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Introducing today’s contestants: Monya, a health journalist from California, interned in the morgue; Kyle, a political recruiter-trainer from Ohio, builds scale models of old fighter planes; and Khalilah, an attorney from Virginia, whose 2-year-old prefers the bar to the library. … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Mar. 30
You maniacs! You got rid of both Lapis and Peridot! It’s like I don’t even know you any more, Avocado Steven Universe commentariat. I feel so betrayed. Anyway, vote between Pearl and Garnet I suppose. We all know the real … Continue reading Gem War: Steven Universe Character Tournament Finals
Here’s another episode I was looking forward to, not because I think it’s especially great or bad, but because it was one of the ones I found nearly unbearable to watch as a child. One of the many ways I … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode Seventeen, “My Sister, My Sitter”
Wow, so Steven Universe — the show that is the reason I started coming to the AV Club and ultimately became a part of its commenting community to the point that I sought to recreate a similar animated-thing-talk-space here — … Continue reading Animation Time
CW: talk of sexual abuse GREETING Welcome and welcome back, dearly beloved. If anyone is here for the first time, please raise your hand so the rest of you can turn around and stare you. Thank you. Today we will … Continue reading Sunday Morning Orel: season 3a (episodes 31-34) THIS IS THE ONE WITH THAT REALLY DEPRESSING EPISODE
TV RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12: Episode 4 Discussion Thread Hey, kitty girls! Welcome to this week’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12! Last week, the queens compete in a pageant of sports-inspired couture, with Gigi Goode winning for … Continue reading RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12: Episode 5 Discussion Thread
It’s over, isn’t it? This long, strange journey of television known as Steven Universe ends tonight. I’m happy to be sharing it all with you. Demyx was kind enough to let me take the lead in posting the comment thread, … Continue reading Steven Universe Future: Homeworld Bound / Everything’s Fine / I Am My Monster / The Future
Introducing today’s contestants: Khalilah, an attorney from Virginia, studied and traveled in Germany; Matt, an account coordinator from Minnesota, throws a chilly Berlin Wall party; and Susan, a fundraising researcher from California, camped in a Volkswagen bus all over Europe. … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Mar. 27
It wasn’t until I started researching The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat that I realized how much Film Roman owns my soul. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because Film Roman is responsible for animating the majority of The … Continue reading Time to get twisted with Felix the Cat
It’s the Final Four. Two of the original Crystal Gems and two of the B-Team. Please make your heart-wrenching choices. Please vote for one character in each pairing. Feel free to discuss your favorites, add gifs, squabble over who had … Continue reading Gem War: Steven Universe Character Tournament Round 5
Well, then. Of all the episodes I knew we were going to cover here, this is the one I was dreading the most, because… well… Oof, this is tough. Adaptations, as we all know, are tricky beasts. Stay too faithful … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S07E01 “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd”
Star Trek: Picard is a television program that features Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Talk about the things that have happened on it here. Many things have happened so far and surely there’s more to come. Continue reading Star Trek Picard – Episode 10 Finale Spoiler Space
Introducing today’s contestants: Evan, a beverage packing specialist from British Columbia, met his wife at McGill during the run of Ken Jennings; Susan, a fundraising researcher from California, has seen five solar eclipses all around the world; and Adam, a … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Mar. 26
Welcome to the weekly TV thread! As I’ve long said going back to the earliest days online doing this, one cannot live on anime alone. And compared to twenty years ago, there’s so much more content out there now and … Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread
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Welcome to Round 4 of the Gem War! We’re down to eight characters. Please vote for one character in each pairing. Feel free to discuss your favorites, add gifs, squabble over who had the better character arc, whatever. This round … Continue reading Gem War: Steven Universe Character Tournament Round 4
To this point, Spartacus’ plot, in as far as it follows the life of the eponymous character, has been about reuniting with his wife Sura. Everything he’s done, everything he’s sacrificed or debased himself for, it has all been in … Continue reading Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Episode 7: Great and Unfortunate Things
Introducing today’s contestants: Adam, a law student from Massachusetts, wants to own a hot dog stand; Rachel, a software analyst from Michigan, whose grandfather was a “Name That Tune” champ; and Nick, a financial analyst from Wisconsin, had a family … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Mar. 25
Spoiler Policy: All spoilers up to and including the currently discussed episode will be unmarked. Spoilers for episodes beyond the current point will be enclosed in Fast Forward blocks, which will include spoilers for the entire series. Alone Together Official Description: … Continue reading Steven Universe Rewind: Alone Together / The Test
Welcome to Round 3 of the Gem War! We’re down to sixteen characters. Please vote for one character in each pairing. Feel free to discuss your favorites, add gifs, squabble over who had the better character arc, whatever. This round … Continue reading Gem War: Steven Universe Character Tournament Round 3
Introducing today’s contestants: Nick, a financial analyst from Wisconsin, tries not to get confused with another Nick; Lindsay, a prospect research strategist from Washington state, held a wombat; and Kimberly, a writer-editor from Pennsylvania, lives in a Victorian house, which … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Mar. 24
