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A perfect mix of romance, drama, action, and comedy, the popular K-drama Crash Landing on You is Heather’s latest television addiction. She’ll never know peace if she can’t manage to tempt Jennifer and guest co-host Titi to try the show and meet star-crossed lovers Yoon Se-ri and Captain Ri Jeong Hyeok. 

Gifs discussed in the episode:

• 15:10 - Captain Ri and Se-ri taking care of each other 
• 22:24 - RiRi serving looks in The Umbrella Scene 
• 27:59 - A master class in chemistry (a.k.a RiRi in the parking garage) 
• 44:54: Mutual pining at the clambake 
• 57:30: Heather’s point of no return: Jeong Hyeok holding a candle at the market

Extra credit reading (and viewing):

• 6 Signs Crash Landing on You Is Destined to Be Your Ultimate Favorite via ShipRecced
• Fan video rec: “Se-ri & Jeong Hyeok || Wait” by emma b. Videos
• Post-series fic recs: "One Year Later" by cloverleafsky and "The hill of yearning" by rightfullymine
• A compelling theory about how CLOY was supposed to end...maybe, possibly
• How to pronounce Yoon Se-ri and Ri Jeong Hyeok

Nick Miller is the grumpy bartender we all wish we had in our lives and his romance with the simply adorkable Jess Day in New Girl is the dose of happiness we all need. While Heather loves the pairing, she’s never finished the show to see how they get their happy ending, and it’s about time.

Extra credit reading:

• Jenn’s Shipper’s Guide to Watching New Girl for the Nick/Jess Romance
• Nick and Jess relationship recap (source: New Girl)
• Fan video:  The Story of Nick and Jess (source: jessxnight)
• Gif set: New Girl but its 2020 (source: millerday)
• Gif set: I just want a weird wonderful life with you. (source: jakesjohnson)
• Bonus roommates-to-lovers book rec: The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

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Sure, you have totally fallen for Lara Jean Song Covey and Peter Kavinsky in the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before movies, but have you read the books by Jenny Han that started it all? Jennifer never has, despite loving the movies, and it’s time for Heather to prove that while the books aren’t necessarily better, they’re equally delightful—and required reading!

• The post-canon Lara Jean/Peter K fanfic you need in your life: “i knew from the first time, i’d stay for a long time” by gracelessheartlines
• Heather’s love letter to the first movie: Top 10 Underrated Covinsky Scenes in To All the Boys via ShipRecced

Despite anticipating Bridgerton for months, Jennifer still hasn’t finished watching it because of a controversial scene that carried over from Julia Quinn’s historical romance novel The Duke and I. Are Simon and Daphne’s best moments enough to overcome her hesitations about the wildly popular Netflix series?

Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual assault and an abusive parent.

Continue reading the latest on dit:

• Vanity Fair on How Bridgerton Handles the Book’s Wildly Controversial Scene
• Pop Sugar’s take: I Wanted to Root for Bridgerton’s Daphne and Simon, but Their Romance Is Pretty Toxic
• Revisiting Simon's impassioned speech to Queen Charlotte about his feelings for Daphne
• Fact-checking Heather & Jenn’s (tenuous) grasp on history:
  • Regency era
  • Queen Charlotte 
  • George IV, The Prince Regent

No matter how many swoon-worthy romances they consume, Heather and Jennifer always want more. Greedy shippers that they are, they have even dared to put their 2021 wish list out into the universe...

It's a very happy new year for us with these upcoming book adaptations coming to our screens:

• Bridgerton trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpv7ayf_tyE 
• The Hating Game news: https://variety.com/2020/film/global/austin-stowell-lucy-hale-mister-smith-the-hating-game-1234826960/ 
• Shadow & Bone news: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-netflix-shadow-and-bone-1203356620/ 
• One we forgot to mention: To All the Boys 3, a.k.a. Always and Forever, Lara Jean!! https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a30879135/netflix-to-all-the-boys-three-always-and-forever-lara-jean/ 

 If there’s one thing Jennifer and Heather can agree on, it’s that escaping into fiction has never been more necessary than in 2020. Luckily, they managed to find plenty of ships to love. In this special episode, they each weigh in on their top 5 couples of the year.

There’s no question that 2020 has been a garbage fire, but here are 10 fictional couples that brought us joy...

• Jenn’s Top 5:
  • #5 Jackson/Sloane in Holidate
  • #4: Maelyn/Andrew in the novel In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
  • #3: Joe/Nicky in Old Guard
  • #2: Viv/Jackson in Sex Education
  • #1: January/Gus in the novel Beach Read by Emily Henry
• Heather’s Top 5:
  • #5: Ellery/Reed from the Ellery Hathaway Mystery novel series by Joanna Schaffhausen
  • #4: Jack/Mel in Virgin River
  • #3: Nadia/Guzman in Elite
  • #2: Rip/Beth from Yellowstone
  • #1: Lucy/Tim from The Rookie

 It’s the moment of truth: How many of the TV show & book recommendations from Season 1 did Jenn and Heather *actually* take? Do they now share a few more OTPs, or nah?

And because we can never stop recommending:

• Heather gushed about how a couple in Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore had her searching out fan fiction to get their happy ending. Luckily (after we recorded), she found out a long-awaited sequel is coming that will give her a canon happily ever after... hopefully. 
• Feel-good fall vibes can be found with Hallmark's October Kiss. 

Normal People follows young lovers Connell and Marianne from their secret high school romance to navigating love and life in university. But since this is an established couple, does Jennifer have any hope of convincing Heather to falling for this Hulu show, based on the book by Sally Rooney? 

Already lost in the Marianne and Connell solar system? 

• Get hooked on this Instagram account devoted to Connell’s Chain. 
• Read an excerpt from Sally Rooney’s Normal People to get a taste of book-Marianne and book-Connell. 
• Take a peek at all the secret glances between Marianne and Connell in this gifset by joyfuls or the easy intimacy they find in infamous Episode 2 in this gifset by gregory-peck.

Hulu’s sweet new show Love, Victor is essentially fanfic come to life, but that’s only one reason Heather’s feeling good about her odds of convincing Jennifer to give the teen rom-com a try. (Mostly it’s because Victor/Benji are completely irresistible.)

Spoiler warning: Heather and Jennifer discuss some mild (very mild!) spoilers for the first couple episodes of Love, Victor.

Not quite ready to go steady with Love, Victor? Let these links woo you...

• 4 Victor/Benji-Related Reasons to Watch Love, Victor (via ShipRecced)
• Pore over the details of the oft-mentioned Coffee Shop AU (via Fanlore)
• Feast your eyes on some pretty tumblr gifs:
  • That hair flip tho
  • Something’s brewing between them, all right
  • Victor’s got it baaaaad—can you blame him?
• Add these fanvids to your YouTube queue:
  • “Benji + victor | I won’t mind.” by Forwood4Life
  • “Victor + Benji | Call me maybe” by TheVickylove90
  • “Victor & Benji | Teenage Dream” by littlewonders.

Jennifer describes Beach Read by Emily Henry as a nearly perfect read, but does that oversell it to Heather when she tries to convince her to fall for the rivals-next-door, Gus and January?

If you need more to go on (or if you’re already obsessed with Beach Read too), check out these links:

• Read an excerpt from Beach Read to sample January and Gus’s chemistry (via betches.com)
• See how delicious the book looks paired with a cup of tea & a tiny chocolate cake (via Instagram)
• Discover more about Emily Henry’s follow-up novel with a peek at the cover and an excerpt of People We Meet on Vacation (a rom-com described as The Vacationers meets When Harry Met Sally) before it’s released on May 11, 2021