Again With This: Dawson's, Melrose, 90210

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Special: The Melrose Swimsuit Special Sep 02, 2024

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We’re off this week but we bring you two Again With Again With This episodes full of Melrose peeps and swimwear.
AWAWT 141: Let’s Watch David Charvet And Brooke Langton On Baywatch!

Baywatch S03.E01: River Of No Return, Pt. 1, isn’t only Charvet’s debut on the dominant syndicated T&A show of the nineties; it’s also Nicole Eggert’s…and Pamela Denise Anderson’s, so there’s a lot going on. Not in terms of the episode director guiding young/bad actors, however; we’ll talk about that, Brooke Langton’s shiny hair, TV pregnancies, believable lurking, and more.
AWAWT 153: Let's Watch Cheryl Pollak And Jack Wagner In Swimsuit!

Saltaire Swimwear is looking for fresh faces for its new campaign! Among the aspiring models are Rosy (Cheryl Pollak), discovered at her burger-joint job; and Scott (Paul Johansson), a washed-out finance bro. Among the love interests? Jack Wagner as department-store magnate Hart Chadway, and no, that’s not a typo. Dive in!
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DC S02.E09: The Election Aug 26, 2024

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The school year is nearly half over, so naturally it's time for the current sophomores to vote on who will represent them for, oh, six months or so. Andie understands that, as a new student, she's going to be at a deficit just because people don't know who she is, but she's also already looking ahead to her college applications so she's willing to risk it. She's also SO new that she thinks her ticket might get a lift from adding Joey, forcing Joey to explain that she's very unpopular and she would rather not run. Then frontrunners Chris and Abby post up at the Icehouse to talk strategy; Abby overhears Jack urging Joey to change her mind, then runs her mouth so much about what losers they are that she goads Joey into running after all. Things seem like they're going to go well...until the debate, when Abby disgorges all of Andie's family secrets. Elsewhere, Dawson has completed his next script. First reader Jen thinks it's hampered by Dawson writing teens like a middle-aged man, and offers to help him discover what it might be like if he acted out irresponsibly like a normal teenager. Dawson balks until his parents' separation hits a new speed bump, and he decides he needs to soothe himself with a little immaturity. No need to head to the polls for our episode on "The Election"!
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⚖️ Law & Order: Criminal Intent S10.E08: "To The Boy In The Blue Knit Cap" on Peacock

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DC S02.E08: The Reluctant Hero Aug 19, 2024

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Though his life has mostly sucked lately, Dawson gets some good news for a change: his horror movie won a special award at the extremely offscreen film festival in which he entered it, and the prize is a not insignificant amount of money to help him make his next movie. (Oof, the threat inherent in that phrase: Dawson's NEXT movie.) He's excited to reunite with Joey, his producer on the last film, but since they worked together she's developed her own interests and isn't going to have time to be a helpmeet on his. Dawson actually responds to this in a very selfless way, but then he sees Jack walking up to take Joey out on a not-quite-date and decides maturity is for chumps and he'd rather go to a "kegs and eggs" party with Jen and all the other degenerate local teens. Pacey and Andie are getting close enough for her to let him come study at her house and interact with her mother, which is how he happens to be in the right place at the right time to help Andie manage a crisis. We hope you don't feel reluctant about our episode on "The Reluctant Hero"!
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🌳 Raising Hope S03.E18: “Arbor Daze” on Hulu

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DC S02.E07: The All-Nighter Aug 12, 2024

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Mr. Peterson, in whose English class everyone but Jack is enrolled, makes such a big, apocalyptic deal about the imminent midterm that all the students we know head straight for his afterschool study session. He's too sick to show up himself, however, so new lothario Chris Wolfe (future Roswell star Jason Behr) offers the use of his giant, currently parentless house for an off-campus cram. Andie does what she can to stay on task, but the rest of the loafers she's trying to herd would rather eat pizza and play grab-ass, and things only go further south when Chris notices Andie's issue of Jane because then everyone has to take the purity test she was flirting about with Pacey earlier. This relic of the past -- which, if you weren't alive for its heyday, is exactly what you think it is -- forces everyone to get real about their sexual histories, then immediately regret it. YOU won't regret listening to our episode on "The All-Nighter"!
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🩻 Scrubs S02.E08: "My Fruit Cups" on Hulu

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DC S02.E06: The Dance Aug 05, 2024

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YES, this is a new episode; the dance episode in S01 is just called "Dance," and yes, it was a terrible idea for two episodes of the same show to have nearly identical titles, but here we are. All our opening-credits cast nonconformists know, as Andie does, that the Homecoming Dance is coming up. Unlike Andie, they don't care, until she points out that dancing can be a form of foreplay and all their horny asses get on board. Seeing Jen in the hallway still hanging out with Abby, Joey gets concerned that Abby's a bad influence and suggests asking Jen to join them at the dance, since they're all going as friends. Dawson's not so sure until Andie asks to invite Jack, and over Pacey's strenuous urging for them not to try to set up two people who don't know each other at all and have nothing in common, it's on. Dawson could use the distraction of a dance, because his parents have told him that they're finally ready to quit their marriage, and Mitch is moving out. But if Dawson had hoped for some drama that could take his mind off his own problems...that's not the kind he gets. Get ready to cut loose, foot loose, with our episode on "The Dance"!
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🦋 Adam Grosswirth on Bluesky

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⚓️ The Mary Tyler Moore Show S02.E09: "And Now, Sitting In For Ted Baxter" on Hulu

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DC S02.E05: Full Moon Rising Jul 29, 2024

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It's a full moon! Joey is pretty sure it's going to cause out-of-character behavior in the townsfolk, and she might be on to something: Mitch and Gale are so testy about one another's totally innocent visitors (Tamara in his case; some reporter colleague named Gary in hers), repeatedly making reference to THURSDAYS, that Dawson can't help noticing and demanding to know what is actually going on with their marriage. Elsewhere, a dead shift at the Icehouse gives Joey nothing to do but talk to Jack, and resume noticing that he is more sensitive than she initially gave him credit for...and maybe more sensitive than her boyfriend? Vincent and Jen make a coffee date, which is tough on Abby, who can't decide whether she actually wants to be friends with Jen, or just have someone around to bounce her crazy off. And since the coffee date isn't at the new café we keep seeing but at Grams's house, things percolate dangerously. Pacey has well learned the lessons of the previous episode and makes an age-appropriate date with Andie -- but hey, why is she so nervous about the prospect of Pacey picking her up for it at her house? Look up at the sky; then look at your podcast app, because that's where we put our new episode on "Full Moon Rising"!
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🦋 Adam Grosswirth on Bluesky

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🧠 Criminal Minds S10.E10: "X" on Hulu

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DC S02.E04: Tamara's Return Jul 22, 2024

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As we saw at the end of the last episode, Tamara somehow has the nerve to show her face back in Capeside AFTER EVERYTHING. Officially it's to sell her house and also a warehouse (???), the latter possibly to Mitch for his fake restaurant, which is why Dawson is the first credits-cast Capeside High student to see her. He does TRY to warn Pacey, but not hard enough, since as we keep saying, he's a bad friend. And while Andie does pick up on a vibe when she witnesses Pacey running into Tamara totally unprepared (bad friend, is what he has), she's too worried about sorting out how Pacey feels about Andie herself to interrogate why he's so thrown by a chance reunion with an old teacher. Laura continues her mentorship of Joey through an art lecture and then a drawing class, strongly encouraging Joey to consider pursuing art study more seriously. Dawson seems to think this possible new "hobby" is absolutely adorable, then can't figure out why Joey is insulted by his tone. Undeterred by Dawson treating her like a precocious child, she decides to check out an art exhibition on her own, and when Bessie convinces her to take Jack, she accidentally stumbles into having a lot in common with a boy friend who's not her boyfriend. Abby and Jen have a chance meeting with a hot fisherman named Vincent, but no amount of reminding each other and the viewer that he is much much much MUCH too old for them can stop this storyline, apparently. Don't go far: we brought you an episode on "Tamara's Return"!
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🦋 Adam Grosswirth on Bluesky
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🕵️ The Station Agent on PlutoTV

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DC S02.E03: Alternative Lifestyles Jul 15, 2024

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Nearly all our teen leads happen to be taking the same Econ class, in which Mr. Maddock NOT ONLY demands that students pair up for a project on household finances, complete with character briefs and backstory; he's ALSO not letting them choose their own partners, which is how Andie ends up with Pacey, Jen with Dawson, Abby with a nerd named Kenny, and Joey on her own. You'd think Joey would go straight to the person she already knows as a solo head of household, but no, she rudely dismisses Bessie in favor of Laura (Tamara Taylor!), a successful local interior designer who seems all too ready to take on a protégée. Andie and Pacey predictably bicker over whether they need a comfortable house for their three children more than they need a Viper. Abby orders Jen to use her forced proximity to Dawson to try to get a leg over him (while also ordering Kenny to do the project without her and stick her name on it). Can Dawson resist the urge to touch Jen's boobs the first, third, or 47th time she finds an excuse to rest them on him? Speaking of boobs getting touched, or not: Mitch still doesn't want to fool around with Gale, and enacts Operation Open Marriage with a standing free pass Thursday nights. Make room in your life for our podcast on "Alternative Lifestyles"!
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🗓️ That '90s Show S01.E07: "The Birthday Girl" on Netflix

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DC S02.E02: Crossroads Jul 08, 2024

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Dawson and Joey are settling into the new phase of their relationship in the typical teenager way: totally oblivious that other people exist, rolling straight from Mitch and Gale catching them making out all over Dawson's bed to Dawson forgetting Pacey's 16th birthday. Pacey gives Dawson multiple chances to redeem himself -- including by throwing himself a party -- but it's Andie who actually comes through in the clutch. While this is going on, Dawson decides to help himself to a perusal of Joey's journal, in which she's written that she thinks his movie sucks. Cue the happy couple's first fight: it's "you don't believe in my talent" vs. "you violated my privacy." Andie's newly introduced brother Jack shows up in the middle of this, not that we're sure Dawson registers his existence on any level. Jen's well into her nihilist phase, which means she needs someone to hang out with who's going to join her on the dark side. Welcome back, Abby Morgan, and Abby's bottle of champagne! While all this is going on, Mitch and Gale seek advice on their marital issues. Alas. Put down your blues guitar and join us for our podcast on "Crossroads"!
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🥶 So Help Me Todd S02.E01: "Iceland Was Horrible" on Paramount+

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Special: A Very 90210 Canada Day Jul 01, 2024

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We're off this week but we bring you two Again With Again With This episodes full of Canadianosity.
AWAWT 149: Let’s Watch Kathleen Robertson In Maniac Mansion!

We're heading back to the early nineties (again) with an episode of weird, energetic cross-border fam-com Maniac Mansion, which was loosely based on the videogame -- and starred a young Kathleen Robertson as teen brainiac Tina; Mr. Weir as her dad; and a grouchy styrofoam meteor as the villain of the week. How did Robertson do? And should you watch?
AWAWT 150: Let’s Watch Jason Priestley In The Series Finale Of The Fantasy Island Sequel!

Nobody really watched FOX's Fantasy Island sequel except Tara, which is probably why it got cancelled, but we're contemplating the series finale -- and Jason Priestley's one-off turn as a jerky cheater who gets his thanks to a revenge spell. Weirdly abusive mermaid girlfriends with great butts, baffling timelines and memory tricks, and inconvenient beach heels all somehow added up to a fun time, and JP knew his role and played it well. Join us in wishing a fond farewell to Roarke Barbie in our latest ep!
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🏚️ Maniac Mansion S03.E01, "The Long Hot Mansion," on YouTube

🏝️ Fantasy Island S02.E13, "MJ Akuda & The 1st, 2nd, And 3rd Wives Club" on Hulu

🌴 AWAWT 064 on Fantasy Island S01.E06

📷 Photo: Lucasfilm / FOX
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