Spoiling Ourselves

We're BACK, baby, and we're better than ever! We took a long summer break, we definitely told you guys about it, and we're ready to rock all over again. This week we watched The Big Bang Theory, the show where horny scientists need money! We've got pitches for the next Young Sheldon, we've got snake people, we've got SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 3 OF CARNIVAL ROW! God, we love Carnival Row. Bazinga!

Follow us on new SHOW SPECIFIC twitter @spoilingpod, please and thanks!

This week we watched United States of Tara! We're talking multiple personalities, lush mountaintop picnics, and giant ladybugs big enough to ride. Plus, beware SPOILERS for Avengers Endgame - not for the plot, but for how hot Brie Larson looks. She's got it!

This week we're joined by Kurt Handsomehat, who happens to be wearing a green sweatshirt, to discuss Bones! It was a crime procedural on Fox....ran for 12 seasons? You've really never heard of it? Well, ok. We talk about the show's bizarre cast of serial killers, and how the show would be different if the main character played by David Boreanaz was actually the vampire Angel. You know, from Buffy...and the spinoff series Angel? You haven't watched either, really. We're honestly shocked.

This week, we were dizzied and dazzled by the first and last episodes of British comedy The Thick of It. We don't know exactly what happened in these episodes, but we do know what's going on with Brexit, kind-of! We also know that:
-Armando Iannucci's dialogue sounds like what Aaron Sorkin THINKS his dialogue sounds like
-British television is insane and they do whatever they want over there
-JWoww would make a superior Queen of England.
Cheers!

This week, your Spoiling Ourselves comrades watched The Americans, FX's period drama about KGB spies living undercover in 1980's Washington DC. Now I know what you're thinking. Another show where one character fucks another character to death? Surprisingly not! But there are plenty of murders, honeypots, and agents (of the double and even quadruple variety). Plus, we explore the show's penchant for truly bizarre music choices! Das vedanya!

We’ve been off for a bit, but we’re finally back this week to talk about Leverage! Boy, do we love a good heist. (We would’ve watched Bridalplasty, had it not made Sam sick to his stomach a mere 29 seconds in. We’re thankful, and you should be too.)
Who would we draft for our ultimate heist team? Who can do the best Lil John impression? How do you get a horse out of a farmhouse? Plus - the return of Baldwin Talk, now featuring Justin Bieber!

This week we’re joined by friend-with-benefits of the show Ben Meyerson to watch WHO WANTS TO BE A SUPERHERO, a reality tv show hosted by STAN LEE. On this show, human contestants (with no superpowers to speak of) compete to find out who is the best superhero among them, oftentimes with no metric to determine why anyone might win or why they were better than others. How be superhero? Why is superhero? Where do keep superheroes? These are all questions that we, and the show, struggle to answer.

This show ran for two seasons, which means yes, we watched two entirely different sets of contestants across the first and last episodes. Honestly? We think it was better that way.

This week we enjoyed Boston Legal, a show that has nothing to do with Boston except for the title! Are we fans of Captain Kirk or Captain Picard? How gross are Kangaroo pouches? Which last names make the silliest law firm? Plus - Sam makes a play for Lia's title as Worst-at-Accents!

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you didn't forget about us, or about the last episode of Spoiling Ourselves, because for the second episode in a row we're going deep on a political drama where a wife inherits the Presidency from her husband. Unfortunately, the show we're discussing this week is House of Cards, a show that would have been much better had its male lead not turned out to be an unrepentant sexual predator. We talk about the many murders and the even more many sexual partners of Frank and Claire Underwood, plus we advocate for a return to rule by the British Monarchy. Long live Queen Elizabeth!

Merry Christmas Eve, Friends and Relatives! This week your favorite TV not-binge watchers watched the first and last episodes of Scandal. A lot of people got murdered by assassins, a lot of young successful women had relationships with doughy old men, and Sam reads a monologue from one of the show's main characters that is sure to surprise and delight your conservative relatives. We loved our first foray in to the Shonda-verse, but we didn't agree with this show's assessment of who could and could not be heroes!