Rookie of the Year To Serve Mom By Matt Marrone • June 1st, 2021 Finally, a decent use for those stickers that isn’t enticing minors!
Self-Insert Sheriff Stilinski’s Name is John By Amanda Hudgins • March 25th, 2021 Stiles Stilinski’s name is definitely, unambiguously John. OK?
World Tour Australia By Oluwatayo Adewole • March 9th, 2021 Throw something on the barbie, Tayo’s going down under!
Here's the Thing FLCL, 17 Years Later By Rob Rich • March 5th, 2021 Rob takes another look at FLCL, a brief anime series he used to love, and reflects on how different the whole thing feels almost two decades later.
TV Shows that are also Slot Games By Alan Smithee • February 17th, 2021 Slot titles are among the typical casino games that one will come across as they play in any virtual gambling establishment.
Dallas: The Television Role-Playing Game By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • February 15th, 2021 Yup, there was an RPG based on the hit television show Dallas. And it was a disaster.
Rookie of the Year More Songs About Bob and Judy By Matt Marrone • February 3rd, 2021 Did David Byrne invent Twin Peaks? Matt thinks so.
Best of 2020 The Best TV Shows of 2020 By Team Unwinnable • December 30th, 2020 Has there ever been a better year to binge?
Here's the Thing It’s Okay To Let Stuff End By Rob Rich • December 8th, 2020 Rob posits that, in a lot of instances, it’s better to let the stories and characters we love end rather than drag things out so long they become boring or just plain bad.
Self-Insert Tagging By Amanda Hudgins • December 3rd, 2020 Tagging fics is both a conversation and a function in fanfiction.
Exploits 2010 – 2019 By Stu Horvath • December 1st, 2020 Do not party like it’s 2019. Wear masks. Be socially distant. Stay home.
Here's the Thing On The Legend of Korra and Imperfection By Rob Rich • November 4th, 2020 Korra’s way of bringing some particularly significant character flaws to light through the eyes of their children makes them feel even more like human beings.
Rookie of the Year Neighborhood Must-Watch By Matt Marrone • October 2nd, 2020 “I was both there and not there during a gunfight that both did and did not tear through my quiet slice of Astoria.”
Self-Insert Niche Interests By Amanda Hudgins • September 25th, 2020 “Sometimes, in fiction, you write about your experience so vividly, so precisely, that it could not have come from anyone but you.”
Rookie of the Year Parallel AIs By Matt Marrone • September 10th, 2020 Person of Interest > Westworld
Rookie of the Year Dark’s Last Supper By Matt Marrone • August 11th, 2020 The show’s final scene is a world unto itself, which is why Matt’s assembled a timestamped breakdown of whatever the hell that was.
Self Insert Quarantine Fics By Amanda Hudgins • August 10th, 2020 When the entire world is on lockdown, even alternate universes start hitting closer to home.
BoJack, Grief and Remixes in the TikTok Age By Joseph Ehrenkranz • August 6th, 2020 There is no other side. This is it.
Exploits Feature Legendary By Yussef Cole • July 1st, 2020 “Legendary is a show that does a great job highlighting artists and creatives and queer folk with caring attention, rather than crass appropriation.”
I Did an Asian Readathon and Whoops Now I’m Into MDZS By Amanda Hudgins • June 15th, 2020 This year for May, I decided to participate in #AsianReadathon, a reading event sponsored by the only booktuber I follow readwithcindy.
Here's the Thing The Weird and Disturbing World of Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends By Rob Rich • May 12th, 2020 Rob remembers one of his favorite cartoon shows, about a foster home for imaginary friends, and realizes that it’s kiiiiiiiiiinda disturbing when thinking about the details.
Self-Insert RPF By Amanda Hudgins • April 13th, 2020 Bring Real Person Fanfiction onto The Graham Norton Show, cowards.
Exploits Feature She-Ra and the Princesses of Power By Violet Adele Bloch • April 1st, 2020 She-Ra is about to enter its fifth season, and that’s because it’s good. It’s one of the goodest shows ever produced.
True Crime for Beginners By Amanda Hudgins • March 23rd, 2020 I’ve got a reputation. Let me put it to work for you. There’s a lot to true crime, and if you’re truly interested there’s some good stuff out there. ACAB, let’s watch some true crime!
Self Insert When Fanon Eclipses Canon By Amanda Hudgins • March 10th, 2020 How a Canadian TV show from the ’90s lives on in alternative universe fanfiction.
Here's the Thing Avatar and the Importance of the Mundane By Rob Rich • March 10th, 2020 Rob takes a look at one of the most well-loved episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender and posits that it’s mundane slice-of-life moments that truly draw us in to stories about people with superhuman abilities.
Exploits Feature The Outsider By Stu Horvath • February 3rd, 2020 The strange case of two Holly Gibneys.
The Beautiful World of Jeffree Star By Amanda Hudgins • January 20th, 2020 There’s probably some academic who would be able to stay what stage of capitalism is a multi-part expose about the beauty industry that is actually a seven part ad for a makeup palette.
Best of 2019 The Best TV of 2019 By Team Unwinnable • December 30th, 2019 The ten best TV shows of 2019, as chosen by Team Unwinnable and our slightly shady voting system.
Episode 17: Tiny Islands, Watchmen By David Shimomura and Sara Clemens • December 4th, 2019 Double episode today: David and Sara dig into the new videogame Tiny Islands and the Watchmen TV series.
Exploits Feature Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special By Sara Clemens • December 2nd, 2019 Sara revisits the Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special.
Here's the Thing Futurama and Faith By Rob Rich • November 14th, 2019 Rob takes a look at how Futurama (of all things) has managed to approach religious concepts and faith with a surprising amount of profundity.
The Heavy Pour This Time It’s Personal By Sara Clemens • November 6th, 2019 Sara got to meet Pee-wee Herman at this year’s NYCC and only freaked out a little.
Rookie of the Year Star Trek: The Sex Generation By Matt Marrone • October 8th, 2019 The ladies of the USS Enterprise want to get it on. Badly.
Carole & Tuesday & Bad Representation By Gingy Gibson • September 20th, 2019 Bad representation does not count as representation and why are we still having this conversation in 2019?
Razor Blades or Fancy Pants: The Story of The Real Peaky Blinders By Jen Sisco and Robin Mazzolla • September 10th, 2019 In this episode, Jen tells you the story of the real Peaky Blinders.
No Accounting for Tastes All Roads By Adam Boffa • September 10th, 2019 Despite being set over a century apart, Deadwood and Breaking Bad end up in surprisingly similar places.
The Heavy Pour Faking it to Make It: GLOW and the Power of Performance By Sara Clemens • September 5th, 2019 GLOW is a love letter to performance and the way it intertwines with work and life.
