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We're back! This week we're reflecting on what we watched in 2022. Avery and Rosey both made lists of their favorites from the year (lists below). We also recorded our disappointments but had some technical difficulties. That list is also below. We also take a peek at what's coming in 2023 that we're excited about.

SPOILER ALERT for the shows on the "best of" lists below.

Next week we'll be talking about the 1997 George of the Jungle (Disney+) with the crushable Brendan Fraser and Leslie Mann.

Things we discussed

• Jennifer Coolidge's Acceptance Speech
• The Summer I Turned Pretty Playlist
• AFI’s Top 10 Films and TV of 2022 
• James Cameron on Smartless
• Netflix Deletes ‘13 Reasons Why’ Suicide Scene

Avery's 2022 Best Of List

• The White Lotus -- HBO Max
• Fresh -- Hulu
• The Summer I Turned Pretty -- Amazon
• Life and Beth -- Hulu

Rosey's 2022 Best Of List

• Yellowjackets -- Showtime
• The Summer I Turned Pretty -- Amazon
• Abbott Elementary -- Hulu (NBC)
• Insecure Season 5 -- HBO Max

2023 Things We're Excited About

• Ted Lasso Season 3 -- Apple TV (back in spring 2023)
• Yellowjackets Season 2 -- Showtime (back on 3/24)
• How I Met Your Father -- Hulu (back on 2/15)
• That 90s Show -- Netflix (premieres 1/19)
• Shrinking -- Apple TV
• Tiny Beautiful Things -- Hulu

Our 2022 Disappointments

• Reservation Dogs Season 2
• Sex Lives of College Girls Season 2
• The Flight Attendant Season 2
• Single Drunk Female

Where to Watch

• Girls -- HBO Max
• She Said -- Peacock
• Modern Family -- Hulu
• The Menu -- HBO Max
• Glass Onion -- Netflix
• Ginny & Georgia -- Netflix

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This week we're looking at the holiday hit, Home Alone. Avery's never seen it and Rosey's seen it many times so it's a fun look at the genius of the movie and all the parts that don't make sense. This movie is still pretty good and we also think it's a secret ad for milk.

We're taking some time off for the December times and we'll be back in January!

Things we discussed
All 85 Potential Injuries In 'Home Alone,' Assessed By A Real Doctor
25 Fun Facts About Home Alone

Where to watch
Fixer Upper -- HBO Max
For the Love of Kitchens -- Discovery Plus
Wakanda Forever -- Theaters... eventually Disney Plus
Falling for Christmas - Netflix

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This week Rosey is taking us on a whirlwind tour of the history of the sitcom!! Avery's eating it up, and you will too. From Lucy to Rachel, Rosey's got the deets. Next week we're covering the holiday MUST-SEE (which Avery has never seen) Home Alone. 

Where to watch
Athlete A--Netflix
History of the Sitcom—Amazon Prime
Love is Blind—Netflix
Year One—HBO Max
(Impossible to put all the shows we talked about on this list-visit your friendly google!) 

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This week we're talking about the 1992 A League of Their Own. It's not perfect, but we're fairly impressed for 1992 (though we wish we'd made more progress by now). No real surprise, these women are badasses on and off the field. We're very into them and thanks to Penny Marshall for her energy to create and direct this movie.

P.S. Geena Davis and Tom Hanks are both  6 feet tall.

We're taking a week off for Thanksgiving, then we'll be back on November 30th to cover the history of the sitcom.

While you wait, we recommend you look up Land Acknowledgement and listen to our Thanksgiving episode from last year: I'll Take Her Sloppy Seconds.

Things we discussed
20 Highest-Grossing Baseball Movies
A League of Their Own Fun Facts
Madonna Hates Chicago
Rosie O'Donnel Comes out in 2002
When Was Alcoholism Recognized as a Disease?
She Said Trailer

Where to watch
A League of Their Own--Amazon Prime
GLOW--Netflix
Veep--HBO Max
Fixer Upper--HBO Max
Abbott Elementary--Hulu
Home Economics--Hulu
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain--HBO Max
Sex Lives of College Girls--HBO Max

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This week we're diving deep on Good Will Hunting and surprise! Julia's back again to help us tackle it! We've got thoughts on everything from Minnie's casting to the famous therapy scenes. In what we watched, Julia's jumping on the Tell Me Lies train, Avery's watching Spotlight to get yet more Boston nostalgia, and we also READ things (minor spoilers for Layla by Colleen Hoover).

Next week we're taking a look at A League of Their Own.

Things we discussed
Elliott Smith Miss Misery Oscars Performance 
Julia Whalen
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Layla by Colleen Hoover

Where to watch
Good Will Hunting—HBO Max
Dead Poets Society—Amazon Prime
Tell Me Lies—Hulu 
The Summer I Turned Pretty—Netflix 
White Lotus—HBO Max

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This week we're headed to Stars Hallow! We have a guest, and Gilmore Girls superfan, in the studio with us to dive into everything you love and question about the WB classic. Mother/daughter dynamics. Mountains of junk food. Infuriating yet delightful love stories. We cover a lot of ground.

Next week we'll cover the seminal Good Will Hunting - and Julia will be back!

Things We Talked About
29 Things You Didn’t Know About Gilmore Girls
20 'Gilmore Girls' Facts Even the Biggest Fans Don’t Know
Slate's Article - We Finally Know What Gilmore Girls’ “Last Four Words” Are, and They Are a Disappointment
10 Little-Known Facts About Gilmore Girls Creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino
How The Gilmore Girls Cast Dealt With The Death Of Edward Herrmann
Harry Potter TV series in the works at HBO Max: Report

Where to Watch
Gilmore Girls - Netflix
Veep - HBO Max
House of Dragons - HBO Max
Rings of Power - Amazon Prime
Bad Sisters - Apple TV+
Tuca & Bertie - Netflix/HBO Max

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Our watch along wraps up this week with the last two episodes of The Afterparty - "Danner" and "Maggie". We figure it out and wrap things up.

Next week, we're diving into to 2000s classic and fall favorite Gilmore Girls. And we've got a guest! 

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It's spooky season folks! This week we're diving into Hocus Pocus and it's follow-up Hocus Pocus 2! We analyze the pros and cons of sequels and wokeness, and wax poetic on how crushable and problematic boys were in the 90s. Later, Rosey is devouring Tell Me Lies and Avery is comfort watching Great British Baking Show.

Next week we'll cover the final installment of The Afterparty  watch-along, "Danner" and "Maggie".

Things We Talked About
Grown Up Lizzie McGuire
The set of Dahmer was a racist atmosphere

Where to Watch
Hocus Pocus 1 and 2—Disney+
Arrested Development—Netflix 
Veep—HBO Max
Lizzie McGuire—Disney+
Tell Me Lies—Hulu
The Patient—Hulu
Dahmer—Netflix

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On our watch along this week we're discussing episodes 5 and 6 of The Afterparty - "High School" and "Zoe". We've got theories! 

We'll cover the next two episodes of The Afterparty, "Danner" and "Maggie" in two weeks, it'll drop on Wednesday, October 26. 

And next week, we're looking at the seminal spooky classic Hocus Pocus! 

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This week we're looking at and talking about 1995's Casper. It's an Avery childhood fave and Rosey is skeptical of almost all of it. Our conversation is as kooky as the movie itself. Before that we chat about what we're watching - Rosey is watching more mystical teens and Avery watched a few things on the more serious side.

Next up next week is the next  installment of The Afterparty watchalong, covering High School and Zoe.

Things we talked about
Fate: The Winx Saga Fashion Reddit Thread
Ethan Hawke on Smartless

Where to Watch
Fate: The Winx Saga - Netflix
The Patient - Hulu
Do Revenge - Netflix
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story - Netflix
Tell Me Lies - Hulu
Wedding Season - Hulu
Reservation Dogs - Hulu
Abbot Elementary - Hulu
Now & Then - HBO Max

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