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Deepti and Sean have not OD'd on the Summer House scandal. Not even remotely close! They discuss Amanda's first social media post post-scandal; whether Carl is still a manipulative guy in some ways; a lot of analysis on Kyle and whether he had a SMIDGE of a "right" to be pissy this season; West continuing to of course be the absolute worst IRL. 

And then at the end they share their quick thoughts on the trailer for the new show In The City which shockingly has a gigantic cast. 

Deepti and Sean are delighted yet again with a great Ladies of London episode! There was a lot of Mark in this episode. Deepti has SOME reservations about Mark but still overall loves him. Margo is truly the worst but is also bringing the drama so....can we really hate her?? Kimi remains GLORIOUS. Many insults go down at the polo fields where they are celebrating Myka's birthday.

Deepti and Sean are so enamored with this Ladies of London reboot. Episode 6 is legitimately one of the funniest episodes on Bravo. The picnic scene at the end where the insults are FLYING is just perfection. Everyone is casting aspersions all the while having smiles on their faces. Kimi and Mark were destroying Margo and Kimi and Mark's theatrics were just truly tip top. 

Deepti and Sean are thrilled to have finally seen an actually fantastic episode of Beverly Hills this season. What a SLOG of a season this has been. But WOW this final dinner of the Tuscany trip was incredible. Erika destroys Dorit. Dorit deserved it. Kyle is losing her mind on Dorit but Deepti is fed up with Kyle using the reason of "I care about you Dorit" as an excuse for what she's basically calling tough love for Dorit. NO - Kyle just hates Dorit! Dorit continues to get a lot of support from Boze and Rachel which is...

A NEW SHOW!!!!!!!!! A whole freaking new SERIES is upon us. And what a doozy this show is! Deepti and Sean LOVE it. It is wild that Ashley from Bachelor Nation is the LEAST nuts of them all!! These cast members have crazy accents and crazy lives and there's so much hope for this season! 

The Valley is back! Darkness ensues. Deepti and Sean expect good things to come from this season! Deepti doesn't LOVE a pregnancy or new baby storyline but Kristen is making it interesting (and entertaining?) to hear about. Jesse and his new girlfriend definitely seem like chaos agents and the drama with Michelle looks like it's going to be good this season. Zack is looking great! But we all need more information on Benji. What's the connection there even?? We'll see how Lala and Schwartz do on this season. Thank goodness Brittany took out those big old bags  this season t...

Deepti and Sean are horrified by the news of Amanda and West DATING. WHAT ON EARTH!?!?! Blech. May Ciara reign forever supreme!!!! 

Deepti and Sean bid adieu to the Ryan Murphy interpretation of JFK Jr and CBK's love story. They first discuss forgetting to talk about a very phenomenal Radiohead song (Exit (Music For A Film)) from a previous episode. And then they move on to actually PRAISE something and that's the scene b/w CBK's mom and Caroline Kennedy. Phenomenal acting! The overall tragedy of this story IRL still hurts everyone's hearts. But man...this show could have been much better. 

Southern Charm ~Beginning of Episode

Ladies of London ~Discussion begins at 21 min 21 sec

Deepti and Sean have *had it* with Craig of course. Most of the part 2 was how horrible and unapologetic and un-self-aware and arrogant Craig is. 

Ladies of London continues to be a BOON TO THE SOUL!!!! Kimi, Martha, Mark and Emma are without a doubt the cool crowd and the only place to be. Kimi and Mark are out to destroy Margo and it's quite honestly hilarious to watch b/c Martha is incorrigible!!!!! Also, it is inSANE that Margo h...

Deepti and Sean discuss all the latest RUUUUMORS and naastiness regarding Amanda and West having possibly hooked up recently!?!? Ciara must be distraught and PISSED. Meanwhile in episode 8 of this season, Kyle loses his mind and Amanda is at the brink of losing her own because of Kyle and West is *extra* attentive to her and it all is definitely eyebrow raising given all the latest rumors of a West/Amanda hookup.

Deepti and Sean discuss the brutal past few episodes of Beverly Hills. Come ON Amanda....how is she seriously this insanely not self aware??? Also why is Kyle continuing this charade of being friends with Dorit? We can see straight through it all! Everyone goes to Italy and honestly...what is even happening? The fights are sub-par. Rachel is giving a lot. But for some reason Deepti is tiring of her persona...but maybe only b/c all of RHOBH is exhausting right now?? 

Deepti and Sean are LOVING the Ladies of London reboot. These cast members are incredible!! Kimi and Martha obviously the faves. Dara - wow the villain we didn't get enough of huh? How much do we marvel over this Lottie and Joshua relationship? It's...something else that's for sure! Missé's background and everything with her brother - we need loads more info now. 

This show is GREAT and it's sad there are only going to be 7 eps this season! 

Love Story discussion first; then Southern Charm Reunion discussion begins at 14min 40sec.

Deepti and Sean discuss the continued downfall of the Love Story limited series and then the continued downfall of Craig, Austen and Salley on Southern Charm! Austen is having a TERRIBLE reunion this season along with Craig. Salley isn't helping herself much either! Even though she did NOT deserve the horrible commentary from Austen about her. Yikes! 

Deepti and Sean discuss moments of glory and moment of meh from the 98th Annual Oscars Award ceremony. Timothée Chalamet's fall from grace, why Marty Supreme won nothing, the big night for both Sinners and One Battle After Another, who looked good/who looked bad, Deepti's new crushes...and much more. 

Deepti and Sean chat briefly about Summer House and a lot about Southern Charm latest few episodes. 

On Summer House, Bailey's awkward weird rude comment at dinner about Ben wanting Amanda was cringe BUT it *did* create some drama worth watching. Also, even though Ben deservedly got angry about it, he kind of took it too far?? In other Summer House news, Deepti and Sean don't buy that West is truly pining for Ciara. Sean presents a great tinfoil hat theory on the rumors about West and Amanda hooking up.

On Southern Charm, Craig is j...

Deepti and Sean take major aim at Jesse's corny douchey awful lame behavior for much of this PCP episode! He is having a deservedly horrible season so far. West is getting a pretty darn good edit. Deepti continues to be actively angry at Kyle. Deepti and Sean both marvel at how Ben keeps being called "so hot"....he needs to bring more to the table at this point. 

TODAY IS THE 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF POP CULTURE PRISONER!!! 

What better way to celebrate than to share an episode discussing the ever popular FX show about CBK and JFK Jr's tragic love story. Deepti is unfortunately starting to sour a little on the show since there are so many FICTIONS in this show based on real people. They discuss the acting, comparisons to Carrie Bradshaw, what's made up (and what's not) and and also the fabulous music. 

Deepti and Sean LOOOOVED the Tyra Banks takedown in the 3 part docu-series on the infamous America's Next Top Model reality show that reigned the airwaves for quite a few years. Deepti hadn't ever watched the show but Sean did and they both bring in their perspectives about the show (it was such a huge part of the zeitgeist for so long so you knew about it whether you watched it or not back in the day) into their thoughts on the documentary getting into the nasty nitty-gritty background goings-on. 

Deepti and Sean have been chomping at the bit to talk about this limited Ryan Murphy series about American royalty couple JFK Jr and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy who tragically died in 1999 in a plane crash. This show has flaws (some of the acting...oh boy) but watching it also feels like a warm blanket. You just hunker down and watch and get transported to another world and time and it's the best! Love the return back to the NYC 1990s!! Love seeing the ins and outs of how these two gorgeous people walked through life. Deepti read (errr rather...

Deepti and Sean have caught up with Southern Charm and are a little dismayed by how much the season that started out strong has plateaued! But thank goodness Austen has finally broken up with Audrey...watching Craig get that news was so hilarious. Straight men loving gossip is hilarious. Salley's thirst for Austen was almost...disturbing? Like come on, Salley, cool it a BIT!? Venita - WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH HER??? Is she not living on our same planet? What nonsensical drama is she trying to propel into our eyeballs?? It doesn't make SENSE!! 

#SouthernCharm #Bravo #RealityTV

Deepti and Sean continue to talk about Kyle and Amanda's incessant fighting. Sean is wayyy more "over it" than Deepti is! Deepti is also way more actively perturbed by Kyle's behavior and attitude. NOT to be overshadowed by Deepti's maybe almost illogical irritation by Jesse. West continues to be pretty charming. (But Ciara can do so much better than ALL THESE DUDES on this show!!) 

#SummerHouse #Bravo #RealityTV 

~Jill Zarin Superbowl discussion begins around minute 32. 

Sean has just finished Season 3 of RHONY on her first full watch of the show and they discuss the great big Jill-Bethenny fight, the arrival of Sonja Morgan to RHONY, Luann was dating JACQUES at this point in the show, Alex McCord finally got a REAL set of balls this season and started becoming way more aggro on the show...so much good stuff! 

Then they discuss the well-deserved firing that Jill Zarin got from the new E! show ("The Golden Life" starring Ramona, Sonja, Luann and Kelly) af...

Deepti and Sean are thrilled Summer House is back! Amanda and Kyle's marriage will finally officially implode this season and they're off to the most acrimonious start ever in the season opener. New cast members Bailey, Levi and Ben all seem fine so far...time will tell. Deepti and Sean both agree that while Ben is obviously good looking, he REALLY needs a hair glow-up STAT. Carl...Oh Carl. Always rooting for him but...? Ciara uses A LOT of sunscreen. 

Deepti and Sean have HIGH HOPES for this season! 

#SummerHouse #Bravo

Sean is watching RHONY in full for the first time!! Deepti chats with her about her impressions of all the ladies in the first two seasons. Deepti also shares a special little run-in she had last month with one of the cast members!!!!! 

Quick note - Deepti and Sean didn't know that some of the ladies just got a deal for Legacy RHONY on E! when they recorded this episode! The news had JUST come out before they started recording. 

#RHONY #Bravo #RealityTV #RealHousewivesOfNewYork

We're over halfway through this fabulous season of Traitors! Rob Rausch has so far won all of our hearts. YOWZERS. Deepti and Sean think that Candiace has been such a fantastic traitor....UNTIL the end of episode 7 at least. (Many on the internet may disagree with that.) Deepti and Sean delve deeper into what was going on with the cast and Ron Funches and with Dorinda in general. Also - side note...Michael Rappaport has just been trash and Colton suckssss. All this and more all discussed on this 208th episode of Pop Culture Prisoner! 

#Traitors #Peacock #B...

Deepti and Sean cannot stop LOVING the drama on Southern Charm this season. Craig is a monster, Austen is awesome (WELLLL...that's Deepti's opinion, Sean might not fully agree), Rodrigo is finally showing UP for work!, Deepti finally found Whitner attractive in one episode, both Sean and Deepti are still just always so tickled by Patricia (and Whitney - yes they can't help it, he's such a ridiculous human)...the drama with the Salley, Charley and Venita is pretty staged and dumb but somehow it still FULLY has Sean and Deepti's attention. Madison still reigning supreme even though her...

TLC dropped a 3 part docu-series on Mary Cosby from Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. HOLY CRAP! Deepti and Sean are both FLOOOOORED. Deepti had been following the general "is Mary a cult leader" gossip out there on the internet. But even so, she did not know HOW BAD things were. (If you listen to this Pop Culture Prisoner episode, you basically don't have to watch the doc?!) 

The doc splices in parts of the RHOSLC show to help contextualize all these allegations against Mary and things she may have said on the show with what others i...

Deepti and Sean discuss general thoughts on all the cast members (and friend-of) for the first three episodes. They don't necessarily DISAGREE on Dorit's weaknesses but only one of them still wants her on her screen still; Kyle got a section of ire; Rachel is a REAL queen; AMANDA IS *NOT* A MONEY QUEEN WTF!!!!!!!!!; Erika has a new boyfriend according to the gossip blogs and WWHL; Deepti and Sean discuss thoughts on Boz at length as well as a tangent on a certain Indian comedian in the "news" (i.e. in Deepti's algorithm) lately; Deepti and Sean DISAGREE...

Deepti and Sean are thrilled Southern Charm is back. They express their disdain for Craig so far this season, admit that they're rooting for Austen, try to understand Mollie, analyze Venita's whole arc on the show, begrudgingly appreciate Whitney, try to figure out if Whitner is a psycho or just super disciplined ... and chat about all sorts of additional nonsense from the first four episodes of the new season!

Deepti embarks on her first solo podcast episode! As a Swiftie, it's her duty to discuss the new Taylor Swift album that has greatly divided the planet! Deepti sings its praises but also has some *notes* on what are some baffling choices Taylor made on this album. Deepti talks criticisms and criticisms of criticisms. And she generally acknowledges that she feels schizophrenic about this album. ENJOY! 

Deepti is finally back after a LONG hiatus and is thrilled to welcome new podcast guest Deana! Deana is a fabulous culture aficionado AND a therapist IRL! Perfect for Real Housewives analysis. They discuss the season 6 premiere of our beloved show (just ask John Oliver and Kristen Wiig who gush about RHOSLC) Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. While this premiere left a lot to be desired, Deepti and Deana still break it all down. Especially trying to figure out what Britney's role even is, whether or not Heather and Whitney are "trying their best" and wondering where on...

Deepti and Sean introduce the inaugural episode of Pop Culture Rap Sheet! Episodes where we just gab about what's been consuming our brains pop culture-wise lately. 

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Pop Culture Prisoner's 200th episode!!!!!!!! WOOT WOOT!

Deepti and Sean mistakenly dreaded watching the new Bravo show Next Gen NYC about the children of Bravolebs and other rich/famous parents' kids BUT IT IS AMAZING! Well so far at least. The douchey villain Charlie is providing decent tv so far, Ariana (Kim Z's daughter) is shockingly endearing, Brooks has become a SWEET BOY on this show, a couple of the cast members are leaving a bit of a snooze mark so far, Georgia is fantastic and Dylan...wow Dylan wow. 

Deepti, Haley and Sarah decided to do an impromptu episode about the second season of The Valley so far. They discuss why season two is feeling SO MUCH MORE ICK compared to the equally disturbing season one. Topics discussed: "HOW sorry" they feel for Brittany (it's a mixed bag), that Zach isn't enough comedic relief for the show (but kudos to him for trying), Lala being annoying, Jax being a dangerous psychopath, how Janet must have zero fans, the intricacies of Nia and Danny's relationship and Deepti denounces her past attraction to Jesse! 

Deepti, Haley and Sarah decided to do an impromtu episode on the overall vibe of Season 2 of The Valley. They discuss why it's giving them the ick and has been a little hard to watch, despite LOVING the first season so much. Deepti no longer finds Jesse attractive PHEW! Michelle and Brittany need to stop talking about their husbands in front of their toddlers! Janet has exactly zero fans. Zach is sweet but he's not capable of carrying all the lightheartedness on the show. Brittany is just a tough watch in general. Jax is obviously a monster! Deepti has...

Summer House Season 9 just wrapped with part 2 of its reunion and Deepti, Haley and Sarah have THOUGHTS. First thought being they are all happy for Paige that she decided to leave the show, GOOD CHOICE! They also dissect Amanda and Kyle's marriage, whether Imrul deserved another chance at another season, Lexi and Jesse's toxic AF relationship, Ciara's role in this season, Danielle being an absolutely terrible friend to Lindsay, what on earth Lindsay AND THE WHOLE CAST will be doing for Season 10! So much still remains in the air for Bravo to decide! 

The most cringey show on television is back and Pop Culture Prisoner couldn't be more excited to dissect what it WRONG with that writers room!!! Deepti is joined by first time guest Laura Shafferman to discuss the highs and lows from episode one. The outfit Carrie mails a blank postcard in...THAT MUSHROOM HAT...LTW's NECKLACE! It's insane. Miranda shockingly had a good first episode, Rosie O'Donnell was entertaining. Aidan continues to make us wince. Charlotte's bug eyes in every scene is hard to watch. Seema's cartoon character director (ex)boyfriend...so much to discuss!

One of the greatest shows ever made just had one of the most incredible jaw-dropping season finales ever done. Deepti and Sean marvel at the balls on Nathan Fielder to pull off an awe-inspiring finale! They talk more about the common themes in Nathan Fielder's show that all showed up in this season of the Rehearsal. And they admire how Nathan manages to connect all the threads of some crazy tangents throughout the season. GENIUS. 

(Pop Culture Prisoner episode about The Rehearsal Season 1 is August 20, 2022 (episode 135))

Nathan Fielder has done it again...blown us away with more inception-like comedy? Performance art? Social science experiment? Always hard to explain the enigma that is a Nathan Fielder show!! But Deepti and Sean try their best! They discuss the first 5 eps (season finale episode 6 will air on HBO tomorrow Sunday May 25th) and how/why they love Nathan and they do their best to attempt to convince people to give this show a shot! They did not discuss every in and out of the season...

Deepti and Dina are scared/excited for season 2 of The Valley! The second season premiere was spectacular from the get-go. Everyone is deranged. Dina has a particularly gigantic dislike for a couple on no one's list for "most hated" - but that's just how Dina's brain rolls it seems! 

The fact that these people have truly been friends (errr frienenemies) for years seems to really add to the authenticity of the show. Both Dina and Deepti are scared of many of them. And they are both excited for all the lunacy to come! What a fabulous premiere e...