire (Episode 031)

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“He's a good man, Savannah. A good man. He's just in a bad situation right now.” In this week’s episode, we dissect Waiting to Exhale, a film released on December 22, 1995, starring Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, and Lela Rochon. Join us (including our special guest Elaina) as we discuss processing anger, burning cars, V8, naiveté, growling, leather vests, oranges, white women, married men, birthdays, sisterhood, and more!

Notable Mentions + References in This Episode:

Kenya Moore Haircare (RHOA S8)

Turk on Scrubs

Cell Block Tango - Chicago

Is Marriage for White People?

Waiting to Exhale Original Soundtrack

Waiting to Exhale: Bernadine Gets Her Revenge

Waiting to Exhale: Robin Dumping Troy

Hot Combs, Curling Irons, and Contradictions: Portrayals of African American Women in Mid-1990’s Pop Fiction

Blade

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“Is it true the ribs can tell the kick of a beast from a lover's fist?” In this week’s episode, we dissect Poetic Justice, a film released on July 23, 1993, starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur. Join us as we discuss "women's movies", beauty shop experiences, judgmental aunties, dirty nails, sad montages, mail trucks, family reunions, and more!

Notable Mentions + References in This Episode:

Poetic justice definition (Merriam Webster)

janet. 

Anytime, Anyplace - Janet Jackson

John Singleton’s Next Episode (The Village Voice)

Bebe’s Kids - Straight Jackin’

Regina King Reacts to Her Iconic Role in Poetic Justice 

Juice

Madea's Family Reunion (Episode 088)

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“I'm sick and tired of men using love as if it's some disease you just catch. Love should have brought your a** home last night.” In this week’s episode, we dissect Boomerang, a film released on July 1, 1992, starring Eddie Murphy, Halle Berry, and Robin Givens. Join us (and our special guest Nicholas) as we discuss cherries, marketing, lost dogs, pink trench coats, asparagus spears, chariots, afterbirth, mushroom belts, Star Trek, and more!

Notable Mentions + References in This Episode:

NY Times Boomerang Review

LA Times Boomerang Review

Eddie Murphy’s Response

A Different World Season 1 Episode 9

Jules and Jim (1962)

All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story (1982) - Compromise Clip

MOVE - Beyoncé

Racist Store Clerk (Boomerang Movie Clip)

Lady Eloise Seduces Marcus (Boomerang Movie Clip)

You Got to Coordinate (Boomerang Movie Clip)

Love Shoulda Brought You Home - Toni Braxton

A Different World Season 1 (Episode 133)

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“You know what, G? You are straight-up whiter than the whitest white man!” In this week’s episode, we dissect Strictly Business, a film released on November 8, 1991, starring Tommy Davidson, Joseph C. Phillips, and Halle Berry. Join us as we discuss 90’s graphics, real estate, club soda with lime, internalized anti-Blackness, winter condos, "ain’t gots", financial projections, urban cosplay, and more!

Notable Mentions + References in This Episode:

ReLiving Single Podcast

McNuggest R&B Love Song

Halle Berry Intro (Strictly Business)

Nightclub Scene (Strictly Business)

The Color of Friendship (Episode 026)

Cow Belles (Episode 072)

Coach Carter (Episode 124)

Stomp the Yard (Episode 127)

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