GGS 11.30 One & Done 6: Terriers
What happens when you pair up an alcoholic ex-cop and his best friend who also happens to be a former criminal? You get “Terriers” (Hulu), this month’s entry into Geek Girl Soup’s One and Done series. Airing just 13 episodes in 2010 before being canceled, “Terriers” follows Hank Dolworth (Donal Logue) and Britt Pollack (Michael Raymond-James) as two unlicensed private investigators who take rather extreme license in doing things their way—which is not always exactly the legal way.
GGS 11.29 May of Thrones 2: Dracarys Boogaloo
It’s May of Thrones, Part 2: Dracarys Boogaloo! This week we focus on Daenerys and her “sudden turn” in “The Bells.” We also spend some time discussing Jon and Sansa’s relationship in “Battle of the Bastards.” (Zig, Rickon, zig!)
GGS 11.28 May of Thrones
It’s May of Thrones, Part 1! Yeah, we could talk Thrones all month long. But we’re doing it in two parts. In this first episode, we discuss highlights from what got us hooked on the series (hint: “The things I do….”), s1 e9 “Baelor,” Arya’s journey, expectations of book readers, HBO Max’s excellent listing of “the best of” by character (sorry, Bran!), s7 e1 “The Spoils of War,” some of our favorite quotes, and some other random favorite moments from the entire series.
GGS 11.27 Seven Deadly Sins: LUST
This week at Geek Girl Soup, we’re back to the Seven Deadly Sins with Lust. We watched “Lust Stories” and “The Principles of Pleasure,” both on Netflix and both centered on women… which led to an entire discussion on the current anti-woman movement happening in this country. Yes, that’s exactly what it is, an anti-woman movement.
GGS 11.26 One & Done 5: Profit
This week at Geek Girl Soup, we’re back to our monthly One-and-Done series with Fox’s 1996 drama “Profit.” Raised in a Gracen & Gracen cardboard box (yes, you read that right), Jim Profit gets a job at G&G after a senior vice president has a “heart attack” and dies. Profit wants to run the whole company and will do anything he can to assume power, including framing his boss for murder.
GGS 11.25 TWD…WTF?!
What happens when you haven’t watched “The Walking Dead” since three minutes into episode 7.2 in October 2016 and you jump back in with episode 11.9 in February 2022? You get a lot of sighing! That’s what happened this week when Kelly joined the usual Zombie Gang of Susan, Cort, and Erik to discuss The Walking Dead Universe.
GGS 11.24 The Heist
This week we’ve gathered a team of podcasters, each with a very specific set of skills. Can they pull off the job? It’s a Geek Girl Soup heist episode with a discussion of a few episodes of “The Magicians,” “Leverage,” ant the movie “Heat.”
GGS 11.23 Easter Special: Midnight Mass
This week on Geek Girl Soup, we’re “celebrating” Easter with Netflix’s “Midnight Mass.” Spoilers abound in the episode as we discuss what happens to a sleepy island community when a mysterious, charismatic young priest takes over the church when the beloved much-older monsignor takes a sick leave.
Bonus: Severance
In this bonus episode of the Geek Girl Soup Podcast, we’re talking about the most excellent Apple TV+ series “Severance.” If you haven’t seen it, please drop everything and go watch it! If you don’t have Apple TV+, why not???
GGS 11.22 One & Done 4: Freaks & Geeks
This week at Geek Girl Soup, it’s another one-and-done: “Freaks and Geeks,” featuring then-unknowns Linda Cardellini, Jason Segel, Seth Rogan, Martin Starr, and James Franco.
GGS 11.21 2022 Oscar Recap
Some sort of awards show happened this weekend, and Geek Girl Soup is here to recap it for you! We discuss… wait for it… the awards! And, yes, we share a few thoughts on a few other of the evening’s happenings.
GGS 11.20 Play Along
This week at Geek Girl Soup, the play’s the thing. We’re discussing movies that are based on musicals or plays: “West Side Story,” “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” and “The Humans.”
GGS 11.19 7 Deadly Sins: Greed
This week at Geek Girl Soup, we’re deep into our first deadly sin: Greed. Now, we know that not all of Wall Street is full of dirty rotten scoundrels. But it certainly is a theme in the film world. So, we’re discussing “Wall Street,” “Boiler Room,” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” and “Gaming Wall Street.”
Bonus: Spirit Awards Recap
It was a wonderful night for the Film Independent Spirit Awards, and the Geek Girls were there for it—virtually, at least. As voting members of Film Independent, we were excited to see if our choices won.
GGS 11.18 One & Done 3: Wonderfalls
This week on Geek Girl Soup, it was the first recording day of the month, so that means “One and Done.” This time we’re discussing “Wonderfalls,” the awesomely sweet, and also dark, Bryan Fuller comedy about a slacker Millennial who works in a souvenir shop at Niagara Falls.
GGS 11.17 The 2022 Soupies
… And the winner is… Yes, it’s the Soupies! It’s not just awards season; it’s the season for the most prestigious awards of them all—Geek Girl Soup’s very own Soupie Awards!
GGS 11.16 The Singularity
This week at Geek Girl Soup, we’re discussing “the singularity”—that is, when robots become sentient. Instead of “The Terminator” films, we watched “Free Guy,” “AlphaGo,” “Bigbug,” and “Origin of the Species.”
GGS 11.15: 7 Deadly Sins Intro
This week at Geek Girl Soup, we’re starting a new theme: The Seven Deadly Sins. For seven months, we’ll be covering a different sin: Greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth, and pride. We start out with an intro to all seven by watching “Se7en” and “The Seven Deadly Sins.”
Bonus: “We Need to Talk About Cosby”: W. Kamau Bell’s Look at Art vs the Artist
In this bonus episode of Geek Girl Soup, we’re discussing what we learned from W. Kamau Bell’s 4-part documentary, “We Need to Talk About Cosby” (Showtime).
GGS 11.14 One and Done: Awake
This week at Geek Girl Soup, it’s another “One and Done.” For this episode, we explore the two lives of Detective Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs) in “Awake.”