Even though Stan is Not What He Seems, Dan and Beth are Exactly What They Seem, and what they seem is STRESSED

In this episode we talk about shipping Dipper/Pacifica (Dipcifica? Pac...pper?), creepy media from our childhoods and A N C I E N T S I N S 

This episode is, like... fine? Like, it's fine. It's not our favorite, but it's not the worst. It could have been better if Disney weren't cowards, but like, it's fine. 

Greetings from the year 207̃012, where everything is fine and nothing is wrong. Come, why don't you play laser tag with us? We promise you won't get sentenced to an endless torture dimension. Really.

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Come in, weary traveler. Take a seat. Would you like this jackalope skull? No? How about this phonograph of the only known recording of Abraham Lincoln singing jazz? What's that? You're just here for a podcast? Well, alright. We've got an episode of The Fourth Journal in the bargain bin, if you really must. They're talking about Little Gift Shop of Horrors in that one. Are you sure you don't want this orange once held by a time traveling knight? Fine. 

Hello, listener! We love you. You won't leave us, right? Not after everything we've been through. Right? RIGHT?

Ahem. Just kidding. Today's episode is "Soos and the Real Girl," and we find out that Japanese dating sims and animatronics aren't such strange bedfellows to keep. Especially not for your cousin Reggie's engagement party. 

All our life we've been waiting for a love that's right for us, and now we finally know its name and it's – sing it with us, kids – season 2 episode 4 of Gravity Falls, "Sock Opera"! It's finally time for one of our favorite episodes, and BOY ARE WE PSYCHED. We've got Bill, we've got musical numbers, we've got Lonely Island voice talent. It's all here, folks. You can't do much better than this, especially after our least favorite episode maybe ever. 

Hooray! Our least favorite episode! Have you ever wanted to see cartoon golf balls die in a commentary on Appalachia and the mining industry?? NEITHER HAVE WE. But that's what we got – along with some actually pretty okay Mabel/Pacifica interactions, a Patton Oswalt cameo, and way too many dark murder jokes! Like, WAY too many!

The spoop is really ramping up in this one, y'all. The gang is closer to the author than they've ever been, and the creepy crawlies that live in secret underground bases don't like that one bit. Meanwhile, Beth discovers that using codes are great for writing episodes of Gravity Falls but not so great for taking notes on them.