The Watchers

This week, Jodie and Andrea are revisiting the events of the eighth episode of season 1 of Yellowjackets, "Flight of the Bumblebee." In 1996, Van uses up another one of her nine lives, Jackie helps S…

This week, Jodie and Andrea are revisiting the events of the seventh episode of season 1 of Yellowjackets, "No Compass." In 1996, our soccer team begins to worry about the approaching winter, and Tai…

You're listening to The Watchers, a show where sometimes one of your podcast hosts can't edit the podcast because she got too busy making podcasts for people who pay her money to do so. Very sorry, b…

This week, Jodie and Andrea are revisiting the events of the sixth episode of season 1 of Yellowjackets, "Saints." In 1996, Nat gives Travis a lesson in Women and Gender Studies, Tai helps Shauna dea…

This week, Jodie and Andrea are revisiting the events of the fifth episode of season 1 of Yellowjackets, "Blood Hive." In 1996, the girls are surfin' the collective (scientifically unfounded) crimson…

This week, Jodie and Andrea are revisiting the events of the fourth episode of season 1 of Yellowjackets, "Bear Down." In 1996, the team makes two big discoveries. Nat and Travis prove themselves, Ja…

This week, Jodie and Andrea are revisiting the events of the third episode of season 1 of Yellowjackets, "The Dollhouse." In 1996, the team sees its first real divide, as some of the girls want to le…

This week, Jodie and Andrea are revisiting the events of the second episode of season 1 of Yellowjackets, "F Sharp." In 1996, we find the team in the immediate aftermath of the crash. We assess injur…

This episode comes with a warning/reminder that our rewatch of Yellowjackets season 1 is intended for fans of the show who have watched ALL of seasons 1 and 2. This episode is NOT spoiler-free, and w…

Well, it’s officially the new year, but this was our last recording of 2023, which means we were contractually obligated as podcast hosts to record a year in review episode, so Jodie and Andrea are s…

Closing out our month of giving gifts to ourselves, Jodie and Andrea watched a mutually beloved holiday movie, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas. Join us as we unwrap the heartwarming tale that has be…

Two queer women from Jersey, hosting a podcast where we watch movies and tv that are often–though not always–about New Jersey. It’s a bit surprising it’s taken us this long, but this week, Jodie and …

Jodie and Andrea are hitting the slopes and running from indefatigable paperboys with this week's movie, Savage Steve Holland's 1985 black comedy, Better Off Dead. We talk about John Cusack's general…

This week, Jodie and Andrea officially kick off their month of watching movies they have both loved forever. We're starting with the 1985 Val Kilmer comedy Real Genius. We talk female representation,…

This week, Jodie picked Jim Jarmusch's Paterson, a movie about a man, and a city, and a poem that share its name. She and Andrea talk about the man, and the city, and the poem, and how they all infor…

We watched the only best Thanksgiving movie, a John Hughes film that isn't about teenagers, Planes, Trains and Automobiles. We talk about the complicated and nuanced dynamic between Del Griffith and …

This week, we watched Top Secret!, a favorite movie of both Jodie's dad and the great Weird Al Yankovic. It features Val Kilmer in his debut role as a rock and roll singer who becomes involved in a s…

What a day for a podcast, huh? This week, Andrea asked Jodie to watch one of her favorite movies, Nora Ephron's technically-kind-of sequel to Goodfellas, 1990's My Blue Heaven. It stars Steve Martin …

The Watchers are back in the woods this week for the last installment of our Movies That Are Thematically Appropriate to Watch in the Month of October series, and against her horror-averse judgment, …