Episode 114: Fighting Horror with Horror

January 16, 2021surlyspice1220 Leave a comment

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In this episode, we discuss our pandemic coping mechanism, watching horror movies and television! Please note we recorded this in October 2020 (in case you’d like to compare that with the publication date of this post). In spite of how it sounds, we were not quarantined at opposite ends of a long tunnel during the recording. CW: frank discussion of various elements of horror.

Links:
American Horror Story
iZombie
Midsommar
Wicker Man
doesthedogdie.com
The World’s End
Far Out Film Discussion
Bosch
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
The Blacklist
Body of Proof
NOS4A2 (Joe Hill)
Stephen King
You (Caroline Kepnes)
Horns
Bird Box (Josh Malerman)
A Quiet Place

The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Bly Manor
Episode 90: Anna’s Hard Pass, Episode 91: Alene’s Hard Pass
Castle Rock
Blumhouse: Into The Dark series on Hulu
Vulture: Which Into The Dark Episodes Are Worth Your Time?

Pilgrim, A Nasty Piece of Work, Pooka, Midnight Kiss, School Spirit, Good Boy, The Current Occupant, All That We Destroy
The Boy, Brahms: The Boy 2
Paranormal Activity
The Lodge
The Wretched
Pyewacket
Wounds
Tragedy Girls
The Outsider
Hannibal

Ratched
The Babysitter, The Babysitter: Killer Queen

Vampires vs. The Bronx
Pet Sematary
Harlan Coben’s ___

Musical Obsessions:
Alene: “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X
Anna: “Somebody to Tell Me” by Tyler Glenn

Obsessions:
Alene: White Claw, Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten
Anna: When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole, The Mask of Mirrors by M. A. Carrick

Episode 111: Fall 2019 TV Roundup

October 28, 2019helgagrace Leave a comment

Join us as we discuss the most recent winner of our What To Watch Next TV Bracket: Pose! Then we exhaustively review the shows we’re watching, shows we’ve lost, shows we might consider adding, and shows we’ve put on unintentional hiatus.

Links
Billy Porter Instagram (video)
Paris is Burning

Pose
The Good Place
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
FBI
Jeopardy!
Schitt’s Creek
CBS Sunday Morning

New Tryouts:
American Horror Story: 1984
Batwoman
sisterm
Derry Girls (Two Bossy Dames post)

Evil
Stumptown (native academic consultant) (actor Cole Sibus)

Rest in Peace:
For the People
whiskey
Whiskey Cavalier

Want to Watch:
All Rise
The Baker and the Beauty
Elite [People Like Us by Dana Mele]
FBI: Most Wanted
Fleabag
Nancy Drew
Prodigal Son
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (2020)

Need to Catch Up On:
Black Lightning
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Fringe
Person of Interest
Quantico
Riverdale

Supergirl
Wynonna Earp

Musical Obsessions
Anna: Dreams by the Cranberries
Alene: Odchazim S Virou (Holding Out For A Hero) by Karel Gott from Whiskey Cavalier

Obsessions
Anna: Dungeons & Dragons
Alene: peppermint mocha and cinnamon apple (NOT pumpkin spice)

Episode 105: What to Watch Next TV Bracket 2019

March 18, 2019surlyspice1220 1 Comment

In this episode, we work our way through our own version of March Madness: our third annual What to Watch Next TV Bracket! At the end of this episode, you will get to vote on what TV series we will watch and discuss next from among four categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, and SFF. Previous brackets in Episode 57 and Episode 81.

BUT BEFORE WE START THAT

We guest edited an issue of the Two Bossy Dames newsletter! If you have always wished our podcast was a newsletter, now is your chance to read our thoughts instead of listen to them! Also, you should subscribe.

Links

Comedy
Lady Dynamite
GLOW
Superstore
Sex Education
High Maintenance
Trophy Wife
Cougar Town
Atlanta
Dear White People

Fleabag
Jane the Virgin
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
Black-ish
Grace and Frankie
Strangers with Candy
Derry Girls

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Grown-ish
Galavant
Younger
Parks and Recreation

Crime
Midsomer Murders
How to Get Away with Murder
The Killing
MI: 5 (aka Spooks)
Mindhunter
Power
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Leverage
Vera
Broadchurch
Claws
Scott and Bailey
The Wire
The Good Fight

The Fall S2

Drama
The Hour
Homeland
The L-Word S2-6
Last Tango in Halifax
Boomerang

Pose
For the People
Brown Girls
Empire
Howards End
Nashville
Counterpart
Vida
The West Wing
Victoria
Feud
Little Women
Lark Rise to Candleford
Masters of Sex
Being Mary Jane (Kaavia James Instagram)
The Chi
The Bletchley Circle
ER

SFF
The Librarians
Orphan Black
Charmed (reboot)
Merlin
Crazyhead

Umbrella Academy
The Magicians
Luke Cage
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Eureka
Stars Trek

Agent Carter
Penny Dreadful
American Horror Story
Lost Girl
Star Trek: Discovery
The Expanse
Black Mirror
Warehouse 13
Jessica Jones
Xena: Warrior Princess
Deadly Class
Bored to Death
Dark Matter
Stranger Things
The Dresden Files
American Gods
Runaways
Cloak & Dagger
Birds of Prey
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Battlestar Galactica

Vote now on what show we will watch!

Musical Obsessions
Anna: “Celebrity Skin” by Hole from the Captain Marvel soundtrack
Alene: “Come As You Are” by Nirvana from the Captain Marvel soundtrack

Obsessions

Shared: Captain Marvel
Anna: Plants vs. Zombies, Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
Alene: Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Episode 81: What to Watch Next TV Bracket II and Oscar Thoughts

March 2, 2018surlyspice1220 5 Comments

It’s time for March Madness and time for another What to Watch Next TV Bracket! We’re also going to tell you what we think about top Oscar categories. Vote in the poll at the bottom of this page to tell us what to watch next!

Our first TV bracket was covered Episode 57.

Links
Challonge! (our complete bracket)

BBC Bracket
The Crown
Wallander
Lark Rise to Candleford
The Night Manager
Vera
MI:5
Midsomer Murders
The Doctor Blake Mysteries

Last Tango in Halifax
The Bletchley Circle
Victoria
The Tudors/The White Queen
Scott and Bailey
Luther
The Hour
Alias Grace
Broadchurch

Comedy/Musical Bracket
Master of None
Grown-ish
Happy Endings
Trophy Wife
Galavant
Younger
One Mississippi
Faking It
Parks and Recreation
Catastrophe

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Lady Dynamite
Difficult People
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
Jane the Virgin
Sports Night
Cougar Town
Black-ish

Crime
Counterpart
White Collar [The Boys in the Band]
The Fall S2
Mindhunter
Psych
The Killing
Leverage (Episode 21 discussion)

How to Get Away with Murder
Laws and Orders
The Alienist

Drama
Make it or Break It
Royal Pains
The Wire
The Good Place
Nashville
The Bold Type
Dear White People
The L-Word S2-6

GLOW
Homeland
The West Wing
Friday Night Lights
Atlanta
Still Star Crossed
Masters of Sex
Feud
The Americans
Being Mary Jane
ER

Science Fiction and Fantasy
Birds of Prey
She-Ra
The Librarians
American Gods
The Legend of Korra
Battlestar Galactica
Penny Dreadful
Orphan Black
Buffy
Lost Girl
Runaways
Jessica Jones
The Handmaid’s Tale
Twin Peaks
Black Lightning
Luke Cage
Stars Trek
The Dresden Files

Xena: Warrior Princess
Crazyhead
Cloak & Dagger
American Horror Story
Black Mirror
Warehouse 13
Stranger Things
Merlin
The Expanse
Agent Carter

Obsessions:

Anna and Alene: Black Panther
Anna: Phantom of the Opera

Musical Obsessions
Anna: Vibranium (sung to the tune of “Titanium” by David Guetta featuring Sia)
Alene: “Think of Me” from Phantom of the Opera

Episode 73: Horror Film Advisory

October 26, 2017surlyspice1220 Leave a comment

In this episode, Alene tries to find horror films that Anna will consent to watch with her. We discuss our history and preferences regarding horror movies, with a brief foray into horror in other media. See Episode Six for earlier thoughts related to this topic.