A case file has been prepared and delivered.  Now Mary stands in judgment in the curious case of Teege, Panera, and Late Stage Capitalism.

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Jake and Jo hook up since Jake's mom died and Jo's future boyfriend Jess is introduced to the show by standing underneath a car.

Michael hides Kimberly in Rochester with what appears to be an actual job interview, so he can have some alone time with Amanda in the beachhouse.  Of course, this backfires as you would expect since Kimberly comes home early and finds Amanda's things in her house.

Meanwhile in D&D, two and a half years after being fired as the receptionist (that happened, right?) Alison is now the PRESIDENT of D&D Advertising.  Did they tell Amanda?  Nope, not at all.

Also - it should be noted - do not forget that Amanda saw Brooke in her office once Amanda did show up and Alison had to tell her that she had been replaced.

Also, we get to learn more about Midwestern Stuff and Jo-Mantic.

I don't know what's bigger news - the storylines in Models Inc. or that Hardee's used to sell cinnamon raisin breakfast sandwiches for 99 cents.  Also, that last claim was quickly debunked.

Chris and Linda continue in their odd relationship, now with a new daddy!  Carrie, the sister of the original most beautiful woman in America, feels old and ugly.  Monique, the new most beautiful woman in America turns down Brian only to be dejected by Reed Carter playing a character names Adam.  Sarah is drunk as hell as though she never left Iowa and David and Julie break up, get back together, start a business, dissolve the business, and break up again.  

Oh, and as will always be the case, Hillary wins.

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Brooke has arrived!  In episode 22.  Remember, Alison is drinking again by the season finale (episode 30) because of Billy's WEDDING.  So this show is moving fast.

Amanda's illness continues to drive her to Michael.  Not good.

Alison submits her campaign for the award Amanda is trying to win, and of course, Alison wins.

Is Alison at least dressed well?  Nope. Not at all.

Meanwhile Sydney wriggles her way in between Jake and Jane but not in the sexy way.

Matt and Kimberly bicker with each other brilliantly.

This was a good week.  You should listen to this episode.

Well, APPARENTLY we won't look for Puddle everywhere.  I guess there are some limits and there are some lines that we don't cross.  So, sorry Puddle, maybe we'll find you some other day.

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Well, this was a doozy.  During this episode, we discuss the pacing of Melrose Place.  Spoilers to the season three finale to come in this description.  Although the show is old enough to be beyond the "spoiler" zone.

We only have 8 episodes left until the season finale where Kimberly blows the place up after going through her No More Victims cult training.  Alison is back on the booze because Billy is getting married.  TO WHO?!?  The one death in the explosion hasn't even arrived, much less found herself in the love triangle that put her at Melrose Place to begin with.  And are we crazy, or does Alison become President of D&D and taunt a client about his mother's suicide before we get to the finale?  HOW DOES ALL OF THIS HAPPEN?!?

Anyway, here and now, Michael and Amanda are exploring New York, and Michael is smitten with Miss Woodward, a fact that does not land well with Kimberly.  Ultimately, Amanda is going to get her treatment but we got these two characters mashed together so she can recover but still be romanced.

Sydney is jealous of Jane for stealing her boyfriend, which is quite hollow ground for Sydney to be stamping her feet on.

But the dramatic tension comes from Officer Gay Face getting busted, only to break in to dinner with Matt and Jo (when did this start happening?) with a gun saying if he's going to jail for one accidental death, it might as well be three.  Matt pretends to want to date Gay Face, just long enough for Jo to wrestle the gun away from him and say she is sick of being the victim.  Jo.  The woman who harpooned her boyfriend while pregnant.  Sorry, this doesn't check out.

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Monique is standing up for herself, and she wants you to know that while she is the Most Beautiful Woman in America, she is NOT Teri Spencer.  Depsite, actually, being Teri Spencer.  She won't date Brian, but the woman who is played by the Most Beautiful Ghost in America seems to have taken a shine to Reed Carter (called "Adam") - who can only be described as the Most Mansexy Ghost in America.  Two murdered characters hooking up?  This is the Melrose Place spin off we needed.

Paul is back, and Carrie suddenly doesn't want to see her son.  So she sends him away.

We are joined by Ursula the Sea Witch, who gives a job promised to Sarah to Monique.  Julie gets the job of a lifetime, a six week tour of Europe, and Hillary makes it clear to David that the relationship is over.  So David quits, loudly, in front of everyone.

But the story of the episode is that Linda, who wears hats, is dating Chris, who was arrested for killing his maid as a child.  Eric finds this out, attempts blackmail, fails, and ends up pushing Linda further away.

We are ten episodes in, and zero percent closer to convincing Mary to watch the series.

So we accidentally find out pretty early that our special guest, Gail, watched the wrong episode of the show because she is using a legally questionable bootleg "streaming service" from the same server Hillary Clinton kept her old emails.  But, we persevere because scheduling has been difficult.

In this week's episode, Sydney gets let out of the booby hatch where there was a spider and no running water or plumbing.  We learn that it was really her fault that she was down there since she refused to write the letter.  Jake and Jane come to rescue her, successfully getting her out on the second try after Sydney, a verifiable sharp shooter, shoots out the wheels on the bus so they can no longer go round and ournd.

Then, Jake and Jane start dating which could spiral Sydney right back to the dangerous cult.

Alison is nice to Amanda, which means Amanda knows that Billy spilled the rice about Amanda's health issue.  Michael is clearly using Amanda as a pawn to make a name for himself, and they decide to go off to New York together to camp out on the steps of the medical test place to get her in.  Kimberly is growing suspicious.

And Jo is in trouble with the cops, but she is a white, thin, well dressed woman, so they give her plenty of space and deference.  However she has the photos to prove police brutality and that Officer Gay Face isn't Officer Friendly.

Would you believe Puddle has become a Wisconsin sensation by ... get this ... being convicted of first degree MURDER!  Then, when Puddle escapes from prison, 75% of residents of Milwaukee reported that if they knew where this convicted murderer was, they would not tell anyone.  Why?  Because Puddle was ... FRAMED!  Join us on a murder mystery, and perhaps, the discovery of Puddle's whereabouts.  We've been searching for a year.  At long lost, have we found Puddle?

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Well, Sydney is fully in the cult.  And by that we mean, she is locked under ground in the cult's desert compound.  Why did they take her?  What do they have to gain?  Do they think they'll turn her to their side and thus never be charged with this kidnapping?  Who knows.  But of course this happened because Sydney had Tea Time, where she needed to stay up all night serving tea and crumpets to Martin because he never sleeps.  Turns out, he's married to all of the women and sleeping with them in groups.  Sydney is asked by Martin why he should just marry one woman, who made that rule, to which Sydney meekly replied, "God."  She further explains that it's in the ten commandments, which, we call shade.  So we looked up the ten commandments live on this podcast.  It's a religious awakening that you're in for.

Kimberly and Matt are sparring, and Kimberly seems impressed by Matt's deviousness.  They call a truce as Matt's beefcake boyfriend isn't satisfied writing parking tickets.  Beefcake boyfriend, a line for the ages.

Of course we are also advancing the Michael - Amanda mix up.  Amanda is accepting that she has cancer and needs to address it.  She is showing moments of weakness and vulnerability, and needing to rely on Michael for help and support.  Michael says he can't let their friendship get in the way of her treatment.  Umm, again, we call shade.  There is no friendship between these two but whatever.  Let's put them in a hot tub together soon.  You know, for treatment.

Now, don't think Jo and Jake are gone.  They have a scene where they are taking photos of Jo with the motorcycle by the pool, so Austin will see what she looks like right now.  I don't get it, but Amanda comes in, snaps, and unleashes on Jake for having the bike by the pool.

We recorded live and in person, and the looseness of this episode really shows it.