Eliza and Olive recap and review the eleventh episode of season one; Hairography! Microaggressions abound this episode as the Glee Club meets their competition for Sectionals. The Jane Addams Academy serves up some Destiny's Child funk, Haverbrook School for the Deaf inspires us to imagine all the people... and New Directions devalues them both in just 45 minutes! McKinley, call us when every single one of your members can do a jump split, okay? 

Cameo by Treshelle Edmond (Spring Awakening, Master of None)!

6:06 - harmful stereotypes of WOC

26:40 - offensive stereotypes of deaf and HOH people

32:40 - jokes at the expense of epileptics

43:40 - references to the predatory gay man stereotype

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Ah, episode 10: Ballad. The cringiest episode of Glee so far. Come listen to Eliza and Olive talk their way through such mentally taxing moments as Rachel's fascination with teeth, Kurt's fascination with Finn, and Finn's fascination with making Eliza watch scenes with the sound off! Digressions include the gaps in Eliza's homeschool education and the phenomenon of teenage girls having crushes on older men. Olive and Eliza disagree about the merits of Don't Stand So Close To Me/Young Girl, and Eliza once again brings up her stance on #BisexualFinn. Sectionals is closer than ever, but also more weeks away than when it was last mentioned. This whole episode smacks of gender.

Eliza’s audio is a little clippy this episode, she’s working on fixing that!

3:58 - anti-Asian microagression

12:38 - mentions of alcoholism

19:47 - allusions to attempted suicide

27:46 - mentions of verbal abuse in a romantic relationship

32:00 - mentions of dead parents

46:00 - allusions to abusive/controlling parents

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Eliza and Olive are joined by our first ever guest, John Osborn, to talk about Glee's first Very Special Episode, Wheels. In the first episode where Glee tries to cover An Issue, we have to deal with what Ryan Murphy thinks having a disability is like. Will spends money on wheelchairs instead of a handicap bus, Quinn and Puck decide the best baking technique is to throw ingredients at each other, and we get the introduction of Becky Jackson! Rachel and Kurt face off and we get a deeper look at both Burt Hummel and Sue Sylvester. Somehow, sectionals are coming on fast and yet also weeks away.

Discussions of ableism and disability throughout

4:45 - mentions of verbal abuse in a romantic relationship

7:57 - mentions of miscarriage

22:05 - mentions of disability

23:44 - mentions of blackface/yellowface/brown face

44:22 - mentions of homophobic slurs and homophobia

54:20 - mentions of marijuana

66:38 - mentions of someone faking a disability

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Eliza and Olive recap and review the eighth episode of season one; Mash Up! A terribly named episode, but one that contains some of the most covers of the season and further reassurance of how much we hate Noah Puckerman. Finn Hudson gives major Troy Bolton vibes, Will Schuester gets the slushie he deserves, and we are one step closer to the Sectionals that are two weeks away!

22:00 - mention of Mark Salling's real life actions

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Eliza and Olive recap and review the seventh episode of season one; Throwdown! Ryan Murphy puts his grubby little hands on the subject of minority representation, even though we wish he hadn't. Divisions among the Glee club cause tensions to rise and Will and Sue both prove how unfit they are to be around kids! Will Terri take her second, third, and fourth opportunities to be honest with her husband? Nope, why would anyone one Glee do something reasonable like that?

5:25 - mention of vomiting

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Lori and Eliza recap and review the sixth episode of season one; Vitamin D! Terri is back and worse than ever, wreaking havoc through the teens of McKinley High. This is a real mash-up episode, with two songs that slap harder than 90% of Glee's discography, and almost no teaching from Mr. Shue overall! Sue has it out for the Glee club more than usual, and won't stop till she ruins these high schoolers lives!

Episode contains many references to over-the-counter medicine, referred to as “drugs”

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Lori and Eliza recap and review the fifth episode of season one; The Rhodes Not Taken! Kristin Chenoweth guest stars as one of the worst characters in 'guest star' history, a woman who single-handedly makes up 7/9 of our trigger warnings. Will Mr. Shue finally do the right thing? Nah, sounds pretty out of character... Eliza introduces us to the concept of "Glogic", April Rhodes sings country, and Lori needs to take a nap after all that!

Episode contains several discussions of drug and alcohol addiction

5:44 - mention of offensive term for disabled people

6:26 - mention of vomiting

22:30-24:05 - discussion of giving alcohol and pornography to a minor, mention of a WOC stereotype, adult having sex with minors

27:16 - discussion of vomiting

29:56 - mention of adult sleeping with minors

40:24 - mention of adult kissing a minor

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Lori and Eliza recap and review the fourth episode of season one; Preggers! The football lingo has Lori confused, and Lori's inability to remember football lingo has Eliza shaking her head in shame. Quinn's got a big secret brewing, and Puck continues to prove that he is The Worst. With a little luck - and a whole football team dancing to Beyonce, hopefully your hosts will be able to make sense of the McKinley High drama! 

No known trigger warnings this episode.

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Lori and Eliza review and recap the third episode of season one: Acafellas! With middle aged men singing acapella all around and Rachel Berry getting more annoying by the second, will Mr. Shue stay with the New Directions he fought so hard to form? Or will he give up his dream of being a terrible Spanish teacher to be the opening act for Josh Groban instead? In this episode, you can look forward to a special guest appearance from John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys) and the first solo from Mercedes Jones, Queen of the World!

16:54 - discussions of ableist language/ableism

21:36 - mention of alcoholism

24:34 - discussions of ableist language

30:05-:37 - discussions of teenage boy having sex with adult women

38:10-:40 - discussions of ableist comments, fat shaming

44:58 - discussions of homophobic stereotypes

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Lori and Eliza review and recap the second episode of Glee: Showmance. More characters, more plotlines, more drama. This episode in all up highs and lows truly sets the tone for the first season of Glee, showing off such feats as Rachel Berry's high kicks, the Unholy Trinity's choreography, and...Will Schuester rapping? Let's take some time to process whatever that that was.

7:27 - discussion of ableist language

15:40 - discussion of post-partum depression

24:05 - mention of eating disorders (bulimia)

44:48 - discussion of pregnancy loss/miscarriage/fetal death

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