Episodes

  • 'Hot Frosty' Is A Horny, ACAB Romp
    Nov 15 2024
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    We imagine the pitch for “Hot Frosty” was simple: Olaf from “Frozen,” but he f***s. This Netflix holiday rom-com is here to remind us that Christmas may take place during the cold season, but it can still be *hot*.

    “Hot Frosty” follows widow-slash-diner owner Kathy (Lacey Chabert) as she accidentally brings a notably chisele…

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    13 mins
  • A Post-Election Processing Sesh
    Nov 7 2024
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    We don’t have any answers, but we do have a lot of feelings. We tried to express them in a cogent way, but full warning that we maybe were only partially successful. Claire would also like all of you to know that she’s angry and doing punditry. Please feel free to ignore her (or both of us!) if that’s not where you’re at right now. We love you all. We are so very grateful for this little community we’ve built together. Onward.

    Thank you to Harry Huggins for editing this episode so we didn’t have to.

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    7 mins
  • The 'Love Is Blind' DC Reunion Dropped Every Ball
    Nov 1 2024
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    Warning: This post and episode contain spoilers for the “Love Is Blind” season 7 reunion!

    This “Love Is Blind” DC reunion had it all, if “it all” refers to every one of Nick and Vanessa Lachey’s well-documented inadequacies as hosts: corny dad jokes that Nick’s punch-up writer clearly prepared well in advance, missed lines of questioning and failures to follow up on important points, muddled back-and-forth disputes between the cast that dragged out for long minutes while the moderators mentally checked out, Vanessa claiming dubious familial relationships with the “Love Is Blind” babies, and, of course, a couple of the biggest villains of the season being let off the hook with barely a slap on the wrist apiece.

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    14 mins
  • 'Love Is Blind' DC's Devastating Finale
    Oct 25 2024
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    Warning: This post and episode contain spoilers for the “Love Is Blind” season 7 finale!

    The first 15 minutes of the “Love Is Blind” season 7 finale was riveting and wrenching. The following hour was largely boring, with sides of sweetness and dramatic irony. This is one of those finales that should have jumped straight into a reunion. (Not that we think…

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    13 mins
  • 'Love Is Blind' DC Is In Its Breakup Era
    Oct 18 2024
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    The psychologist John Gottman has posited that there are four horsemen that portended doom in a relationship: contempt, criticism, defensiveness and stonewalling. If this theory didn’t already exist, it could have been developed simply by watching this season of “Love Is Blind,” in which contempt and criticism have infected several of the relationships root and branch.

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    13 mins
  • The FBoys Of 'Love Is Blind' DC, Revealed
    Oct 11 2024
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    At this point, it feels like it happens every season. You think you know who the villains are… and then more episodes come out and the TikToks start rolling in. Move on over, Leo. Stephen and Tyler (sob!) are ready to take your place.

    In this week’s batch of “Love Is Blind” episodes, our couples finish out their time in Cabo…

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    14 mins
  • 'Love Is Blind' DC Gets Messy
    Oct 7 2024
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    Our nation’s preeminent insta-marriage reality show has taken its talents to the capital for season seven! It’s “Love Is Blind,” DC edition, and this mammoth first drop (six episodes, some close to 75 minutes long) showcases that special DMV flavor. Cast members work at think tanks and ponder whether they would have spoken to each other if they’d met “on the Hill.” In this episode, we recap drop one -- episodes 1-6!

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    14 mins
  • 'Nobody Wants This' Portrayal Of Jewish Women
    Sep 30 2024

    There are a lot of things to love about the new Netflix show “Nobody Wants This,” Netflix's new rom-com TV show starring Adam Brody and Kristen Bell. Unfortunately, its depiction of Jewish women isn’t one of them. In this episode, we get into the joys and failures of “Nobody Wants This,” our eternal crushes on Adam Brody, the show’s shared cultural DNA with “Keeping The Faith,” and more. Hope you enjoy! Xo



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    1 hr and 41 mins