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January 17-23Amanda Gorman's Poem "The Hill We Climb" | Inauguration Day Source: Getty Images For the first time in forever, things feel okay again--even TV is starting to feel like entertainment we are enjoying. Miss Scarlet and the Duke made its U.S. debut on PBS. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist reminded us that grief isn't always a... Continue Reading →
January 17-23"Hard Vacuum" | The ExpanseDominique Tipper Source: Prime Video The Expanse continues to deliver exceptional performances in the midst of episodes that can sadly at times be too heavy this season. Here's the thing, we love this show, but we're not going to pretend that having the crew split up throughout the entire season... Continue Reading →
Bridgerton has been renewed for a second season, which means the Sheffields are coming and The Viscount Who Loved Me is about to be adapted on screen, and we’ve got thoughts. Naturally in a TV adaptation, changes will take place, inner thoughts need to come out on screen differently without the presence of the omniscient... Continue Reading →
NETFLIX © 2020 If not for Netflix's Bridgerton adaptation, people who had only read the first part of the story—the first of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series of books, The Duke and I—you would probably be wondering who Penelope Featherington is. As an extremely peripheral character in the first novel, her presence is noted along with... Continue Reading →
NETFLIX © 2020 Well, gentle readers—we’ve reached the end of the season. (Are we going to be doing this for eight years? Hopefully!) In its season finale “After the Rain” Bridgerton excelled at tying up loose ends and setting up the next season in an incredibly joyous little bow. This is type of content we... Continue Reading →
On this week's episode of Lady Geeks' Society Podcast, we discuss all things Bridgerton's "An Affair of Honor," which might actually be the favorite episode for both of us. We discuss the duel. We discuss society at the time, all the romance and tension, and most importantly every single incredible performance that made this episode... Continue Reading →
America is headed towards healing—there’s hope again. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are no longer President-elects, they are the President and (first ever) Madam Vice President. Today is a momentous day in the United States, and we couldn’t be happier about it. We couldn’t be happier about the fact that while this country is deeply... Continue Reading →
NETFLIX © 2020 What we say versus what we believe can sometimes differ and that is certainly the case in Bridgerton’s incredible penultimate episode. Since these stories do technically end after each season, it seems fitting that “Oceans Apart” would be the one before the remarkable finale. Tensions are running high in the Hastings/Basset household,... Continue Reading →
Ah, The Killers. The band that loves to remind you that they hail from Las Vegas. The band that has managed to release albums that are never quite the same but still somehow sound like them. The band with a lead singer that doesn’t seem to age. The band that has never been truly appreciated... Continue Reading →
Source: PBS Spoilers Ahead Miss Scarlet and the Duke has finally graced screens in the U.S., which means we can finally discuss the series episode by episode. For our newcomers, the six-part Masterpiece PBS series focuses on Eliza Scarlet (Kate Phillips), who pursues her ambition and follows her father’s footsteps as a private investigator after... Continue Reading →