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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
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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.”

art of a man in black with a flute and a man in white with a chinese zither. official art from Mo Dao Zu Shi

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.

A skull on its side with text that reads "Cold Case Files"

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.

Self-Insert

Dead Dove Do Not Eat

By Amanda Hudgins • February 6th, 2020

Let this be your warning.

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.

Episode 14: The Terror

By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • August 28th, 2019

It’s back to television this week as David and Sara discuss The Terror on Unmissable!

Open Letter to Legion

By Noah Springer • August 16th, 2019

My beautiful, heady, unwieldy love –  what am I to do with you?

Documentary Sunday

Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much

By Megan Condis • August 5th, 2019

Not unlike the game show that it chronicles, watching The Perfect Bid is comforting. So long as you don’t think about it hard.

Here's the Thing

Let’s Talk About Mitch Hedberg

By Rob Rich • August 2nd, 2019

Rob ruminates on one of his favorite comedians and how, despite appearances, they’re still a shining example of how jokes can be hilarious without being mean.

Another Look

Evangelion and Endings

By Yussef Cole • August 1st, 2019

Twenty years later, what’s it like to watch the anime that made you stop watching anime?

Feature Excerpt

Springfield Forever

By Noah Springer • July 22nd, 2019

Some mobile games are only entertaining for a few hours. For Noah, The Simpsons Tapped Out has proven fun for nearly a decade.

Episode 11 – Stranger Things

By Sara Clemens and David Shimomura • July 18th, 2019

Stranger Things are afoot as Sara and David talk about the third season of Netflix’s popular 80s pastiche

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