If you've come to love hearing Marissa stumble through a summary of a movie she barely understood because she hasn't meticulously cataloged every aspect of the MCU, do we have a treat for you!! Sokovia is a mess, y'all, and everyone is morose and unfunny in this messy 2015 MCU tentpole flick. At least this topic gives Brianna the appropriate context to discuss Marvel's villain problem!

The Good Sisters continue to pregame for Avengers: Endgame with this lighter MCU fare from 2018. The studio tagline for this movie was, "Real heroes. Not actual size." Here are the taglines that Brianna would like you to consider instead:

- "This is straight nonsense."

- "Larry Fishburne: doing the Lord's work."

- "This should've been a web-short."

As we await Avengers: Endgame, let's pregame by watching whatever MCU movies are left on Netflix! This week it's Thor: Ragnarok, the lesson of which is best summarized by Brianna: "The real hammer was the friends we made along the way." Is the movie a good metaphor for colonialism? Or is it just a Norse mythology fever dream scored by the guy from Devo? Why not both??

We are back after our (unplanned!) 2-week hiatus to tackle the latest entry in the MCU, Captain Marvel. The Good Sisters discuss the amazing Brie Larson, the journeys of the Space Gem/Tesseract, and what we think Captain Marvel's been doing since 1995. Bonus: we also yell "THE PATRIARCHY!" and "HOW IRONIC, TONY!" a lot. We are off next week again, but after that we hope to do some older MCU films!

This beloved 1990 Patrick Swayze/Demi Moore/Whoopi Goldberg film absolutely holds up, the Good Sisters are happy to report. Brianna is a little alarmed at how oblivious Molly is to the obvious threat of Carl, and Marissa is a lot grossed out by the idea of introducing wet clay into a sexual encounter, but otherwise we're very into this movie! Afterwards we discuss who exactly should get dragged to Hell by pavement shadows and for what.

The Good Sisters have to break with critical consensus on this 1991 "romantic comedy-fantasy film." Though it's well-regarded, the only part of this movie we cared for was the luminous, angelic, too-good-for-Albert-Brooks Meryl Streep. Brianna gets up to some very good script doctoring, though! We also have a unique situation in our email segment. Next week: 1990's "Ghost"!

In February, the Good Sisters are looking at the depiction of the afterlife on film, and starting with this lost 1993 Robert Downey Jr. gem called "Heart and Souls." A baby is haunted by four spirits who died on the same day he was born, and that baby grows up to be our foxy RDJ. The acting talent in this movie is off the wall, and even Brianna admits, "Yeah, this movie was great, I dunno!" Got ideas for more movies about the afterlife we could cover? Get in touch!

ARE Y'ALL READY FOR SOME REAL TALK ABOUT LOVE AND THE HUMAN CONDITION??? WOOOOO!! This finale is a quiet little gut punch of an episode, but the Good Sisters are split on how logical any of it is. Also the grand experiment did not pass any sort of IRB and our listeners are very miffed about that.

The Good Sisters are here this week asking the important questions, like: is Cheleanor like Sandra Bullock/Keanu Reeves in Speed? Why are eternal beings so bad at experimental design? And if you were trying to torture Shakespeare, which movie plot would you describe to him? It's nothing but questions this week as Chidi sees the time-knife in the Interdimensional Hole of Pancakes (which the Good Sisters' Good Mom would never let them visit)!

The Good Sisters have opposing desires in this episode: Brianna wants to discuss how globalization, capitalism, Triangle Trade, and the global supply chain affect the entire human population. Marissa wants to get everyone ABOARD THE S.S. CHELEANOR, HONK HOOOOONK. They each get their turn . . . eventually. Though Marissa almost runs out of patience entirely. Ahem.