Today's Episode

The first six episodes of the 2023 series Goosebumps are out and streaming on Hulu and Disney+.  The show was developed by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller and stands as a teen-comedy-horror based on the extremely popular 90s Scholastic series written by R.L Stine. This reimagining takes the original anthology and melds it into a serialized story revolving around five teens, their parents, and o...

It's 2023 and everything old is new again. Frasier, the 90's spinoff that ran for a decade has returned in 2023 after a nearly 20-year hiatus. This revival has new characters and new settings but the same classic sitcom backdrop. After languishing in preproduction for a long time, it was filmed in front of a live studio audience and put out on Paramount+. Tune in to hear our full discuss...

Mike Flanagan is back with his latest gothic horror project The Fall of the House of Usher.  Based loosely on the short story by Edgar Allen Poe, this reimagining features an uber-wealthy family, heirs to a pharmaceutical business named Fotunato, that start dying off in November of 2023. The first episode, "A Midnight Dreary," revolves around Roderick Usher inviting Assistant US Attorney...

The third installment of NBC's The Irrational,   "The Barnum Effect, " aired on October 9th. The show stars Jesse L. Martin as Professor Alec Mercer, an expert in behavioral science who solves crimes with his team of grad students. The character and premise are based on Dan Ariely and his works in the field of psychology and behavioral economics. Tune in to hear our thoughts and dis...

Today we discuss the premiere of Netflix’s British teen-comedy-drama Everything Now . The main character is a girl in high school going through growing pains, insecurities, and reconnecting with her family and friends after a long absence due to an eating disorder which necessitated a seven months stint at a recovery center. The show stars Sophie Wilde and is available to binge, though our review...

The Pitch: What if a kidnapped child grows up to kidnap her kidnapper and use their expertise to solve missing persons cases? NBC's latest procedural drama, Found , starring Shanola Hampton and Mark-Paul Gosselaar, tackles this said set of circumstances. With her crisis management team, Gabi Mosley, solves mysterious disappearances and kidnappings that have been overlooked by the system. On t...

"Wife Swamp," may sound like a peculiar choice of title for an episode that makes no reference or satirical connection to the reality series Wife Swap, but Dan Harmon's newest creation, Krapopolis, isn't worried about missed opportunities for it has already been green-lit for three seasons. On this podcast, we cruise through the plot of "Wife Swamp," introduce the ser...

Gen V is an American superhero television series set concurrently with season 4 of Amazon’s The Boys . Instead of following a group of vigilantes as they attempt to stop superheroes from abusing their powers, Gen V’s pilot, “God U.,” follows 18-year-old Marie Moreau, as she heads to superhero college with dreams of becoming a crime-fighting hero and proving to others and herself that she is not a...

This ten-episode Adventure Time spin-off, streaming on Max, pulls away from the original story of Finn and Jake and instead focusses on their gender-swapped counterparts, Fionna and Cake. The series, which we discuss in this podcast, retains the humor, mind bending plots and surreal fantasy that made its first run so special. Though we certainly did not pick up every Easter Egg or call back to its...

Still Up is a British comedy on Apple TV. Each episode runs the traditional 25-30 minutes and today we discuss the first set that was released last Friday, September 22nd. The series stars Misfits and The Inbetweeners alums Antonia Thomas and Blake Harrison, as well as Craig Roberts from 2010's Submarine. It revolves around two night owls, Danny and Lisa, who spend their nights chatting on th...

The Continental or The Continental: From the World of John Wick is a mini series event consisting of three 90-minute episodes. On this podcast, we're discussing the first segment, Night 1: Brothers in Arms, which explores the origin of Winston's rise up the criminal ladder to his position seen in the John Wick series. The series stars Mel Gibson and Colin Woodell, takes place in NYC duri...

A Time Called You is a South Korean television series streaming on Netflix. On this podcast, we're discussing the pilot episode which runs just over 40 minutes and tackles themes of romance, grief and time-travel. The show stars Ahn Hyo-seop, Jeon Yeo-been, and Kang Hoon and is based off the popular Taiwanese drama Someday or One Day. Tune in to hear our rating and our pros and cons. Welcome...

Based on the 2021 novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris and shot right before the Hollywood strikes began, The Other Black Girl is a satirical thriller about a woman who is working at a fictional publishing firm in NYC. Along with encountering her share of racism and misogyny in the workplace, Nella, is thrown for an unexpected loop when another black employee is hired and begins to interfere with her sta...

The Changeling is a new horror series on Apple TV based on the novel of the same name by Victor LaValle which came out in 2017. It is notably not connected with the classic 1980 horror film nor the 2008 movie starring Angelina Jolie. On this podcast, we break down our thoughts on the first four episodes, delving into the characters, their motives and decisions, as well as our favorite and least fa...

Here we are in 2023, close to thirteen years after AMC's TWD first captured the eyes of viewers and began the story that has grown and spun off into its own universe. On this podcast, we dive deep into the first episode of this Daryl-centric show starring Norman Reedus and created by David Zabel. Having found his way to France on the back of a skiff, Daryl is on a mission of survival and pers...

On this podcast, we discuss the new British drama, The Inheritance. The premise is simple. After the unexpected death of their father, three siblings are left to parse out the unexpected and mysterious manner in which he died. The show stars Gaynor Faye, Robert James-Collier, and Jemima Rooper and was shot entirely in Ireland. Tune in as we give our rating and break down the plot of the pilot. Wel...

The Winter King is a British historical fiction television series based on Bernard Cornwell's trilogy, The Warlord Chronicles . In 2020, Epix announced that a live-action adaptation had been greenlit. Two episodes aired in August on MGM+ in the US, ITVX in the UK. Many have drawn comparisons to other historical fiction adaptations like The Last Kingdom (based on work by the same author) and O...

One Piece , the 2023 live-action Netflix series based on the famous Japanese manga series, dropped all eight episodes on August 31st.  Receiving positive reviews from critics and fans alike, we jump in and discuss the first episode, "Romance Dawn," to assess whether the show meets the hype. The series is a genre-meld adventure comedy starring Iñaki Godoy as the main character and pirate...

Moving is a South Korean television series currently streaming on Hulu in the US. The show has been compared to Squid Game for its global popularity and Heroes for its superhero subject matter. It is estimated to have a budget of over 60 billion won, making it one of the most, if not the most, expensive K-Dramas ever produced. The cast is made up of A-list actors, each episode is written by the cr...

Erin Carter, a mother, wife, and substitute teacher in Spain, has a mysterious past that is threatening to come out. As the bodies and secrets start stacking up, how long will she be able to hold things together? That's what we discuss on Today's Episode. Tune in as we break down the pilot, give our ratings, and criticize Netflix's lack of promotion for its new shows. The cast inclu...

A lot has been made over the last couple of years concerning the future of the Star Wars franchise, but that hasn't stopped its fandom from looking forward to every new live-action Disney show that gets trucked out. Ahsoka is a spin-off of The Mandalorian , taking place after the events of Star Wars Episode VI . Dave Filoni created and wrote the series. The first two episodes are the topic of...

According to online synopsis, this is supposed to the story of Mickey Bolitar as he starts his new life in NJ after his parents' car accident where he is quickly caught up in a mystery that tracks all the way back to WW2. As we discuss in the podcast, that description doesn't really brush the surface of how much this series tries to pack into its first three hours. Tune in as we discuss...

Grown-ish season 6 episode 8 follows Andre "Junior" Johnson Jr. on his journey through adulthood as he attends Cal U. The Freeform show spun off of ABC’s Black-ish in 2018. Though the series is set to conclude with a two-part season, and the second half won't air until early 2024, on this podcast we jump into the episode that came out August 16th, titled "Family Feud,"  an...

Your favorite shlorpians are back as Solar Opposites kickstarts its new season with more adventures, minus Justin Roiland's riffs. The episode we're discussing is titled "The Ping Pong Table."  Though Korvo, Terry, Yumyulak, Jesse, and The Pupa haven't changed, and seem destined to repeat the same character arcs that we've seen before, tune in as we talk plot, compari...

If you're unfamiliar with the opioid epidemic that began in the 90s and led to what now makes up over 75% of all overdose deaths in the US, this may be the show for you. Painkiller,  starring Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, Taylor Kitsch, and West Duchovny, is a docudrama with very clear good guys and villains. If you've seen  Dopesick , be prepared for the same story. On this podcast, we...