Tasting Menu

Appetizers: Widow's Bay, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Invincible, New Zealand Spy, Titanium Court, Vampire Crawlers, I Used to Go to This Bar - Joyce Manor   Main Course: The Birdcage (1996)   Next Time: Heated Rivalry (2019)

Appetizers: The Pitt, Hacks, Margo's Got Money Troubles, HPI, Witch Hat Atelier, The Drama, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, English, Final Fantasy XIV   Main Course: Tales of the City (1978)   Next Time: The Birdcage (1996)

Appetizers: Watson, For All Mankind, Jury Duty: Company Retreat, Life is Strange: Reunion, THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. - Raye, WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA - Slayyyter, Big Disgrace - Haute & Freddy   Main Course: MUNA (2022)   Next time: Tales of the City (1978)

Appetizers: The Academy Awards, Project Hail Mary, Buffy reboot cancellation, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, One Piece (2023), Invincible, Ranma 1/2, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow   Main Course: Seinfeld - "The Chinese Restaurant", "The Contest", "The Soup Nazi" (1991 - 1995)   Next Time: MUNA (2022)

Appetizers: Pokémon Winds and Waves, Pokémon Pokopia, Resident Evil: Requiem, The Traitors, Saturday Night Live, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, Strip Law   Main Course: NewsRadio - "Pilot", "Complaint Box", "Super Karate Monkey Death Car" (1995 - 1997)   Next Time: Seinfeld - "The Chinese Restaurant", "The Contest", "The Soup Nazi" (1991 - 1995)

Appetizers: 2026 Winter Olympics, The Pitt, The 'Burbs, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie, Queen of Faces, Singin' to an Empty Chair - Ratboys, The Refrigerator - Remember Sports, handheld video game emulators   Main Course: The Nanny - "Pilot", "Canasta Masta", "Close Shave" (1993 - 1995)   Next Time: NewsRadio - "Pilot", "Complaint Box", "Super Karate Monkey Death Car" (1995 - 1997)

Appetizers: 2026 Grammys, Vacancy - Ari Lennox, Send Help, The Muppet Show, Fallout, Wonder Man, School Spirits, The Traitors US   Main Course: Day of the Tentacle (1993)   Next Time: The Nanny - "Pilot", "Canasta Masta", "Close Shave" (1993-1995)

Appetizers: Oscar nominations, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Ponies, The Boyfriend, The Traitors US   Main Course: Gone Home (2013)   Next Time: Day of the Tentacle (1993)

Appetizers: Avatar: Fire and Ash, Avengers: Doomsday, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice, Saturday Night Live, Taskmaster, Fallout, Heated Rivalry, Stranger Things, Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake, The Pitt, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond   Main Course: Immortality (2022)   Next Time: Gone Home (2013)

We discuss our favorite media of 2025!   Next Time: Immortality (2022)

Appetizers: Jimmy Olsen TV Show, Wicked: For Good, Wake Up Dead Man, Stranger Things, The Chair Company, I Love LA, Heated Rivalry, Celebrity Traitors UK, Kirby Air Riders   Main Course: Suburgatory - "The Barbecue", "Thanksgiving", & "The Nutcracker" (2011)   Next Time: Best of 2025

Appetizers: The Miss Piggy movie, The Hunt for Ben Solo, The Lowdown, Pluribus, Talamasca: The Secret Order, Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake, Everybody Scream - Florence + The Machine, West End Girl - Lily Allen, It's Not That Deep - Demi Lovato   Main Course: The O.C. - "The Gamble" (2003)   Next time: Suburgatory - "The Barbecue" and "Thanksgiving" (2011)

Appetizers: Saturday Night Live, The Runarounds, Peacemaker, Watson, Ghosts, DMV, The Chair Company, Frankenstein (2025), After the Hunt, Katabasis, From the Pyre - The Last Dinner Party, Tiny Bookshop, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Digimon Story: Time Stranger, Pokemon Z-A   Main Course: Skins - "Effy" (2007)   Next Time: The O.C. - "The Gamble" (2003)

Appetizers: The Great North, Women Wearing Shoulder Pads, Pokémon Concierge, CITY: The Animation, Dan Da Dan, The Lowdown, Wayward, Juice, One Battle After Another, Hades II, Silent Hill f   Main Course: Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials (2011)   Next Time: Skins - "Effy" (2007)

Appetizers: Kev's album corner, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Narnia: The Magician's Apprentice, Jon's video game corner   Main Course: Howl's Moving Castle (1986)   Next Time: Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials (2011)    

Appetizers: Saturday Night Live casting updates, Netflix releasing movies theatrically, 2025 Oscars speculation, Weapons, Dexter: Resurrection, Twisted Metal, The Paper, Long Story Short, Peacemaker, Dropout TV   Main Course: Nichijou - My Ordinary Life - Episodes 6 and 16 (2011)   Next Time: Howl's Moving Castle (1986)

Appetizers: The Naked Gun (2025), KPop Demon Hunters, Dexter: Resurrection, King of the Hill, CITY: The Animation, UFO 50, Donkey Kong Bananza, Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail   Main Course: Mystery Science Theater 3000 - "Space Mutiny" (1997)   Next Time: Nichijou - "Episode 6" and "Episode 16" (2011)

Appetizers: Dune Part Three, And Just Like That, Buffy reboot, Superman, Fantastic Four: First Steps, The Sandman, Dan Da Dan, Twisted Metal, moisturizer - Wet Leg, Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl   Main Course: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (various)   Next time: Mystery Science Theater 3000 - "Space Mutiny" (1997)

Appetizers: James Bond news, Wake Up Dead Man, The Bear, Virgin - Lorde, Crying the Neck - Patrick Wolf, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach   Main Course: Looking - "Looking for the Future" (2014)   Next Time: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (videogame, 1996)

Appetizers: The 2024 Nebula Awards, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Elden Ring Nightreign, 28 Years Later, I quit - HAIM, Taskmaster, I Kissed a Boy, Dropout TV   Main Course: Next to Normal (2008, plus the 2025 Great Performances recording)   Next Time: Looking - "Looking to the Future" (2014)

Appetizers: Étoile's cancellation, Psycho Killer music video, Friendship, The Phoenician Scheme, Ballerina, Doctor Who, Hacks, Adults, Overcompensating, The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, the state of Final Fantasy   Main course: ER - "Hell and High Water" (1995)   Next time: Next to Normal (2008) (plus the 2025 Great Performances episode showcasing it)

Appetizers: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Thunderbolts*, Andor season 2, Murderbot, Poker Face season 2, Elsbeth season 2, Ghosts season 4, Duster, Taskmaster season 19, The Blue Prince, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage   Main Course: Life is Strange (2015)   Next Time: ER - "Hell and High Water" (1995)

Appetizers: A Eulogy for Polygon, Greta Gerwig's The Magician's Nephew, Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen's 10 Things I Hate About You musical, Sinners, Andor season 2, The Rehearsal season 2   Main Course: Étoile - Season 1 (2025)   Next Time: Life is Strange (2015)

Appetizers: Mythic Quest's cancellation, Hacks, Yellowjackets, Doctor Who, Dying for Sex, The Pitt   Main Course: The X-Files - "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (1995)   Next time: Étoile (2025)

Appetizers: Avengers: Doomsday, Nintendo Switch 2, Mayhem - Lady Gaga, Severance, The Studio, Mythic Quest, Assassin's Creed: Shadows   Main Course: Doctor Who - "The Romans" (1965)   Next time: The X-Files - "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" (1995)

Appetizers: Mickey 17, Righteous Gemstones season 4 premiere, The Pitt, Watson, Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii   Main Course: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Band Candy" (1998)   Next time: Doctor Who - "The Romans" (1965)

Appetizers: The Academy Awards, Thunderbolts*, The Traitors   Main Course: Red Dwarf - "The End" (1988) and "Polymorph" (1989)   Next Time: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Band Candy" (1998)

Appetizers: Avatar: Seven Havens announcement, The Pitt, Clean Slate, Big Boys, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Yellowjackets, Dropout TV   Main Course: Farscape - "Crackers Don't Matter" (2000)   Next Time: Red Dwarf - "The End" (1988) and "Polymorph" (1989)

Appetizers: The possible Buffy the Vampire Slayer revival, Update on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, Patrick Wolf's "Dies Irae", The Traitors US season 3 (spoilers up to episode 7), Common Side Effects, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man   Main Course: Dawson's Creek - "Beauty Contest" (1998)   Next time: Farscape - "Crackers Don't Matter" (2000)

Appetizers: Greta Gerwig's Narnia movie, the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, Severance, The Traitors, Dimension 20: Dungeons & Drag Queens, Laid   Main Course: Patrick Wolf's The Bachelor (2009)   Next time: Dawson's Creek - "Beauty Contest" (1998)

Appetizers: Nosferatu, Nickel Boys, The Fire Inside, the Abbott Elementary/Always Sunny crossover   Main Course: Oxenfree (2016)   Next time: Patrick Wolf's The Bachelor (2009) and Lupercalia (2011)

Appetizers: Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey news, Wicked update, Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim, A Complete Unknown, the Dynasty Typewriter Star Wars prequels live script reads, Slow Horses, Interior Chinatown, A Man on the Inside   Main Course: Supernatural - "Mystery Spot" (2008)   Next time: Oxenfree (2016)

Appetizers: Fantasian: Neo Dimension, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, UFO 50, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Dimension 20: Misfits & Magic   Main Course: Pride (2014)   Next time: Supernatural - "Mystery Spot" (2008)

Appetizers: Wicked, Gladiator II, 2024 Oscar race, Dragon Age: Veilguard, Dune: Prophecy   Main Course: Carly Rae Jepsen's The Loneliest Time (2022) & The Loveliest Time (2023)   Next Time: Pride (2014)

Appetizers: Pokemon Gold and Silver anniversary merch, the upcoming Christopher Nolan movie, Florence Pugh's career, Very Important People season 2, Invincible Fight Girl, Pokemon TCG Pocket, Ranma 1/2 (2024), Junior Taskmaster   Main Course: Gilmore Girls - "They Shoot Gilmores Don't They?" (2002)   Next time: Carly Rae Jepsen's The Loneliest Time (2022) and The Loveliest Time (2023)

Appetizers: Discussion on the Wicked movie (again), Gladiator II, Dan Da Dan, Star Trek: Lower Decks plus the state of Star Trek in general, and Life is Strange: Double Exposure   Main Course: Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons - "The Mysterons" and "Winged Assassin" (1967)   Next episode: Gilmore Girls - "They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?" (2002)

Appetizers: Discussion on Wicked (2024), The First Omen (2024), Immortality (2022), and From (2022-) Main Course: Justified - "Fire in the Hole" (2010)   Next episode: Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons - "The Mysterons" (1967)