Uninvited Critics

Abhishek and Daniel are back after a short break, and this time we're covering more than one show. We're also introducing something new — the Asian Dad disappointment scale. Check the episode for the full breakdown.First up: High Potential. Two seasons of Kaitlin Olson playing a genius LAPD cleaner, a D&D framework for why the show works and occasionally doesn't, and the French original that explains a key creative choice the American version made. Then Daniel makes the case for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

Abhishek and Daniel cover the series finale of The Boys - Season 5, Episode 8: Blood and Bone. This week: Frenchie's will, Sage's exit line, a ballgag that ends Oh Father, the projection theory finally put to the test, one sentence for Becca, Butcher getting his humanity back and immediately reaching for the weapon, and a child named Robin. Plus - what's coming next from Uninvited Critics.

Abhishek and Daniel dive into Season 5 Episode 7 of The Boys — The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother's Milk. This week: Oh Father opens with a gospel number that isn't just propaganda — it's a theological argument. Homelander dissolves The Seven in ninety seconds and puts Soldier Boy back in a box. Synapse weaponises Butcher's own conscience against him, and Hughie watches all of it. Deep gets exiled from the ocean, then asks a drowning man to turn sideways. MM tells Annie the story of a pigeon. And Frenchie makes a choice.

Abhishek and Daniel dive into Season 5 Episode 6 of The Boys - Though the Heavens Fall. This week: Deep gets handed a grenade disguised as a promotion, a dying fish named Jeremy, and the theory that reframes his entire arc. The Legend navigates old Hollywood charm under witness protection at Vought's AMC. The Boys head to a retirement home for supes. Oh Father and Annie face off over a mistake each one tried to save the other from. And the moment that changes everything - Soldier Boy, V1, and a love that turned out to be greater than hate.Show Notes:Nicole Kidman AMC "prayer" ad - the original that Firecracker parodies in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiEeIxZJ9x0Manhandled - Deep and Black Noir II's in-universe Vought podcast, including the dolphin interview. Draw your own conclusions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmURsfrFEbY

Abhishek and Daniel catch up on Mortal Kombat 2 and High Potential Season 1 before diving into The Boys Season 5, Episode 5. This week: Black Noir's secret life as a theater actor and the Bee Gees play that gets taken from him, the Democratic Church of America's religious franchise and what it costs one person in particular, Terror's dream life and what it reveals about Butcher, Sage's bunker plan and whether to take it at face value, and the Hollywood road trip that delivers the full Supernatural reunion - plus a celebrity poker game that ends exactly how you'd expect. Show Notes:Correction: Karl Urban performs a London/Cockney accent for Butcher in The Boys, not his natural New Zealand accent — our mistakeKarl Urban and Antony Starr both appeared in Xena: Warrior Princess before The Boys — Urban played Julius Caesar as a recurring character, Starr had two cameo appearancesSimple Rick's Simple Wafers — Rick and Morty S3E7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLqAFIMgpIU"Totes McGoats" — the Sprint ad that started it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUMg8r6ShQ

This week Abhishek and Daniel catch up on what they've been watching — including the Michael Jackson biopic, High Potential, Timeless, and what's coming with For All Mankind and its Soviet spinoff Star City. Then it's into Season 5, Episode 4 of The Boys: what Butcher's silence really says about Ryan, Annie discovering a father and a brother she never knew, Soldier Boy trapping Homelander in an enriched uranium cell, a hate plague tearing the Boys apart at Fort Victory, and the ever-growing list of things that should kill Homelander — but don't.

Before diving into The Boys, Daniel shares his early thoughts on The Pitt Season 2, then Abhishek and Daniel react to the news that Gen V has been cancelled - and what the announced spinoffs might mean. Then it's on to Season 5, Episode 3: the race for V1, Soldier Boy's disappointing reunion with Homelander, the Stan Edgar compound raid, Maverick's body spray obsession, and Homelander's brutal confrontation with Ryan.

Abhishek and Daniel dive into The Boys Season 5, Episode 2 — covering Rockhard's unforgettable introduction, Soldier Boy's return, Sister Sage outmaneuvering everyone in the room, and Homelander's increasingly fragile grip on reality. Plus a debate on whether superpowers corrupt people or just amplify who they already are.

The boys cover ... The Boys, Season 5 Episode 1. The final season begins with a bang!

Welcome to the uninvited critics, by Abhishek Jain and Daniel Yin, two Asian guys with lots of opinions on media, and no filter!