Really Important Fictional Things

Our rewatch-along of Yellowjackets continues with episode 3 "The Dollhouse."  Remember, although we focus primarily on the third episode, this contains spoilers for the entirety of season one.

Next we cover episode four "Bear Down" and that drops Friday 2/25

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This episode contains minor spoilers for Parks and Recreation, One Tree Hill, Friday Night Lights, The Mindy Project, and major spoilers for Archive 81 and Sweet Magnolias (timecode links below)

Spoiler alert, Rosey and Avery do a mini deep dive on Archive 81 because there's just so much to SAY.  We gotta talk about doubles luge. Rosey watched the absurd Sweet Magnolias. Deep dive into jumping the shark covering shows that fail at it, some shows that pull it off and why. Netflix Top 10 for this week featuring THE TINDAH SWINDLAH. Finally, we make some Black History relevant recommendations — things we’ve loved and things that we want to watch.

Next week we’ll analyze the groundbreaking, delightful, and slighted Oscar-hopeful Lady Bird.

Some topics covered:

• Origin of “Jump the shark”
• Cousin Oliver Syndrome
• Archive 81 podcast
• Reply All: Long Distance (podcast about telephone scammers)
• How To Be Perfect, by Mike Schur
• Boston’s Route 1
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson
• Oklahoma Tulsa Race Massacre
• Chicago race riot of 1919

Shows that did (or almost did) Jump the Shark

• Happy Days
• Game of Throne
• Parks and Recreation
• One Tree Hill
• Friday Night Lights
• Mad Men
• Jane the Virgin
• Downton Abbey
• True Blood
• Vampire Diaries
• Supernatural
• Gilmore Girls
• Veronica Mars
• Arrested Development
• The Mindy Project
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Barney and Friends
• American Horror Story: Cult
• Growing Pains
• The OC
• Younger
• White Collar

Thing we trailed:

• The Tinder Swindler — Netflix
• In From the Cold — Netflix

Black History Month recommendations:

• Insecure — HBO Max
• Black-ish — Hulu
• 13th — Netflix, Youtube
• Just Mercy — Amazon Prime
• The People v. OJ Simpson — Netflix
• Lovecraft Country — HBO Max
• Watchmen — HBO Max, Hulu
• Fruitvale Station — Hulu, Amazon Prime, Showtime

Where to stream:

• Archive 81 — Netflix
• Midsomar — Hulu, Amazon Prime, Showtime
• Winter Olympics — Peacock
• Sweet Magnolias — Netflix

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Here we go! Our rewatch-along of Yellowjackets continues and this week, we talk about episode 2 called "F Sharp". Although we focus primarily on the second episode, this contains spoilers for the entirety of season one.

Next we cover episode three "The Dollhouse" and that drops Friday 2/18.

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This week we dive into female friendships on screen. But first we update you on what we watched, Avery has a random one for ya and Rosey is still apathetically watching How I Met Your Father. Then Rosey brings us through the history (spoiler alert: the patriarchy sucks) and then she and Avery share their friendship picks for a few categories: Odd Couple, Unexpected, BFFLs, Ride or Die, and Frenemies. 

Next week we’ll be looking at shows that aged gracefully compared to those that jump the shark.

Some topics covered:

• Band of Brothers
• Saving Private Ryan
• The boiled bunny scene (from Fatal Attraction)
• The Take article “The Female Friendship Revolution Onscreen”
• Relational Aggression
• Tina Fey’s Bossypants
• Amy Poehler being a badass and bringing a “knife” to an improv scene (the scene Avery talks about)

Shows and movies with the female friendships we talk about:

• The Women
• Gone With the Wind
• I Love Lucy (Lucy and Ethel)
• 9 to 5
• The Color Purple
• Thelma and Louise
• Poison Ivy
• Single White Female
• Sex and the City
• Waiting to Exhale
• Queen Bees
• Mean Girls
• Legally Blonde
• One Tree Hill
• The OC
• Veronica Mars
• Bridesmaids
• Parks and Rec
• Dead to Me
• Sex Eduation
• Clueless
• Lady Bird
• Friends
• Jane the Virgin
• Bold Type
• Glow
• UnReal
• Yellowjackets
• Spaced
• Broad City
• A League of Their Own

Things we trailed:

• The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
• Raising Dion
• Archive 81

Where to stream:

• Band of Brothers — HBO Max
• Saving Private Ryan — Amazon/AppleTV (paid)
• How I Met Your Father — Hulu
• Single Drunk Female — Hulu

As always, please hit us up with questions, suggestions, just to say hi, or god forbid any concerns (jkkk if you’re concerned we’re concerned, def let us know). You can email us at [email protected].

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BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ! We're pumped to bring you our first watch-along minisode of Yellowjackets’ season premier. Although we focus primarily on the first episode, this contains spoilers for the entirety of season one.

Next we cover episode two "F Sharp" and that drops Friday 2/11.

Here is the article we mention about trauma response (also major spoilers for the whole season).

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On this week’s episode we’re diving into the PT Anderson instant classic Licorice Pizza, only in theaters folks! Only mild spoilers, but we still recommend you go see the movie before you listen to this one.

First we catch up on what we’ve been watching, which includes MAJOR spoilers for the new Aubrey Plaza flick Black Bear, but we’ve got chapters now so feel free to skip on ahead. At the end instead of a Netflix Top 10 we look at Slate’s 25 most important characters from the last 25 years (caveat, ending in 2019). There’s some goodies and some randos.

Next week we're chatting about female friendships in movies and tv, and STAY TUNED FOR A SPECIAL MINISODE! Yellowjackets watch-along episode 1 drops this Friday 2/4. BUZZ BUZZ!

Some topics covered:

• Black Bear is maybe a manifestation of a real life marriage?
• Jared Fried Bachelor reactions
• Millennials are going sober
• HAIM
• Is Licorice Pizza problematic/racist?
• Internal Family Systems

Where to stream:

• Black Bear — Netflix
• Don’t Look Up — Netflix
• The Lost Daughter — Netflix
• Wandavision — Disney+
• How I Met Your Father — Hulu
• The Babadook — Netflix
• Bridget Jones’ Diary — HBO Max
• Love Actually — Netflix
• Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle — Hulu
• Inside Out — Disney+
• Twilight — Peacock
• Girls — Hulu
• Tiny Furniture — Amazon Prime
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Hulu
• Star Wars — Disney+
• The Sopranos — HBO Max

As always, please hit us up with questions, suggestions, just to say hi, or god forbid any concerns (jkkk if you’re concerned we’re concerned, def let us know). You can email us at [email protected].

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This week we give an update on what we watched last week (it’s a funky mix), dive into the creation and wonder that is web series from the mid 2000s, and then look at the newest movies added to all streaming services. The web series we chat about are The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, Quarterlife, Broad City, Awkward Black Girl.

Next week, we’re going to be talking about Licorice Pizza. It’s in theaters now if you want to see it (we recommend the theater experience for this one if you’re comfortable doing so right now). If not, it isn’t a very spoil-able movie and we have a lot of thoughts either way.

**PSA: We talk about how hard it is to volunteer and help out nowadays. So we did some of the work for you! If you’re interested, this is a site that lists a bunch of ways to find volunteering near you.

Some topics covered:

• The Matrix Resurrections
• The Wachowski Siblings
• Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Black Boy Writes (Mike Gauyo)
• Insecure: The End (Documentary)
• ‘Black Panther’ unlikely to change Hollywood’s lie that black movies can’t make money by Brando Simeo Starkey
• Celebrities Who Can’t Stand Jennifer Lawrence (we don’t buy it)

Web series we discuss:

• The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo
• Awkward Black Girl
• Broad City
• Quarterlife

Things we trailed:

• The Lost Daughter (Netflix)
• Black Bear (Hulu)
• Swan Song (Apple TV)

Where to stream:

• The Matrix — HBO Max
• Cheer — Netflix
• Single Parents — Hulu
• Abbott Elementary — Hulu

As always, please hit us up with questions, suggestions, just to say hi, or god forbid any concerns (jkkk if you’re concerned we’re concerned, def let us know). You can email us at [email protected].

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This week we check in on what we’re watching including our obsession with Yellowjackets. Then we dive deep into the 2001 classic Legally Blonde, talking funny things, cringey things, and how fictional stuff ages to become problematic or not. Then we look at Esquire’s top shows of 2021. Listen to the episode here.

Next week, we’ll chat about web series, a few of our favorites and the concept in general. If you want, check them out ahead of time: The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, Quarterlife, Broad City, Awkward Black Girl

Some topics covered:

• Yellowjackets soundtrack
• Jerry from Cheer
• Mushroom can save us
• Jason Derulo is really protective of his name
• Millennials are cutting off their parents
• Esquire’s Top Shows of 2021 article
• Dave Chapelle, and the controversy

Things we trailed:

• Schmigadoon (Apple TV)
• High on the Hog (Netflix)
• We’re Here (HBO Max)
• Mare of Easttown (HBO Max)

Where to stream:

• Yellowjackets — Showtime (available as a Prime add-on)
• Flight Attendant — HBO Max
• Desperate Housewives — Prime, Hulu, Apple TV
• Sort Of — HBO Max
• Cheer — Netflix
• Don’t Look Up — Netflix
• Inside — Netflix
• What We Do In The Shadows Aussie — Apple TV, Prime

As always, please hit us up with questions, suggestions, just to say hi, or god forbid any concerns (jkkk if you’re concerned we’re concerned, def let us know). You can email us at [email protected].

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Our deep dive brings us down a winding road of which TV show finales make us feel warm and fuzzy and which ones send us into a rage. We talk about everything from How I Met Your Mother to Supernatural to New Girlto Mad Men. But first, we kick it off with Rosey’s experience crying through Queer Eye Season 6, then we share all our thoughts about the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts special (we have a lot of thoughts), and Avery tells us about her experience watching Philly DA. Listen to the episode here.

Next week, we’re deep diving into the 2001 classic Legally Blonde. Join us down memory lane by rewatching it with Amazon Prime.

Some topics covered:

• Queer Eye Season 6
• Trophy Wife
• Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
• Brie Larson v Chris Pratt Support (apparently Tessa Thompson and Anthony Mackie didn’t get support either…)
• JK Rowling — ContraPoints
• Amber Heard and Johnny Depp
• Pete Davidson
• Philly DA
• The Massachusetts Bail Fund
• Jensen Ackles’ House
• Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Books: Daisy Jones & The Six / The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Finales We Discussed:

• How I Met Your Mother
• Insecure
• Supernatural
• Veronica Mars
• Parenthood
• House
• Seinfeld
• Chuck
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Schitt’s Creek
• Gossip Girl
• New Girl

Things we trailed:

• Cobra Kai
• Yellowjackets
• Licorice Pizza

Where to stream:

• Queer Eye — Netflix
• Trophy Wife — Hulu
• Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts — HBO Max
• Philly DA — Amazon
• Cobra Kai — Netflix
• Yellowjackets — Amazon/Hulu (Showtime)
• Licorice Pizza — In theaters

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Instead of letting Omicron’s presence completely drain your mental energy, listen to us light-heartedly discuss our new favorite show The Sex Lives of College Girls. We mix college nostalgia with contemplations of how seeing these situations on TV provides scripts for how to deal with serious stuff IRL — without letting it break you. We also discuss how The Morning Show is incorporating COVID into their storyline, Harry Potter, and a NOT NETFLIX top ten situation for 2021. Listen to the episode HERE.

Next we’re talking series finales, including How I Met Your Mother, Supernatural, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Parenthood, House, New Girl, Insecure, and Chuck. Watch those by Wednesday 1/12 if you wanna be ~current~ and KoOL for the next ep.

Some topics covered:

• COVID in The Morning Show
• Chris Noth accused of sexual harassment
• Binge Mode Harry Potter
• How to pronounce Zen-day-a (not discussed but Avery looked it up after)
• Tom Holland wants to leave acting and be a dad
• Spiderman: No Way Home
• The co-creator of Sex Lives is JUSTIN NOBLE (not Chris)
• Pauline Chalamet and her brother are french adjacent
• Leighton dresses like Professor Umbridge
• NYT Top 10 of 2021

Things we trailed:

• Hacks
• It’s a Sin
• Philly DA
• Underground Railroad
• Lady Parts

Where to stream:

• The Morning Show — Apple TV+
• Happy Potter movies & 20th anniversary reunion — HBO Max
• A Teacher — Hulu
• Bo Burnham’s Inside — Netflix
• Dickinson — Apple TV+
• The Good Fight — Amazon Prime
• Hacks — HBO Max
• It’s a Sin — HBO Max
• Reservation Dogs — Hulu
• Philly DA — Amazon Prime with a subscription to Topic (free trial avail)
• Station Eleven — HBO Max
• Underground Railroad — Amazon Prime
• White Lotus — HBO Max, Hulu
• Mare of Easttown — HBO Max
• Lady Parts — Peacock

As always, please hit us up with questions, suggestions, just to say hi, or god forbid any concerns (jkkk if you’re concerned we’re concerned, def let us know). You can email us at [email protected].

Episodes drop every Wednesday. See you next week!

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