The Great British Bake-Off, Netflix, Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)

Love Hate Relationship

Love: The Great British Bake-Off

For Alex’s Love this episode, he dives into the nicest reality TV competition show in history, The Great British Bake-Off. He discusses its format, it’s over-a-decade-long run, and the value of emotionally investing in people’s cakes with no cash or interpersonal drama to cheapen it. Andy gives some comparisons to some more shall-we-say American types of shows, and everyone agrees that Rahul was the best.

Hate: Netflix

In an unplanned turn of events, Andy takes his Hate to talk about the streaming service that airs GBBO (at least in the US), Netflix. He gives some history on it, including when it previously sent DVD’s via the mail, and its latest forays into screwing over its employees and consumers alike. Alex gets a chance to be flabbergasted by Stranger Things and its dumb budget, and everyone briefly remembers when you could rent movies from Albertson’s.

Relationship: Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)

Coming again from Am I the Asshole, this episode’s question comes from someone confused about why his girlfriend would be offended by his reading her teenage historical fiction smut and critiquing the anachronisms of its train system. Alex talks about autism while Andy finds a way to make things a little bit racial, and no one is surprised by the teenager-written erotica is bad.