The Watchers

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A show where two women from opposite ends of New Jersey watch TV about New Jersey. Currently, we're re-watching the Showtime series Yellowjackets: season one, in light of what we learned from season two, while we wait for season three. So, spoilers aplenty. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. (@WatchersPodNJ) Listen to our sister show, New Jersey Is the World (linktr.ee/njitwlisten)

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Pilot Season: The Watchers Watch Fallout

May 15 2024 82 mins

We've spent the last few weeks looking back on some of the greatest television pilots of the past few decades. Now, we're applying what we've learned to something new: Fallout. Based on the video game series of the same name, the series follows folks in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian, retrofuturistic United States, a few hundred years into our future. It also features our beloved El

Pilot Season: The Watchers Watch The X-Files

May 08 2024 77 mins

For this week's installment of The Watchers' Pilot Season, we're talking about what some have called the greatest television pilot of the 90s, the first episode of Chris Carter's The X-Files. Join us as we break down the mysterious world of the two most beautiful agents ever employed by the FBI, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. We get into the weird encounters, shady government dealings

Pilot Season: The Watchers Watch Twin Peaks

May 01 2024 90 mins

Alright folks, for this week's installment of our pilot season here at The Watchers, we watched "Northwest Passage," the first episode of Twin Peaks. Created by the strange and unusual pair of David Lynch and Mark Frost, this '90s gem has been a huge influence on so many of the shows Jodie and Andrea love. Join us as we navigate the quirky charm and eerie mysteries of this small-to

Pilot Season: The Watchers Watch The Sopranos

Apr 24 2024 85 mins

It's pilot season here at The Watchers, and we're talking about the first episode of The Sopranos. Created by David Chase, this series, running from '99 to '07, is a Jersey landmark, so you know Jodie and Andrea are taking this review seriously. Join us as we dissect the pilot's portrayal of mob life, family dynamics, and moral dilemmas. More importantly though, its portrayal of bu

Pilot Season: The Watchers Watch Six Feet Under

Apr 17 2024 85 mins

This week on The Watchers, we’re continuing our journey into pilot season with Six Feet Under, a show that Jodie loves and that, somehow, Andrea has never seen. Created by Alan Ball, the show aired from 2001 to 2005 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest TV dramas of all time. Most importantly, Jodie’s obsessed with it. Join us as we discuss what makes this show so uniqu

Pilot Season: The Watchers Watch LOST

Apr 09 2024 84 mins

It's pilot season here at Watchers HQ. With our Yellowjackets season 1 recap all tied up, Jodie and Andrea are kicking off a new series where we revisit some of the most acclaimed, iconic, and/or controversial TV pilots of all time. We're starting with the shows that have some connection to our beloved Yellowjackets. You'll be shocked to hear our first installment is a rewatch of t

Yellowjackets Wrap-Up with Chris Gethard

Apr 02 2024 95 mins

In what can only be described as an outright act of nepotism, Jodie and Andrea are joined this week by comedian, actor, writer, podcaster, etcetera-er, and–some might say–mother of this very podcast, Chris Gethard, who stops by to help us wrap up our Yellowjackets rewatch. As someone who binged seasons 1 and 2 over the course of just a couple weeks, Gethard has a slightly diffe

"Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" Watch-Along, Yellowjackets Season 1 Recap

Mar 26 2024 81 mins

We're finally here! "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi," the season 1 finale of Yellowjackets, marks a real turn toward the dark in a season that was already pretty freakin' dark. In 1996, the team does a collective walk of shame after the events of "Doomcoming." In 2021, the gang struts their collective stuff at their high school reunion. Lots more happens in between, but since we recorded

"Doomcoming" Yellowjackets Season 1 Rewatch

Mar 19 2024 90 mins

*AIRHORN* Jodie and Andrea are coming at you large and in charge from the very same room, and the energy is . . . well, it's pretty much the same. But if you're a visual listener, you should picture us sitting across from each other in a fancy little studio. Anyway, we're revisiting the events of the ninth episode of season 1 of Yellowjackets, "Doomcoming." In 1996, we find th

"Flight of the Bumblebee" Yellowjackets Season 1 Rewatch

Mar 12 2024 103 mins

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 Shauna share the news about her little secret, and Laura Lee flies the friendly skies. In 2021, Misty and Jessica bond, Nat leans on an old sponsor for support, Tai takes a walk, Shauna