Assume It Will Be Brilliant

Hello AWIBBers! We are (almost) back with Season 4 which we are so excited about - but for now please enjoy our reality TV offering for 2024 with special guest Dona! In this episode we discuss all the shenanigans and shenanidont's that took place on Love Is Blind Season 6 - we hope you enjoy! Instagram : @assumeitwillbebrilliantpod  Music: Humblux - S.H.E. Cali Greens - Artillery (Extended Cli...

This week, for our season 3 finale, we decided to cover a show that we - like everyone else - can't stop thinking and talking about: FX's Emmy nominated, critically acclaimed hit show The Bear (also streaming on Hulu and Disney+ ). With two seasons out, it is obvious that this is not a fluke and that those behind the page and the lens have worked hard to tell this story about family (both...

This week, we rewind through our season and re-evaluate some of our initial hot takes on shows such as as Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Netlflix) and Insecure (HBO). We also emphasize just how deeply manufactured the reality tv show industrial complex is such that we should be careful to rely on even our own interpretation of events. Finally, we get excited about the show we are going to di...

*TRIGGER & CONTENT WARNING* This episode includes discussions of sexual harassment & assault of women and children in religious spaces.  This week we’re back in our documentary era and there’s lots to learn. We’re taking a look at the religious institutions that captured the hearts and minds of millions as we discuss the documentaries Shiny Happy People (Prime Video ) & The Secrets of...

Welcome to our late-season hiatus, where per tradition, we interrupt your regularly scheduled television commentary to bring you a little more of us. This week we are once again catching up and checking in on where we are in our lives and reflecting specifically on the nature of relationships - the work to takes to nurture and grow into them, the challenge of transitioning out of them, and how tri...

In this week's episode we look back at the Royal Saga that captured the world media's attention, especially in the UK, but also globally in the early post-pandemic years. As the Duke and Duchess of Sussex fled England to eventually settle in California, the public was made aware of Harry's life long battle with the British tabloid media and the couple's journey as they tried to get...

CW: Discussion of domestic abuse/violence  Happy Pride Month everyone! 🌈 From us and also from Netflix who gifted us with their first official queer reality tv dating show - The Ultimatum: Queer Love . What a journey! There was so much to discuss so we invited our dear friend and now official reality tv correspondent, Dona, back. We cover everything from the ups and downs, twists and turns, and p...

This week we cover the ‘trials and tribulations’ of the Roy family in HBO ’s brilliantly executed, four season hit show, Succession . We do the hard but rewarding work of trying to decide who our favorite narcissist is (if you haven’t already, check out Dr. Ramani’s season 4 episode recaps on Youtube!) and share our thoughts about why you can't run a family like a corporation and expect a good...

In this week's episode we cover the 19th season of the show this podcast got it's name from Grey's Anatomy (ABC). We ask the important questions like why is Amelia going nowhere slowly? Do Lucas and Simone have believable chemistry? Are Owen and Teddy ever gonna be without conflict? - assuming Teddy lives of course; and why did it take so long for Bailey to get her flowers?. A lot is g...

In this week's episode we discuss the recent hit show Beef (Netflix) with special guest, Dona. We discuss the show’s unique exploration of Asian American culture through the experience of the characters embroiled in an escalating 'beef' initiated after a road range accident. We discuss the funny and not so funny elements of the show and laugh out loud at its most outrageous parts. Buck...

This week we're "rooting for everybody Black!" as the great Issa Rae once said. We talk about her Iconic, one-of-a-kind, groundbreaking show Insecure (HBO). Not only did this show mark the beginning of a renaissance in Black Television, it was also hella funny, filled with storylines that the black community had long needed to witness on the screen, and repped hard for South L.A. bot...

As Shondaland Stans we are back this week with a full run down on Shonda's latest offering - Bridgerton prequel Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (Netlflix). The show depicts a love story for the ages based on the real life royal couple Queen Charlotte (born Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz of Germany) and King George III that the creators note “is not a history lesson" but &quo...

This week we close our discussion of season 4 of Love is Blind (Netflix) with a specific focus on the hot mess express that was the Reunion finale. We skip right over the fact that it failed at it's promise to be the first reunion broadcast 'live' and get right into the all the missed opportunities and disappointing lines of questioning we had endure at the hands of hosts, Nick and Van...

This week we finally discuss our all time favorite legal drama The Good Fight (Paramount+) whose sixth and final season aired last November. A spinoff of the long running legal/political Drama The Good Wife (CBS), the show follows Diane Lockhart (played by the wonderful Christine Baranski) as she transitions into working for a prestigious and Black owned law firm alongside her friend and colleague...

This episode is all about our favorite/not-so-favourite Antiheroes. We discuss two shows, You (Netflix) and Tell Me Lies (Hulu), and focus in particular on their two toxic male protagonists… one an aspiring lawyer, the other an established serial killer, both narcissists. We size up these two men and their journey to becoming even more diabolical as time progresses and discuss why we are or aren’t...

Portia & Nomsa are back for season 3! In this episode we welcome the listeners back too and catch-up you up on what we've been up to since the end of season 2 and what we are looking forward to and hoping for in this new year. We then immediately get into what shows we are currently watching (You, Last of Us, Shrinking, Physical 100, Survivor...and as always Grey's Anatomy ) or waiting to watch (Y...

This is our gift for the holidays! We really tried to stay quiet until regular programming resumed but just couldn't because season 3 of Love is Blind (Netflix) is wild! For this special episode we are joined by our lovely friend and guest, Mabz! We recorded this before being disappointed by SK so unfortunately we couldn't dive into that, but we hope you enjoy this pre-season bonus episode. Time s...

It's the final episode of season 2 of AIWBB!  It is always bittersweet to say goodbye but we are at least doing so with a heavy emphasis on the 'sweet'  because we close out this season with an in depth discussion of one of the best family drama's of the last decade - This is Us (NBC) . We discuss the excellent, detailed, time travelling, and deeply but not overly sentimental storytellin...

In this episode, we are bringing you some fun and funny as we are joined by a special guest - Maureen, but you can call her 'Mo', to dish about the trials and tribulations of dating. We share some grand gestures we've enjoyed, and tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth about some of the worst dates we've been on. All of us are the victims and the villains in this one (though some more than...

On this week’s episode we’re catching up and checking in on where we are in our lives and reflecting on what it really means to live our own lives while having grace for ourselves and for the people around us. We also tell you what we've been watching lately -or thinking about watching and recommend some shows for your viewing pleasure. For TV shows we discuss: The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prim...

In this week’s episodes, we discuss the Netflix documentary series Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey about the polygamous (or Plural Marriage as they would call it) Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), which Wikipedia refers to as "a radical offshoot of mainstream Mormonism" and its current leader Warren S. Jeffs. We discuss the function of fear and power in high control groups...

This week we’re discussing the social utility of dark teen shows by looking at shows like Euphoria (HBO) , 13 Reasons Why (Netflix) , Cruel Summer (Hulu) , The WildS (Prime Video ) and the movie The Fallout (HBO Max) to name a few. Is there a purpose in the depiction of heavy subject matter as it relates to teens or do these shows take it too far? Listen as we share our thoughts with our special g...

In this episode, we stop procrastinating and finally cover the goings on at Grey Sloan Memorial over the last few months. We deep dive and get into all things season 18, the good, the bad, and the deeply frustrating - Why are Teddy and Owen on the lam!?! and didn’t we decide to stop with the fever dream sequences!? . We give you our rating and hope you’ll share yours with us! As always, please enj...

This episode is all about the female powerhouses at the centre of contemporary prestige television and all the different types of feminist storytelling across a whole lot of streaming services. We start off by covering Roar (an anthology series on Apple TV) and discuss it's visually impressive and folkloric take on issues related to womanhood, and close off with a discussion about The First Lady (...

NSFW content warning! In this episode we have a special guest, Betty, who wants everyone to know that she is more than just 'the p***s girl' because that is what this episode is all about. Where has the mysterious D been hidden all our TV lives long and why does it feel like there is an unequal and exploitative nature in visual storytelling as it pertains to the female body? We take a look at the...