In this episode, which by the way was beset by connection problems and was a TOTAL hassle to record, Tom and Sharanya discuss: Mr George, Halloween outfits, the glaring error that ruins Mean Girls, PowerPoint slides, Psych, and more!

Sharanya & Tom discuss: teachers outside school, Casablanca, Damian's potential desire to be a Plastic, Boswell's Life of Johnson, TGI Friday's, the missed opportunity of Kevin Gnapoor as romantic lead, and considerably more. 

This episode covers the section of Mean Girls going from Cady, Janis and Damian meeting at the mall (and talking with Ms Norbury), to the Regina/Gretchen phone ambush, and the talking-to-Aaron-Samuels montage, which culminates in Aaron inviting Cady to the Halloween party. 

In this episode: Cool parents / Posters / THE BURN BOOK / Milkshake / Where is Mr George? And more! 

An incisive look at Cady's first mall trip with the Plastics. 

Featuring: 

The Plastics have rules. 

Aaron Samuels is dreamy. 

Kevin Gnapoor is pretty intense. 

Swahili is difficult. 

Cady meets the Plastics. 

The definition of interesting. 

Muffins. 

And more! 

Cady's 2nd day at North Shore High! 

She gets to know Janis & Damian, hears about The Plastics for the first time -- and we learn a series of fantabulous facts about Regina George. 

Questions this ep include "Why is toaster strudel?" and "Is this the worst joke in Mean Girls?", while connections cover maudlin pop ballads, a murderous Macauley Culkin, and Ariana Grande. 

Sharanya & Tom get this pod rolling with the Mean Girls opening sequence and Cady Heron's confusing and sad first day at school. 

It's the one where Sharanya & Tom explain what all this is about, kind of. 

In this episode: 

- What this podcast is 

- What is Mean Girls? (WARNING: possibly infuriating for listeners with a good memory of the events of the film) 

- Is this Lindsay Lohan's best film?

- Why doesn't Tina Fey talk more about Mean Girls in her book? 

- Queen Bees & Wannabes

- Mean Girls 2 (briefly) 

- Just My Luck (not briefly enough) 

- Mean Girls & Me: why we care about this film enough to do a podcast