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on the next three episodes of GEM and the Holograms

from Season 1. Oh boy. Um, I think is it this

it might be this podcast or the next No, it is

this one Very first episode that we'll be talking

about today. It's all Amy's fault that I noticed

this and we'll get to it, but Let's just say

those foreign animators are putting more stuff

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it's it's all the iPads fault as soon as Apple

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to your podcast your favorite podcast on the

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three Banners that will be used on the website

one for season one season two and season three

so that way every episode will have the same

banner But obviously as the seasons change the

banners will change. Yeah Other than that not

much else is really going on with me what's Going

on with you Nicole me No, no the other Nicole

Your alter ego your evil twin my alter ego my

alter ego is Gwen Stefani and At least she's

a rock and roller there you go, I want to be

that woman so bad Is that because she's married

to Bush? No, it's because she's awesome. I care

less about that part. She's just awesome. I love

that one. All right, Lee and Amy, how are you?

I'm tired. Thanks for noticing me. Alright, we

are going to get into the first episode as Amy

leaves us all in stitches after this. First up

is In Stitches. The original air date was September

6th, 1986. Several girl groups from all over

the world are invited to take part in a rock

fashion contest headed by Italian music promoter

Tony Sassani. Shana is a bit nervous about the

competition, and the misfits try to rattle her

by chipping away at her confidence. But the last

laugh is on them when their own designer drops

out of the contest. Unfortunately, this prompts

them to get Zipper Eric's hired henchmen to steal

the costume Shana has designed for the holograms.

Or so they think. Featured songs. Featured songs.

It all depends on the mood I'm in, by Jim and

the holograms. Designing a woman by the misfits.

I was really just waiting for Anthony to just

drop in right there. I miss that I miss that

guy from designing women. I miss all those girls

from designing women anyway And time is running

out by Jim and the holograms Nicole overall thoughts

on the plot I Actually, this is one of those

episodes. I really enjoyed it was just full of

action It's not perfect, but it was just fun

with all other little running around and there's

only like one part that I really didn't care

for and we'll get to that in my next moments

but I really enjoyed it. I thought it was really

fun. Amy, thoughts on the plot? I had really

fun with this one too. You know I like it when

they actually like do stuff that that seems like

it's part of like you know this one of course

Shayna got a little bit more of a highlight because

It was about, you know, her and her designing

and stuff like that. And I kind of liked that.

It was a good character build for her. Um, so

I really enjoyed it too. I think they, they got

a lot of fun stuff too. Um, in this episode,

it was really fun. So yeah. I like the overall

plot as well. I think that. They could have used

Ashley a little bit better in the writing Yeah,

yeah, you can you you can get to it I'm just

saying like for me as a general note on the story.

I think Ashley could have been a little bit better

written Overall it's you know It's a pretty good

story to this point. She played a role. She did

I mean cuz like if it wasn't she did she hadn't

been there then they would have gotten her designs

and okay, yeah, but they still did but Yeah,

but there's a scene before that happens where

she there's a scene in the plot where she shows

Shana and she makes a comment to Shana And it

just kind of drives Shana even more crazy than

she already was about the whole thing. I can

be a designer too! Yeah, that. That's what I'm

talking about. That could have been a little

like... Instead of Ashley saying something like

that, she could have, you know, praised Shana

and thanked her for helping her learn. Yes, but

she's a kid. She doesn't know any better. Well...

Yeah. So... And you know, wow, Shana. So, you

know... Self -conscious you have I know three

of your best friends there to support you and

you're like can't do this Yeah, it's okay Everything

works out in the end, but you know Ashley certainly

didn't help And these are the Misfits. I could

understand with Shayna because she's going up

against professionals and that's all that they

do. She's got another job. She's actually got

two other jobs. She's got to take care, you know,

of the orphanage, the Starlight Girls. And then

she's got she's a drummer in a band. Yeah, I

can see why she's a little stressed, a little

high tense. I don't blame her. Yeah. All right.

We're going to get to the hologram moments after

this. moments for in stitches. Take it away,

Nicole. Okay. Do I like this episode? I told

you guys last week. Do I like this episode so

much? No, Rio. No, no, no, no. He does appear

in one of the music videos. Okay. Yeah, but that

doesn't. It doesn't count. His face was there.

Yeah, but he didn't say anything. it's true.

He's just running after Joe. Yeah. He wasn't

there around acting like a PMS 14 year old. So,

that's what I'm glad they kept about home. It

didn't take him on this trip. I really like,

yeah, I really enjoyed that. Um, and see, the

other hologram moment I have is the Misfits.

Had a great idea in dying things black because

they looked a lot better Die it black yeah, baby

So all right souls Yeah, ain't that the truth

So this is all Amy's fault. This is my fault.

Oh, this is all your fault Yes was Shayna sitting

on Ashley's lap. Yes, she was I stream capped

it! I'm not kidding! Okay, I will send it to

you after the recording, but here's the thing,

okay? So I'm watching this opening scene as Shayna's

supposed to be teaching Ashley how to do this.

They pan around to a shot of them. Ashley is

sitting on one seat. Shayna is sitting on her

lap. Quite literally, on her lap. After they

pan away they show that there are two seats there

but for a half a second just like earlier an

episode Whatever it was in people who care again

and first of all Ashley's a little kid. It should

be the other way around Wow For that but anyway

So yeah, there is that and that's all Amy's fault.

Um, this is the first time we've heard from the

limp lizards since the opening five far Totally

rocks So, Noreo, as Nicole already enthusiastically

pointed out, but he is supposed to be their road

manager, their stage, he's supposed to be basically

their roadie. and you would think okay where

the hell is he and what the hell is going on

and then they say during this and i'm not complaining

about this i'm just pointing it out that he is

supposed to be that and then uh... i found it

interesting that uh... james says jerica is supposed

to be in new york how can she pull that off i

mean i know synergy can do holograms up to six

bazillion miles away or whatever else but it's

like They don't really explain why Jerrica is

supposed to be in New York Yeah, yeah you just

go with it the the holograms and Gemma going

to what is it Italy and Well that technically

speaking synergy is her like her her base Is

back in New York anyhow the only reason why she

can what project that far away is because the

star earrings Course The thing is this competition

was this is what was on a whole this is a competition

put on by a whole nother company So they would

have made like all their arrangements and everything.

So yeah, they wouldn't need Rio That makes sense

You're just trying to find any port in the storm

Yeah, he's just a big fat distraction I was gonna

have a... Wow. I was gonna have a misfit moment

about who the hell switched the designs in the

first place, and then it's revealed that Ashley

is the one that switched the designs and put

Shayna's designs in the suitcase, and I thought

that was kind of ingenious that they basically,

without knowing, have basically pulled one over

on the misfits. I thought that was great. Yes,

and without intending to, so I was kind of like,

hey... Step into the Misfits and then on the

cliffhanger. I absolutely laughed at this because

um On one of the cliffhangers the Misfits are

hanging off the bridge. The only one that gets

wet is Roxy You just say that cuz I'm here, huh?

Why else would I say it? Anything else we like

about this one ladies Well, I haven't said my

hologram moments yet. Yeah. Mine has everything

to do with underwear. I don't know what kick

I'm on right now, but this is interesting. I

had to point out some of this stuff. Okay, so

Kimber's PJs at the very beginning are those

traditional baby back that has the unbuttoned

so that you can have the diaper changed. I just

thought, really? Was that popular in the eighties?

I don't remember that. Cause I want some of those

darn it. Be my cousin had a pair. Oh, you did.

Okay. Cool. Cause I'm like, I've never saw ones

like that. Yeah. With the, with the, yeah. Maybe

it was growing up in Wyoming. That was more of

a survival than a fashion thing. But still I

just thought, you know, it's kind of odd, but

then I thought, you know, I guess I kind of like

that. Um, and then the other thing is when synergy

loses the connection, uh, you know, before they're

able to come out on and show all the new designs

and stuff like that, all the girls are in their

underwear and it's like paper doll clothing.

I love it. I love it. I had to point that out.

I was like, you know, cause when I was a kid

about this, about this time that I was watching

the show, I had paper dolls that looked like

that. So the fact that they look like that, I

just said, Oh, that's so funny. Oh, little girls.

Oh, good times. I'll point this out now and I'll

point it out probably in the next episode of

the podcast if you really think about it if Synergy

is supposed to be doing all these hard light

holograms around gem in the holograms Technically,

they're all naked. Yeah, but most of the time

we see when Jerrica switches from gem to Jerrica

She's like in her regular clothes Right. Yeah

No, it's crazy All right, let's get to the misfit

moments the misfit moments for in stitches I

only have two they couldn't have find found some

other guy to put in the video they had to put

Rio in there even though these never explained

why he's not in the episode seriously is it now

I watched these on Netflix this time around I

mean, I do have the DVD set right here by my

computer, but I wanted to see, you know, I wanted

to be able to just watch them fairly easily without

having to worry about having the discs in my

computer. But is it me or did the episode end

a little bit too abruptly? Yeah, it kind of did.

I mean, it just kind of ended and then boom,

the end credits are there. And it's like, wait,

what? Really? Like no fade out, no nothing. It

was like a really, really hard transition. Um,

that's pretty much it for me. What about you,

Amy? Um, I was like, okay, come on, ladies. Have

you not seen Zipper a couple of times? You get

out of the boat, you don't notice that it's Zipper

and he is the guy that still Shane has designs.

Really? Come on. Somebody is like smoking the

crash. I just find it odd they don't recognize

that. He doesn't have a Venetian accent. And

he wasn't even trying to wear like a mask or

anything. He was just dressed a little bit differently.

Come on, ladies. It's Zipper. Somebody stop him.

Come on. Where's Monterey Jack when you really

need him? It's not even like he was wearing glasses

or anything either. I know. Well, he was wearing

a hat, but that still doesn't excuse it. I mean,

they should recognize his voice by now. Has nobody

looked him in the face Exactly Yeah, I also thought

that it was kind of odd that you know, hey shoes

and accessories in the Trunk that got left in

the water that happened to actually have Ashley

Nobody noticed that it was heavier when they

picked it up, right? Because Ashley weighs the

same amount as all of their shoes and accessories.

And she traveled on the airplane in that thing.

You got to tell me that she wasn't going, ouch,

ouch, ouch, the whole time that they were throwing

her into the plane, right? Oh my god. See, that's

another thing I have. Ashley likes to complain

a lot. Those first few episodes showed that.

So come on. How did they not know she was in

the truck? The other thing is that, okay, I don't

know how careful they are putting stuff in the

bottom of the plane. It looks like to me that

they toss it over, it gets dropped. For heaven's

sakes, she could have been traveling on top of

her head the whole time. They could have put

this truck upside down. So it's like the realism

of that just kind of went, okay, that broke me.

Oh goodness. But you know, then of course, it

was just odd to me. I just thought, really Ashley?

Nobody noticed. But then again, like it's sad

because it's like the trunk gets left in the

lake or in the water where they were. Because

the boat gets exploded and all of that stuff

and anyhow, it's like the fact that she survived

is a miracle You know It's just crazy. What about

you Nicole? What didn't you like about this one?

Okay. Well, I agree with both accounts that Amy

just said I had that on here I also am starting

to have a problem with Jerika's timing of when

she undoes her holograms. She's at the villa.

She's dressed as a seamstress, or she's hologrammed

as a seamstress. As soon as she barely gets two

feet away, she goes back to being Jim. You should

probably be under disguise for a while, little

lady. Okay? Yeah. uh yeah her timing well with

yeah with that scene it was like eric opened

the door and was like almost right on top of

her it's like really seriously you're gonna turn

it off right then uh exactly exactly so i was

just like come on timing is everything you're

in the you're in the entertainment business you

should know that um traveling without money four

girls four broads with no money come on yeah

you're going out They only had American dollars.

They couldn't pay things with American dollars.

They didn't change any currency when they were

at the, you know, airport. I guess that's why

they need Rio, right? Yeah. Hey, hey, I remember

I was completely shocked when I found out that

Oprah never knew how to like... Put her own gas

in her car because she always had somebody else

to do it It could be the same with these guys

My biggest misfit moment there is no way those

judges thought the holograms fashion was better

than the misfits come on really really Yes, but

their designs were Shayna's designs. I don't

care! They stood still in the one. Shayna stood

still in the one. They were better designs than...

I'm sorry, Kimber looked like she was wearing

pajamas. We're back to the beginning of the show.

Oh, the 80s. So those are my misfits. All right,

we are going to move on to the next episode which

is a the first part of a two -parter We'll be

back in a moment Up next is the Music Awards

Part 1. It aired September 13th, 1986. The holograms

and the misfits become so focused on beating

each other at the upcoming annual music awards

that they neglect their duties to the Starlight

Girls. Deidre, one of the girls, is so hurt by

this she runs away. The sheep girl, not wanting

Deidre to go alone, decides to come with her.

And Chrissy goes as well to keep an eye on them.

Meanwhile, video introduces the holograms to

Gisele Dvorak. Dance, a talented stage dancer

who has a special request for them. Eric Raymond

hires TechRat to cause trouble for the holograms.

The girls run away to the misfits who anonymously

report Jerrica is mistreating her Starlight girls.

Ad Starlight Music gem finds out from Lindsay

that the Haven House benefit is the same night

as the music awards. and at the missing event,

missing the event would hurt her chances to win

the prestigious award. She backs out and goes

home only to learn about the runaways, the holograms

search everywhere, but there is no trace of them

feeling guilty. For ignoring them, Jem decides

to perform at the benefit anyway with the hopes

that the girls will hear about it and come home.

The featured songs are She Makes an Impression,

Jem and the Holograms, When It's Only Me and

the Music, Jem and the Holograms, and I Am a

Giant from the Misfits. Note, when this episode

first aired, the show provided a hotline for

runaway kids to call and get help. Due to the

high call volume, the system went down temporarily.

Now, you know, I'm going to use this time to

tell people if you are in a situation where you

think running away is a good thing, it isn't.

If you do need help... and you are a runaway

person, call 1 -800 -Runaway. That's 1 -800 -786

-2929. They will listen and provide as much help

as they can. As, you know, on a personal note,

I ran away a few times as a kid. It's not a good

idea. You cannot run from your problems no matter

how big or small they are. So, the... So for

the plot in the music awards part one, Amy, what

did you think of the plot? I think it was a really

good one. I mean, because like, hey, the holograms

and all them, you know, they've got all these,

they've got so much attention. They ignore their

starlight girls. I don't know. I just, I can

see that happening because like, you know, hey,

parents get so... You know busy sometimes that

you know kids are doing their thing. Everybody's

doing their part You know that type of thing

that they can do that But I'm kind of shocked

though that they don't have any other adults

at the starlight house Like do they leave the

girls there all the time there's no housekeeper

there's no You know person that they hire to

be there when you're gone There's no adult supervision

by turning him in. See, so she was actually the

hero of the story. No, no, no. No, no, no. Not

necessarily, but... So off base there. And she

did him a favor. Yeah, but then that's the...

Well, that's another thing, and I'm probably

going to bring that up in the misfit moments

that, you know... Why is it that somebody can

call in an anonymous tip and suddenly they're,

you know, paying attention to a bunch of, you

know, I thought they had to have a little bit

more evidence than that. You know, CPS usually

doesn't get involved just because he gets an

anonymous tip. I don't know. Maybe I need to

know more about CPS because I was under the impression

that they don't do that, but hey, I could be

completely off my rocker. I mean, there was Mrs.

Well, I've never said anything else I always

say I'm insane and crazy so But nobody's called

me That's good There was a character but she

was only in two episodes mrs. Bailey She was

supposed to be the house mother of starlight

house She's only in two episodes the entire series

She retired. Something like that. She saw who

Jem really was and just said, ah! Ran away. She

saw who Jem really was and now she really is

in the basement. Locked away. With all the other

people who know the secret. Synergy has a hold

of her. Well, according to this episode, Synergy's

got some mighty lasers, so maybe. Alright, we

are. Burned her with a laser. Sorry. Nicole,

what did you, what did you think of the plot,

Nicole? You know what, there's a lot of good

lessons in this. I think I'm kind of like mashing

both of them together. Part one and two. There's

some really good lessons and it was more realistic,

I would say. You can actually feel the stress

coming off of Cherica for once. Like, how am

I supposed to do all of this, you know? And I

kind of like that. Not that I like to see her

in pain, but it's just it it just it brought

it back down to earth All right, we are gonna

get to the hologram moments after this standing

still stop What do you got Nicole? Okay, uh tech

tech rat. I love tech rat I Know I know you guys

are probably like I For some reason I love Just

the dirtiness of him. He tries to look cool,

but he's just deep down a nerd and I love it

And then I did like at the end of the episode

where they decided to give up the award show

to actually go to the benefit show. I really

thought they made a commitment and they were

going to stick to it. And I really liked that

part. Did they have a choice? Well, well, the

thing the thing is, like with most award shows,

if you don't show up, you still get the award.

So let's see. Oh, and the Misfits know how to

troll, and I love it. They know how to troll.

They were the first trolls. They taught the rest

of us how to troll. I'm not kidding. I mean,

where did they come up with this stuff? Hey,

we're going to get them in big trouble, and we're

going to look like we're completely clean of

this. So I kind of enjoyed that. Those are my

hologram moments. Amy? Hologram Moments. The

Misfits are their own worst enemy. Just have

to say. They are their own worst enemy. I just

have to say I like that. Anyhow, I thought it's

funny that the Starlight Girls end up doing the

Misfits chores at their house. I love it. It's

awesome. Yes, it's a hologram moment. Yes, ladies,

girls, if you go to the Misfits... If you go

to your enemy, they are not going to be nice

to you, okay? They're going to make you do housework.

The same that you were doing back where you were

at the Starlight House. So yeah, because somebody's

got to do it because you think the Misfits do

it. But the thing is, you know what? Pazazz made

a good reference to say, hey, we gave them food

on the roof over their head. I'm like, that's

a step up from what they probably do in the past.

Yeah, possible. Yeah, it's true. It's true. I

also think it was funny that pizzazz in her own

music video kidnaps Rio. Everybody's obsessed

about Rio. Why? I know. I know. It's just, but

I put it in here because I thought, okay, yeah,

pizzazz take him, please. Oh, I'd love to see

what she does with him though. Oh, okay. Let's

not go there. Yeah, let's not go there. Man,

when did we turn to Skinamax? I did not mean

that. You liar. I bet I would like to see her

torture him. I don't want to. No comment. OK,

so I also like the cliffhanger on the two parters.

So, yeah. Yeah, those are my hologram moments.

For me. The cliffhanger was good. I like the

characterization. Like I think this is the first

time we've seen Deirdre. I don't remember. I

mean, she's been in the background, but she's

never had a really speaking role until now. And

this was dance's first episode. So, I mean, that's

nice though, right? No, this wasn't tech rats.

We've seen him. I thought we had those. Yeah,

we've seen him before. Yeah, we've seen. I love

tech rats. I love him. He's awesome. He would

be the best mastermind if he did not have pizzazz

around. Oh, exactly. Yes, very true. So many

tears. It's all pizzazz's fault. All right, let's

let's get to the misfit moments after this. misfit

moments. I am so sick of the misfits interfering

in every single one of Eric's plans to quote

unquote help them get on top. They should have

never been in that car. Never been in that car

with Eric and tech rat. They wanted to be a part

of it, man. Yeah, they screw everything up every

time. This is why they're their own worst enemy.

They get in the car and they're like, don't get

in the car. You can't stop his ass. When she

has her mind set on something, she's gonna do

it. She's very goal -oriented. Sometimes to a

fault, right? To her own fault. What about you,

Amy? What didn't you like about this one? Oh,

I have a lot of little things. Let's see. How

do lasers turn deadly just because TechRite has

a device? When they show up to synergy like hey,

you know, let's do a light show and then the

lasers turn deadly I'm like when deadly when

you know when deadly lasers go wrong tech rat

has a device, you know Yeah, and I also noticed

there's a little strange moment where a tech

rat like repeats himself twice it was really

odd and I was like, that's kind of Just, it was

weird that he said it twice, but you know, maybe,

you know, when you're, he has to say it twice

as much because that's the only way to get possessed

to hear him. I already mentioned that there are

no adults in the starlight house. Cause like

all the kids live there and when Jim and the

holograms go off to Italy, Rio stays behind and

babysits. Who knows? Um, let's see here. Uh,

see, Oh, Jem asks Ria what he thinks of dance.

Is she trying to set him up? Really? She asked

him. It's like, okay, I don't know if any girl

ever asked her guy or guy friend or whatever.

It's like, it's always a trap. What do you think

of her? Really? It's a trap. It's a trap. Yeah.

Put general Akbar right there. It's a trap. Oh

Awesome. Okay gem volunteers for the benefit,

but they don't check their schedule first Somebody

fired Jerrica, please because she's not doing

her job Yeah, I Also had to put in here that

Rio and his drama you don't trust me really That's

what I have to yep Moments here. Okay. I've got

one more. Sorry. Let me see here. Oh Does the

fact that the Misfits they open up the car and

ask them as the starlight girls hop into the

back of the van And then I also brought up the

CPS thing already so and the last point It's

Jerrica that they're investigating not gem But

yet, yeah, anyhow. Well, it's Jerrica that the

social worker is investigating, yet at the same

time, this is the episode where Eric has a bounty

on Jim, right? No, that's the next part. That's

the next episode, yeah. That's the next part,

yeah. What about you, Nicole, for part one, Misfit

Moments? Oh, well, Amy pretty much... Sorry,

y 'all. Oh, that's not a problem. The only thing

I have a question about is, like I said, the

mighty lasers on synergy. Really? Why would she

need that kind of lasers on there that can pretty

much cut a person in half? I don't get that.

Well, they're usually fine, but they just turn

deadly because TechRat has... But why would he

have to have that setting? What was Jerick's

dad into? Torture. It was all torture. Synergy

has a bad dark side. Don't give her cookies.

She'll turn into, you know, a bad person. Don't

get her wet after midnight. You can't get her

wet. Ah, the 80s. Yeah. And then I have here

Rio being bipolar. He goes from one mood to the

other and I'm just like... Come on, please get

this man some help. Really? Really? He is serious.

And then he walks out of the room. And then two

seconds later, he acts like nothing happened.

Like, oh, and I'm like, you don't remember what

you just did? You freak of nature. Can you blame

him though, when he's got women asking him? So

what do you think of dance? It's like they're

setting him up. They're enabling this behavior.

Oh, goodness. Yep. So those are those. Yeah,

those are my moments. All right. Let's get to

the music awards. Part two after this. Music

Awards part 2 it aired September 20th 1986 as

Jerrica and the others continue their search

for the girls the misfit stage a publicity stunt

to garner more attention toward their appearance

at the Music Awards Deidre Chrissy and Bonnie

and their new friend Danny run afoul of a couple

of thugs who forced Danny to steal from a local

electronics store for them they managed to escape

and are directed to Haven House where Dance finds

them and brings them to the concert. Tech Rat

tries to disrupt the concert with a jamming device,

but Danny catches him in the act. Meanwhile,

the Misfits win for best music group, and Pizzazz

plans to gloat to gem about the win, so they

drive to the concert, only to find the audience

cheering the performance. Pizzazz, silenced and

shocked by the overwhelming sense of goodwill,

that the concert has created doesn't notice her

award accidentally slipping out of her hand to

the floor where it smashes into a hundred pieces

the featured songs are you ought to see the view

from here by the misfits running like the wind

gem of the holograms and friend or stranger by

gem of the holograms um again like this episode

ends just like in stitches ended it just ends

like the award breaks and then bam credits what's

up with that i don't get that it seems a little

out of out of character for pizzazz because like

she does not come across as that girl that's

like oh we're gonna say something heartfelt in

that she's gonna like oh you know swoon over

it so right no no but what i'm saying is like

the The actual episode, the award breaks because

it slips out of her hand. The award breaks and

the next thing you know, they're on the credits.

Yeah, because that's the end of the show, you

know? Yeah. It's too much of a hard transition

for me. There needed to be something, some sort

of musical fade out. It ran out of time. I guess.

I don't know. Overall plot for me on part two

here, I like it. I like that the girls and Danny

are all teaching each other lessons. I think

that's really cool. uh... they're gonna get the

help they need at least any well anyway uh...

and uh... what else what else uh... so the misfits

one nobody cares they have to have a win every

once in a while come on i care i care uh... what

did you think of the plot in this one amy It's

a continuation obviously of the first one. I

like the fact that we get a little bit of background

about Danny so we know he's actually had a tough

life. The rest of the girls haven't. And I like

the fact that when they have to start expressing

that and it's like, Danny's like, hey, I guess

you weren't loved either. It's like, actually,

no, we actually kind of were. It's like really

gross. I feel stupid like that. Yeah. But it

was just kind of like, you know, yeah, it just

it was kind of funny. It just made me laugh.

But it was like, oh, yeah, this is, you know,

kind of showing how whiny and, you know, cheap

your whole reason were for leaving were it was

kind of dramatic, to be honest. But I like the

fact that Mick and Ramon, the two older boys

that are the older guys that try to take advantage

of them, they get caught and arrested. But the

police don't go after the kids. I was like, Oh,

you know, get some social workers out here and

let's see if we can't get these kids off the

street. Right. Uh, so it was like, yeah, put

them in their place. The kids get away, but luckily

we all know that this is going to end well because

they go to the Haven house and everything's good

and happy, you know, poor kids. They're not going

to know who to trust. Goodness trust the blonde

pink -haired ballerina that works. Yeah, there

you go. She looks like she's in touch with life

They've made better mistakes before this so right

What about you Nicole thoughts on the rest of

this episode the two -parter I think it's a good

conclusion again like I said it kind of erupted

ended abruptly, I guess. And again, misfits up

to no good, and I love it. There's a couple of

moments that are actually my hologram of misfits,

and I love it. No, but again, it does send a

good message. You know, Danny pretty much showed

the girls, they have it pretty good. Yeah, they

don't have a family, but they do have people

that love them. They might not always be like

their hand and foot every second, because obviously,

you know, they have a very unique situation.

The gem in the holograms and Jarek and all of

them, you know, they are, you know, famous people

that have jobs that have to pay the bills, right?

And it just, again, it's just odd to me that

there's no other adults at that house. You think

it'd just be one other person like, you know,

like the matron of the house or something that

just helps them with their homework and does

all the stuff to help keep things moving along

while Jem, Jerrica and the holograms are off

doing stuff to help pay for the bills Well, that's

what I thought mrs. Bailey was for and like I

said earlier, she was only in two episodes of

the entire series It's like yeah, they just kind

of forgot about her and wrote her out. I don't

know To make it work cuz they wouldn't have this

episode if you know, there was an adult at home

True true and I really like that the one point

where the I guess how to be my hologram on them.

Never mind We're gonna get to the hologram moments

right now take it away with your hologram moments.

My hologram moments. And the mustache -y gem.

That was awesome. I really thought that was pretty

funny. I loved that. All of her craziness. I,

for one, enjoyed that the Misfits actually won

for once. I mean, they're never going to be a

true threat if they don't come out ahead every

once in a while. Yeah, and I put that in. here

too is like, I completely agree. They have to

have their moments where they win. Yeah. I mean,

or they're really just not a threat or, you know.

Yeah. It's constantly dealing with Cobra, you

know? And the point where they're at the cafe

and the waiter helps Ganny take the first steps

to get help. I really thought that was really

sweet. I don't know if he was a runway himself

and he got back on his feet, but I really enjoyed

that moment where two strangers got together

and helped each other. I really thought that

was awesome. Yeah. Absolutely. It's somebody

they could trust, right? Just some guy working

at a cafe. There you go. Hey, here's this number.

It's a hotline. I really thought that was...

Well done. I mean, I, you know, coming from someone

who was in that kind of, cause I was a ward of

the state of Kentucky till I from 14 to 18. So,

um, I had been in a few safe places and shelters

and stuff like that. And, you know, shelters

for kids. So I do know that they do advertise.

Like you can go to a tart. you know here it's

called transit authority rooster so you can go

to the public bus transportation system here

and say hey i need help i need to go someplace

safe or you can go into a mcdonald's or something

like that they they have those kinds of where

you can you know if you are a runaway you can

go into businesses and if they have the safe

place logo in their windows you can say hey i

need help um so again that is really really interesting

and i can't You know say again say enough if

you are in runaway, and you need help Find a

payphone if they still exist this day and age

and call 1 -800 runaway You know someone will

always listen Okay, where was I now? I was done

with my hologram on yeah, okay, Amy. What about

you um let's see Uh, I did notice that in this

episode, the CPS worker does have a point. He

does realize that the girls are on their own

without an adult at the house. Um, it's, it is

pointed out. I hope, I hope this means that they

will remedy that after this episode. They won't.

Yeah. Uh, Eric Raymond responds the right way

about the laser gun. Why are you giving that

to pizzazz? It's like, so I have to give credit

where credit is due. Good job, Eric. Of course

he doesn't stop her, but yeah. But at that point

she had the laser gun in her hand, which is bad.

Um, and that's pretty much it. Uh, everything

else has been mentioned. So yeah. Um, for me,

um, One thing I noticed, it took me two or three

times in the scenes where the older guys are

at their little hideout there. I had to rewind

it a couple of times, but it does say on the

side of the bus and the graffiti, it does say

Mark's Girls School. M -A -R -X for Kristy Marks.

She's got her name in the episode on the bus.

Oh, that's cool. She wrote it, you know. It makes

sense. Well, yeah, yeah. Pazaz got exactly what

she deserves. I like how Roxy throws in her face,

too. Yeah. I mean, if you look at this episode,

yes, I kind of agree with you, Amy, that, yeah,

the Misfits need to win every now and then, but

look at... how jim and the holograms are looking

on the misfits are yes jim and the holograms

are you know want to get famous and whatever

else but they are so thankful for everything

that's been given to them and the misfits because

they are the villains just want to take take

take take take who really won in this episode

the hogs are really want to know they can't work

on it they took a day you know that i don't even

take an award home they took pieces of an award

home They took it home for a few minutes. Yeah,

a few seconds. But, alright, let's get to the

misfit moments after this. Why do you hate the

misfit so much, huh? Misfit moments for the music

awards part two Man pizzazz is becoming worse

and worse as the series goes on she really needs

to listen to Eric sometimes Like seriously if

she would just listen to what Eric has planned

and what he's going to do and just leave it there

Think of it as work pizzazz you hate doing work.

So just leave the crap alone like Tech rat probably

would have won this episode for them if Pizzazz

hadn't screwed it up. True. Because one of those

lasers would have ended up killing all of the

holograms. They almost did. I was surprised that

when the billboard fell over and into the window,

all that glass fell everywhere. You mean that

nobody got impaled by that? Nobody was hospitalized?

It's the 80s. Yeah, and plus it's the 80s. It's,

you know, the same reason why Cobra can't hit

G .I. Joe and G .I. Joe can't hit Cobra and Autobots

can't hit Decepticons and vice versa. Sometimes

it just doesn't hurt them. Knocks them over like,

ah. They get back up and start shooting again.

Yeah, until you get to 1986 and that blatant

optimist's stomach. But anyway, again, I cannot

be going crazy. I'm going to have to actually,

after we finished recording this episode, I'm

going to have to go to the DVDs and see if these

episodes really end as hard as they do. It's

a real mark for me off of this episode. I don't

know. It just... Ends and it's like wait what

that's it really seriously. There's there's nothing

Yeah, that's right. I watched it. Yeah All right,

Amy. What do you have for misfit moments? Well,

I'm gonna say it again tech rat gives the Misfits

lasers bad idea Yeah, you're a brilliant dude,

but you need to keep those lasers away from Okay,

he's brilliant, but he doesn't have social skills

and he wants to be part of the cool crowd. So

he's going to do this so he can be part of the

cool kids. Yes, but he also is kind of a little,

um, you know, OCD and wants things done exactly

the way he wants them done. And they don't ever

follow that. So, ah, you know, the whole idea

of being, I want to be part of the cool cats,

but you know, got to do it this way and blah,

blah, blah. I was like, these guys are misfits.

They're not going to listen. It's part of the

name, you know. And I don't think TechRat wants

to be one of the cool kids. I think TechRat wants

to be left the frig alone. He wants to be the

ultimate villain! With the guy that has the cat,

you know? Put me in a mountain somewhere and

I'll have the cat and all of the cool devices

and I'll take over the world! Oh my god. I just

had a horrible, horrible thought. We've already

mentioned in this podcast that Eric Raymond is

Michael Bay -ish. TechRat is his writing bitch,

Aaron Krueger. Wow. Okay. You know, the scary

thing is I can totally see it. Nicole Okay, okay

Okay, so pizzazz should have been arrested for

what she did to be honest She should be in jail

after this episode because hey, she was the only

one flying around using that laser There were

plenty of witnesses She wouldn't she should have

been arrested for that. So yeah breaking the

breaking the reality Huh? Money does wonders

You know what's really creepy is that Amy can

pretty much mimic it that's creepy I don't know

how to recover from this now. I'll put one more

thing also pizzazz in this episode she pulls

the award away from the other misfits so it's

like you know they follow her but she does not

give them any any credit whatsoever if she gets

an opportunity to have all the credit she will

take it even from her own friends so that's very

very sad uh nicole misfit moments okay misfit

moments um Yeah, tech rat give us a laser. Come

on. Everyone knows that that's a bad idea. Um,

and then apparently Incredibles hasn't come out

yet because, because dance did not take the advice

of no case. No case. Yeah. What the hell was

that outfit? Oh my Lanta. That was horrible.

Where's Edna? And I would have to say the social

worker was a little lax with his duties, like,

eh, if they show up, we'll do something about

it. If not, well, great, I've got to work. I

mean, the only explanation, not necessarily to

explain that away, but the only thing I can think

of is, again, coming from someone who had two

or three different social workers in my life,

and they have upwards of 100 to 200 to 300 cases.

So it... depending on the caseload, that's probably

why he was that lax. But, I don't know. Any other

things for music awards? No capes. No capes.

No capes. No capes. Alright, we are gonna take

a quick break. Sorry. Oh god. I love Edna, she's

awesome. You know, the sad thing is your avatar

kind of almost looks like Mrs. Incredible. Anyway,

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Yeah, that's alright. Alright, we are back. Amy,

what are you going to rate in stitches? In stitches,

I'm rating this one a four. I know we had a few

little problems with it, but to be honest, and

I know it had this hard end, but I really enjoyed

it, so I rated it a four. What about you, Nicole?

See this is probably one of my favorite episodes

because even before I went back on rewatch gem

I remembered this episode And again not having

real when it really Yeah, so it's not perfect

I would give it a five if there wasn't there's

a couple of bad things in it So I'm saying four

and a half because this is probably one of my

favorites. I love it. So Alrighty then for me,

I'm gonna give this a I'm gonna give it a three

only because of the hard -ending The rest of

the episode I really did like it though, but

I'll give it a three What about the music awards

Amy? Are we putting together as one? Yeah, okay.

Um, I like it I think had a good message. I like

what they did with it, even though there are

a few little things that break my brain. And

I would also give this one a four as well. I

thought it was pretty solid. What about you,

Nicole? I've just got to double what Amy just

said. I read the message. There was some really

good moments. Like I said, mustache gem. Awesome.

And like I said, this is actually one for once

and for some reason that really puts a smile

on my face. So I'm gonna give this one a four.

For me, I'm trying to think if there was anything

too jarring. There wasn't really anything too

jarring on my end. Again, I guess I'll take a

point off for the end so I'm also gonna give

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