Bad Bunny Halftime Show, Kelsea Ballerini & Chase Stokes Split Again + Alix Earle & Tom Brady Spotted Dancing

Summary

Chicks in the Office – Episode Summary

Episode Date: February 9, 2026
Hosts: Ria & Fran (plus Noah)
Main Episode Focus: Super Bowl LVIII recap – Bad Bunny halftime show, major pop culture events from Super Bowl weekend (Tom Brady & Alex Earle, celeb sightings), latest on Kelsea Ballerini & Chase Stokes, and the Weekly Watch Report.

Episode Overview

This episode dives into all the buzz surrounding Super Bowl weekend, breaking down the game, team drama, the Bad Bunny halftime show, standout commercials, hot celebrity moments, and the latest pop culture news. The hosts, in their signature candid tone, mix anecdotal Super Bowl traditions with irreverent recaps and sharp takes on everything from music performances to trending celebrity relationships.

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1. Super Bowl Recap & Traditions

Timestamps: [02:00–11:00]

• The hosts discuss their Super Bowl viewing experiences, the game’s slow pace, and signature food spreads:

  • Ria wore Patriots gear despite the loss. "Gotta stand with them." – Ria [02:29]
  • The consensus: the game was boring unless you're a Seahawks fan; even then, the first half was frustrating because no one could score.
  • Emphasis on indulgent Super Bowl snacks (wings, buffalo chicken dip, fries), with a hard “no” to vegetables except crudité:
    “I fucking love crudité.” – Rhiann Fran [08:01]

• Anecdotes about family traditions, like a Super Bowl cake shaped as a football field.

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2. Halftime & Anthem Performances

Timestamps: [11:50–20:50]

Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show

• "Benito, he crushed it." – Rhiann Fran [11:59]
• Praised for energy, positivity, and highlighting Latin countries—emphasizing unity and representation.
• Memorable visuals: performers dressed as grass to clear the field quickly; a staged wedding during the show (which turned out to be real).
• Notable surprise guests: Lady Gaga (salsa segment), Ricky Martin ("Ricky looks fucking fantastic" – Noah [15:49]), and cameos by Pedro Pascal, Jessica Alba, Karol G, Alex Earle.
• The show's message: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.” – as shown on stadium displays.
• Discussions on the show's impact, especially for Latin viewers and how you don’t need to know the language to feel the vibes:
  • “The messaging is so universal... just the rhythm and the sounds makes you want to dance.” – Noah [20:34]
• Brief mention of manufactured halftime “controversy” and the silliness of criticism.

Anthem & Other Performances

• Charlie Puth’s national anthem and gospel choir were generally well received.
  • “He’s a very talented artist, musician... a beautiful arrangement.” – Rhiann [23:27]
• Green Day's pregame show, Brandi Carlile, Coco Jones, and a noted Olympic-laced Budweiser commercial.

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3. Super Bowl Commercials Breakdown

Timestamps: [27:34–36:36]

• General take: lots of A.I. themes this year, but snack and beverage mainstays ruled.
  • Lays (“immediate tears”), Dunkin’s 90s sitcom reunion, Backstreet Boys karaoke for Coinbase, and Jurassic Park de-aging tech demos.
  • “It was almost, dare I say, too many cameos.” – Rhiann [29:32]
• Analysis of movie trailers:
  • “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” spinoff “Adventures of Cliff Booth” was confusingly marketed.
  • Spielberg’s new alien film “Disclosure Day” piqued curiosity.
  • Olympics coverage and Budweiser’s emotional eagle spot also mentioned.
• Noteworthy: Sabrina Carpenter’s Pringles ad, Pepsi’s “blind taste test” ad (leading to an in-show Pepsi Challenge).

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4. In-Show ‘Pepsi Challenge’

Timestamps: [36:36–39:53]

• Hosts do a live blind taste test between Pepsi Zero Sugar and Coke Zero Sugar, reflecting the commercial.
• Outcome:
  • Noah: prefers Pepsi; Rhiann Fran: Pepsi; Rhea: Coke.
  • “Pepsi Zero Sugar tastes so good.” – Noah [38:40]
• General fun and nostalgia about past Super Bowl challenges.

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5. Celebrity Sightings & Gossip from Super Bowl Weekend

Timestamps: [39:53–56:10]

Tom Brady & Alex Earle

• Spotted dancing together, sparking more rumors.
• Tom’s “trying to stay young”, joining the “Palm Tree Crew”:
  • “It is so clear that Tom Brady is going through a midlife crisis.” – Noah [43:38]
• The group is torn – supportive of Tom dancing, but a bit weirded out.

Star-studded Parties & Sightings

• Leo DiCaprio–Tobey Maguire bromance (“Strongest relationship in Hollywood”), with Leo dancing for his boys.
• Kim Kardashian at the game with Lewis Hamilton, possibly a “hard launch.”
• Bieber, Haily, and others making the rounds at celeb parties.
• Travis Kelsey having fun; Kendall Jenner and more noted on the scene.

Kelsea Ballerini & Chase Stokes Breakup

Timestamps: [58:09–62:31]

• News that Kelsea and Chase split again, following social media “unfollows.”
  • “Anytime it’s a constant break up, back together… it’s not good.” – Rhiann Fran [61:08]
• Madelyn Cline’s interactions with Kelsea seem to be a factor.
• The hosts express intrigue and exasperation:
  • “Now you got me back in with this one, I want to know what the fuck happened!” – Noah [62:31]

Cardi B & Stefon Diggs

Timestamps: [56:10–57:49]

• Subtle signs of a split: unfollowing each other, speculation about sightings of Stefon’s ex, but no confirmation.

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6. Other Showbiz & Pop Culture Updates

Timestamps: [62:31–68:39]

• “Heated Rivalry” TV drama officially renewed for spring 2027, with anticipation/angst about time flying (“But not to talk about time, but isn’t that kind of sad? Just the years, they’re just flying by.” – Rhiann Fran [65:07]).
• Philosophizing about looking forward, living in the moment, and treasuring small joys:
  • “If you always have something good to look forward to, then, like, you’re doing well.” – Rhea [68:07]

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7. Weekly Watch Report

Timestamps: [70:09–122:49]

Roundtable TV/movie reviews and grades from all hosts:

The Housemaid (Film)

• “Her acting in this movie was atrocious.” – Noah on Sydney Sweeney [87:50]
• universally panned by the hosts for weak writing, laughable pacing, and bad adaptation.

Traitors

• “A+” for episode drama; breakdown of strategy (lots of “pretty privilege” for Rob).

Summer House

• “A lot of Amanda and Kyle... just doesn’t seem like they enjoy each other’s presence.”
  • Sympathetic to Amanda; critical of Kyle for ignoring relationship issues.

Love Island (Australia & All Stars)

• Entertaining but uneven; Lucinda is “at my wit’s end,” Millie praised.

Tell Me Lies

• B+; the show has “so much to wrap up in two episodes,” mostly about unresolved relationships and character entanglements.
• “We knew Steven was gonna do something bad with those pictures. Sending them to her dad was just honestly sick.” – Rhiann Fran [104:28]

Other Shows

• Beverly Hills (C for being “boring”)
• Miracle (Netflix documentary): B+
• Industry (latest season): B+
• The Pit: strong marks for medical drama
• Heated anticipation for Chicago Fire/PD/Med crossovers and the Olympics.

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8. Notable Quotes & Moments

• “I posted on my Instagram story, I said, why am I crying and shaking my ass at the same time? Because that... sums up that performance as a whole.” – Noah, Bad Bunny halftime [22:51]
• On the wedding during the show: “Best video of your wedding ever; you won’t need a videographer.” – Rhiann [22:34]
• On Tom Brady's vibe: “He is football. He is Mr. Super Bowl.” – Rhiann and Noah [41:36–41:40]
• “Love is dead. The most in love couple of the century... have called it off again.” – Noah, Kelsea & Chase [58:09]

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9. Tone & Host Dynamics

The episode is classic “Chicks in the Office” – breezy, unfiltered, sassy, and engaging. Fran and Ria balance hot takes with genuine pop culture enthusiasm, Noah adds observational humor and quick wit. Banter feels personal but inclusive, as if listeners are hanging out with friends after a big event.

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10. Section Timestamps Overview

• [02:00–11:00] – Super Bowl recap, snacks, traditions
• [11:50–20:50] – Halftime and anthem performances
• [27:34–36:36] – Commercials breakdown & Pepsi challenge
• [39:53–56:10] – Super Bowl sightings (Tom Brady, celebs)
• [56:10–62:31] – Relationship news (Cardi B/Diggs, Kelsea/Chase)
• [62:31–68:39] – TV/Film renewal and “years flying by”
• [70:09–122:49] – Weekly Watch Report

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Conclusion

A jam-packed episode covering every facet of Super Bowl weekend – from the much-debated Bad Bunny halftime show, through the galaxy of celebrified parties, to the latest heartbreaks and show renewals. Ria, Fran, and Noah keep the conversation spirited, funny, and occasionally sentimental, with plenty of quotable moments and behind-the-scenes insight for pop culture fans who missed the madness.

Episode MVP Quote:
“I posted on my Instagram story, I said, why am I crying and shaking my ass at the same time? Because... it was, like, emotional and uplifting but also you’re like, ‘Oh my God, this music just makes me want to shake my hips and dance.’” – Noah [22:51]

If you missed the Super Bowl (or pop culture over the last week), this episode will get you audibly up-to-date with a heavy sprinkle of fun and FOMO.

Transcript

[Rhiann Fran]

Hey, Chicks in the Office listeners. You can find every episode on Apple podcasts, Spotify or YouTube Prime. Members can listen ad free on Amazon Music. Out on the course, they're the PGA.

[Noah]

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[Rhea]

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[Noah]

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[Rhea]

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[Noah]

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[Rhiann Fran]

What's up, everyone?

[Noah]

It's Chicks in the Office with Rhiann Fran giving you that Friday energy on a Monday. Happy Monday, everybody. Happy Monday. After the super bowl, we're going to talk all about it. But first, Chicks in the Office is presented by Microsoft Copilot. Before we get into all the topics, we got to cover all the drama, all the super bowl fun stuff. We need to talk about the thing keeping everyone's lives organized right now. And that is Microsoft 365 copilot.

[Rhiann Fran]

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[Noah]

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[Rhiann Fran]

I applaud you for wearing the sweater today. Like, I applaud you for not being ashamed to wear the sweater.

[Rhea]

No. Someone outside was like, did you lose a bed? And I'm like, no, this is what I did, like, in middle school when they lost to the Giants, like, multiple times. And it was like, if I was going to wear Patriot stuff all year long before they lost, like, I have to wear your.

[Noah]

Your.

[Rhiann Fran]

You are not swayed. Your dedication is still there.

[Noah]

You're not ashamed.

[Rhea]

What am I going to get, like, mugged on the street for wearing this?

[Rhiann Fran]

Like, no, no, not at all.

[Rhea]

Gotta stand with them. So.

[Rhiann Fran]

But it's just Every, like you just go, ooh.

[Rhea]

I also said to Rhea, I'm like, this one didn't. I think other Patriot fans are saying it as well. Like, out of all the Super Bowls, they've lost. Like, hurt by far the least because it's like, yeah, really.

[Rhiann Fran]

Like, it would have been a miracle anyway.

[Rhea]

Yeah, it would have been a miracle if they won.

[Noah]

Yeah. So, yeah, I would like to say my bills would have been better out there, but they didn't even make it. So, you know, it's hard to say that. It's hard to say, Mr.

[Rhea]

Hypothetical.

[Noah]

It is, exactly.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. I mean, if Bonix doesn't break his ankle.

[Rhea]

If.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, right. It's a lot of.

[Noah]

But they made it.

[Rhiann Fran]

But they made it and then they got their butts kicked.

[Noah]

So that's how it went when it. When they scored zero points and we're still in the fourth quarter. And I'm like, you know what? At this point, I actually hope they. They don't score at all because it's never happened.

[Rhiann Fran]

At least then you'd have like a. A memorable moment. Exactly.

[Noah]

I was like, this would actually be really fun if they just scored nothing.

[Rhea]

You see Drake after the game.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. No, he's a cutie pie. I felt he. It was. I liked what he said.

[Noah]

I said that this sport is too emotional for me. As soon as the Seahawks won, I'm balling my eyes out at the coach, looking up at the sky, at the fireworks, and I'm like. I just looked at Matt and I said, I am too emotional for this game. I can't. I'm happy for everybody. I'm sad for everybody. It's a lot of emotions.

[Rhiann Fran]

It is, it is. And when you hear, when they have to like go do the post game, press conferences right after losing, it's just. It's always.

[Noah]

It's hard.

[Rhiann Fran]

It's hard to watch and it's hard to listen to.

[Rhea]

But Will Campbell apparently, like denied talking to anyone after the game.

[Rhiann Fran]

I don't blame him.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Like, there's. Here's the thing. Drake may, like, kind of has to. I mean, Will Campbell, you would think should, but he just played so terribly that it's like, yeah, I just. You just got. I just want to go home.

[Rhea]

But I do feel bad because it's like all of New England is basically saying, like, he can't be a left tackle anymore.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. Look, the Seahawks defense is incredible though.

[Rhea]

So it's like he's been really bad. Just like.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

All playoffs.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, for sure. But that, that the Seahawks defense was great. Well, I had a lovely evening because one my husband couldn't have been happier for. Sam Darnold was absolutely thrilled. He wore his Sam Darnold jets jersey all day long. And we won our box pool.

[Noah]

Wow.

[Rhiann Fran]

So it was a great evening for me, despite the game being extremely boring.

[Noah]

That's amazing. I'm so happy for you.

[Rhiann Fran]

It was a win in many ways.

[Noah]

That's amazing. Honestly, that's great.

[Rhiann Fran]

It's never happened to me before.

[Noah]

That makes me more excited about the game itself, because, my God, it was so boring. I was like, this is so boring.

[Rhiann Fran]

I know it was boring. It was boring for sure, but just like last year's.

[Noah]

And obviously.

[Rhiann Fran]

I know last year was dayu, but.

[Noah]

Like, it was really boring game last year, too.

[Rhiann Fran]

I understand that for everybody. It's like, oh, when your team. Is the team winning, it's amazing. It's like last year when I was at the game and the Eagles were just crushing. It was fantastic. I understand at home, boring game. Same with this one. Seattle fans probably ecstatic.

[Noah]

Yeah. Especially because the playoffs were so interesting.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Noah]

You know, neck and neck.

[Rhea]

I feel like even Seahawks fans were probably very frustrated for the whole first half because it's like you're holding them to nothing, but it's just. You can't score, like.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, I was hoping the kicker would win mvp. I know that. That's.

[Rhea]

But he didn't do any, like, crazy field goals. They were all.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, but he didn't miss when he. And, you know, it's.

[Noah]

It's.

[Rhiann Fran]

And it was a lot of field goals. But, yeah, it's always kind of disappointing when the game goes sort of exactly how everybody predicted it would go. Like, I think a lot of people and a lot of, you know, sports talk people, unless you were a Patriots fan, they were like, seattle's gonna crush him. Like, everyone kind of felt that way.

[Noah]

We were like, seattle's gonna win because we're sports analysts.

[Rhea]

But the thing was, it wasn't like a classic, like, blowout. It was like a.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, it wasn't. But they. They still crushed.

[Noah]

It was a slow blowout, but pretty apparent. Yeah, but it was. It was really terribly boring for someone who's not a fan of either of the teams and who's just wanting to watch a good game, you know?

[Rhiann Fran]

No, that's super fair. Super, super fair.

[Noah]

Did you guys have any good snacks? Any super bowl fun snacks or anything?

[Rhiann Fran]

Um, we made. Well, I didn't make it, but my friend made buffalo chicken dip.

[Noah]

Duh.

[Rhiann Fran]

It's Kind of a staple.

[Noah]

Have to, have to.

[Rhiann Fran]

Delicious. But no, we, we ordered, we ordered in little catering situation.

[Noah]

Nice.

[Rhiann Fran]

Nothing crazy, but just like some cheese, steaks, wings.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Fries, onion rings.

[Noah]

All the good stuff.

[Rhiann Fran]

All the good things.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. Just like, really got into it. Really got into it.

[Noah]

I love that.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, it was delicious. Really good. Some good snacks.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

And that's really, once again, a game like that. You just gotta, you gotta focus on the snacks.

[Noah]

And here's the thing. I don't want to see a vegetable in sight. I, I.

[Rhea]

What about a carrot?

[Rhiann Fran]

I do. Yeah, I do. But, but in a. Yes, I do. But in a crudite situation.

[Noah]

Right.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, I want to dip my celery in ranch.

[Noah]

Yeah. Like with, you know, the other meats and cheeses or whatever. But I don't want to see a side of asparagus.

[Rhiann Fran]

No.

[Noah]

Or a side of broccoli.

[Rhiann Fran]

No.

[Noah]

Or a salad. Like, I don't want to see that. No. You know, zero.

[Rhiann Fran]

The most is a nice crudite. I fucking love crudite.

[Noah]

It's like my favorite thing always hits the spot. So we made pizza and buffalo chicken dip because it was just the two of us. So I was like, yeah, you don't need to go crazy. Like, I'm not going to go crazy.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Like, I'm being kind of lazy. But the pizza was great and the buffalo chicken dip was great. So I hit the spot.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Did you watch at home now or.

[Rhea]

Yeah, my whole family watched together, so my mom did, like, wings, you know, blanket, which actually were my favorite of the evening.

[Noah]

I bet Jen just fucking chefs.

[Rhea]

She also is. Yeah, she was like, in the kitchen like the entire first half, like, cleaning up and, like, cooking.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

Just bringing stuff in. But it was a good spread. Yeah. We had wings, chili.

[Noah]

Especially with how cold it was.

[Rhiann Fran]

Any, Any, like, Super bowl themed desserts we had.

[Rhea]

Someone brought. My mom's friend brought over Chip Witches, which were nice.

[Noah]

Classic.

[Rhea]

And my, my sister made chocolate chip cookies.

[Noah]

Yum.

[Rhea]

It was. Yeah. I feel disgusting.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, but that's how you should feel.

[Rhea]

But it's also like, during games, if that wasn't the Patriots playing, I would have eaten 20 times or more. But you're, like, stressed watching the game, so I'm not, like, hungry as much.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, I felt that I was just eating more because I was like, I was bored. Like, the, the buffalo chicken dip was at its peak as the game was starting. And then after halftime, I was like, let's pop that bad boy back in the oven and warm, warm it up because I'm going in for another round.

[Noah]

I know. At one point I was like, so you want to talk about something else? Cause this shit's boring. I'm like, I got nothing else to say about whatever.

[Rhea]

You want to be like, you want to watch a movie?

[Noah]

Was like, Love Island. Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

We used to do a big super bowl party at, like, it would rotate between our family, friends, like, houses, and one of my best friend's mom would always make the super bowl cake. And it was just like the best.

[Noah]

She was.

[Rhiann Fran]

It was so cute. Like, the full sheet cake decorated like a football field. She do like M and M's out of the. The teams and end zones and would make like Twizzler goal. It was for the. For the goals. Goalposts. It was like, it was such a great.

[Noah]

She went on, so cute.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. Yeah, it was. And we would look forward to it every year, you know, and it was something that I'm like, oh, maybe one day I'll just.

[Noah]

You pick it up.

[Rhiann Fran]

I'll do that. Yeah. It hasn't happened yet. One day down the line hasn't happened yet, but maybe one day you'll feel inspired. Yeah. No. The game itself, really slow. So I felt like I was very invested in the commercials. Trying to really stay in tune with that. And then, of course, the performances. Let's talk about the performances.

[Rhea]

What are you. Is that like a rule in your. Are you like, no one talked during commercials?

[Rhiann Fran]

No, I'm not going to, like, shush somebody.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Because I feel like when it's a good commercial, it gets everybody's attention anyway.

[Rhea]

You know, like, like, oh, it's Benson Boone and everyone.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. Like, you're like, oh, I texted my family group chat. I was like, should have. I wish I was a bet. Like, I would. And honestly, it may have been on, like some of those other things that you could do to be like, beds and boom. To flip during a Super bowl commercial. Probably minus a million, honestly.

[Noah]

Right. All right, we're going to talk all about the rest of the super bowl, the halftime performance, the commercials, the performances, all of it, as well as many other topics. Kelsey Ballerini and Chase Sto because they broke up again. We have to discuss that. Heat of rivalry is coming back for season two, spring of 2027. Cardi B and Stefan Diggs maybe broke up. Was it last night after the loss? Who knows? And then we'll also touch on a bunch of other super bowl spottings, couples situationships, the whole thing. And weekly watch report traders recap. We're gonna get into it all. So let's start off with the Super Bowl.

[Rhiann Fran]

All right.

[Noah]

Let's get into all of the performances, commercials, everything with the Super Bowl. We got Bad Bunny for the halftime performance. And I thought it was fantastic.

[Rhiann Fran]

Benito, he crushed it.

[Noah]

He crushed it.

[Rhiann Fran]

I thought it was amazing as well. I. You just had the good time. And I know that everybody. It's like. Like the fact that this is even a controversial performance is. Is so silly to me because all he does is like, preach love and unity and representation. And isn't that what the us of that is all about? And it's just like, it really was special. It's like they put up on the big board, you know what said, the only thing more powerful than hate is love. So it's like, let's. Let's lift that up. Everything was so positive about that performance.

[Noah]

Everything.

[Rhiann Fran]

And then you have these fucking old crotch. I don't even want to, like, focus on that. I know, but it takes away. It does like, kind of have to be said because it's like the fact that this was something that they felt like there needed to be a dueling halftime show is so ridiculous because this was so fantastic. And I love he. I loved every part of it.

[Noah]

No, I thought it was fantastic. And what I mean by I don't want to focus on that is that, like you said, I hate that there is like negative controversy that goes along with something that was like, so powerful, so special, so positive. Like, overwhelmingly positive that I want to focus on. On all of the great things of this performance. Because he shed light on so much throughout his performance. He named every Latin country that brings America together. Like, he really. It was so uplifting and positive and to see the Latin community also be so happy watching this performance and emotional. Like, I thought it was so beautiful. Every. Every part of it.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, it was. And I thought he highlighted Puerto Rico in such a gorgeous way. The set was so cool. I thought it was like a really, really fun way to not just have like the classic stage setup. The people dressed as grass was objectively hilarious.

[Rhea]

Like, cuz we were like, wow. They. When they came back after the commercial break and the field was cleared, we were like, that was so fast. They cleared that. And then I saw like, oh, that makes a lot of sense.

[Noah]

People. Yeah, they need to be people. Because if it was actual trees, they would never. We don't have time to carry out.

[Rhiann Fran]

All the trees and everything, which is just so funny. And then you see. Cause you could see them kind of moving around but no, it was great. The dancing was fantastic. I thought he went through the great, great songs. You just wanna get up and dance.

[Noah]

Yeah. The moment when it panned to the mom, dad, and little boy watching his Grammy's speech, and then he goes over and hands the Grammy to the little boy. And it was like a reflection of maybe him handing it to his younger self or giving hope to, you know, everybody out there that is in his position. Made me sob my eyes out. Like, this performance, I just thought it was so beautiful and. And just so many touching moments throughout it. And then all of a sudden, to my surprise, Lady Gaga, which I genuinely had zero idea was going to happen. I didn't see anybody talking about it. I did not. So you could imagine when it pops open and it's Lady Gaga. I screamed my head off. Like, she was a close personal friend of mine that Stephanie didn't tell me that she was popping out at the Super Bowl. Okay. I was freaking out and I thought it was beautiful. And they danced together. And then we had Ricky Martin pop out, who looks fucking fantastic. Ricky, what are you doing? What are you doing?

[Rhea]

I just couldn't believe that was him.

[Noah]

Ricky Martin, give your routine to Tom Brady so he stops looking like a freak and looks more like you. I'm just kidding. Tom Brady actually looks pretty good.

[Rhiann Fran]

No. Yeah.

[Noah]

Yeah. Honestly, I won't. I won't lie. I saw. No.

[Rhiann Fran]

When he came out with all the MVPs, and then I was like, he looks good.

[Noah]

Yeah. And he also. That was just to take a shot at Tom Brady for no reason. But he met a couple of guys at work because he came into the suite that they were in, and I saw a video and I was like, you know what? He's glowing.

[Rhiann Fran]

He must have felt the. He must have felt the pressure to post about the Patriots after everybody was mad at him, just about Robert Kraft.

[Rhea]

And then he fought, like, I don't know if. When he unfollowed the Patriots, but then, like, after all that happened, he, like, immediately followed them again. Like he was in PR mode for a little bit.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, that was. That was funny. But no, Gaga was amazing. I did. See. Not that it was confirmed or anything, but you know how there's always those, like, graphics that go around of. Here are the odds of this person popping up during the halftime show. And I saw one of them and, like, Cardi B was on there, a bunch of other people were on there. And like, Cardi B was maybe like, 30 something percent, whatever. Because everyone was thinking maybe Cardi B But then Gaga was on there, and it was like 60%. And in my head, I was like, okay, they must know something that we all don't, because 60% is pretty fucking high to be like, oh, Lady Gaga. Like, it just seems like not the first person, you know. You wouldn't be like, oh, my God. Well, obviously Lady Gaga's gonna come out. So when I saw that, I was like, huh, okay, interesting. So when it did. When she did pop out, I was like, oh, my God, this is amazing. But I wasn't like, it didn't come fully out of the blue because I'd seen people saying, oh, odds are kind of high that she could be a surprise performance, but I loved her little salsa. Die with a Smile was fantastic. Honestly, I was waiting for Bruno Mars to pop out. I was like, thank God.

[Noah]

Oh, really? I think Bruno Mars is such a fan.

[Rhiann Fran]

Same.

[Noah]

I think he's such a fantastic Super Bowl. He is. He is.

[Rhiann Fran]

Anytime he's done a ricochet shot at Bruno Bars for popping up again, he. But he does love. He does love a Super Bowl.

[Noah]

He does. And he's so good at it.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yes.

[Noah]

But I just would never. Lady Gaga would have never, ever, ever been my thought. Especially because when they showed all of the people dancing and Cardi B was involved in that, I thought, oh, okay, Cardi B's gonna run from that spot and go start performing in a different spot. But then it was Lady Gaga, and I just was stunned. It took me a really long time to catch my breath after that, and I thought it just kept getting better and better, and I thought it was so powerful and so beautiful and just so positive and filled with so much love, which is what he does. And he does it in such a beautiful. And I feel terrible that he was scared to be up there. You know, I've seen a lot of talks about how he was maybe wearing a bulletproof vest at the Grammys and at the super bowl because him and his family have received, unfortunately, threats, which is just so insane, and that makes me feel so sad for him. But he still comes out on top with that positivity and love, which is just so beautiful.

[Rhiann Fran]

It. It is. And he really is just like. I loved what Adam Sandler said. Did you see? He was just like, Shout out the Bunny. You know, he crushed it. It was like, yeah, just positive fun, great energy, and. Yeah, it was a blast.

[Rhea]

The actual production itself was insane.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, I thought it was great. And it's one of those shows that I think probably plays more to everyone at home, but I do think the halftime show kind of does that regardless. Now, it's like, you know, you're obviously. You have more people watching than in the stadium, but from what I saw, people at the game, like, who are posting that people were loving it there, too.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

And you just. You get up, you dance, you enjoy it, and it's like, yeah, you don't. By the way, you don't need to know or understand every word that he's saying, because I don't. It's all in Spanish. And I. You know who posted this? And I thought, you know what? So true. It was publicity. And she was like. The fact that some people's gut reaction is like, was not in English, but. And she was like. When I was watching it, my thought was, man, I really wish I was better at my. Like, I wish my Spanish was better. Like, it'd be so cool to be able to speak multiple languages. And I thought, that's so true.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

That's the way to think about it. It's like, yeah, it should encourage you to want to understand more and not block people out.

[Noah]

Yeah, absolutely. And so true. Like, you don't need to understand every word to understand. The messaging is so universal. It really is. To understand the messaging and also just to understand. Feel the beat of the music. Like, you know, he. Like, just the rhythm and the sounds of his music makes you want to dance.

[Rhiann Fran]

My God, the songs have been stuck in my head all day. It's so fun. I did, once again, all the. He had great. Just even cameos where you had Pedro Pascal, Jessica Alba, Carol G. Alex Earl was in there.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

I don't know how she snuck in there.

[Rhea]

Grab some people from the VIP suites. Anyone?

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. I thought the IDB was in.

[Noah]

I truly thought that. They ran into the VIP suites, and we're like, all right, who can we grab?

[Rhea]

Who wants to be up there?

[Noah]

When I saw Alex Earl, I was like, how did that happen?

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, right. I thought maybe Jon Hamm was going.

[Noah]

To be in there.

[Rhiann Fran]

The way Jon Hamm was talking about how much he loves Bad Bunny.

[Noah]

Jon Ham fucking loves Bad Bunny. He goes like, all of his concerts.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Which I love. He was on the field dancing.

[Rhiann Fran]

Oh, he was a little booty.

[Noah]

Way possible. Also on top of all that, a couple got married during the performance. A real wedding.

[Rhiann Fran]

A real wedding. Which everyone kind of thought, was this real? And then, of course, the Internet did its job, and right after was like, apparently it was real. Sources said that it was real, I guess, allegedly that this couple had invited Bad Bunny to their wedding, which fair. I think Bad Bunny should be invited to everybody's wedding. And that they were like, well, how about you get married during the halftime show? Okay. Amazing.

[Noah]

I can't even imagine their reaction when he was like, well, why don't you just do it during this? It's like, what?

[Rhiann Fran]

Absolutely. 100%. We'll have the whole setup, the party, the fun, everything, which was, once again, just another way for, like, love to be at the center.

[Noah]

Really?

[Rhiann Fran]

Which was so cool.

[Rhea]

Like.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, it's amazing. By the way, best. You won't need a videographer.

[Noah]

No.

[Rhiann Fran]

Best video of your wedding ever.

[Noah]

No, it's all. It's all on camera.

[Rhiann Fran]

Exactly. To be remembered forever within the super bowl halftime shows.

[Noah]

Incredible. Incredible. I saw somebody say, really brave of the bride to do that in front of Bad Bunny. Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

So true.

[Noah]

So funny. But it was. It was so cool. I posted on my Instagram story, I said, why am I crying and shaking my ass at the same time? Because that I feel like, sums up that performance as a whole, where it was, like, emotional and uplifting, but also you're like, oh, my God, this music just makes me want to shake my hips and dance.

[Rhiann Fran]

Totally thought it was so much fun. What'd you guys think about the anthem?

[Noah]

Little Charlie Puth, My husband was very excited about Charlie Puth.

[Rhiann Fran]

Really?

[Noah]

For some reason.

[Rhea]

What is he like, a big Charlie Puth guy?

[Noah]

No, I think he just thinks he's a really good singer. Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

And you know what? Matt's right. He is. He's a very talented artist, musician. And I think that there was a lot of notes within the performance that I may have not picked up right away. But hearing Charlie talk about it and how he, you know, wanted the arrangement to honor Whitney Houston, and he had the gospel choir there and the whole thing thought it was beautiful. At first, I. At first I was like, is he slightly, like, auto tuned? Auto tuned?

[Rhea]

That's how I always feel about Charlie Puth. And it's like, I think he is a good singer.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But he has a certain style.

[Rhea]

He, like, auto tunes and, like, perfects every single thing, which is fun.

[Rhiann Fran]

But I think he, like, got out of it. It was like, kind of only the beginning that I felt that, and then it's turned into the whole performance. But the choir was stunning. What a great addition.

[Noah]

Green Day was beautiful.

[Rhea]

Green Day was Randy Carlisle.

[Rhiann Fran]

Randy Carlisle, yeah. Coco, everybody was amazing. I loved Coco's outfit. They was that, like, a new thing they did this year. I've never seen, like, Opening ceremony.

[Rhea]

Yeah, the Green Day.

[Rhiann Fran]

Green Day thing. Like, Green Day performed like three songs.

[Rhea]

Yes.

[Rhiann Fran]

And it was obviously quick, but it was like, oh, we're getting a full, like, pre game, Green Day show.

[Rhea]

I was thinking the same thing.

[Rhiann Fran]

Hasn't happened.

[Rhea]

They're like, yeah, I mean, I could see. Why not just have like an intro performance? A halftime performance.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, yeah. But no, all around the music. You know, Brandi, Carl also is just incredible. What a fantastic, fantastic voice. But Charlie Puth kind of like reminded me of the, you know, all the wicked promo. Almost like afterwards when people were interviewing him is like, you know, we picked up on this and he's like, oh, my God, I'm so, Like, I'm so glad. All I wanted was for people to pick up on. Pick up on this. So happy for him. That's a big. You know, and it's another. You get emotional because you watch them and it feels like they're like, holy shit. I just sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl.

[Noah]

Like, really?

[Rhiann Fran]

It was wrapping up. You get the flyover. The whole thing was amazing.

[Noah]

You're watching everybody, like, achieve their dreams and it's beautiful.

[Rhiann Fran]

The one thing that one of my friends said that I did think was so true was because it's one I love when they play outdoors. I think football should be outside. And I get it. Why, like, west coast, you get better weather. It's better. Better temperatures.

[Rhea]

I was thinking that during that time show, I was interested to see, like, it's not dark.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yes. Like, I was like, the one thing that was. That one of my friends was like, you know, I don't know if anybody else saw this. Kind of threw me off that it wasn't like dark out. And I was like, you know what?

[Rhea]

Fair. That's how it was like in LA a few years ago too.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

When you're like, oh, it's just still daytime. Which is. Which is so true because, you know, we're watching the game start at like 6:45. It was 3:45 over there. So it's obviously much earlier and it's in LA again next year.

[Noah]

So.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Staying on the west coast.

[Rhea]

Mm.

[Rhiann Fran]

But beautiful, beautiful music.

[Noah]

I thought it was beautiful.

[Rhiann Fran]

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[Noah]

And then, of course, we got the commercials, which is always another entertainment factor of watching the Super Bowl. Some better than others.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, yeah, definitely. Definitely. There was def. Some. Some big themes, for sure. We got a lot of AI commercials. But then, of course, we go into the classics. The chips, the beer. Duncan always has a big one. I thought Pepsi had a great one, which we'll talk about, too. But I will say, like, then there's the ones that pull your heartstrings where you're like. Like, the lays was immediate tears of the farmer retiring, his daughter taking over. I'm like, they know how to get. That will get me every time. Passing the torch down of the potato farmer to his daughter. Oh, my God. I was like, that'll get me every single time. The Duncan one I've had is some. Some major. A lot of commercials where they age people down. Did you notice that, like, a lot of, like, CGI used to make people look younger?

[Noah]

Yeah. I was so confused because I was like, wait, how do they all look like that?

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, they did it for the Jurassic park thing, too.

[Rhea]

I don't think so.

[Rhiann Fran]

I think that was Xfinity of, like, basically being like, if Jurassic park just had, like, good wifi, they'd be fine. Like, Like, Xfinity service. But that. It was the same thing. It's. They are using those people or in that form of, like, their younger selves when that came out. And then the same with Duncan, they went full 90s. So it was like, all the 90s sitcoms were honored in that moment. You had Ted Danson, Jennifer Aniston. Tom Brady was in it. Ben.

[Noah]

Who else?

[Rhiann Fran]

We did Fresh Prince, so Alfonso Urkel. Oh, and Seinfeld, Justin Alexander. I mean, it was. It was everybody. It was almost, dare I say, too many Cameos. Like, once it got to.

[Noah]

And Joey.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yes. And Joey. Yes. Sorry. Joey from friends. Yes.

[Noah]

Matt LeBlanc.

[Rhiann Fran]

Matt LeBlanc. But exactly. Like, it got to the point where it was almost like a cameo is great in a commercial, but is this too many cameos?

[Noah]

Oh, I didn't think that, because I was like, oh, you know, it's nice to see them all together. I'm sure they had, like, competing sitcoms at one point.

[Rhiann Fran]

Right. And I guess you can't, like, you can't leave some of them out.

[Noah]

I'm sure there's somebody out there that's.

[Rhiann Fran]

Mad that they weren't. That they weren't it. That they weren't in that one. Yeah, but. Yeah, the lot of Backstreet Boys there was good for them. Feel like they were not only in the T Mobile one, but then Coinbase did, like, a karaoke commercial that was Backstreet Boys. What's your song is. Let me tell you, we all started saying, like, karaoke, and we were like, damn, it's karaoke.

[Noah]

Right? The lyrics were up on there. I was like, all right, I might as well sing.

[Rhiann Fran]

I guess we're all. I guess we're all singing.

[Rhea]

What do you think of the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood trailer for the new, like, spin off Cliff Booth?

[Noah]

Oh.

[Rhiann Fran]

Oh, I didn't even know that that's what it was connected to.

[Noah]

No, I didn't see that whole trailer.

[Rhea]

Brad Pitt for the.

[Noah]

Oh, my God. I didn't even see that. I must have been not paying attention.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. I was confused if it was a commercial or if it was a movie trailer, because they didn't say the name of it. There was no. Like, was that the point?

[Rhea]

Did they not say the name at the end? But it's.

[Rhiann Fran]

It literally just says coming soon. Netflix.

[Noah]

Yeah, they never show on Netflix, but.

[Rhiann Fran]

They never put the show. It was just like, Brad Pitt. And they were like, what Adventures of Cliff Booth. What did they have covered? Like, you know, thing was.

[Rhea]

Yeah, that was like. It was bleeping curses a lot of the time. It looked like. Well, it was throughout. I don't know. That was just like.

[Rhiann Fran]

But it was like there was something covered. And that's why. Why I thought it was an ad. Like, I was like, is this a beer commercial?

[Rhea]

No, no, it was like a legit trailer. It looked.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, I. I realized that afterwards.

[Rhea]

Yeah. I think it's a show, right?

[Rhiann Fran]

It's.

[Rhea]

Maybe it.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, I think it's a fail.

[Rhea]

It's a movie.

[Noah]

It's a movie.

[Rhea]

Yeah. Yeah. I Don't know why I thought it was a show.

[Noah]

The Adventures of Cliff Booth, the surprise Netflix follow up film.

[Rhea]

Who's. It's David Fincher.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

David Fincher.

[Noah]

That's why.

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Yeah. Wow. I can't believe I freaking missed that.

[Rhea]

It's still scripted by Tarantino.

[Rhiann Fran]

Okay.

[Rhea]

School.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. Yeah, I saw that and was definitely like, is this a. Is this a trailer or a commercial? Like, summer release shit. It's gonna be kind of soon.

[Noah]

Oh, that's awesome.

[Rhiann Fran]

I'm excited for the new Spielberg movie.

[Rhea]

Oh, that looks.

[Rhiann Fran]

That looks really good. Disclosure day.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Alien situation. Not gonna lie. Like the Budweiser commercial that those always get me, and they're always a staple. And when watching with some of my friends, and when the. Like, right before the wings spread over the horse, my friend goes, if this bird becomes a bald eagle. And right as he said it, and then the wings went. And we all went. Yeah, it was. It was awesome. By the way, the Olympics started. I know we're, like, talking about other things, but. Sorry. The bald eagle just reminded me. Reminded me about that. I'm locked in. I'm locked in. The Lindsay Vaughan thing was awful.

[Noah]

It was actually insane.

[Rhiann Fran]

I couldn't believe it when I woke up and saw the news. I went, oh, my.

[Noah]

No. It was crazy.

[Rhiann Fran]

And then it was such a. It was such a tough transition. The super bowl ended, and it went right into Olympics coverage. And Mike Tirico's on the field, and he's like, yes. Like, we've all, like, know what happened in women's downhill, but here's the women's downhill coverage because it's hard because you're so happy for Breezy Johnson, who won gold, but at the same time, seeing that happen to Lindsey Vonn was awful.

[Noah]

Awful. I mean, she. She took a major risk. Yeah, she did, obviously, which, you know, you have your opportunity at the Olympics. So as an athlete, I'm sure you're like, okay, well, I just need to go for it no matter what.

[Rhiann Fran]

But she came in third in training.

[Noah]

I know.

[Rhea]

Is this definitely it for her? Like, oh, she's retired.

[Noah]

Yeah. I mean, all I know is I.

[Rhiann Fran]

Said, she broke her leg. I don't know what could pop. Like, I think it's.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Like, her knee was already blown up.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, it was already crazy for her to come out of retirement in the first place. So that just fucking sucked to watch. It really did. But I loved getting to watch the figure skating before the Super Bowl. Love the figure square is figure skating. I'm locked into Quad God. That guy's unreal.

[Rhea]

You see that guy Ilya, by the way, the figure skater? Unreal. Did you just say that?

[Rhiann Fran]

I mean, in what world, like are we living in?

[Noah]

Did you just say that?

[Rhea]

I really didn't hear you say that. But we were watching.

[Rhiann Fran]

I was just, I just said the quad God. He's unreal.

[Rhea]

Oh, is that his nickname?

[Rhiann Fran]

That's his nickname.

[Rhea]

Oh, so you didn't say Ilia? I don't feel bad about that.

[Noah]

No, I don't know that.

[Rhea]

But he's nicknamed the Quad God.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. Because he does all the quads.

[Rhea]

Oh, see, I don't know that. I was just like, oh, the guy. And I'm like, isn't that the same name as he did, Ralph?

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, well, get ready to know him, Noah, because he's gonna be everywhere. He's gonna be everywhere. And the, the team event was really fun to watch. But no, that talking about the bald eagle just, just reminded me, reminded me about that. I thought that was a great one. Sabrina Carpenter was in one, I think. Pringles. Right. That was kind of a quick one. But once again, Chips, beer, you know.

[Noah]

All the staples of the, of the commercials, all the usual. Then Pepsi had a really good one.

[Rhiann Fran]

I thought Pepsi did have a great one.

[Noah]

Started cackling at the Pepsi commercial.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

I thought it was first of all the usage of the Coca Cola polar bear. Yeah, super smart.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

And then on top of that, the Jumbotron being caught with the Pepsi.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Is, was so smart. Like I genuinely was cracking up.

[Rhiann Fran]

Just a little, just a little pop culture reference in there. And we do have a little challenge for us do.

[Noah]

We do have a challenge which we're.

[Rhiann Fran]

Very excited about because across other parcel shows they've been doing it and they've been doing it all of super bowl week. So I'm really excited for us to do it now because we got to see the commercial and obviously the whole point of the commercial was the polar bear blind tasting both and leaning towards the Pepsi, picking the Pepsi and being just a little confused over it and we get to do the taste test as well. So thank you Pepsi for sponsoring and we will get our little Pepsi challenges out, ready to go. Rhea's gonna set em up for us. As Pepsi's Super Bowl 60 spot brings light to a similar phenomenon of discovery and truth is called the Pepsi paradox, folks. The idea that when labels and bias disappear, cola drinkers prefer the taste of Pepsi. A phenomenon that blind taste tests have Repeatedly proven in 2025, the revival of the Pepsi Challenge 66% of participants agreed. Pepsi Zero sugar tastes better than Coca Cola Zero sugar. Pepsi wins on taste. Sometimes you have to flip your world upside down to discover what's been there the entire time. So go try out Pepsi zero sugar. And we are about to do this Pepsi challenge presented by Pepsi. Let's get right into it.

[Rhea]

Who wants to go first?

[Rhiann Fran]

Okay, so we are ready to go. The cans are covered, and they have straws in each one.

[Noah]

Oh, my God, I'm so excited.

[Rhiann Fran]

We have can A and can be. So should we all taste can A first? Should we go can A.

[Rhea]

Let's go can A.

[Rhiann Fran]

Okay. Ready? Okay.

[Noah]

Okay. Yum.

[Rhiann Fran]

I like can A. I like can A. Can be. Do we feel like I need a palate cleanser?

[Noah]

So you need some water? Yeah. All right. Are we going? Can be. Can be. Okay.

[Rhiann Fran]

So I'm gonna. I'm tasting a little can A again.

[Noah]

I'm gonna go back and forth for a second.

[Rhiann Fran]

I think I'm leaning can A.

[Noah]

Really?

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

I'm gonna go back and forth one more time. Back to can A. Yep. And then back to can B.

[Rhiann Fran]

Okay.

[Noah]

I think we should each go around and say which one we like better.

[Rhea]

Okay. And then we do a big reveal.

[Noah]

And then we'll do a big reveal. We'll all check which can is which, because I think they're mixed up. I think each one is different, so we'll see.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

I'm gonna lock in can B. I'm going as my favorite.

[Rhiann Fran]

I'm going can A. I like can A.

[Noah]

Okay.

[Rhea]

I like can A too. I'm gonna go can A.

[Noah]

Shoot.

[Rhiann Fran]

All right, let's see. So we reveal.

[Noah]

All right, let's chat.

[Rhiann Fran]

So how do we pull? Oh, it goes out like this.

[Noah]

Yeah, I think you gotta pull it.

[Rhiann Fran]

Oh, okay.

[Noah]

All right, let's see.

[Rhiann Fran]

Can A is.

[Noah]

Let me see. Oh, I think mine's okay. I think I got Pepsi can be mine.

[Rhiann Fran]

I can't fully pull mine out, but it is. Cause it's kind of glued in here.

[Noah]

Oh, got it. Can B. I picked Pepsi zero sugar. Honestly, it tastes so good.

[Rhiann Fran]

My can A was Pepsi zero sugar as well, so I'm.

[Noah]

Oh, my God.

[Rhiann Fran]

Pepsi. Pepsi zero sugar.

[Rhea]

Oh, I got Coca Cola zero.

[Noah]

Oh, all right. Wow. Okay. I guess me and Fran are on.

[Rhiann Fran]

The same page, always opposite each other. Yeah. Seriously?

[Noah]

Yeah, I guess so. Oh, my God. That is delicious, though. The Pepsi zero sugar tastes so good. Oh, nice little pick me up for the morning.

[Rhiann Fran]

Seriously, Pepsi zero sugar is great. I had a couple cans when I was out In San Francisco too, which was delightful.

[Noah]

It was just a really good spot.

[Rhiann Fran]

A really, a good pick me up.

[Noah]

Especially when you haven't had. If you haven't had soda in a little bit and you're like, ooh, I'm just gonna, I'm gonna break out a nice little Pepsi.

[Rhiann Fran]

And it's true, like going back and forth. I know everyone has their preferences and that's totally fine. But I get what they're saying. Like the Pepsi zero sugar to me has that classic cola taste.

[Noah]

Yeah, I agree.

[Rhiann Fran]

That I really, really enjoy. So guys, go out and try Pepsi zero sugar today. Thank you to Pepsi for sponsoring this challenge. And we really love the commercial. I thought that was fun. I thought that was a lot of fun.

[Noah]

The commercial was so funny. I genuinely was hysterical laughing. And this challenge was really fun. I feel like we got to do more challenges.

[Rhiann Fran]

I know.

[Noah]

I love a little blind taste test.

[Rhiann Fran]

I do love a challenge. Same. I'd like to do one with, with like chips.

[Noah]

Yes. To see which one. Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Or like pretzels.

[Noah]

Yeah, pretzels will be hard.

[Rhiann Fran]

Pretzels is hard. But just really like giving our taste buds a test.

[Noah]

Right. It is fun.

[Rhea]

Little blind.

[Rhiann Fran]

It is, it is.

[Noah]

So thank you, Pepsi. Moving on from commercials, we have to talk about all the sightings of super bowl weekend. The people were out and about parties. The people were out there in San Francisco. And the people I'm talking about are Tom Brady and Alex Earl. They were back to it. They were dancing, they were mingling. You know what? Frick I. Ooh. Thought it was gonna be a one night only thing in St. Barts, but maybe they have unfinished business. Maybe they didn't close the deal in St. Barnes.

[Rhiann Fran]

Maybe. And I know like Tom Brady probably has, like, I'm sure there's more details of him. I don't know if he's like an investor in the Palm Tree crew or like whatever. I don't know if he's involved in any way, but seeing him like wear that hat, talking to her, I'm like, I'm like, hello, fellow young kids. Like, I got my Palm Tree crew.

[Noah]

Hat on and he's dancing.

[Rhiann Fran]

The dancing was tough to watch. I'm not gonna lie. But I feel bad making fun of the dancing because I'm like, you know what? At least he's trying to dance. Because there's so many guys out there that are like, I don't dance. And then they just stand in the corner and they're no fun. And I'm like, at least he's trying.

[Noah]

Incredibly true.

[Rhiann Fran]

Did watching the video send a shiver down my spine? It did a little bit, but that's okay.

[Noah]

Yeah. And I guess, like, how am I going to support Jon Hamm dancing and then get on Tom Brady?

[Rhea]

Yeah.

[Noah]

You know what I mean? Fair.

[Rhiann Fran]

Well, you know, Jon Hamm wasn't dancing.

[Noah]

With Alex Earl, so I will say, though, like, Tom Brady is, like, the man of the Super Bowl. So, you know what I mean? Like, he is.

[Rhea]

He is football.

[Noah]

He is the Super.

[Rhiann Fran]

Mr. Football. Mr. Super Bowl.

[Noah]

I think he is Mr. Super Bowl.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. Well, so he has a lot of.

[Noah]

Them if you're Alex Earl.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Once again, we're coming. Coming to her defense about the St. Barts, and now again with the Super Bowl. But it's like.

[Rhiann Fran]

I know.

[Rhea]

I didn't even know you're here.

[Rhiann Fran]

Well, the thing is, the Instagram stories he was posting where it looked like he was trying to get the attention of a young female makes a lot more sense.

[Noah]

Right. And because my thought process was like, all right, if you're a single girl and you're at super bowl weekend, everybody's there. You know, there has to be other young, single guys that are there for sure that you may be interested or are interested in you.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

But you just get Tom Brady.

[Rhea]

None of them are Tom Brady.

[Noah]

Yeah, I guess none of them are Tom Brady, but I don't know.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. The more I see it, the more I'm like, no, like, I don't love it.

[Noah]

Well, we don't want them to start dating. Like, and we're inching a second spotting is inching closer to them getting spotted at dinner.

[Rhiann Fran]

Right. A second spot is like, oh, you guys, like, were texting about what parties you were gonna be at.

[Noah]

Right. You. You know, did you plan to meet up here? Right, Right. Yeah. Because in St. Bart, it was like, oh, maybe they met at that party, and then they just had a vibe for the night, and then they didn't text. But now that they're back at the party, it's like, yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

And yes, there's definitely, like, super bowl parties there.

[Noah]

You.

[Rhiann Fran]

You show up and you see all the same people. It's like you're. Everyone's kind of doing the same circuit, but there are so many parties happening that you. You do text your friends, like, hey, we headed to this one or this one? You know, there's. There's a bunch of different options. And I'm sure they've been seeing each other all. All weekend long, but, yeah, someone caught them having a little moment on the Dance floor. And at least in my mind though, I'm like, if they were together all weekend, we would have seen more than just this video. They would have been. Someone would have been taking pictures of them like everywhere else.

[Noah]

Yeah, it's more just like it's so clear that Tom Brady is going through a midlife crisis, in my opinion. You know, it's just like so apparent. It's. He's, you know, the, the Palm Tree crew. Yeah, he's dancing with Alex Earl. And you know, he did post on.

[Rhea]

A story yesterday when he was like, the Instagram stories. You know, he's posting like he posed with a bunch of. When he was with the hall of Fame people, he was with two older ones. It's like Joe Montana, whoever. And he then he posed with like two younger ones and he's like, I had to put the glasses on to fit in with the young people. So like, maybe he's a little self.

[Noah]

Aware, but yeah, Divorce dad self aware.

[Rhiann Fran]

Or it's like he, he's really afraid of like letting go of his youth.

[Noah]

Yeah, I think that could be a little part of it. But he is youth.

[Rhiann Fran]

He's, it's, he's, you know, he had.

[Noah]

To let go of his youth a long time ago.

[Rhea]

He does it super old.

[Noah]

No, no, no.

[Rhiann Fran]

But like I'm 31. I'm like, I have let go of my youth at this, at this age.

[Noah]

Yeah. No, I mean, it's nice to keep on to your youth a little bit. You know, you never want to lose that stuff, but not in the way that you feel like you need to fit in with the trends and fit in, like just be yourself, you know.

[Rhiann Fran]

There'S no reason, like if I'm hanging out with a 20 year old, I'm not trying to act like that.

[Noah]

Exactly, exactly. Like there's no need to be doing that. And yeah, and he does look pretty good though, I'll give him that. Even though I've been shitting on him.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, he looked nice coming out of that little photo booth thing that they did when they were talking about MVPs, which is cracking me up because it was like small, but more and more people just kept coming out. I'm like, obviously there's a door on the other side, you know, that they're walking through. But I was like, the thought of all these guys like squished in the side maybe made me giggle a little bit, you know. Who looked handsome? Gill and her always.

[Noah]

I mean, he's so handsome. My. It gets me every time one of My friends had a Leo spotting, so. Yeah, Leo, Toby Maguire.

[Rhiann Fran]

He was parting it up. I saw the video of him dancing.

[Noah]

Yeah, yeah. He was going hard and apparently he's just a good vibes guy dancing the whole thing.

[Rhea]

So I kind of respect. I was like, I didn't know that he like did that.

[Noah]

Yeah, the way that I heard was that or one of the things that my friend spotted was that like he passed him coming out of the bathroom and Leo was walking back to his friends and saw his friends and started doing a dance when he saw his friends and I was like, you know what? Like you just like envision that. Like he saw his boys and he was like, ooh, yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

And we know Leo loves nothing more than a night out with his boys.

[Noah]

Exactly.

[Rhea]

Him and Toby.

[Noah]

Him and Toby, listen, they are. That's a strong friendship.

[Rhiann Fran]

His longest relationship.

[Rhea]

Tobey Maguire, married or no.

[Noah]

Oh my God, no. Toby Maguire. All he wants to do is get his paws on younger girls.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, he got divorced.

[Noah]

Like sorry, that like sounds terrible but that's one of the things about Toby Maguire everyone talks about is that like him like Leo, they just always date younger. Yes. Married nobody over 25.

[Rhiann Fran]

He was married for a long time though. Yeah, yeah. Like I like he's only been divorced in the last.

[Rhea]

They must had so much fun making 5ish years.

[Rhiann Fran]

I think Toby McGuire do a quick search on when he got divorced because I believe his ex wife is a 2020.

[Rhea]

He was married for 13 years.

[Rhiann Fran]

13 years. Pretty long time.

[Noah]

A very long time. But then he started dating a 20 year old actress naturally. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Supposed to do after you get to crazy these guys.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yes. Yeah. It really is something else.

[Rhea]

Yeah, I see them. The picture of him with the 20.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, yeah. The parties, they everybody seem like they're having a blast. Seems like San Francisco threw some through some good parties. There's like a ludicrous moment that went viral of Justin Bieber coming up on stage with him. Which love seeing Bieber have some fun. He was at the game with Haley, taking it all in, enjoying it. Kim Kardashian was sitting with Lewis Hamilton at the game, side by side.

[Noah]

I like it a lot.

[Rhiann Fran]

People were calling it a hard launch once again, not shocking at all. My brother was cracking me up because he is a big F1 fan and he loves Ferrari and Lewis is now with Ferrari and I like showed her the picture. He was like mumbling on the couch next to me. He's like, this is just not good. Ferrari's never gonna break through. It's Just like. It's just. It just kind of made me giggle. But no, they looked great. I felt like they were. People were like, they're in coordinating outfits. They're a beautiful pair. He's a very pretty man.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Like, you know, and I say pretty on purpose because I think he's a very pretty man. Like, he's just. He's. He's a gorgeous guy. But, yeah, everybody was out. Kendall Jenner, all the celebs. I feel like I saw a ton people running around.

[Noah]

They were seen. They were out there being seen, having a good time. Travis Kelsey, totally.

[Rhiann Fran]

San Francisco is definitely one where it's like, you come from la. It's pretty easy.

[Noah]

Yeah. Travis Kelsey was dancing along with the Fate of Ophelia remix with loud luxury. So that was cool to see. Just good vibes all around.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, we. We lost the dozen, sadly. But we did have some celebrity guests. I'd be remiss to not say that, you know, Bobby Bones and I had a lovely time.

[Noah]

Yes.

[Rhiann Fran]

A very, very nice band, which I never thought he wasn't.

[Noah]

No.

[Rhiann Fran]

You know, just not a great dancer.

[Rhea]

And the show.

[Rhiann Fran]

Brandon Walker. Brandon Walker was like, you're going to say something to him. And I was like, look, he, He. He started it off with such a nice compliment that I was like, I. I'm not gonna. You know, like, he was, he was so nice. He immediately shook my hand, was like, I see your podcast all the time. Like, congratulations. You guys are great.

[Rhea]

Oh, so you never acknowledged.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, no.

[Rhea]

Do you think he knows?

[Rhiann Fran]

I don't know. I don't know. To be honest, I didn't really get to, like, we spoke when we were going on stage, but he kind of got there, like, right as we were starting, so there wasn't like a lot of mingle time. And then in between, I was watching the other match and there's just like a lot of people coming in and out.

[Rhea]

Maybe it was like a Katy Perry moment where he's like, kill him with kindness. I specifically requested you guys.

[Rhiann Fran]

Oh, yeah, Yeah. I just. Yeah. Once he. Like, after that, I was want to be a jerk and just say, oh, yeah, like, really wish you didn't win Dancing with the Stars? No.

[Noah]

Maybe if he was like, I've, you know, like, congratulations. I did see what you said about me, but it's all right. You know, that sort of thing.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yep. And. And it was lovely to see our pal, Adam Devine.

[Noah]

What did he have to say? He.

[Rhiann Fran]

We giggled. We said. I said, you remember seeing me at the Super Bowl? I showed him the picture of him and my husband. He claimed to remember.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

And we. You know, we. We laughed about it.

[Noah]

Claim to remember.

[Rhiann Fran]

Well, we were all, you know, feeling no pain at that point at the bar with the purple drank, and we were drinking a lot of those.

[Noah]

Right.

[Rhiann Fran]

So we were. We were giggling and having fun about it. But he brought his whole. The whole workaholics crew. They all came.

[Noah]

Really?

[Rhiann Fran]

All three of them came?

[Rhea]

Yeah. Yeah. It's interesting. Like, they weren't on other teams, you know?

[Noah]

Right.

[Rhiann Fran]

I was laughing. I was like, we should have just had the three of them, like, be on people's teams.

[Rhea]

They should have been a team themselves.

[Noah]

Right.

[Rhiann Fran]

Like, it's like Dave's team. They. Their person dropped out last minute, so they ended up having security Pat, and it was like. You literally had the two guys. Yeah, it was cute.

[Noah]

I was really happy for security Pat.

[Rhiann Fran]

But then I was like. But then they had the two guys from Workaholics, like, watching up on the balcony, you know?

[Noah]

Right.

[Rhiann Fran]

One of them could have popped. Popped down, because I think Blake. Blake was, like, on Celebrity Jeopardy. You know, I think he might be too good. He's a trivia guy. Yeah, maybe he would have been. Maybe he would have been too good. Who knows? But they didn't need it anyway, so they were. They were good. But, yeah, the dozen. The dozens back. But, yeah, that's always funny, seeing people, like, come in and out of that. Because you're there for super bowl, and the last few years we've done it feels like NFL honors has been on the same night as the dozen. So you're walking around, you're seeing people, you're seeing friends, you know, and all these things, and I'm like, oh, you know, I'm here for the dozen. They're like, oh, you know, going to NFL honors. Ah, we got the dozen.

[Noah]

Right. The dozen was at. At the same time as traders, which was tough. Yeah. You know, trying to balance both at the same time.

[Rhiann Fran]

So fair. So fair. But lot. Lot happening around.

[Noah]

Match for the dozen.

[Rhiann Fran]

Good question. I'm not sure, but, like, starting matches. Regular. Yeah. Nice starts, like, regular matches and stuff.

[Noah]

I miss it a little bit. I might. I miss watching.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

You know, I like watching the matches.

[Rhiann Fran]

I miss playing. It's always fun. I had the joy of telling Abradivine to his face that, like, he has been. I'm like, you have been this category, Celebrity Mashup. I'm like, they use your face often. He's a what?

[Noah]

He's a good mashup.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yes, it was. It was fun. But, yeah, then I was. I was out of there Friday, so I missed all the. All the hoopla, all the big parties and such.

[Noah]

Yeah, there's some. All.

[Rhiann Fran]

All the moments. But I'm sure all the Patriots fans that were out there had a blast until the game, because it's like, you do get to do all the fun stuff, all the parties, all the events, and have all the, like, the DraftKings is always doing something great and great performances, concerts. I love that. Like, everyone was loving Olivia Dean. Saquon Barkley was tweeting, like, Olivia Dean. Just awesome, right? Yeah, she is. She is. James. There was like, an Apple TV of a big Apple TV event in the last, like, week or so, and they asked a lot of the actors and actresses, like, who would they want as a Super bowl halftime show? And James Marsden was like, olivia Dean. Like, she's great. I was like, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Noah]

No, she's great.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, yeah. There were some. There were some very.

[Noah]

She's great. But people are hopping on the back.

[Rhiann Fran]

There were some very interesting answers that were thrown out there.

[Rhea]

But see what Chris Brown posted after, by the way.

[Noah]

Yes.

[Rhiann Fran]

Like, shut up, Chris Brown. We don't need you.

[Noah]

Nobody's like, we need Chris Brown.

[Rhea]

He said he posted on a story like, clearly, they need me or something.

[Noah]

Like, after Bad Bunny.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, we don't actually. We're good.

[Noah]

Yeah, we'll. We'll pass.

[Rhiann Fran]

We're totally good. Thanks, though.

[Noah]

The last time that I went to the super bowl or Noah and I went to the super bowl weekend, not the actual Super bowl, was 2018 Atlanta in Atlanta or 2019. 20.

[Rhiann Fran]

20.

[Rhea]

2019 was Minnesota.

[Rhiann Fran]

2019.

[Noah]

Yeah. 2019 was Minnesota first, then Atlanta.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, Minnesota was 2018.

[Noah]

Yeah. And then so the last one was 2019. And we have now tried to go.

[Rhea]

Back for LA in 2020.

[Noah]

Oh, right. We were there for that one, too.

[Rhiann Fran]

Oh, true.

[Rhea]

But 2019 felt like. I feel like we were in and out for la kind of.

[Noah]

Yeah. But for that one I remember we kind of like, man, we won't try to do this again.

[Rhiann Fran]

Well, I also feel like 2020 was funny because it felt more like we were going to do a show and.

[Noah]

Like, less about the super bowl was happening at the same time. But since then, we were kind of like, man, we're out on going to super bowl weekend also. And then after this weekend, I was like, huh, maybe. Maybe I'll try to go to super bowl weekend next year. Like, I. I've just Been out on.

[Rhea]

It with this company. I feel like.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, it is, totally.

[Noah]

But I remember after the LA one, we just, like, hated it so much that we were like, oh, you know.

[Rhea]

And also 2018, well, guess what?

[Rhiann Fran]

It's back in LA next year.

[Noah]

I know, I know.

[Rhea]

2018 and 2019 were also, I feel like the, like, last times, because we all still stayed in the house together.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Rhea]

For those ones.

[Noah]

And now it's like a different thing.

[Rhiann Fran]

And it was just a bigger, like, I don't know, bigger Barstow production. Those were the years when everybody went.

[Noah]

We threw.

[Rhiann Fran]

We had parties, we did rough and rowdy, and it's huge. Like, well, yes, we do the dozen at the Super Bowl. It's just a smaller production and it's not as, like, guests in part. Like, big, big things going on for. For that. But super bowl weekend is a ton of fun when. It's obviously more fun when your team is playing.

[Noah]

Yeah, we did have fun when we went. We saw. We saw Lil Wayne.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. Yeah. There's always great parties. That's one thing that they'll.

[Noah]

There's always great performances that are gonna do well.

[Rhiann Fran]

Super bowl weekend parties.

[Noah]

On top of all of that, we might have had a breakup between Cardi B. And Stefan Diggs. You know, he didn't have a great night last night during the game. He got into a little, you know, tussle.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

Well, he was valid in that.

[Rhiann Fran]

And it was for sure. They should have called a flag. Yeah, I called a flag. Called the flag. They should have thrown a flag.

[Noah]

Yeah. But it seems like they may. May have broken up. They don't follow each other anymore. Noah actually found that Cardi B still does follow his mom because she went. He went investigative journaling and typed in Diggs, and that was the only Diggs that popped up.

[Rhea]

So let me double check right now that she's still following the mom.

[Noah]

Double check on that. And I maybe think that they broke up before the Super Bowl. Right. That she was just still there because she's Cardi B. And she's probably gonna be the super bowl regardless.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

But, yep, she still follows Stephanie Diggs.

[Noah]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

I don't know. I thought that it was. I didn't. I didn't really think that there was anything going on in a bad way between them because it's like, oh, he's playing. She's there. She was there all weekend. I saw people, like, taking pictures with her at parties and stuff. So I thought she was living the full wag life, but maybe she was Just doing the full celeb at the super bowl life instead.

[Rhea]

There were no videos yesterday about, like, let's go.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, right. There was no, like, go Patriots. No. She wasn't dressed in.

[Rhea]

No.

[Rhiann Fran]

And anything pro. Pro pats or even just like about him. So, yeah, that certainly raises. Raises some eyebrows.

[Noah]

It does raise some eyes.

[Rhea]

Maybe she was a good luck charm.

[Noah]

Maybe. And then he broke it off. People saw his ex girlfriend outside of like his hotel and they thought that maybe that had something to do with it.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Or that was sort of a sign that they maybe broke up. But what happened with his is that still he has to go to court now. They put it on hold because.

[Rhiann Fran]

Right. Because it's Super Bowl. Yeah.

[Rhea]

Come on. Priorities.

[Rhiann Fran]

Honestly, Truly so ridiculous.

[Noah]

No, it's so crazy.

[Rhiann Fran]

But yeah, that's. Damn. Love is. Love's dead.

[Noah]

And speaking of love being dead, my God, you know, the most in love couple of the century. Chase Stokes and Kelsey Ballerini have called it off again. When I saw this headline, I just couldn't even believe what I was saying. Seeing I'm like, like, you know, it was a little suspicious that Madeline Klein and Kelsey Ballerini had posted a picture together on Instagram story. And then Madeline Klein unfollowed Chase Stokes that same night. People saw. Oh, yeah. So Meline.

[Rhiann Fran]

She doesn't follow him anymore.

[Noah]

No.

[Rhiann Fran]

Had she followed him like she did?

[Noah]

I. I believe so. That's what the people were saying is that she was following him and then unfollowed him. I mean, she just posted a roundup of, you know, OBX stuff and tagged him and all that jazz, so.

[Rhiann Fran]

Right, right, right.

[Noah]

I do believe she unfollowed him. So that didn't look good.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, he's not in there.

[Noah]

No. So people were like, did they compare notes? Did they compare stories? And Kelsey was like, not happening.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. Yeah. We don't really have too many details. It came out on TMZ that they had split. And I just don't really have, like, it's just. It's just a back and forth constantly.

[Noah]

I'm invested in this because I can't believe, like, the last time we talked about it, when we were joking, being like, we're wiping our hands clean of these two, you do your thing. I really was like, you know what? My head. Maybe. Maybe they really will this time. So that. So the fact that they just broke up again.

[Rhiann Fran]

I know the end of your statement was like, absurd.

[Noah]

Now I'm like, I need to know what happened now. Like, because Kelsey Ballerini at the Grammys last Sunday, was asked on the red carpet about, like, the whole post and everything, and she was like, you know what? I believe in love, and I believe in him, and I love him. And then a week later, they broke up again. I just. I now feel too invested in these.

[Rhea]

Just an explanation at this point.

[Rhiann Fran]

They do, and I don't like to.

[Noah]

Say that about anybody, but now I'm like, God damn it, if we don't find out what happened here, I'm gonna be kind of pissed.

[Rhiann Fran]

Look, it was only. It was less than two months ago. I. I had to read it again just to remind myself of this caption. Yeah, it was accountability. Learn from mistakes, lean into love, and say it often. 2026. My year of growth. My year of truth. Starting here, starting now.

[Rhea]

She meant to say, my month of truth.

[Rhiann Fran]

And that was Chase. That was. Chase's jokes.

[Noah]

Had the classic New Year's resolution that lasted 10 days. And he was like, you know what? Fuck this. Yeah, I'm out again. Like, I don't know what happened there, but this. But the signs were there when Madeline Klein and Kelsey Ballerini posted an Instagram story together, and then Madeline Klein unfollowed Chase. It was like, what did they talk about that led. You know, now everyone's like, something's not adding up here.

[Rhiann Fran]

No.

[Noah]

And then we get that they broke up.

[Rhiann Fran]

And anytime it's. Anytime It's a constant break up, back. Back together, Break up, back together. It's just. It's not good.

[Noah]

The thing is, I haven't seen something like these two in a long time. I mean, this is. This is quite the back and forth.

[Rhiann Fran]

That we haven't seen to end up somehow being. Getting, like, getting out and, like, being public. Because I feel like there's definitely some celebrity couples that manage, like, breaking up and getting back together and no one really finding out. But it feels. Anytime that there is a blip between these two, it's.

[Noah]

It.

[Rhiann Fran]

It makes news.

[Rhea]

The crazy thing, if they just didn't post a few weeks ago about it, no one would be like, they wouldn't even know that they were together and then broke off. Like, yeah, well, they're the reason that everyone knows.

[Noah]

They're like. They're like Lucy and Steven. Like, they just, you know, they promise each other it's going to be different the next time, and it's not. It just ends up two days later.

[Rhea]

They'Re going to ever post about this or not?

[Rhiann Fran]

No, they can't possibly.

[Rhea]

They get back together in a few months. No.

[Rhiann Fran]

They can't. They can't possibly. They have to. They just got to call it off. Posting.

[Noah]

Yeah, I, I feel bad for Kelsey Ballerini because she is such a talented artist. Yeah. But the conversation is always about the guy she's with or breaking up with. And now we're stuck with what happened with her and Chase Stokes this on and off again relationship.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Oh, my God, it's. It is.

[Rhiann Fran]

It's endless.

[Noah]

It's endless. It's exhausting. But now you got me back in with this one, I want to know what the fuck happened. So, yeah, I'm being nosy and that's that. Moving on. Great news. Really exciting news. Heated rivalry will be coming back in spring of 2027. So about a year. You know, we're like, if we really move it forward a little bit, a year plus. Right. But a little bit like, we're in.

[Rhiann Fran]

February, we're in a couple months, I would think.

[Noah]

Yeah. Maybe like April.

[Rhiann Fran]

April. Spring 2027 screams April to me.

[Noah]

Right. That's. That's literally a year away. And, and it will fly by. And I'm so excited. The fact that, you know, we got confirmation that we were getting season two a while ago while it was still airing. And I love that they want to keep it, you know, true to. Not like big name actors, even though they have now become big names themselves and, you know, Canadian actors. And it's great. And I'm so excited that it's gonna be here before we know it. I know that it's like, oh, we wish we're getting it in the fall or sooner than that, but you don't realize how fast the year goes by. It does. It goes by really fast.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, it does. But then. But it's still too far away, you know, like, yes, sure, I'll be happy when it comes out, but if it, if they said, hey, it's coming October, I'd be like, I'd be ten times more happy.

[Noah]

Right. But I, I don't want them to rush it because I feel like they have a lot of pressure now to have a really great second season. Like, because people love the first one so much and maybe they would feel like if they were to put out a second season so soon, that it would be sort of rushing it instead of like really taking their time with the product so that when it does come out, people are like, oh, we really love this as much as the first one, if not even more.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, I guess. I don't know. Maybe I just don't have the patience.

[Noah]

Maybe it's the timing of filming. Maybe they have other. You know, they're very popular now. They could have gotten other jobs, and they definitely are.

[Rhiann Fran]

I just think, like, I love when a show that has a set amount of time, like, it's like, oh, they signed on to do three seasons. Maybe it would be more. I don't know. But it's like they signed on to do three seasons. Makes me think of, like, the summer I turn pretty. It was like, if there wasn't the break with this strike and everything, it's like they would have been bam, bam, bam summers, and we would have just gotten it all the same time into it still.

[Noah]

It wasn't like we didn't lose interest.

[Rhea]

No, we weren't.

[Rhiann Fran]

We weren't at all. No, no, we didn't lose interest at all. But if it was like a set time every year that we would get a new season of heated rivalry, I'd be pretty happy about that, too.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

But no, very excited. Just impatient. Because then it's like, yeah, you know, not to talk about time, but it's like, yeah, the year does fly by. And then isn't that kind of sad? Just the years, they're just flying by.

[Noah]

Yeah, that's a whole other topic. You know, as you guys like, it is. It is.

[Rhiann Fran]

You know, the year will be. It'll be spring.

[Rhea]

You don't want to look forward to.

[Rhiann Fran]

It'll be spring 2027 before you know it. I'm like, right, it will. And then it's just time flies.

[Noah]

Time really does fly. And.

[Rhiann Fran]

And I don't want it to be spring 2027 right now.

[Noah]

No, we want to take time.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Right. But I think it'll be like, when the time comes. Not. Not. Let's get there. It'll be like, when the time comes, we'll be happy with what we got there. I think that. Yeah. I remember older adults always saying, wait until you get older. The years fly by. And now I'm like, holy fuck.

[Rhiann Fran]

They really do.

[Noah]

They really do fly by.

[Rhiann Fran]

They really do.

[Noah]

Like, I feel like I got married 10 years ago.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Like, it's about to be a year. But it feels, you know, it just like. I was like, wow, that flew. That this year flew by.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

You know, well, that would be opposite.

[Rhiann Fran]

If you felt like you got married 10 years ago to be like, it felt like it's been so much time. Not fast.

[Noah]

Okay. I guess I worded that wrong, but.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, but I get what you're saying.

[Noah]

But you get what I'm saying. I just meant, like, the year flew by so fast in a way that it feels like it was so long ago. I don't know if I'm making sense.

[Rhiann Fran]

But, yeah, I do get what you're saying.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

It's like this. You're coming up to your anniversary. How. How could this possibly be one year old? It's just like, so much.

[Noah]

Yeah. That's what I mean. It's like. But also at the same time.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

You know, it's just. It's. It's both. I think it's both. It feels like. Goes by fast and also feels like, what the. You know, that was. I know. Like, when we look at the past year and I'm like, that happened this summer. That happened in September. You know, I'm like, oh, fuck.

[Rhiann Fran]

I know. And I think it's like your own life events happen at a different pace than other than other people, too. It's like, oh, like, I have conversations with people. They're like, didn't you just get married? I'm like, honestly, not really.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Like, it. Thank you for thinking that. But it. We're, you know, it's a year and a half. Like, it's not so. But yeah, it's. It's. It definitely, you know, time.

[Noah]

They do say it flies.

[Rhea]

They do.

[Noah]

The common saying.

[Rhiann Fran]

They do say it flies, which is why I'm like, yeah, do I do I want to rush to that time so I can watch it? I want it to be here.

[Noah]

But no, that's a concept. Nice. When it comes. Yeah. It's not like, oh, we need to get to spring.

[Rhea]

It's just about. You want to look forward to it.

[Noah]

It.

[Rhea]

But you don't want to look forward to time passing. So then you're in this weird, like.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yep.

[Noah]

Right.

[Rhiann Fran]

Because you always have something you're looking forward to, an event you're looking forward to.

[Rhea]

But if you're always looking forward, then you're not appreciating the now, the present.

[Noah]

That's deep.

[Rhiann Fran]

So true.

[Noah]

That is so true.

[Rhea]

But I feel like I've heard people say, like, life is really just like, if you always have something good to look forward to, then, like, you're doing well.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

Because if you have nothing to look forward to, then it's like, right Then.

[Noah]

People deal with existential dread. Yeah. Because they're like, what is there to look forward?

[Rhea]

Yeah. So it's like if you have vacation lined up or something.

[Noah]

Yeah. Yeah. You know, we. And we got heated. Rivalry, rivalry lined up.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

At least we got rivalry next, guys.

[Noah]

Yeah. Exactly. If you're ever down in the dumps, you just say to yourself, well, we are getting that second season. Yeah. In spring. Yeah, I gotta hang on.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yep.

[Noah]

Oh. All right. That wraps up the topics, but we will be getting into the weekly watch report.

[Rhiann Fran]

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[Noah]

Before we get into the weekly Watch report, we're gonna do a traitors recap. Episode eight. Now, maybe Alan got his episodes confused because I thought episode eight was even more like than episode seven.

[Rhiann Fran]

It was. It was. We're definitely. The claws are coming out. The girls are fighting. And Rob and Candace were in full takedown mode. And look, it is clear this is what happens when you get people who come from a different type of reality show. While yes, Rob is from Love Island, I don't really categorize him as like. As he acts more like a reality TV star. He went into this show very much taking it as a game guy. I saw Bossa Rob and Candace arguing about this. They're like, you know, cause Basa Rob's like, strategy. It's a game, you know, it is a game. And Kane is like, it's loyalty, you know, it's. Which is such a housewives thing and a friendship thing. And it's loyalty and sticking up for, you know, the person you're you say you're gonna work with and all these things? And they were going at it now, I guess we could rewind a little bit because Colton did get murdered. And not that it was, like, anticlimactic, but I think because he was such a vocal figure in the castle, it seemed like maybe the way he was going to go would be a little bit more dramatic. But he was murdered, and I get why. I get why Candace did that. And honestly, it took her maybe a little bit longer to realize why Rob was like, yeah, murder Colton.

[Noah]

I thought that this was such a good move for Rob, because I don't think Candace really thought it through that someone would go, well, Rob wouldn't murder Colton. It's his best friend.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, well, Rob kept it a secret that Colton was saying Candace's name.

[Noah]

And also on top of that, it's like, you're not gonna look at Rob murdering Colton because you'd be like, he'd never murder Colton. Like, everyone's looking at Rob like, oh, he's like this sweet boy. I gotta say, Rob is showing a lot of shades of this girl Rhea in surviving Barstool Season 4, where it's just like, kill everybody to win the game. And then you just keep saying, it's a game. It's a game. So that's why I support Rob's game so much, because I'm like, it is a. You're right. It is a game, and you're gonna upset people. But he's trying to fucking win the game. Like, and Candace is so stuck on the loyalty thing. And I just felt like, okay, yes, Candace was nervous that Rob was going to do to her what he did to Lisa, but she didn't even try to work with him. She just. She just immediately jumped to, all right, now I'm gonna get Rob out. Because he got Lisa out when Rob never was gunning for Candace, never said her name until she kind of flipped it on him. And then he was like, all right. And he said it in his confessional. He was like, I never said Candace, and I was never gonna go for Candace, but now I am. Which is. Which is fair, because she took it so to heart about. About Lisa. And, you know, honestly, the way that the editing was going, I felt like Rob was gonna be safe because they were editing it in such a way that Candace was coming for Rob. I'm gonna get Rob. I'm gonna get Rob. That I was like, there's no way he goes home, because it's the way that this is edited right now.

[Rhiann Fran]

Rob is getting in some all time. Pretty privileged, too. He really is. And it's fairly spectacular to watch, like, because to me, it was crazy to me that after that roundtable and they're all. They're all going for Candace because they're like, it's suspicious that you said Rob's a throwaway vote and now you're gunning so hard for Rob. And the fact that none of them were like, well, maybe that, like, after Kansas, Candace was like, I'm a traitor.

[Rhea]

They said the opposite. They're like, it could never be Rob.

[Rhiann Fran]

The fact that afterwards they're like, none of them thought, oh, well, if Candace is a traitor and she used Rob as a throwaway, but now she's gunning for Rob, maybe Rob's a traitor. None. It was not on.

[Rhea]

Anybody happens to be getting Lisa.

[Noah]

I'm wondering if anybody watched the prior seasons to go, oh, this is traitor on traitor fighting now. Like, literally, Kristin said, no, there's. There's no way sweet baby Rob is a traitor. I'm like, that sweet baby boy. Like, he. I don't know if Rob is a fantastic traitor or if the faithful Faithfuls are kind of, you know, living in La La land. Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

I just think. I just think Rob's playing them like a fiddle. And it's not necessarily that they're bad faithfuls. I think he just like, no, it really is. I think it's a lot of the Pretty perfect. They look at him and they're like, oh, sweet Rob. Like, he's so nice. He can't be a traitor. And he. And then he just kind of looks at him like this, like, he does, like, the Kevin James. Like, yeah, yeah. And they're all like, oh, it's Rob.

[Noah]

He absolutely has pretty privileged. Like, Candace even said, like, oh, because everyone wants to drink Rob's bath water. That's. That's absolutely a part of it. And he is leaning into it because he knows it's working to his advantage. But on top of that, he is thinking 10 steps ahead as well. Like, yeah, it's not like Rob's doing no thinking and he's getting by. Here's the thing, he's really thinking very, like, strategically of what his step should be, how he should approach Candace at the round table so it doesn't draw more suspicion. He played something like, yeah, he played it very cool. He was like, Like, I think going.

[Rhiann Fran]

For Eric was also really, really smart as far as, like, trying to get another trader. And as he was explaining that, it made a lot of sense like, kind of going through all the other people. So do I pick somebody that I can just turn on right away? Do I pick on somebody that, like, will never be. To pick somebody that's like, nobody would ever think they could possibly be a traitor. I think Eric was very strategic. I think he is gonna say yes. Like, I know they kind of made.

[Rhea]

It seem like, has anyone ever said no and gone home?

[Rhiann Fran]

I don't know. But not in ones that I've seen.

[Noah]

I don't think, like, that would be stupid.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

He's like, I'm faithful.

[Noah]

I would.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

This isn't a real life. Like, you're not faithful to what? Like, you're not. This isn't real life. Right.

[Rhiann Fran]

Which is why I just think it's a good. Yeah, yeah. But it's a good cover for him. Like, I think Eric is a really good cover for him.

[Rhea]

That was Marcus.

[Rhiann Fran]

Classic Rob, though, that he liked it. It was all other guys because it.

[Noah]

Because they got all girls out. He had to go for a guy because they're gonna. They're looking at all guys.

[Rhiann Fran]

Well, they're all looking at.

[Noah]

Because they're going to. They've been saying it has to be.

[Rhiann Fran]

Because they're like another trader.

[Noah]

It was Donna, Lisa and Candace. So they're like, okay, well, now we have to start looking at guys. Right?

[Rhiann Fran]

We have got it. There's gotta.

[Noah]

Somebody said there's gotta be a guy.

[Rhiann Fran]

And there's gotta be at least one.

[Noah]

So he had to pick a guy because.

[Rhiann Fran]

And I felt like they were already kind of talking about that, too. Is like, one of them has to be a guy.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

So. But it's like, these guys that are left all really seem like they trust each other.

[Noah]

Right. I think Stephen Coletti has a lot of eyeballs on him right now. And I feel like him and Johnny might be the next two that they're looking at for. For guys which will then get Robin and Eric to the end and, you know, maybe. Maybe they both win. Maybe one takes the money from the other.

[Rhiann Fran]

Like, I could so see Rob taking the money from Eric.

[Noah]

And honestly, that would be very. Johnny Bananas. Sarah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. Like, I just. Like, at that point, he's gonna be like, bro, I played this game so well myself. I made you a trader a two days ago. I'm taking the money.

[Noah]

Like, morally. I could never do that. I would literally be like, all right, I'll fucking share it with you anyway. Because I. Whatever. But for TV purposes, someone stealing the money is great.

[Rhiann Fran]

Are there three episodes left or two?

[Noah]

There's three. So there's two until the finale. Yeah. There's 11 episodes.

[Rhiann Fran]

11 episodes. Yeah. Yeah. I just.

[Noah]

You.

[Rhiann Fran]

You really. I know people, like, get angry when there's traitor on traitor or the deceit or whatever, but at the end of the day, and I know we. We sound like Boston Rob on here. It is a game. It is a game. I got no problem saying that Rob is playing. I think he is playing a very good game with the help of the fact that nobody is fucking questioning him at all.

[Noah]

Right.

[Rhiann Fran]

But he is making good moves.

[Noah]

He is making really great moves, I think. And I just. I feel like going forward, I. I'm really stuck on whether I think the faithfuls somehow come out with a win on this or if I'm pretty convinced Rob wins. Like, I have been convinced this entire time that Rob wins.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Because I feel like it's just so obvious with the way this show has been edited.

[Rhea]

Right.

[Noah]

But I'm like, is there any which way where, like, Mark, Kristen Moore. I'm like, I don't.

[Rhiann Fran]

They're.

[Rhea]

They're definitely just blindly defending Rob at all times.

[Rhiann Fran]

That definitely is because it would be a good twist, like, as far as talking about editing wise, it would be a good twist to have everyone think, like, oh, Rob's cruising. And then they're actually able to get him. And the fact that it's down to technically right now, one trader. We'll see what happens. With Eric, you do kind of lean, like, oh, maybe the Faithfuls will figure it out. So I don't know.

[Noah]

And when it comes down to it, you can't stay aligned with your traitors that you went in with the entire time. You just can't. It would not be possible to make it to the, like, people start. Are gonna start speculating and then you have to separate yourself. Like, you can't.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, no, totally.

[Noah]

You can't go, I'm gonna fucking go down with this person. It's a game for yourself. You know, it. It is an individual game. At the end of the day, I know that they, the traitors, sign an oath to be with each other and not go against each other. You're playing for yourself. You don't know these people outside of this.

[Rhiann Fran]

I have become a. I have become a big fan. And I liked these two already, Johnny and Tara. And hey, we're getting to watch their Olympic coverage right now. If you're watching the figure skating, you're hearing them. Them commentate. But I feel like Johnny has been playing a pretty good game. Like, I feel like, he's been a good faithful. I feel like he has good instincts. Some. They, you know, the Fables have been wrong multiple times this season, but I did like his thought process. This episode of, like, Candace and I are so close. I don't want to think that it's Candace, but I'm still here. And maybe I'm still here because we are so close and I do have protection in the turret. And now I'm kind of, kind of realizing that. And I was like, that's so true. That's a good way to think about it. It's like, like maybe one of your besties is in the turret. If you are kind of making it where your name hasn't been brought up ever because they like you and they want to take you to the end.

[Noah]

I don't know if the Johnny and Tara being besties thing is playing as much as they wanted it to in the, in this show, like, because no one knows. So it's not like it's ever been a thing where someone has went, wait, these two are best friends? It might maybe play in the end.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

And we'll see. But I don't know if it's landing in the way that they thought it was gonna land, if that makes sense. Yeah, it's not really.

[Rhea]

They were filming that this week or last week.

[Noah]

I don't.

[Rhiann Fran]

I don't remember. But honestly, I think it actually would have been really interesting if Rob did pick Johnny, because I do feel like Johnny and Tara are so close and they both clearly have been like, I'm a faithful. And she's like, I'm a faithful. Like, you know, like, they've definitely been like, look, we're faithful. It's like, that's. Let's, you know, we're. Let's agree on this and whatever. And if it turned out where one of them had to like, split from the group because they were actually a traitor, would have been really interesting because it does feel like that group of faithfuls all really, really trust each other. And Johnny and Tara have, like a big say because they are going to agree most of the time. And it's like if Johnny all of a sudden became a traitor, would have been pretty crazy. That would have said, like, that just drama wise would have said the group in a tailspin, especially Tara. Like, if it got down the end and Johnny had to over Tara, that's.

[Noah]

Where I think it would have came more into play. But right now it's just not.

[Rhiann Fran]

Right now it's. They're just like, hey, we're faithful.

[Noah]

Exactly.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

But if that happened, then it absolutely would come into play and we create more drama. But unfortunately, nobody knows.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, exactly.

[Noah]

So Rob doesn't have the foresight to go, I'm gonna pick Johnny because he wouldn't go over, you know, Tara. Exactly.

[Rhiann Fran]

Shout out Dorinda for making it this far.

[Noah]

Huh? Yeah. She's gonna get murdered. Yeah, it's. Yeah, it's like, no attachment to anybody. She'll get murdered, by the way. Sweet. Eric being so confidently wrong about everything is hilarious. He's like, I know whose writing this is. Johnny. And he's just so wrong. He's just so wrong, and it's so sweet.

[Rhea]

I've seen people saying. They're like, we need to. The video of Colton finding out.

[Rhiann Fran]

I'm dying for it. I've been refreshing the Trader Social every day.

[Noah]

I think they posted on Tuesday. I saw someone say that they posted on Tuesdays.

[Rhiann Fran]

My God. I've been waiting for it all week, and I've literally kept refreshing to be like, I need to watch Colton find out that Rob's a traitor.

[Noah]

I know. Eric's reaction was so good. Anybody finding out Rob's a traitor is gonna have. They're gonna be like, what the. You know, so, so excited for the rest of the episodes. And we are inching closer and closer, and I. My God. Want to see. I want to get it spoiled. I have looked up spoilers. I can't find them. I can't. I have.

[Rhea]

You want us get it spoiled?

[Noah]

Yes. I can't take it anymore. I want to know. I have gone through lengths to look up who won this season.

[Rhiann Fran]

Oh, my God.

[Noah]

Really? Yes. I can't stop myself.

[Rhea]

We're so close.

[Noah]

I know we're so close, but I'm just so. I want. I. I want to know if my theory's right. So bad. So I've just been like, please, someone tell me. And I cannot find it anywhere. They've done a good job of keeping it locked in because I'm sure they're. I mean, well, yeah, obviously, people do know who wins, and I can't find it anywhere. So whatever. Yeah, I'll have to wait and see. But that wraps up the Traders recap. Picture this. It's Monday morning. You open up your laptop. Outlook hits you with 87 unread emails. Your calendar looks like a game of Tetris. Your boss wants a report, your team wants presentation, and you. You just want to take a nap. Enter Microsoft Copilot. Copilot summarizes your emails and Boom. You're caught up. It drafts your report in Word. It builds your slides in PowerPoint. It even pulls insights from your Excel data. Suddenly, you're the office hero. You're organized, responsible, and everyone's taking a look at you, all because Copilot did the stuff you didn't want to. So if you want to reclaim your time and get your life together, try Microsoft Copilot. Copilot. Because sometimes the smartest move is letting AI do the work. Learn more at Microsoft.com M365 copilot. All right, let's get into the Weekly Watch Report, where we talk about the things we watch this week. Weekly Watch Report on Monday. Weekly Watch Report on Monday. Weekly Watch Report on Monday week. Weekly Watch Report on Monday. Finally, watch the Housemaid. It's available to rent on Amazon. Boy, did I not like this film.

[Rhiann Fran]

Sorry to hear that. I'm only sorry to hear that because you love the book so much.

[Noah]

You know, I'm taking, like, a big pause and a big, deep breath to emphasize and really collect my thoughts on this because.

[Rhiann Fran]

Can I ask you a question first?

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

When you press play, were you anticipating.

[Noah]

Loving it?

[Rhiann Fran]

Loving it or not or hating it? Like, have you seen people's feedback about it?

[Noah]

Yes. And I saw a lot of people give it great reviews, and I anticipated loving it. Because I will say this. We were gonna go to dinner Saturday night. My friend texted me about an hour and a half before we were supposed to go to dinner. She's like, have you seen the fucking weather? Have you stepped outside? I said, yeah, I saw it. She said, I just stepped outside. Holy fuck.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, it's. It's Saturday with.

[Noah]

And Matt and I were supposed to go with her and her husband. And we. She was like, what should we do? And I was like, I'm getting the feeling that, you know. And I said, because we were both going to Brooklyn. We were gonna meet in Brooklyn. And we were like, we can't even walk around. Whatever. So.

[Rhiann Fran]

Literally couldn't even step outside.

[Noah]

So last minute cancellation.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

So then Matt and I were like, all right, should we go somewhere, like, just local to grab dinner? Should we order in, watch a movie? And I was like, I'm gonna let you decide. Like, you pick. I'll do whatever. And Matt was like, let's stay in and. And watch a movie and order food? And I was like, perfect. The housemate is on Amazon. Da, da, da da. Like, I was so excited. I was like, okay, we're gonna order a bunch of movie. I have a movie. I Was like, I have a perfect movie for this. We're gonna order. Like, we ordered like a bunch of Italian food. And I was so excited.

[Rhiann Fran]

Perfect, Perfect.

[Noah]

Right in the beginning, you know, I'm giving it a shot. I'm like, okay, all right. Okay. And here's the thing. I don't. Look, I'm literally gearing up to talk about this because I don't want to be a pile on with the Sydney Sweeney stuff, okay? I, I don't want to pile on top of it. This has nothing to do.

[Rhiann Fran]

It's her genuine reaction to the movie.

[Noah]

Right. Her acting in this movie was atrocious. Her voiceovers were so bad. Like, in my personal opinion. Yeah, I really thought that they were not good.

[Rhea]

I agree.

[Noah]

I also watched it in comparison to Amanda Seyfried. You know, Amanda Seyfried acted her ass off in this. And I think that's where the disconnect was for me that I felt like in comparison, Amanda was so good.

[Rhiann Fran]

And Sidney just, it makes Sidney's and more obvious.

[Noah]

Listen, the character is sort like Nina. I mean, Nina is Amanda Seyfried's character, but Sydney Sweeney's character, like, Millie is sort of just like, bleh, you know? But like, also not like, I don't know. I don't know. I just was so disappointed in the film. It was 2 hours and 15 minutes long, and somehow it felt like it was so long without covering a ton of shit in the book, you know, like, and that's, that's just what happens when you, when you read a book and it turns into a movie and it's missing a lot of the inner dialogue of why Millie is doing these things and why Nina is doing these things. And you're watching the movie and it's falling short. And then all of a sudden Andrew and Millie and they're hooking up and there was no buildup before that, you know, like, they, I felt like in the book they at least had a little, you know, more run ins that would get them to the point of going to the city to see a show and then stay in a hotel together. Like, it just seemed like they were strangers. And all of a sudden they went, they went to the theater together. Like, I, I, oh God, I just was so disappointed. I really was. And I really went into it with, like a big smile on my face. Like, oh, I can't wait to watch this. Finally I could rent it. And it just fucking disappointed me so much. There were points where Matt was like, laughing hysterically. I'm like, this isn't supposed to be a funny movie. Like, this is not.

[Rhiann Fran]

Right, right, right. This is not comedy.

[Noah]

You're not supposed to be laughing at this. And some of my friends who saw it in theater said the same thing right after they saw it, where they were like, for some reason, it was funnier than. Or like, you were laughing at parts that you're not, like, supposed to laugh at.

[Rhea]

Yeah, I was laughing the whole time.

[Noah]

Yeah. That.

[Rhea]

Especially the Sydney. Anytime she was on screen.

[Noah]

And it's not supposed to be funny. It's. It. The move. The book is not really funny. It's.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Like a thriller.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

And. Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

There's, like, a story. Do you think they tried to make some, like, comedic moments just like, for the sake of the.

[Noah]

No, it wasn't comedic moments.

[Rhiann Fran]

Oh, no.

[Noah]

Or you were. You were just laughing at how you.

[Rhiann Fran]

Were laughing with them, laughing at how absurd it was.

[Noah]

And I don't know. I just thought, in my opinion, wasn't the best adaptation that it could have been. And I don't know if it was casting or the way that it was written.

[Rhea]

Like, I think Cindy was bad, but I actually do think that it was, like, the writing more so than anything.

[Noah]

Right.

[Rhea]

I think I didn't read the book, but I watched it with my mom and sister who did, and they were, like, saying the same thing as you, where it's, like, a lot of stuff. It just felt like things were happening so fast, there was zero context. And I was just like, wait, how did this. How did we get here? How are, like, like, Sydney and this guy, like, already I feel like they've had, like, two conversations, and they're, like, really poorly paced.

[Noah]

Yeah. And it was like. It felt slow, but also too fast. Like, you're like, how are these two at the theater already? Like, they. They don't even. They've had one conversation with each other. I don't know.

[Rhea]

I felt like they talked one time, and he's already, like, caressing her leg. I'm like, what?

[Noah]

Yeah. That. Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

What's so hard? And I haven't seen it. So I. But I. I very much understand what you guys are saying. And I think that does go back to what's so hard when you watch something that's made from an extremely popular book? Because there's. You just always get more backstory.

[Noah]

Always.

[Rhiann Fran]

Like, even with. Even, like, people you meet on vacation. Like, it was like, people thought, oh, you really don't. You're not really getting a lot of background on. On their friendship. It's like, Bam. You know, so it's like you're just always missing a lot. And then you watch and you're like. It feels less believable when you have read the book and then watch the movie because you're like, oh, well, the book set the whole stage. Now I'm watching this. This feels forced. Like you're like, how is he already. He doesn't already like her. They haven't even talked. Like.

[Noah]

Yeah, I. And I felt kind of silly because there were a lot of people this weekend that watched it, friends of ours that really liked it.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

And people read the book.

[Rhea]

Shocked when I saw the rotten tomato score. It was 74.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

I expected to see.

[Rhiann Fran]

I think that's a big difference. I think, like, I think you can very much go into a movie like that if you haven't read the book and like, enjoy the movie wholeheartedly. I think when you have. I think being I haven't read the book. Well, yeah. I mean, I'm not surprised to know I didn't like it.

[Noah]

Yeah. But Robbie Fox said that he liked it, but he was like, I'll never watch it again.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Noah]

You know?

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

I think Sydney is just like. There's no other way to say it. Like, and it has nothing to do with anything other than if you just watch this movie. You're like. Like, she is not a good actor. That's it.

[Noah]

Like, yeah.

[Rhea]

So bad. Like I said, it sounded like her voiceovers actually sounded like me reading in class in like seventh grade. Like, no emotion.

[Noah]

It did. Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. I'm so intrigued to see how she is in this new season of Euphoria.

[Noah]

I am too.

[Rhiann Fran]

Cuz I always thought like, she. That was when she was at her best.

[Noah]

Yeah. I didn't want to like pile onto it. And I went into with high hopes, but I was extremely let down. And as it was progressing, I was like. I was getting upset. I was like, I really don't think I like this movie. Like, I was like, oh my God.

[Rhea]

Are you worried about Verity now? I was thinking about. I'm like, just. Cause I've read that. But I'm like, I wonder if this could happen where like that turns into this.

[Noah]

I have less expectations for Verity because I loved the housemaid more than I loved Verity. Like, I really loved the housemaid book.

[Rhea]

Better actors in the Verity movie, though.

[Noah]

I just like loved this book so much. And I read the second and then it opened up all of Frida McFadden's books to me. So I don't know I was just kind of bummed. I was like, damn. I feel like it was just missing a lot and.

[Rhiann Fran]

Must not make you excited for another movie.

[Noah]

No, no, I'm not. Because the way that it ends is how the book sort of ends, and then it leads into the second movie. But that would mean that.

[Rhiann Fran]

That it's like.

[Noah]

Also, that would mean that Sydney Sweeney is going to be this main star of the second book and the second movie. Yeah. And so it makes three books. Yeah.

[Rhea]

They're definitely making another movie.

[Noah]

They are.

[Rhiann Fran]

Oh, yeah. They already said they're making another movie.

[Noah]

And she's like the main.

[Rhea]

Yeah, yeah.

[Noah]

Of the second.

[Rhea]

I did, like, the twist was good. And I was like, I'm sure this was, like, really good in the book.

[Noah]

It was.

[Rhea]

I didn't actually see that really coming.

[Noah]

No. I literally couldn't.

[Rhiann Fran]

She took the bucket to the ocean.

[Noah]

I literally took the. I couldn't put it down. I was like, holy shit. I did not see this coming. Like, da, da, da, da. And so I could see how watching the movie, if you never read the book and you were like, oh, that's a good twist, then people may like that. So I could see that.

[Rhea]

But, yeah, the first, like, 80% of the movie I thought was horrible. And then that was the only thing that saved it in my mind from being an F movie.

[Noah]

When it switched to Amanda Seyfried narrating, I was like, thank God. It just was tough. I'll give it a circle.

[Rhea]

Yeah. I'm giving it a pretty.

[Rhiann Fran]

Pretty fine legacies right down the middle.

[Noah]

Yeah. I mean, I don't want to. Like, I did watch the whole thing, so I don't want to absolutely torch it in, which I kind of did. But I feel like it just comes from a place of more disappointment. Yeah, that's fair. And I'll never watch it again, so I'll give that a C. Traitors. I'll give an A plus. I thought this episode was really good. I watched Summer House. Summer House is back. Yes. I will give Summer House a B minus. I think has a lot of potential for the season. I'm interested in the new people. Yeah, I think we're gonna get a lot of Amanda and Kyle.

[Rhiann Fran]

A lot. Look, and we knew we were gonna feel this way when the season started. Cause it's like, we know how it ends in the fact that they're not together anymore. And I think we all kind of felt, even from watching the trailer, it was like, this is not gonna look good for them. And it doesn't Right off the bat, like, just the way that they communicate with each other is just like little jabs. It just. Just feels like they don't enjoy being each other's presence that much.

[Noah]

I mean, Kyle not understanding why Amanda is not being lovey dovey with him when he said he was home for one weekend and a half from January to June. What the fuck is wrong with you? Like, I. I mean, we don't have to pile on because we know that there are, you know, separating. But you don't understand why she. Why she's not loving you right now. Seriously, how can you not get it through your head? That pisses me. Yeah, I know.

[Rhea]

Off.

[Rhiann Fran]

I don't get it. Yeah.

[Noah]

How can you be so blind to. What your wife has been telling you for years is that she wants you home. Yeah. And, you know, wants to have this life, though.

[Rhiann Fran]

I just don't think he cares.

[Noah]

Yeah. And. And that's the worst thing, you know.

[Rhiann Fran]

Like, it's like to end up.

[Noah]

Up in a spot where you don't care anymore is the worst of it all.

[Rhiann Fran]

And that's kind of what Amanda was saying too, when she was like, look, this shit used to bother me years ago and now I'm just like, whatever. And she's like, that's probably the most telling of all when you're just kind of. When you're just kind of numb to it. Look, I think Kyle needs, like a very specific type of gal and maybe somebody that'll just like, does travel with him. I don't know. Because then even Amanda saying that, like, he started doing the DJ thing because he was jealous of Amanda doing this swimsuit stuff is crazy. Like, that's crazy to me. And for her to really think that that was like, the catalyst for this is like, okay, if your husband's trying to one up you, that's probably so fucking not like a good, trusting relationship. Very bizarre, I will say. I'm not gonna lie.

[Noah]

Sorry.

[Rhiann Fran]

He does get. He does have some moments where I giggle. Like him saying to. Was it Carl? When he was like, talking about what makes him happy and he's like, I just want to press play.

[Noah]

I can't. Like, I just, like, don't even find it funny. I find it to be all right.

[Rhiann Fran]

I. I really laughed.

[Noah]

I'm so.

[Rhiann Fran]

I just want to press play.

[Noah]

I. I can't. I can't. I just frustrates me to no end.

[Rhiann Fran]

I'm intrigued by the new people, though.

[Noah]

Yeah. I think the way that Ben.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, Australian Ben.

[Noah]

Kj.

[Rhiann Fran]

Kj. I think the girls are gonna be interesting.

[Noah]

Yeah. I thought that they kind of, like, fit in. You know what? Weren't doing too much. Weren't due too little. One of them started crying at the first dinner.

[Rhiann Fran]

The dinner seemed maybe a little awkward.

[Noah]

Hilarious. Had a very funny line about that when he was like, I mean, just crying. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And Jesse trying to fit in with Amanda and Ciara and the bedbugs and that whole thing. Like, I think it'll be a good season. I think it'll be a lot too.

[Rhiann Fran]

I think it will, too. It's a good. It's a good, good intro to a lot of the people. And I think there's. I think there's still two new girls that, like, we haven't met yet.

[Noah]

There's more coming in.

[Rhiann Fran]

There's gonna be a good, good mix of new people, for sure.

[Noah]

Love Island, Australia. I'm almost done. I have, like, two episodes left.

[Rhea]

Oh.

[Noah]

Which is so funny because I've done quite the opposite. I should be watching Love Island All Stars right now. And I was like, I'm begging you to switch. No, I. I am in the middle of it. Okay, good. I just got to the point where I'm a little far though back. I just got to the point where Sammy and Lucinda are fighting.

[Rhiann Fran]

Okay, okay, okay. So, yeah.

[Noah]

Fair. I have a lot to catch up on. But now that Love Island, Australia is ending for me. Yeah. I will be quickly be catching up.

[Rhiann Fran]

You'll fly through it.

[Noah]

It's. And I can already see shades of Lucinda pissing me off. So. Yeah. Which, you know what. What a downfall because she was beloved. And then she goes on this and. Right. She was loved.

[Rhiann Fran]

And I got a lot of feedback too. People. Like, I really did like her on other seasons now. Allegedly, her. The guy she left games with said that she's got, like, some sugar daddy, that she goes on these shows like, he doesn't care. And she's really just, like, on it to be on TV again and, like, doesn't really care about these relationships. And then, like, the show ends and she just goes back to this guy, which, honestly, I could totally see. No offense to her, but I. I'm at my wit's end. I. She's gotta go. I can't watch her anymore. Really. It's just like, the way.

[Noah]

It's like.

[Rhiann Fran]

It's like, oh, my God. Do you mean that? Like, it's just like, everything. And the way she talks to guys versus girls. I really don't. Like, like, it's like, I. I think I don't think she's really an idiot, but I think she makes herself sound like an idiot when she talks to guys, which I really don't like. I think she's weird with the other girls. Millie's a fucking saint for putting up with her and, like, being her friend and being nice to her. Lucinda, I. I know you're. Now you're seeing the drama, so it's like, I don't think you'll care that I say this, but, like, in one of these last episodes, they do the pie.

[Noah]

Yeah. She pies.

[Rhiann Fran]

Sammy. Sammy. I'm like, girlfriend, like, you had the option of everybody. They made it so that, like, you could pie who like girls or guys. Really?

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

You just got Tommy just laid into you while they were playing a game, and instead of going to pie Tommy, you go and pie Sammy. I thought that was so lame. I really. I. Bad energy from her this whole. This whole season. And her and Sean fucking deserve each other. If that's like, whatever, it's lame.

[Noah]

Well, I got to catch up on all that Love Island Australia. I would give a baby. I felt like it was entertaining. Fell off a little bit.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

And then, you know, it's fine. But it did have its very entertaining moments.

[Rhiann Fran]

It did.

[Noah]

And then Love Island All Stars, I will also grade. I will give it a B. From where I'm at right now, I can tell it's heating up. I can tell it's about to get more interesting for me. Excited to. Now that I'm gonna be done with blah, blah. I just have to watch the finale.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Yeah. Or like, the final two. I might skip the second to last.

[Rhiann Fran]

And that episode's always kind of.

[Noah]

Yeah. It's like, I just kind of want to see. Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. They go on dates, and you're like, cool, right?

[Noah]

I'm like, all right. You guys like each other.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Yeah. And so I will give All Stars a B plus. And then that's really everything I watch. Oh, tell me lies.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. So we are.

[Noah]

We are so close. What, do we have two more episodes left, Right? Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

This is episode six, which just feels like there's so much that needs to happen.

[Noah]

So it feels like there are a lot of. Of unanswered questions going on right now. A lot. A lot.

[Rhiann Fran]

So many. And I'm just like, this is what's so frustrating with me, with the show especially. Cause the fact that they're saying, like, oh, it could potentially end at the end of this season and not have a season four. When I'm, like, still so confused I guess we'll just never know all the stuff in the middle, you know, between, like, the school years and the wedding year, it's like. Because I'm just like, how are we gonna get from this Wrigley and Brie set up all the way to what's happening at the wedding? Feels like there's so much in between, but I guess we're just never really gonna get a full answer. Maybe. I don't know.

[Noah]

I do feel like they're sort of just, like, ignoring the in between. Like, as if it's never happened.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Like everyone just picks up where they left off.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

And that's it.

[Rhiann Fran]

It's just like. Yeah, I know. And I feel like there's so much more that happens or that could happen with, like, the Oliver storyline and Brie going to the house and, like, what happens with Amanda and, like, I don't know. Crazy. I just feel like they're so.

[Noah]

It feels like they threw a lot in. Yeah. To now they have to tie up a lot of loose ends.

[Rhiann Fran]

They gotta tie up a lot.

[Noah]

And I hope that they get tied up because if they don't, it's gonna feel like. Well, I hope there's another season.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. And even with, like, Lucy and Alex, I'm like, how is this gonna end? Like, this is.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

You know, clearly the both of them have their intimacy issues, I guess one could call it.

[Noah]

I do like him as a character.

[Rhiann Fran]

I do, too.

[Noah]

I think he's been a good addition.

[Rhiann Fran]

I do, too. But it's like he. He must just disappear at some point because it's not like he's in the right.

[Noah]

He's not. The later years, and it's the. It hasn't been shown that he's at Breeze Wedding.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. Yeah. So I don't know. It's really. There's a lot going on, and I. You know what? We knew Steven was gonna do something bad with those pictures. Sending them to her dad was just honestly sick.

[Noah]

So sick and bizarre. It almost would have been less sick if he sent it to the school.

[Rhiann Fran]

I know.

[Noah]

Like, it would have just been like.

[Rhiann Fran]

He wants at least. It's like an evil. Like, has a motive. Like, you're like, oh, I'm gonna get her. I'm gonna kick her out of school.

[Noah]

Sending it to her dad.

[Rhiann Fran]

This is just like, I'm gonna ruin her relationship with her dad.

[Rhea]

Her reaction was almost, like, not surprised. Like, oh, yeah, he sent it, like, obviously terrible. But she was almost, like, not unfazed, but, like, of course he did this.

[Rhiann Fran]

Well, I think she just knows. And that's why she was aware. I think she was very aware when she popped off on him. That was like, ah, yeah.

[Noah]

It answers the age old question. Would you rather your nudes get sent to your school or your dad? It's like what? Like it's. It. They're not.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

They're not like mutually exclusive. It's so weird and different. It's like, I don't know. It's so bizarre.

[Rhiann Fran]

And like having it be your.

[Noah]

Your.

[Rhiann Fran]

Your ex boyfriend sending them to your dad is just so sick.

[Noah]

It's so weird. It's just weird on a whole other level. He. He never sees his dude surprise even bringing any.

[Rhiann Fran]

Steve is bringing random girls to parties.

[Noah]

Oh my God.

[Rhiann Fran]

Diabolical drinking game that they played. And okay, you know, every was so.

[Noah]

It was sad.

[Rhiann Fran]

It was. Why did you do that? It was like just there's.

[Rhea]

Why do they seriously put themselves.

[Rhiann Fran]

I don't know. They all love to torture themselves. Clearly. And it's like when. Just when I think, oh, maybe deep down some of them are okay. Like Brie. Really? Really.

[Noah]

It was so fucked up. Also, who the put that question in there too? It was a bizarre.

[Rhiann Fran]

Like Steven.

[Noah]

It was a bizarre question to put in there and really bizarre for Bree to say Wrigley.

[Rhiann Fran]

Like, really bizarre. I mean, especially when she clearly has feelings for him and then she does that to him anyway. Super cruel. And then I.

[Noah]

That's so sad. Really breaks my heart at the end of the.

[Rhiann Fran]

It really does. Wrigley's like 20 second rant of maybe we all make terrible decisions and then just like goes through everybody and it was like, yeah, fucking pop off.

[Noah]

Wrigley.

[Rhiann Fran]

He was like, steven, somehow still dating girls. Like, girls are somehow still dating Steven.

[Noah]

Yeah, that was it. Girls are still somehow dating girls are.

[Rhiann Fran]

Somehow still dating Steven.

[Noah]

No, it's crazy.

[Rhiann Fran]

And I was laughing. I was like, wrigley, you're so right.

[Noah]

And he's like the best character this season.

[Rhiann Fran]

He really is. And it's gonna fucking break my heart. And breaks my heart even more because he just watched. He watched Brie marry Evan, the love of his life. They kiss at the end of the episode where I'm like, ugh. Because realistically, I think those two could be really cute.

[Noah]

I know. I find myself rooting for them.

[Rhiann Fran]

I'm rooting for them. And then I'm like, brie, you fucking let me down.

[Noah]

Because.

[Rhiann Fran]

Because. Because what? What does it come down to? She picks the lifestyle that Evan can.

[Noah]

Give her because she didn't Grow up with it. Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

And that's. And that's like.

[Rhea]

Like, is that if he wasn't, like, with Pippa, I think they'd be together then. Right.

[Rhiann Fran]

But here's clearly Pippa and, like, clearly Pippa and Wrigley end at some point. Like, Pippa's very much.

[Rhea]

It's probably too late at that point.

[Rhiann Fran]

I don't know if Wrigley's still holding the torch. Like, Wrigley still Click. But if she's calling her. He's doing all this with Evan, like.

[Rhea]

For a while, then it's probably, like, maybe. Maybe.

[Rhiann Fran]

But I wouldn't blame that on. I don't. I don't think it's because of Pippa. Like, I don't think she's not doing.

[Noah]

It because of Pippa right now, though.

[Rhea]

It's. He would have. If it wasn't for Pip. Like, they would have, like, in the pool and they're both in relationships. I don't. But, like, it doesn't seem like Brie, like, that was stopping Bri and, like, she was kind of. They were kind of both being like, Evan's shitty.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah. But. But I don't think, like, I don't think you could say, like, oh, they're Wrigley's. Doesn't want to cheat. But Brie does want to cheat.

[Rhea]

I don't know if she wants to cheat, but it's like, he was the one who's like, yeah, they.

[Rhiann Fran]

Look, they. I think it goes on both of them. They both clearly have feelings for each other, and they're both dating people that they are all friends with. So I don't think you can blame one person more than the other. They clearly both like each other.

[Noah]

They both clearly like each other, and they both are stopping themselves, like, each other because they're in relationships.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

Y. And they should probably leave the relationships, but not with the show.

[Rhiann Fran]

I mean, like, the fact that Pippa is just fully, like, in love with Diana is just, like, it makes you care less.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

That, like, you're like, ah, well, you.

[Noah]

Know, Pippa's got d. I'm rooting for her to tell Wrightly.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

So that he could be honest about his feelings with Br.

[Rhiann Fran]

Evan just really, like. Evan just, like, bothers me all the. Like, Evan just, like, kind of yelling at Bri about the mom thing. I'm just like, yeah, I get why you're upset, but sometimes it's like Evan's just there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, totally. But, yeah, like, the Oliver stuff, I feel like, is a whole Thing that they're gonna have to wrap up in some way, I guess. I don't know. I'm very intrigued to see how 7 and 8 goes with Lucy and everything, because they've really been like. I feel like they're gonna have a big moment for Lucy and Steven because it's been kind of saying it's been kind of quiet between them is wild, but they haven't been, like, the main storyline. I feel like Lucy's got her going on, Steven's got his. She is just clearly, absolutely in a terrible. Her, like, walking straight to Steven's door. I'm in.

[Noah]

Oh, no. This poor girl just, like.

[Rhiann Fran]

Oh, like, brainwashed.

[Noah]

Yeah, it's really, really bad.

[Rhiann Fran]

Really bad.

[Noah]

I will give. Tell Me, Liza. B plus.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Noah]

I'm hoping for the best for the next two episodes because there's a lot to be answered and a lot to be desired with the next two. I thought it was ten, but it's not.

[Rhiann Fran]

I think it's only eight, right?

[Noah]

It's eight. Yeah, it's only eight. People thought that there might be extra episodes coming, and I'm like, stop doing this like, you did it with Stranger Things. It's not happening.

[Rhiann Fran]

Everybody think, like, everything has to be a crazy thing, by the way.

[Noah]

That's a thing.

[Rhiann Fran]

But that's something that's never happened.

[Noah]

No.

[Rhiann Fran]

Like, it's not. Like, we have an example of a show where the show ended and they were like, surprise, here's two more episodes. It's never happened.

[Noah]

It's because the Tell Me Lies account tweeted, like, six more weeks of whatever. Like, because of the shadow thing with the groundhog. So people were like, does that mean we're getting six more weeks of the show? And it's like, no. Yeah, it does feel like they have.

[Rhea]

Too much to wrap up in two episodes, but it does.

[Noah]

I'm not getting my hopes up for this with, like, they did it with Stranger.

[Rhiann Fran]

It's not real.

[Noah]

It's the show's ending or this season.

[Rhiann Fran]

Or, like, this season. Yeah, people love it. And the numbers are there, so I don't know.

[Noah]

But it's just.

[Rhiann Fran]

I guess it depends on the. If the. If they want to keep doing it.

[Rhea]

Yeah, it's like the summer I turn pretty, it's like, are they gonna be like, oh, tell me last movie now, honestly.

[Noah]

Wouldn't be opposed to a movie.

[Rhiann Fran]

Wouldn't be opposed to a movie at all. But give me a movie all at, like, the wedding timeline.

[Noah]

Yeah, I would bring it current. I don't care.

[Rhiann Fran]

Bring it current.

[Noah]

Yeah. Yeah, I agree with that. Yeah. Okay. That's everything I want watched.

[Rhiann Fran]

I'll give Tell Me Lies a B plus as well. I'll give Summer House a B, definitely. I'm excited for this season. Feel like it's gonna get good. Traders is an A. Trying to think of everything that you said that I didn't grade.

[Noah]

All Stars.

[Rhiann Fran]

All Stars. All Stars is an A. I am. I'm, like, locked into All Stars. I'm so excited for every episode. I know I kind of said this already last week when we were talking about it, but I just love Millie so much, and the Internet has been cracking me up of sort of talking about, like, Millie just falling so hard for, like, a US wannabe. Kind of looks like Liam. Like, it's like he kind of. They have a very similar look in my mind. She has a type, so she said. But I. I'm very excited to see how it plays out. The drama has been really good. The addition of the US Contestants was really smart. I think it, like, mixed it up in a really good way. There's some people that I really hope, like, get to find people at this point. I'm like, who else is coming in? I don't know, because there's a lot in the villa right now. There's got to be a big dumping happening. And I bet you it has maybe happened because just UK time. They're, you know, a couple days ahead, and I'm only caught up on. I've been watching on. On Peacock, but it's been really good. Curtis had, like. I know I've seen people using the sound, but Curtis is having this conversation, and they're, like, talking about love languages. And he's like, I also really love GIFs. And, like, the way they're talking is like. They're kind of. They're, like, really staring into each other's eyes where it's almost like. I don't know if she was insinuating some sort of dirty talk a little bit. She's like, oh, yeah? What kind of gifts? And he's like, any gifts? Small gifts? All gifts. Like, it's just like, the way that they're talking to each other was unbelievable. It's great TV right now. I'm loving it. I am. I'm all caught up on Chicago's. Because, man, I'm gearing up. I don't know if you guys saw the commercials during the super bowl, but the next Chicago crossover is coming March 4, so time to gear up, because it looks like a good one. And it looks like they're bringing some ex people, people that have left the shows back on, which I'm excited for Medicine Med. I'll give a B.

[Noah]

Fire.

[Rhiann Fran]

I've also been intrigued. I like what's I like. I kind of like where everything's going. PD was really slow for me to start, but then the last couple episodes of PD I thought were were really good. So honestly, B's across the board. I've been enjoying all of them. I've been watching Beverly Hills, but, like, I really have not been that invested, and it just honestly has not been that good. Like, I just. I think Rachel Zo was an amazing addition, but I don't really love Amanda. I think she's trying a little bit too hard. I'm not really loving too much of the storylines right now. She's kind of boring. Just, like, not much to be excited about. And it's not, like, funny or, you know, like, you watch Salt Lake City, at least it's kind of ridiculous and funny and the conversations are funny. It's not like that with Beverly Hills at least, you know, in. In recent times, so probably like a C, it's fine. And I'm. And I'm like, I'm still watching it, but just not. Not that into it. I watched the Miracle Netflix documentary camera, like you said, getting ready for the Olympics. I watched Joe and I watched it last week. I thought it was great. I really liked it. Give it a B plus, I think, you know, seeing all those guys back together, it's gonna warm your heart. It just is.

[Rhea]

And I didn't really know, like, the. The Herb Brooks, like, anything outside of, like, what was in the movie. So I realized that he, like, really didn't have any relationship.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, I thought that was very interesting. And I liked it that, you know, that his kids were in it and just kind of like taking you back to that time, we're gonna talk about.

[Noah]

How you've never seen Miracle.

[Rhiann Fran]

I have never seen.

[Rhea]

You've never seen the movie?

[Rhiann Fran]

No.

[Rhea]

What?

[Rhiann Fran]

I've seen the last. I've seen, like, the last 30 minutes of miracle, like 50 times, but I've never, like, pressed play from the beginning. Why not?

[Noah]

From the beginning?

[Rhiann Fran]

Anytime that it's like, it's on TV all the time. And I would. I would, like, turn it on or I've. I'd catch it when my friends were watching it or something, and then I just, like, catch the end and. Well, that's just like one of those movies in my mind when I've, like, seen the End so many times. Like, I.

[Rhea]

Everyone saw the end before the movie even came out.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, yeah, no, that is.

[Noah]

That is.

[Rhiann Fran]

That is true.

[Noah]

That is true.

[Rhea]

You got to watch the movie.

[Rhiann Fran]

I know.

[Noah]

Miracle and Anchorman are on the list.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

That'll get you fired. Documentary.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yes.

[Rhea]

Hockey starts this week.

[Rhiann Fran]

Hockey does start this week.

[Noah]

It's crazy that they do it in the middle of hockey season.

[Rhiann Fran]

Well, this is the first time in. Since 2014 NHL players are able to play.

[Noah]

So it's like.

[Rhiann Fran]

Hasn't been an issue.

[Noah]

Right. For years. They got to like. They got to like, take a pause and then.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, but it's like soccer, you know, and international soccer. Like, they take breaks for the international.

[Rhea]

Games or they just.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, they.

[Noah]

Yeah.

[Rhea]

Oh, I didn't realize. I thought they were just like, ah, we're going to be. Not have our best players.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, you thought the season was just.

[Rhea]

Going to go on, continue, like, throughout, but not.

[Noah]

Yeah, no, I think that would have makes sense because then, like, how would their standings. They don't have to.

[Rhiann Fran]

It's like, then it's like, like, if you won that season, it be quite the asterisks to be like, oh, yeah, we won because we beat the team where five of their best players were playing in the Olympics. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, that's. It's very exciting. But yeah, they haven't. It's been the first time in a while. It's gonna make hockey very.

[Rhea]

But everyone watched Miracle. I'm telling you.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, the documentary was great. I. Yeah, I. I like, really, really liked it.

[Rhea]

That's interesting because it would be backwards for you where it's like. Like you're seeing. You saw the real people. But it's like once.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, I saw the real.

[Rhea]

It's hard to not see.

[Rhiann Fran]

Well, I've seen them all. I know what they all look like in the movie. I've seen like. I've seen enough of the movie where, like, when I see a Rusioni, I'm like, damn, he was way hotter in the movie.

[Rhea]

But have you seen the scene where it's like, who do you play for?

[Rhiann Fran]

Yes.

[Rhea]

Okay. Okay.

[Rhiann Fran]

So you've probably seen all, like, all the big moments. I've seen all the big things. Like that stuff gets clipped on social all the time. Yeah, all like the, like, the best, like, Kurt Russell moments in the movie. I feel like I've seen. But yeah, like, have you seen it real the first hour? I probably haven't. I haven't seen in bits and pieces at least a lot of the other Stuff I have. And yeah, I think that's everything I watched.

[Rhea]

Okay. I watched, so I'll give. I didn't watch the most recent episode of Industry, but the one from last week I watched, and it's so hit or miss for me, this show, but it's insane. Like, I don't even know how to explain it if you're not watching. But, like, some of the things that happen that people are. Like, I saw people comparing it to, like, a Josh Safdie movie where, like, it's just craziness. So I'm.

[Rhiann Fran]

Has it always been really fast paced?

[Rhea]

Yeah, like, that's kind of the style of it. But this one is, like, some episodes focus on, like. Like, certain characters and those might be a little more slow, but there's, like. Like, murders and, like, a lot of drugs and.

[Noah]

Fourth season. Right.

[Rhea]

This is season four, I believe. Yeah. But this last one I enjoyed a lot just because it was, like, chaotic. So I'll give it a B plus. Tell me Lies. I'll give an A minus. Like, I'm pretty locked in. We already talked about it, so. So the beauty.

[Rhiann Fran]

Are you, like, I have to catch up.

[Noah]

I'm behind.

[Rhea]

I've only watched this episode I enjoyed because it gave a lot of context to, like, how this all started and more to Ashton Kutcher's, like, origin story. Origin story where, like, you see him before he.

[Noah]

Yeah, right.

[Rhea]

Became.

[Rhiann Fran]

Oh, I like that.

[Rhea]

Yeah. So it's like him and a bunch of other. I'm not gonna spoil it. But billionaires and, like, how it started. So that was interesting. And. And also, like, Evan Peters and I don't know her name from the town that.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Rhea]

But, like, them re. Reuniting, like. But. But she doesn't look this, like.

[Rhiann Fran]

Right. She looks different. Yeah, yeah.

[Rhea]

So I'll give a B plus and I'll give Traders an A. The Pit.

[Rhiann Fran]

Oh, I watched the Pit.

[Rhea]

Are you caught up?

[Rhiann Fran]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Rhea]

So I'll give the Pit an A minus. Like, that's pretty. Like, every episode is just great.

[Rhiann Fran]

I give it an A minus as well.

[Rhea]

Yeah, there hasn't been, like, an A episode yet for me. But it's still solid.

[Rhiann Fran]

No, but it's still so solid.

[Noah]

I sort of decided that the Pit wasn't for me, really. As someone who.

[Rhiann Fran]

I don't think he'd like it.

[Noah]

Wants to like it, I don't think.

[Rhea]

Is it just medical like that? Why?

[Rhiann Fran]

In terms of, like, how descriptive some of the actual, like, medical things are, I. I don't think Like, I sometimes.

[Noah]

Get health anxiety, and I feel like this show.

[Rhea]

But you. But you were into Grace Anatomy for a while.

[Noah]

I was Grey's Anatomy.

[Rhiann Fran]

So drama.

[Noah]

It's like, very, like. Like, the romance, like, for, like. But there were still plenty of times there was.

[Rhea]

I mean, where it's like, oh, I gotta look at what.

[Rhiann Fran]

Plenty. For sure.

[Noah]

Plenty.

[Rhiann Fran]

Yes.

[Noah]

100. And. And I did feel that way with Grays, but I also stopped. I feel like, with the pig. I.

[Rhiann Fran]

The pit's so different, though.

[Noah]

It's so, like, what's up with the.

[Rhiann Fran]

Guy'S glass in the back? Like, it's.

[Noah]

I want to love it, and I want to be super into it. And the times I. But the last time I put it on, I was like, I don't know.

[Rhea]

If this is for this season. It's like. Cause now you have all the context of, like, these characters and, like, their relationships. So, like, Langdon and Robbie. Like, that's really interesting to me. So, yeah, I'm enjoying that. And then the housemaid. We already talked about it, but that gets a D. Like, it was originally an F. Like, I was like, this isn't. Throughout most of the movie, I'm like, this is an F movie. Like, this is really bad. And then the twist got like. That just is, like, a credit to the original author. Because I thought the twist was really good. But everything about the movie was horrible to me. Like, Sydney Sweeney's acting. Yeah, The. The adaptation of the movie. Like, I thought, like, I think Amanda. Is it Seyfried or Seyfried?

[Noah]

Seyfried.

[Rhea]

Seyfried. I think she's, like, a great actress. I don't necessarily think she was, like, amazing in this, but maybe that's just the writing, because I thought it was kind of like. But yeah, we already talked about it.

[Noah]

Credit to Frida McFadden, who always puts an incredible twist in her books. And it's not the most deep writing. You know, if you're gonna be a snob about books, you'd be like, oh, well, her. Right. Well, listen, her books have a great twist, and they're interesting.

[Rhea]

I do wonder, did you read the other books?

[Noah]

Yeah, the second one is great because.

[Rhea]

I was like, I don't want to spoil it for people who haven't seen it.

[Noah]

The second one has an insane twist as well. The second one is fantastic.

[Rhea]

I was gonna say, like, is this just her thing now? Like, people are gonna hire her to do this.

[Noah]

I don't want to spoil. But the second book is really, really great with an Amazing twist as well. And that's why I'm sort of bummed about the second movie to come, because I'm like, am I just gonna hate that one, too?

[Rhea]

So, yeah, but if it got, like, pretty good reviews, it's like, yeah, I feel like, yeah, but, yeah, that. That's all I got.

[Noah]

All right, that is everything we watched this week. And that wraps up today's episode of Ticks in the Office. Thank you so much for watching and listening. We love you guys so very much. Reminder, tickets are on sale for our tour. We are about a month away, so we cannot wait to to see you guys there. We can't wait to hang out with you guys, so make sure you're getting those tickets and we love you so much, and we'll talk to you on Wednesday.

[Rhea]

Yeah, chicks in the office Long time listener, first time caller.

[Noah]

Look at the.

[Rhea]

Charts who does it the best?

[Rhiann Fran]

Two chicks getting paid in reality checks?

[Rhea]

You can find them at the gym.

[Rhiann Fran]

It'S not even a flex last minute.

[Rhea]

Red carpet flew them out on the jet yeah, they're who you want to be they're always on your screen? Two queens and they might be spilling royalty?

[Noah]

A lot of topics that are popping here to get into.

[Rhea]

I know a show that you probably want to listen to.

[Rhiann Fran]

Turn the heat up turn the beat.

[Noah]

Up record the pod made a bag.

[Rhiann Fran]

Put their feet up the ones that.

[Rhea]

Leave no crumbs when they clean up.

[Rhiann Fran]

Who'S the pod that they all want to meet up? Who turned the heat up?

[Noah]

Turn the beat up record the pod made of bag put their feet up.

[Rhea]

The ones that leave no crumbs when.

[Rhiann Fran]

They clean up who's the pod that they all want to meet up?

[Noah]

Sam.