This episode, Jessica makes Natasha watch the one, the only, BBC's Sherlock. We talk about SuperWhoLock (of course), the video editing of this show, and the things about this show that are pulled from the original novels. But mostly we focus on this show's absolutely insane commitment to making every single person John & Sherlock meet ask if they are a couple. Is it queerbaiting if the show itself acknowledges the queerbaiting? (Idk, ask Riverdale.) Will Natasha fall for this floppy-haired S...
Aug 14, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 66
In this episode, Natasha makes Jessica watch Voltron, a Netflix cartoon that is no longer on Netflix. We spend a lot of time talking about the ephemeral nature of electronic media, the shipping wars in this fandom, and Pidge being non-binary. We changed our show format in the hopes of creating shorter episodes... I think we've only made longer ones. Will Jessica continue on in this space opera? Or will the lions of Voltron take her down? You'll have to listen to find out. Follow Natasha at twitt...
Jul 14, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 65
In this very special bonus episode, we read out all of the review promises that were written out for Lenni. So if you're Lenni, this one's for you. Email us at episodeepiphanies@gmail.com, tweet at us @epiphaniespod, and follow us on Insta @epiphaniespod Intro and outro music is Feelin Good by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
May 15, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 64
In this episode, we review all of Daybreak as Natasha watched this whole show! If you're keeping score... I am not, so please tell me who is winning. We discuss Turbo & Wesley (a very real ship), Eli (a very real character in this show that exists), and just generally being a cannibal as an excuse to torture children (you know, normal things). Join us for the wild ride that is Daybreak. P.S. I said I would read Lenni's response after this episode, but it was SO long that it will be a separat...
Apr 14, 2025•57 min•Season 1Ep. 64
In this episode, Jessica makes Natasha watch Daybreak, a Netflix apocalypse show that is scary-similar to The Last Kids on Earth. (We're talking the same zombie-survival town map, the same gathering our friends vibe, and the same monsters and zombies in one apocalypse theme.) Listen as we discuss Sam Dean the Supernatural-themed John Green protagonist, our flashback king Josh, and Angelica the bomb girl. Natasha comes up with some wild fanfic that I personally vote we force them to write, as it ...
Mar 14, 2025•47 min•Season 1Ep. 64
In this episode, Natasha makes Jessica watch The Last Kids on Earth, a Netflix cartoon about... well, the last kids on Earth. We discuss the peculiarities of this apocalypse -- like why are there both monsters AND zombies running around -- and the manic pixie dream girl apocalypse trope that has been aged down for this audience. It wouldn't be an episode of epiphanies if we didn't have at least one queer ship that never happens to gush over and boy do we. Will Jessica be endeared by the last kid...
Feb 14, 2025•48 min•Season 1Ep. 63
(Have we used this title before? It feels like we've used this title before. It's a good title. We watch a lot of things for the lesbians.) In this episode, Jessica makes Natasha watch the iconic Netflix drama Orange is the New Black. We discuss the legacy of this show, how it was presented when it first came out, the many famous characters who do not appear in this episode, and more. Delve into our discussion of lesbians in the early 2000s and the dark mundanity of the American prison system. W...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 62
In this episode, Natasha makes Jessica watch Danny Phantom, a cartoon about a boy who is a ghost superhero because obviously that is what you do when you become a ghost. Listen to us talk about the brilliant way this show does exposition, our little jock boy who is also a teacher's pet, and the unhinged parenting Danny and Jazz are subjected to. Then hear us ponder how the heck this show thinks cloning works if the answer isn't either Danny or Dani is trans. Like. Fundamentally, what does the wo...
Dec 14, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 61
On this episode of Episode Epiphanies, Jessica makes Natasha watch HBO's Gossip Girl. We discuss how this show connects with the original, the debate around the immediate reveal of Gossip Girl, and the way that all the characters just kind of suck. But they suck in the way teenagers suck, you know? We also spend plenty of time discussing the show's core throuple - Max, Ake, and Aubrey - and the effort this pilot episode puts into making it clear that this is going to be A Thing. Will the throupl...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Subtitle: Don't worry, he deserves it. This week, Natasha makes Jessica watch Dungeon Meshi, an anime that is half Dungeons & Dragons and half cooking show. Join us as we discuss what a weird little freak Laios is, all the monsters they are going to eat (...out?), and the many moral quandaries of this anime's plot line. We also discuss some D&D stuff like what it means to have a rules-heavy D&D show and how old should you be to stop being a child (I vote we move to dwarf years). Will...
Aug 14, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 59
This month, Jessica makes Natasha watch 3rd Rock From the Sun, a questionable sitcom about aliens coming to Earth to fuck humans. Now, was that the actual premise of the show going in? Unknown. But it certainly is what the show is about. Listen to us debate whether or not this show knows it could be satire with just a smaaaaaaaaaaaaalllll little push, what the family dynamic here is supposed to be, and what in the world Harry's object is supposed to be. (Genuinely. What is this thing. We will po...
Jul 14, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 58
In this episode, Natasha makes Jessica watch the pilot of Gangsta, an anime that is less about gangs than its title would suggest. We discuss the weird way this show represents women, the difference between the sub and the dub, and how Worick & Nicolas come off in the pilot versus how their characters develop throughout the show. Additionally, we dive into the real central plot point of this show: soup. Will Jessica decide to join up? Or will she resist the criminal life? You'll have to list...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 57
This week, Jessica makes Natasha watch Ginny & Georgia, a teen drama that is also... a crime show? We discuss this show's fantastic use of flashbacks, the way Georgia and Ginny parallel each other, and the use of passion vs. power. Will Natasha exercise their power to say no to this show? Or will the passion pull them in? You'll have to listen to find out. Follow Natasha at twitter.com/natashadamours Follow Jessica at twitter.com/jessicairowe Email us at episodeepiphanies@gmail.com, tweet at...
May 14, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 56
This week on Episode Epiphanies, Natasha makes Jessica watch Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, a Scott Pilgrim cartoon about... Scott Pilgrim. (We do spoil the plot of this show in a pretty big way, so warnings all around.) We discuss Ramona's reputation as a manic pixie dream girl, Scott's questionably platonic bed-sharing with Wallace, and Netflix's hot guy algorithm. (Netflix thinks I am a Gen Z teen given what it's serving up as "hot guys.") Finally, we invent the newest spin-off in the Scott Pilgrim...
Apr 14, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 55
This week, Jessica makes Natasha watch Wings, a super nostalgic sitcom from the 90s and a Cheers spinoff! We discuss how the jokes in this show are dated but not so much that we wouldn't still hear them today, how darling little sitcoms like this are just here for the vibes, and the many, many references in this episode that went over our heads. Who are these people? What did they do? We may never know. Will Natasha like the vibes? Or will they take a flight away from this little airport town? F...
Mar 28, 2024•48 min•Season 1Ep. 54
This week on Episode Epiphanies, Natasha makes Jessica watch Fionna and Cake, an Adventure Time spin-off that is somehow not a nightmare realm. Listen to us chat about the extremely accurate depiction of Millennial/Gen Z work life, casual gossip about your office coworkers, how to teach a horse to sit, and the extreme Mood of this episode. It is bliss not to be plagued by nightmares after watching this show and, instead, to feel very seen by these writers. Will Jessica give up on her Adventure-T...
Mar 14, 2024•54 min•Season 1Ep. 53
This week, Jessica makes Natasha watch One Tree Hill, a show that is ostensibly a Shakespeare soap opera about basketball. (How I wish that was a joke.) Join us as we discuss the epic highs and lows of high school basketball (yes, I know this is the wrong show), how much we hate Dan Scott (the years may pass, but my hatred for Dan does not), and the whole gamut of relationship drama in this show. Will Natasha get their head in the game? Or will the epic lows of high school basketball get them do...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 52
In this very special bonus episode, you get to hear a bunch of bullshit that we cut from previous episodes. Like our opinions on how on topic we normally are. Our love of the shark cannibal. Durpleton the giraffe who I personally created in my nightmares. The amount of time we spend talking about pitching to Netflix. A very likely entirely inaccurate depiction of how the Christmas movies on Netflix are all connected (I have not seen any Netflix Christmas movies). The plot of 3rd Rock from the Su...
Jan 28, 2024•19 min•Season 1Ep. 51
This week on Episode Epiphanies, Natasha makes Jessica watch Steven Universe, a cute little cartoon about magic gemstones who commit genocide. Journey with us as we discuss Rose Quartz's character arc, disagree over the moral of the first episode and ultimately land on an on-topic sign-off. (Props to Natasha for this whole episode being amazingly on-topic because I promise you, our recording was not.) Will Jessica fuse with this show? Or will she lay the kindergarten to waste? You'll have to lis...
Jan 14, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 51
We're back with another review for you because Natasha watched all of Pretty Smart! If you're keeping score... good for you, because I'm not and that is conceivably the whole point of this show. Dive in with us as we "spoil" this show (there's not much to spoil, it is just a sitcom in the best of ways), reveal our opposing opinions on what makes an episode the best episode of a show, and basically plot out the next two to three seasons of this show for Netflix. That's right, Netflix, if you're r...
Dec 28, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Hi there. This is Natasha. Jessica usually writes these descriptions, so I don't really know what I'm doing. Um... in this very special 50th episode, we watched Netflix's Pretty Smart, which is basically just what would happen if a Disney Channel original show was allowed to make dick jokes. It's also kind of like Merry Happy Whatever, which was a show that Natasha actually really liked. Will she enjoy this show, even if the premise sounds... pretty questionable? Will Jessica ever find the himbo...
Dec 14, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 50
In this episode, Natasha forces Jessica to face her very worst fear by making her watch Centaurworld, a dystopian horror show hellbent on wreaking havoc on the mental health of all individuals who see it. I would like to start a formal petition to remove it from Netflix so that Durpleton the giraffe does not breach containment and come for me with a chainsaw in the middle of the night as he does in all my dreams. If you are a glutton for punishment, please listen to this whole episode to hear me...
Dec 05, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 49
This week, we dive deep into the world of reality TV with The Ultimatum: Queer Love. We discuss the concept of this reality show, how very fun it is to be on reality TV discussing your partner's flaws, and a myriad of other dating shows that these people could be on. Because this is Queer Ultimatum, we're also talking about stereotypes of queer women, butch lesbians, and representation. And because we are queer women, we're also talking about how hot this cast is. Like smoking hot. If we have to...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 48
On our very spooky Halloween episode, Natasha & Jessica go through all of Dororo after Jessica watched the WHOLE SHOW. Who could have possibly known that would happen after how our last episode ended? What a plot twist. Dive deep with us as we immediately spoil the ending of the show, discuss how this show avoids coming off as ableist, and compare it to an excellent short story (Those Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin). And if you're not here for our good discussion, maybe be he...
Oct 28, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 47
This week, Natasha makes Jessica watch Dororo, an anime about demons who eat body parts in exchange for the safety of the land. We discuss animation style, the pop music that was chosen for the title sequence, Dororo being a little bit annoying, and Jessica's confusion around the end of the episode. We spend a pretty long time talking about how effed up the baby is and how bad we feel for Tahomaru. Join us for all of this alongside a shocking reveal. Will Jessica learn to love this sweet skeleto...
Oct 14, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Subtitle: ie. how every single Teen Wolf episode was written As we return from hiatus with our longest episode yet, Jessica makes Natasha watch Teen Wolf. Teen Wolf, simply put, is a teen drama that happens to have some werewolves in it. And also lacrosse. Like a lot of lacrosse. We discuss the queerbaiting in Teen Wolf, the most iconic line of the entire series, the plethora of creatures in the show, and how Scott and Allison's relationship is just kind of meh. Our return to MTV is filled with ...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 46
This week on Episode Epiphanies, Natasha makes Jessica watch Extreme Ghostbusters, possibly our most 90s cartoon yet. They discuss the diversity of this cast, our favourite no-homo-but-definitely-homo couple, and create some new crackships along the way. Listen to Jessica become incredibly confused over something that is in no way confusing or badly presented in this show, and hear Natasha gush over this great cast of characters. Will Jessica be swayed by the charms of this major franchise? Or d...
Aug 14, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 45
In this episode, Jessica makes Natasha watch Boy Meets World and they dive into the world of cheesy after-school specials. We discuss the nostalgia factor, how many vests they wear, and how dark this show gets. (I didn't even mention the alcoholism, the little kid Eric has to abandon, Shawn's dad's death...) Then we do a deep dive into the lessons we're learning, the actor we never see again, and just how great Cory's parents are. Will Natasha fall for the 90s nostalgia? Or will they spiral into...
Jul 30, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 44
This week, Natasha has Jessica watch Kipo & the Age of Wonderbeasts, a post-apocalyptic cartoon about a girl who gets stuck on the surface after living her whole life underground. We discuss all the fun animals in this show, what exactly this thing called a "school" might be, and the wild places this show's plot ends up going. Will Jessica want to spend time with her new mutant animal friends? Or will the sheen of a new friendship be short-lived? You'll have to listen to find out. Follow Nat...
Jul 14, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 43
This week Jessica has Natasha watch Bridgerton, an 1800s enemies-to-lovers fake dating show. We discuss the bonkers relationship this show has with queer representation, the obvious nature of the plot, and the identity of Lady Whistledown. And while all of that does happen, we really spend the bulk of the episode dragging Anthony for how absolutely goddamn terrible he is every single second he is on screen. Well. Except for when he was fucking his girlfriend against a tree. Good guys fuck their ...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 42
