Chelsea and Andrew discuss a seriously thoughtful, considerate, and uncompromising look at the sexual harassment of a young girl by a family friend she trusts. Probably the most eloquent Very Special Episode we have yet explored, the writing really holds up, even 40 years after it originally aired.
Category: All Eps
Episode 007: Playing Impossible to Get (“Saved By The Bell” S03E15)
Bayside High decides to put a price on the humanity of its male students with a date auction, in order to buy the cheerleaders new uniforms. Unsurprisingly, this horrifying idea brings out the worst in everyone! Join Chelsea and Andrew as they try to parse out whether or not there are any heroes to be found in this, Bayside’s most misguided escapade yet.
Episode 006: Memorize A Horse (“The Golden Girls” S05E24)
How many St. Olaf jokes is too many? Is Dorothy’s gambling problem a failure of willpower, or a disease? Why is there no cheesecake AT ALL in this episode? To find out, please join Chelsea and Andrew in the pastel world of 90s Florida.
Episode 005: Doobie Fair (“What’s Happening!!” S02E16/17)
In this episode, Andrew and Chelsea discuss a double-episode so famous it spawned its own Facebook Group! Come with us as we explore the moral gray area of concert bootlegging, discuss which of us is a “real Dee,” and discover one of the truths of the universe: if you see something, tell Michael McDonald.
Episode 004: Here’s To You, Space Dog (“Punky Brewster” S02E22)
Chelsea and Andy work through their feelings about the Challenger Explosion alongside Punky, her friends, and a very special guest star.
Episode 003: MackSputin (“Boy Meets World” S04E21)
Chelsea and Andrew explore the nebulous world of teen cults, true friendship, and “judging” when they tackle the episode of BOY MEETS WORLD in which Shawn Hunter joins a cult.
Episode 002: Urkel on a Hot Tin Roof (“Family Matters” S02E18)
**COMING SOON!!** Chelsea and Andrew take on teen drinking, rooftop parties, and the Blanche Archetype in this discussion of a FAMILY MATTERS episode, in which Steve Urkel gets dosed by bullies at a rooftop party and nearly falls to his death.