The Watchers

This week, Jodie and Andrea are revisiting the events of the fifth episode of season 1 of  Yellowjackets, " Blood Hive." In 1996, the girls are surfin' the collective (scientifically unfounded) crimson wave. In 2021, Shauna celebrates Halloween, Nat and Misty meet a Lone Gunmen reject, and Tai's campaign gets messy. This episode comes with a warning/reminder that our rewatch of Yellowjac...

This week, Jodie and Andrea are revisiting the events of the fourth episode of season 1 of  Yellowjackets, " Bear Down." In 1996, the team makes two big discoveries. Nat and Travis prove themselves, Jackie has a close call, and Shauna does some writing in her gurnal .  In 2021, Nat reconnects with an old friend, Misty goes on a stakeout, Shauna stays stunted, and Tai rubs elbows. This ep...

This week, Jodie and Andrea are revisiting the events of the third episode of season 1 of  Yellowjackets, " The Dollhouse." In 1996, the team sees its first real divide, as some of the girls want to leave the plane wreckage in favor of a lake a few miles inland. In 2021, Shauna goes undercover, Tai plays dirty, and Nat and Misty hit the road. Tickets for  Laughing Together with Chris Get...

You're listening to The Watchers , a show where two women are trying their best. This week, Jodie's here to let you know that, unfortunately, we won't be delivering a hot and fresh new episode to you. But we will absolutely be back next week with our rewatch-review of episode 3 of season 1 of Yellowjackets , "The Dollhouse." Appreciate you sticking with us. And in the words of our dearest Laura Le...

This week, Jodie and Andrea are revisiting the events of the second episode of season 1 of Yellowjackets, " F Sharp." In 1996, we find the team in the immediate aftermath of the crash. We assess injuries, track new and existing relationships, and get an idea of who is and isn't cut out for life in the wilderness. In 2021, Tai's in the dog house, Nat interrupts Misty's date, and Shauna gets in a fe...

This episode comes with a warning/reminder that our rewatch of Yellowjackets season 1 is intended for fans of the show who have watched ALL of seasons 1 and 2. This episode is NOT spoiler-free, and we discuss many events that have happened across the first two seasons of Yellowjackets . That being said, if you haven't watched the first two seasons of Yellowjackets , go do that, like, right now, an...

Well, it’s officially the new year, but this was our last recording of 2023, which means we were contractually obligated as podcast hosts to record a year in review episode, so Jodie and Andrea are sharing some of their favorite movies, shows, books, music, comedy specials, and podcasts of the last year. Next week we start our Yellowjacket s season 1 rewatch. It will be chock full of spoilers for...

Closing out our month of giving gifts to ourselves, Jodie and Andrea watched a mutually beloved holiday movie, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas . Join us as we unwrap the heartwarming tale that has become a treasured gem within the Muppetverse. We break it down from its origins as an adaptation of Russell and Lillian Hoban's book (love it) to the current stage adaptation (we're skeptical). We dive...

Two queer women from Jersey, hosting a podcast where we watch movies and tv that are often–though not always–about New Jersey. It’s a bit surprising it’s taken us this long, but this week, Jodie and Andrea watched Chasing Amy , the third installment of Kevin Smith’s so-called Jersey Trilogy. We spend a lot of time working through some of the elements that didn’t age well (and were, frankly, alread...

Jodie and Andrea are hitting the slopes and running from indefatigable paperboys with this week's movie , Savage Steve Holland's 1985 black comedy, Better Off Dead . We talk about John Cusack's general disdain for the film (and we uncover some recent SHOCKING developments on that front), try to explain some of the truly bizarre ongoings in Lane Meyer's world, and talk about our shared love for the...

This week, Jodie and Andrea officially kick off their month of watching movies they have both loved forever. We're starting with the 1985 Val Kilmer comedy  Real Genius . We talk female representation, nerd representation, and female nerd representation in movies of the time. We discuss the ways the film's creators worked to get the science as right as possible without encouraging others...

This week, Jodie picked Jim Jarmusch's Paterson , a movie about a man, and a city, and a poem that share its name. She and Andrea talk about the man, and the city, and the poem, and how they all inform and are informed by one another. It's a delightful tangle of meaning in a quiet, uncomplicated film that is kind of like a poem, itself. Referenced in this episode: " Paterson Review – Adam Driver B...

We watched the only best Thanksgiving movie, a John Hughes film that isn't about teenagers, Planes, Trains and Automobiles . We talk about the complicated and nuanced dynamic between Del Griffith and Neal Page. We discuss the ways this movie speaks to our current historical moment and the loneliness epidemic of recent years. Andrea cries about John Candy. Jodie shares a bunch of recipes. Next week...

This week, we watched Top Secret! , a favorite movie of both Jodie's dad and the great Weird Al Yankovic. It features Val Kilmer in his debut role as a rock and roll singer who becomes involved in a secret plot to rescue a scientist imprisoned in East Germany, and it makes absolutely zero sense, but that's kind of besides the point because the plot is the least important thing in this movie. We ta...

What a day for a podcast, huh? This week, Andrea asked Jodie to watch one of her favorite movies, Nora Ephron's technically-kind-of sequel to Goodfellas , 1990's My Blue Heaven . It stars Steve Martin as mafia-informant Vinnie Antonelli, and Rick Moranis as Barney Coopersmith, the FBI agent tasked with watching over him in witness protection, and it is a capital-R Romp. We talk about the real life...

The Watchers are back in the woods this week for the last installment of our Movies That Are Thematically Appropriate to Watch in the Month of October series, and against her horror-averse judgment, Jodie picked what has become a classic in the world of found footage horror, 1999s The Blair Witch Project . She and Andrea talk about how this movie was a direct product of its time, the influence of...

Gather 'round ghosts and ghouls, Jodie and Andrea are back with another bone-chilling edition of The Watchers . This week, Andrea shares one of her favorite movies, Josh Ruben's 2020 horror comedy Scare Me , a movie with two major villains: toxic masculinity and noisy eaters. We talk about how much can be done with thoughtful sound design, the power of collaborative storytelling, and what Ruben ha...

It is better that you should rush upon this blade than enter the podcast with fear in your heart. How do you enter? This week, Jodie and Andrea kick off a month of Movies That are Thematically Appropriate to Watch in October with 1996’s supernatural teen horror (ish) movie, The Craft . We talk about the enduring legacy of this movie, its aesthetic influence, and the way it probably created a gener...

You knew this had to happen eventually. We watched Garden State , a movie we are all contractually obligated to say we hate now because we loved it so much in 2004. For this week’s review, Andrea and Jodie made a promise to themselves that they would come to this movie for the first time in over a decade with an open mind and an open heart. And what they found while exploring the infinite abyss ma...

Oooooh, y’all. This week, we got ourselves a Jersey. Ass. Jersey. Movie. Jodie tasked Andrea with watching Geremy Jasper’s 2017 coming-of-age drama, Patti Cake$ , starring Danielle McDonald, Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay, Mamoudou Athie, and Cathy Moriarty. We talk about the complicated nature of race and class in this movie, Jasper’s history as a music video director , the ways in which Pa...

We're closing out our Allan Moyle mini-series with his 1980 coming-of-age drama, Times Square . This is the first movie we've covered that wasn't already one of our favorites, and it was kind of fascinating to see how many of our recurring themes also show up in this movie. We discuss the queer history of the movie's making, its Moyle-esque soundtrack, how the film manages to act as a (certainly r...

It's a big day here at Watchers HQ–not Rex Manning Day big, but still, pretty big. We're watching Andrea's most beloved movie, Empire Records . We discuss the reasons this movie bombed and how it became a cult classic. We talk about what makes it feel like a real Jersey movie, even though it's mostly set in Delaware. Andrea reflects on why this movie takes up such a special place in her heart and...

Yellowjackets  might be taking a break, but  The Watchers  doesn't quit. Jodie and Andrea are using the off-season break to share the movies that made them the kind of people who were destined to be obsessed with a show like  Yellowjackets . We've reached a pivotal moment in The Watchers history. Jodie has finally made us watch what might be the most formative movie of her youn...

Yellowjackets might be taking a break, but The Watchers doesn't quit. Jodie and Andrea are using the off-season break to share the movies that made them the kind of people who were destined to be obsessed with a show like Yellowjackets . It’s time to strap on your skates, trade your five hundred dollar jacket in for an old bum’s trenchcoat, and, for the love of god, please don’t date a highschoole...

Yellowjackets might be taking a break, but The Watchers doesn't quit. Jodie and Andrea are using the off-season break to share the movies that made them the kind of people who were destined to be obsessed with a show like Yellowjackets . This week, Jodie helped Andrea cross the last remaining movie off her John Hughes list with the 1987 teen highschool romance, Some Kind of Wonderful . The two tal...