Formula 1 with Pete Wright: Everybody Wants Kimi
Pete Wright has never been to a Formula 1 race, has zero interest in going, and once cried inside a Vision Pro headset about one.
Pushing Daisies with Jessica Jimenez: Mandy Would Like a Cheese Box
Jessica Jimenez hands Mandy a network fairy tale about a man who resurrects corpses for a living.
We Bleed the Red of Hollywood Video: The Last Blockbuster with Jason Yeung
Mandy admits upfront that she booked this guest purely so she’d have an excuse to watch the movie. What she got was ten years of Hollywood Video war stories, a grandmother with a grudge, and a live phone call to Bend, Oregon.
Twelve Percent and Worth It: Sphere with Kynan Dias
Kynan Dias returns to defend a movie sitting at twelve percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and he makes a far better case than that number suggests. Seriously. It’s crazy. You might want to watch it again. Mandy brings pink eyeshadow, a jellyfish grievance, and one very good question nobody can answer.
Neverland Has Xenomorphs Now: Alien Earth with Rick London
Author Rick London hands Mandy the goriest thing she’s ever agreed to watch, and there’s a Peter Pan retelling hiding inside it. She squirms, she theorizes, and she may never unsee the slug.
When the Music Is Happenating: The Grateful Dead with Jeffrey Nicholas Brown
Mandy watched all four hours of the official Grateful Dead documentary so you don’t have to — though Jeffrey Nicholas Brown, 27-show Deadhead and returning champion, would very much like you to. One of them ends the episode inventing a new word.
A Desire for More Cows: Arrival with Justin Jaeger
Mandy avoids anything with aliens, death, or unanswered questions, so of course JJ Jaeger handed her all three at once. It’s Arrival, and there may be a lump in her throat.
A Boy’s Best Friend Is His Mother: Psycho, Deconstructed with Jesse Fister
Mandy has never seen Psycho, which is a bit like admitting you’ve never heard of birds. Jesse Pfister — voice actor, day trader, owner of an alarmingly convincing prop knife — is here to fix that, one shadow-drenched Adam’s apple at a time.
My So Called Life with Sloan Just
A 1994 teen drama that aired against Friends, died after one season, and somehow described your entire inner life better than anything since. Mandy finally meets Angela Chase — and the leaning boy who ruined a generation.
Dr. Horrible’s Sing a Long Blog with Krissy Lenz & Kyle Olson
A musical written during a writers strike, funded out of Joss Whedon’s own pocket, and starring a not-yet-evil Neil Patrick Harris — and somehow Mandy had never seen it. Kyle Olson and Krissy Lenz drag her into the Evil League of Evil, one unfinished song at a time.