Episode Epiphanies

This week, we're watching Over the Garden Wall, a spooky little cartoon for the spooky Halloween season. We discuss Flowers in the Attic, getting lost in a Canadian Tire, and... other things that actually relate to this show, probably. Look. We hadn't recorded in a long time before this one and you can tell. But that doesn't stop us from discussing the very fun vibes between Wirt and Greg, the mag...

In this week's episode, Jessica makes Natasha watch Faking It, a comedy with the plot of a drama that may or may not be aware that it's making fun of itself. We discuss the concept of this show and whether or not it's offensive (while also arguing why it is So Hard to find this show offensive), have a grand old time laughing at the breakneck pace of this episode, and play some wild guessing games...

This week on Episode Epiphanies, Natasha forces Jessica to watch the iconic anime Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood which is an anime that Natasha has definitely seen before and can defend... probably. Jessica goes into this one thinking it's going to be another heartbreak but this pilot proves to be challenging to all parties as we discuss how not to write a running joke, what the freezing Alchem...

This week, Jessica makes Natasha watch Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, a musical dramedy about stalking a guy in small-town California. The recap takes us on an adventure where we talk about the fantastic songs, the maybe-not-so-great jokes, and just how bad Greg's taste in women is. To be entirely fair to him, he admits that he has bad taste in women right there in the episode. We ask questions like: Can yo...

This week we're watching Gravity Falls, a mystery and monster-of-the-week-ish cartoon. We discuss... well, Twilight, mostly. And what the proper opposite of "retroactive" is. Also, we're out here asking the important questions, the questions you really care about, such as: What would you do when confronted with five gnomes? How many horrible misogynistic gnomes would you deal with in exchange for...

This week, we're watching Blindspot, a cop procedural that has no real grasp of science, tattooing, or how to make cops look like the good guys. We discuss the uncomfortable violence and legal violations that seem to define the genre while also noting the things about this show that make it seem like someone, somewhere, must be fucking with us. (Patterson's dad is canonically Bill Nye. He is not p...

This week, Natasha makes Jessica watch The Legend of Vox Machina which is the cartoon adaptation of the first Critical Role campaign. We dive deep into what works about this adaptation and what doesn't. We discuss what feels too D&D for a TV show, what the medium changes about the story, and how it changes our perception of the characters. We ask questions like: is a dragon really something no...

This week on Episode Epiphanies, Jessica makes Natasha watch Single Parents, a sitcom about, well... single parents. We're flipping the script today by letting Natasha hurt Jessica's feelings for a change as they drag one of Jessica's comfort comedies for having an (admittedly) messy pilot episode. We discuss the downfall of needing a pilot episode in a sitcom, playing to stereotypes to make quick...

This week, we watch Sk8 the Infinity which tests our ability to tell shirtless men apart and Jessica's ability to tell whether or not anime characters are related. We discuss what is happening in the it-just-might-be-queer sports anime genre (which seems to be the only anime genre we watch) and how queer representation is handled in media. The truly insane plot of this show takes us for a wild rid...

In this week's episode, we're kicking off Pride month by watching Love, Victor, a very classic teen drama where the main character just happens to be gay. Dive in as we discuss whether or not Victor's sexuality is enough of a hook for this show to separate itself from other teen dramas, how odd and stereotypical the characters come off in the pilot, and how the actual camera work of this show is o...

This week on Episode Epiphanies, Natasha makes Jessica watch Invader Zim and we talk about Jessica's one true love -- exposition. Listen to us discuss this little alien fuck-up and his weird dog as we delve deep into what made this show a Hot Topic mainstay, if the tallest are twins or lovers, and how odd it is that cartoons always focus on women's eyelashes when men have much thicker eyelashes. T...

In this week's episode, Jessica makes Natasha watch Good Girls, a crime show with the niche subgenre of middle-aged-women-rediscovering-their-sexuality. (Is this an official subgenre? If not, it should be.) We discuss the lovely structure of this pilot episode, the likeability of the main characters, and how much a thong could possibly cost. Natasha once again reinvents the idea of what counts as...

In this week's episode, Natasha forces Jessica to watch her very first adult cartoon, The Great North! The two friends discuss the show's humour, how not to parent your child, and why your wedding probably shouldn't be based on Brokeback Mountain. If you're ready to hear Natasha's defeated refrain of "that's fair" (official translation: "you're wrong! but I guess it's subjective...") once again, y...

This week, Jessica forces Natasha to watch Dawson's Creek, a teen drama about seeing a hot girl, thinking a girl is hot, looking at a hot girl, seeing yet another hot girl, looking at that hot girl, maybe... talking to a hot girl? Listen to Natasha recap this episode in which a hot girl comes to town and is looked at while another hot girl (who no one realizes is hot yet) gets upset about the othe...

In this episode, we return to the real roots of our podcast while watching The Hollow, a Netflix cartoon mystery series. Listen to us discuss what makes a puzzle a puzzle, if a typewriter is an old enough piece of technology to warrant the level of explanation that this show lends it, and if any of these characters have any personality at all. Mostly, hear Natasha go from finding Jessica's critici...

This week, Jessica forces Natasha to watch an iconic 2000s teen drama... The OC! We discuss the intricacies of teenagers' flirting techniques and how you should take this episode as an example of the worst possible ways to flirt. Natasha makes this show way more intriguing through their guesses about what's going on with Jimmy. Jessica drags Luke's truck (hey! fun fact! the guy who plays Luke also...

In our second ever bonus episode, we are discussing all of Arcane after Jessica voluntarily and completely of her own will decided to watch the whole first season. That's right y'all -- we're tied! Listen to us discuss just how extremely canon Jessica's OTP is (yes, the canon of our podcast is the only canon that counts), our endless love for our girl Jinx, and our deep affection for how cool the...

In this week's episode, Natasha forces Jessica to watch League of Legends' Arcane, a show about two men who we barely meet in this episode falling deeply in love and raising their children together... Dive into our Arcane discussion which features the Most Accurate prediction Jessica has ever made of where a show goes (am I talking about what happens to Powder or our very canon crack ship? You dec...

Jumping right back into our Grey's Anatomy hate-watch to bring you our thoughts on... Buffy? That can't be right...  This episode: we expand upon the notion that Christina should be a lesbian (by talking about all of the show's other fantastic queer rep and, apologies, because I missed Parker! And Helm! There are so many good queer characters in this show that I forgot to mention two of them...

In this episode, Jessica forces Natasha to watch the one, the only Grey's Anatomy. We're diving into the world of medical dramas with the only medical drama that really matters and asking ourselves... is Dr. Sheppard the same person as Mr. Derek? If so, which of them has a wilder flirting technique? Does Alex deserve to be hated now as much as he should be based on his pilot-episode self? (Hint: y...

This week on Episode Epiphanies, Natasha makes Jessica watch her favourite show, Detentionaire. As we go back in time to see what high school was really like, questions emerge such as... does detention really exist? Do schools do newscasts like this? Are real live dragon mascots like... a thing that high schools have? Listen to our vastly different high school experiences sound pretty much exactly...

This week on Episode Epiphanies, Jessica forces Natasha to watch the pilot episode of Netflix's Spanish teen drama, Elite. That's right, it's teen murder drama time. And we're here to discuss the intrigue, the drama, the sex scenes, how stupid you have to be to meet a strange man in an abandoned mineshaft in the middle of the night just because you're horny, and if Marina deserves to get murdered...

In this episode, Natasha forces Jessica to watch the pilot episode of Yuri!!! On Ice and delves deep into the world of anime. This leads to a discussion of how early a person can expect to retire, if your coach/sister should want to fuck your celebrity crush, and if a dog really would live this long. (Seriously, we talk about dogs' life spans for a little too long. Also, figure skaters' life spans...

In this very special bonus episode, Natasha and Jessica celebrate the holidays by having an in-depth discussion about Merry Happy Whatever. I hear what you're asking: didn't they already do that last week? But last week they were only talking about the pilot. All bets are off now, because it's time to discuss an ENTIRE SHOW. This discussion covers the soullessness of Christmas movies, the ability...

In this episode, Jessica forces Natasha to watch Merry Happy Whatever, aka the merriest, happiest show on Earth. The two of them discuss Matt's shoes, Matt's hoodie, Matt's status as a "bad boy rocker boyfriend" and whether or not Matt is made of bread. If Matt is wearing it, we probably talked about it. The conversation ranges from our love of Sean Jr., our love of Kayla's fish, and our love of t...