Jump the Shark (419)
This week Sam becomes a middle child, Dean shoots a tunnel, and we learn not top put your bed on top of a vent on S4E19 – Jump the Shark!
Recs:
Pru – Heaven Official’s Blessing (Netflix)
Waldorph – Go caving!
The Monster at the End of This Book (418)
Supernatural gets meta and Kripke gets self indulgent and honestly, Chuck, you’re not wrong: writing is hard—this week on Ride or Die S4E18 – The Monster at the End of This Book!
Recs:
Pru – Shang-Chi (Disney+)
Waldorph – Wired’s X Support Series (YouTube)
It’s a Terrible Life (417)
A very different Dean wears Winchester costuming, fends off elevator advances from his brother and has correct radio allegiances this week on Ride or Die – S4E17 – It’s a Terrible Life
Recs:
Pru – Tetris Effect
Waldorph – Knowledge Fight (podcast)
On the Head of a Pin (416)
We hope everyone brought a bottle of water this week because we’ve got religious doubt, Dean’s perfect tear and torture—and we’re thirsty as shit, on Ride or Die S4E16 – On the Head of a Pin!
Recs:
Pru – Park Predators (podcast)
Waldorph – LuLaRich (Amazon Prime), The Dream (podcast)
Death Takes a Holiday (415)
This week we welcome back old (psychic) friends, old (death) friends, and lie to newly dead friends on Ride or Die – S4E15 – Death Takes a Holiday!
Recs:
Pru – I Ship My Rival x Me AND Mr Snail (BilliBilli Comics)
Waldorph – The Terminator & T2 (Netflix)
Sex and Violence (414)
This week the themes of the season persist, someone fucks in a glass office, and we have…so many questions about a siren on Ride or Die – S4E14 – Sex and Violence.
CW: intimate partner violence discussed
Recs:
Pru – Quit Your Job
Waldorph – Dirty John (Podcast) + Real Crime Profile Eps about Dirty John (2017)
After School Special (413)
This week we travel back to 1997 where Sam was a little feral, Dean was a gaping wound, and really nothing has changed.
Recs:
Pru – Mr. King (kdrama)
Waldorph – Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Criss Angel is a Douche Bag (412)
This week, we explore whether capes are worse than top hats, whether Dean Winchester would ever safeword, and Russian dash cams on Ride or Die – S4E12 – Criss Angel Is a Douchebag!
Recs:
Pru – Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW, YouTube)
Waldorph – The Mirror Has Two Faces (Netflix)
Family Remains (411)
This week we revisit Supernatural’s favorite themes: incest and baffling characterization choices on Ride or Die – S4E11 – Family Remains!
Recs:
Pru – Empresses in Palace (Youtube)
Waldorph – Strong Woman Bong Do Soon (VIKI)
Heaven and Hell (410)
This week, the role of Kate Winslet will be played by Dean Winchester, we discuss the Extremely Regular childhood of Waldorph and we’re forced to reckon with why the show made any of the choices that it did on Ride or DIe – S4E10 – Heaven and Hell.
Recs:
Pru – Imamu Room (YouTube)
Waldorph – It’s Been A Minute, With Sam Sanders (NPR Podcast)