We Judge a Show by its Pilot

Today's episode is all about women in sports management! We are discussing the pilot of the hit Netflix series, Running Point. The series centers around Isla Gordon, the newly appointed president of a popular professional basketball team. Along with the pilot, we are discussing women in sports management such as Jeanie Buss, Gayle Benson, and Charlotte Jones Anderson. Anna also shares stories about being an aspiring sports journali...

Finishing out the month, we are judging the pilot for one of Jeff's favorite shows of 2025, The Runarounds. Set in the same universe as Outer Banks, The Runarounds centers around a group of recent high school graduates who form a rock band and go on a quest for stardom. Along with the pilot, we are discussing all things music. From our favorite artists to local bands we grew up seeing to bands we "discovered" before they made it bi...

A last minute entry into this month's lineup, we decided to judge the pilot for the acclaimed miniseries: Adolescence. A show that talks about the uncomfortable subjects of incel culture, knife violence, and family trauma, Adolescence took the world by storm and managed to grasp everyone's attention. Along with the pilot, we discuss our views on incel culture, what we were like as teenagers, how our parents dealt with us, and much ...

Hands down Jeff's favorite series of 2025 was IT: Welcome to Derry. Based on one of Stephen King's most famous novels, a prequel to one of the most financially successful horror movies of all time, and a series that ties in other Stephen King works like The Shining, Doctor Sleep, and the Shawshank Redemption. IT: Welcome to Derry took the world by storm becoming one of HBO's most popular shows of all time. There have been memes, GI...

It's time for our 2025 favorites and we're starting off this month with one of Anna's picks: Overcompensating. A series that follows the lives of a group of college students as they try to figure who they are and where they're going in life, we both instantly were hooked on this show for its humor, charm, and relatable storylines. Along with the pilot, we discuss why this was one of our 2025 favorites, times in life where we were h...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! As we say goodbye to 2025 we ask ourselves a few questions.... How do you say goodbye to one of your all-time favorite shows? How do you properly end an epic fantasy series? Will we ever be satisfied with any ending? We explore that and more as we discuss the series finale for Stranger Things. It's been 9 and a half years but we're still left wanting more! On today's episode, we look back on our high school graduati...

Buckle up, get ready because this is a packed episode! Our final episode of 2025 and we couldn't stop talking! To close out the year we chose a series finale that remains one of our favorites of all time and a series finale we've referenced many times on the pod... Superstore! On today's episode we talk about our levels of sentiment, places we've worked at that closed down, memorable job interviews, and also we talk about our deep ...

If you could switch careers over night, would you? What would you do? Is there something you're passionate about but never pursued? These are questions we ask ourselves as we judge the pilot for the HBO smash hit: Barry. Created by and starring legendary comedic actor Bill Hader, Barry explores the idea of finding your true passion later in life and also delves into the importance of mental health and a sense of belonging. Along wi...

Today we are traveling back to Victorian era London and explore the world of the mysterious and supernatural. We are judging the pilot for the criminally underrated horror drama: Penny Dreadful. A very unique series where famous characters from classic horror fiction exist in the same universe and ban together to fight evil forces. Along with the pilot, we discuss some horror fiction we love, who would assemble our super team, and ...

What makes a show underrated? Is it a great series that never took off? Can it be a long running series that never received the accolades it deserved? Could it simply be a show that was forgotten in them mix of an infinite number of tv shows. Well we explore that on today's episode where we judge the pilot for According to Jim, an American sitcom that ran for 8 seasons and over 180 episodes yet neither one of us had ever seen a sin...

If your perfect match was standing right in front of you, would you even know it? That's a question frequently asked on the dating reality show: Are You the One? Originally airing on MTV (R.I.P.), Are You the One set itself apart from other dating reality shows in that it introduced the idea of a "perfect match" and an official matchmaking process. Even though the idea is to follow your heart and figure out what you need, not what ...

Yeaaahhhh buddy! We are traveling back to the mysterious year of 2009 when Jeff had just moved back home and was trying to find his place in the world. He didn't find it but thanks to one of his best friends, he did find Jersey Shore. Considered one of the most popular American reality shows of all time, Jersey Shore created a cultural shift in the US. On today's episode, Jeff talks about his origin story with Jersey Shore and wher...

It's guilty pleasure week and we're continuing Jeff Month with a show he's never fully admitted he was a huge fan of... The Hills. Originally a spin-off of Laguna Beach, The Hills follows Lauren Conrad as she moves from the Orange County suburbs to Los Angeles with her bestie, Heidi Montag. On today's episode, Jeff explains why he became glued to this show. Jeff and Anna also confess their favorite guilty pleasure reality shows, st...

We're continuing Jeff Month with his all-time favorite tv show: The Challenge. Originating as a spin-off to Real World and Road Rules, The Challenge is one of the first competition reality shows that pit former cast members of Real World and Road Rules against each other to compete for a cash prize. Today we are discussing the pilot for Season 19: Fresh Meat 2 which premiered on March 31, 2010 and was filmed in the beautiful Whistl...

For Jeff, this was the reality show that started it all for him. If you were a 90s kid that frequently watched The Disney Channel then you might remember Bug Juice, a reality show about kids at summer camp. Best described as "The Real World for middle schoolers", Bug Juice followed a group of young teens attending Camp Waziyatah in Maine. On today's episode, we discuss our favorite summer camp movies, the first time we were away fr...