Dead Ends

We’re back! After a month away, we’re picking back up where we left off with Sabrina Part 4. We discuss Sabrina finding herself at a cross roads, her relationship with her mortal friends, the Eldritch Terrors, Blackwoods tent revival, and the disappearance of Lucifer. Episode 60 content warnings: witchcraft, hell, satan, religion, tent revivals Our amazing cover art is by Senki R and you can follo...

It’s the Part 3 finale! We have a discussion on time loop and time travel in fiction including Back to the future, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Marvel movies, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Time Crimes, Looper, and X-men Days of Future Past. We also talk about the episode including everyone forgetting about Blackwood, the time paradox Sabrina caused, the show retrofitting Sabrina...

Everyone gets put into peril but in a way that leaves us scratching our heads. We discuss 90% of the characters dying, Lucifer always taking losses, Dorcas getting short shrift, and the comic book escalation. We also dig into Nick’s change of heart, Caliban’s betrayal, how cool Prudence is, and how useless Edward Spellman is.  Episode 58 content warnings: Catholicism, witchcraft, hell, satan, reli...

Things are really getting bad for our favorite witches, but amidst all the chaos we make time for some classic love triangles. We discuss Caliban endearing himself, Sabrina finally snapping at Nick, Harvey’s jumbled up feelings, our love of Dr C and Hilda (spider changing and all), and Ms Wardwell being really easily fooled. Episode 57 content warnings: Catholicism, witchcraft, hell, satan, religi...

It’s an exciting week for us former Catholics as Sabrina is challenge to steal from Pontious Pilate’s bowl. We run through Easter traditions, the story of Jesus’ crucifixion, and the call response portions of Good Friday mass. We also discuss Nick detoxing and Satan’s residue, Satan getting revenge on the coven, Hilda’s transformation body horror, Robin being a good boy, and Harvey taking a pick a...

Nick continues to have a horrible, really bad time on an uneven episode of Sabrina. We like the care that the episode shows to Nick for his self destructive behaviors and the way he lashes out at Sabrina. This is still an Archieverse show though, so random character arcs are dropped for no reason (looking at Harvey). We also discuss Pagans vs Christians and celebrate Ostara!  Our amazing cover art...

We’re at a real high point in the series right now. We discuss having a great time with everyone having a bad time trying to figure out their emotional trauma. Sabrina wants to help Nick, Nick can’t communicate how much he’s hurting, Harvey is worried about not being man enough, and Hilda just wants to write her smut novels in peace. There’s also fun diversions in a quest for holy relics and an ev...

Fantastic episode this week! Sabrina deals with the bureaucracy of hell and Lilith tries to mentor her, Lucifer becomes a proud father, Theo has a new love interest, the Fright Club help take down a serial killer, the coven undergoes the trials of their former god, and Ambrose and Prudence have a shown down with Blackwood in Scotland. We also discuss a Midsummer Nights Dream, Julius Caesar, Drag m...

We’re back with Sabrina and it’s time to rescue her boyfriend from hell! We discuss the inconsistent Wizard of Oz metaphor, Hilda and Zelda taking over the coven, Prudence and Ambrose’s hot spy mission, and all the references they packed into this episode. We also open the episode with our excitement for the NASA Artemis II space mission! Our amazing cover art is by Senki R and you can follow them...

We come to the end of our time at Riverdale High with an unfortunately bad couple of episodes. We talk about the characters not acting like themselves, the confusing way they write off FP, Archie being very unlikable, Hermosa getting her time to shine, infantilizing Jellybean, and the gross military propaganda. Next week we’ll head back over to Sabrina with the first episode of part 3! Our amazing...

We’re heading toward the end of our time at Riverdale high with the end of season 4 and the beginning of season 5. We discuss Jughead’s “fictional” writing and how he views everyone, Mr. Honey’s over the top behavior, KO Kelly’s visit, Archie coming clean to Veronica, Toni’s inconsistent writing, and continue to wonder how big the town of Riverdale is. We also talk about Holes,  High School Musica...

It’s the Hedwig episode! While we liked the music, we think the plot line fell a bit flat. We discuss how the episode only provides vague descriptions of the musical, the great drag costuming, and Betty and Archie being the center of the plot. We also talk about the reference heavy Lynch episode, Ethel once again being dragged through the mud, and getting to actually see Hiram be evil. Our amazing...

Jughead lives! And we get to the bottom of all the Stone Wall mysteries. We untangle Bughead’s complicated plot to trick the preppies, when different people were brought in, Jonathon getting murdered, and the big misses with Donna’s character. We also cover Archie and Betty pretending to date, Forsythe’s reason for leaving, Mr Dupont’s murder, and Jughead’s incorrect definition of a locked-room my...

We have unfortunate news, Forsythe Pendleton Jones III has passed. Or has he? We talk about the big moment and the new Cold War between our protagonists and the preppies. We also discuss no holds barred Betty, Veronica being stuck in the same conflicts with her dad, Archie doing too much, and Mary’s questionable parenting decisions. We also cover Mean Girls, Anastasia and what type of actors we’d...

We’re back with some pretty good episodes of Riverdale this week. We discuss the tickle videos, uncle frank being a mercenary, Veronica and Cheryl’s booming rum business, Archie getting trapped in an action movie, Jughead’s duel and everyone making Betty’s life extremely hard. We also discuss seventh heaven, game of thrones, and the cheetah girls. Our amazing cover art is by vedrinic and you can f...

Were a little tired this week but we did into why we’re not super excited about this weeks episodes. We discuss the Cooper family activation phrase, Archie and FP distributing street justice, Jughead facing reality and struggling with his dual life, Betty once again facing her dark side, Veronica becoming a rum entrepreneur, Cheryl setting fire to the past and wonder whether the Serpents are back....

Everybody’s stories start to come to a head and Riverdale decides everyone needs to sort things out in therapy. We discuss the insulated story lines, wonder once again about the geographic locations, the surprising return of Darla, Archie deep frying a turkey, Veronica battling her father, Jughead and Betty finally hanging out and scaring the preppies, Gina Torres killing it, and we break down who...

We’re back! Coming off of 3 weeks away, we ramble and go on a lot of tangents to kick things off. We eventually get into discussion on Archie’s plans to save the community, Veronica’s new half sister and fighting with Hiram, Betty once again being worried about the serial killer gene, Charles’ shady behavior, Jughead investigating whether his grandfathers  novel was stolen, and Toni and Cheryl’s g...

The episode we’ve been waiting for is finally here!! We discuss the ridiculous (and fun) plot lines, Edgar’s plan (?), his outfit and rocket, Cheryl and Toni fighting over what to do with Jason’s body, Veronica striking out on her own, Jughead having a bad time at Stonewall Prep, Mr Chipping’s lack of authority, and how Polly’s character is all over the place. Our amazing cover art is by vedrinic...

We’re back with the start of Riverdale season 4! We open on the memorial episode for Luke Perry before getting into the real start of the season. Turns out it’s fairly normal by Riverdale standards? We discuss Cheryl and Jason, the introduction of Stone Wall Prep, Reggie’s abuse, and Betty working with the FBI. Our amazing cover art is by vedrinic and you can follow them at https://vedrinic.tumblr...

It’s the end of Part 2 and Satan comes to Earth! Unfortunately it ends up being not super exciting. We discuss how great Luke Cook is, the unused potential of the trickster devil, Nicks betrayal and redemption and Lilith’s upgrade. We also talk about the Lord of the Rings. We won’t have a new episode next week but we’ll be back in two weeks with the first two episodes of Riverdale season 4! Our am...

We’re almost at the end of Part 2 as Sabrina gets godlike powers and sends herself crashing back down to earth. We discuss the Phoenix parallels (both the mythical being and X-men character), Nick being down bad, the under explored potential of mortals living with witches, the hierarchy of the witch world, Hilda’s (literal) body count and the mandrakes embodiment of Sabrina. We’ll watch just the P...

We get two amazing episodes this week! We discuss the arrival of the anti-pope, different views on marriage, Zelda and Lilith being trapped, differences between Harvey and Nick, the practice of being a missionary, and Sabrina as a Jesus allegory.  Our amazing cover art is by vedrinic and you can follow them at https://vedrinic.tumblr.com Episode 38 content warnings: religion, witchcraft, misogyny,...

Happy Lupercalia! Join us as we visit the yearly festival of purging and sex, where Sabrina is forced to confront whether she's even ready for all of it? We discuss the couples, the complicated issue of Amalia, Zelda marrying for power and Harvey's trauma issues. Then Emily breaks down the meaning behind all the tarot cards we see in our anthology episode. Our amazing cover art is by ved...

We’re back to Sabrina for spooky season! And Sabrina is running headfirst into the Academy patriarchy. We discuss the shows depiction of misogyny and the top person competition, which characters show up to support Sabrina and the men that let her down, Theo’s transition and transphobic bullying, Liliths suffering at the hands of the Dark Lord, Romeo + Juliet and why Nick is a great romantic lead....