Episodes 2.10 & 2.11: "The Doctor Is Out"

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This week we discuss episodes 2.10, “Touched By an ‘A’-ngel” and 2.11, “I Must Confess”. Our best friend Heather Hogan has a hot new job! We chat about Mona’s meticulousness, Maya’s return, bad bobbleheads that relate to your profession, and whether Garrett killed Ian. We share PLL entries from our wine notebook, Deepa sees a dolphin, and Cameron does ageism.

Our awesome theme song is composed by Ashok R. Chandran! You can find his other work at his website. 

Episode Transcript: Read it on Buzzsprout!

Chickpeas Oh My Gosh! A delish salad! Chickpeas with grilled peaches, feta, candied pecans, pomegranate seeds, and a simple balsamic. 

Fashion Analysis: Our best, almost worst, and worst outfits!

Deepa’s Literary Analysis: Deepa refuses to discuss cherry symbolism and doesn’t remember anything about the one book Deepa brings up (it turned out to be Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, which is about Dr. Paul Farmer and Partners In Health and almost certainly has a lot of white saviorism, beware)

Things We Referenced Related to PLL:  

• Aria destroying Ali and Emily’s nursery
• Weird truth game at Noel Kahn’s cabin
• Spencer joining the A Team (literally not figuratively)
• Aria’s publishing boyfriend is named Liam (not Ian or Ethan)
• Wines based on the PLL characters’ Myers-Briggs Types

Things We Referenced Completely Unrelated to PLL: 

• Heather Hogan is now the engagement editor at The Sick Times, a fantastic online publication about Long COVID – definitely check it out!
• The Kesha lyric on Cameron’s wine kit was “living hard just like we should” from “Die Young”, translated poorly into Latin
• Kesha Power Half Hour (thank you Dr. Baby Beej!)
• The Bianca Lawson short film is “The Sign”, directed by Sadé Clacken Joseph, which is not gay but is very cute
• Deepa will take this opportunity though to plug queer short cuts, the newsletter where Deepa recommends queer short films

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