Uninvited Critics

Abhishek Jain and Daniel Yin

Two uninvited opinions on everything worth watching. Abhishek and Daniel break down the shows and movies you're already talking about - with no filter.

Episodes

  1. 5d ago

    Episode 11 — A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, War Machine, and Timeless

    Abhishek covers HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the Dunk & Egg adaptation set a century before Game of Thrones — including the "Yin Order" for watching the season (Daniel's suggested sequence, adjusted slightly by Abhishek), and a look at how it stacks up against Thrones' larger battles and The Witcher's messier flashback structure. Then it's War Machine, a movie recommendation for Abhishek from Daniel, and Timeless, a two-season time-travel show Abhishek's recommending to Daniel — plus a real H.H. Holmes history correction along the way. Show notes: The "Yin Order" for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is Daniel's twist on the "Machete Order" viewing-sequence concept (originally coined for Star Wars) — more here: https://www.rodhilton.com/2011/11/11/the-star-wars-saga-suggested-viewing-order/ Get in touch:Have feedback, corrections, or a show you want us to cover? Email us at uninvitedcritics@gmail.com

  2. Jul 11

    Episode 10 — Landman and My Hero Academia

    Abhishek and Daniel dig into Season 2 of Taylor Sheridan's West Texas oil drama, Landman — Billy Bob Thornton, Sam Elliott, and a look at how Andy Garcia's casting quietly echoes a very different crime saga he's part of film history for. They also unpack the show's real-world wind turbine controversy, and break down where the season's characters land on the Asian Dad scale. Then Daniel makes the case for My Hero Academia, the long-running anime about a boy without a superpower in a world where almost everyone has one. Show notes: - Wind turbine energy payback claim (Landman, Season 1) — fact-checked by the Advanced Power Alliance: https://poweralliance.org/2024/11/26/landman-misses-the-facts-on-texas-wind-energy/ - Correction: we mention Cooper not knowing what "cerveza" means — on a rewatch, he actually does. Our bad! - Godfather Part III quote reference — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UneS2Uwc6xw Get in touch: Have feedback, corrections, or a show you want us to cover? Email us at uninvitedcritics@gmail.com

  3. Jul 5

    Episode 9 - High Potential and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    Abhishek and Daniel are back after a short break, and this time we're covering more than one show. We're also introducing something new — the Asian Dad disappointment scale. Check the episode for the full breakdown. First up: High Potential. Two seasons of Kaitlin Olson playing a genius LAPD cleaner, a D&D framework for why the show works and occasionally doesn't, and the French original that explains a key creative choice the American version made. Then Daniel makes the case for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

  4. Jun 10

    Episode 8 - The Boys S5E8

    Abhishek and Daniel cover the series finale of The Boys - Season 5, Episode 8: Blood and Bone. This week: Frenchie's will, Sage's exit line, a ballgag that ends Oh Father, the projection theory finally put to the test, one sentence for Becca, Butcher getting his humanity back and immediately reaching for the weapon, and a child named Robin. Plus - what's coming next from Uninvited Critics.

  5. Jun 4

    Episode 7 - The Boys S5E7

    Abhishek and Daniel dive into Season 5 Episode 7 of The Boys — The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother's Milk. This week: Oh Father opens with a gospel number that isn't just propaganda — it's a theological argument. Homelander dissolves The Seven in ninety seconds and puts Soldier Boy back in a box. Synapse weaponises Butcher's own conscience against him, and Hughie watches all of it. Deep gets exiled from the ocean, then asks a drowning man to turn sideways. MM tells Annie the story of a pigeon. And Frenchie makes a choice.

  6. May 28

    Episode 6 - The Boys S5E6

    Abhishek and Daniel dive into Season 5 Episode 6 of The Boys - Though the Heavens Fall. This week: Deep gets handed a grenade disguised as a promotion, a dying fish named Jeremy, and the theory that reframes his entire arc. The Legend navigates old Hollywood charm under witness protection at Vought's AMC. The Boys head to a retirement home for supes. Oh Father and Annie face off over a mistake each one tried to save the other from. And the moment that changes everything - Soldier Boy, V1, and a love that turned out to be greater than hate. Show Notes: Nicole Kidman AMC "prayer" ad - the original that Firecracker parodies in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiEeIxZJ9x0Manhandled - Deep and Black Noir II's in-universe Vought podcast, including the dolphin interview. Draw your own conclusions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmURsfrFEbY

  7. May 21

    Episode 5 - The Boys S5E5

    Abhishek and Daniel catch up on Mortal Kombat 2 and High Potential Season 1 before diving into The Boys Season 5, Episode 5. This week: Black Noir's secret life as a theater actor and the Bee Gees play that gets taken from him, the Democratic Church of America's religious franchise and what it costs one person in particular, Terror's dream life and what it reveals about Butcher, Sage's bunker plan and whether to take it at face value, and the Hollywood road trip that delivers the full Supernatural reunion - plus a celebrity poker game that ends exactly how you'd expect. Show Notes: Correction: Karl Urban performs a London/Cockney accent for Butcher in The Boys, not his natural New Zealand accent — our mistakeKarl Urban and Antony Starr both appeared in Xena: Warrior Princess before The Boys — Urban played Julius Caesar as a recurring character, Starr had two cameo appearancesSimple Rick's Simple Wafers — Rick and Morty S3E7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLqAFIMgpIU"Totes McGoats" — the Sprint ad that started it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUMg8r6ShQ

  8. May 10

    Episode 4 - The Boys S5E4

    This week Abhishek and Daniel catch up on what they've been watching — including the Michael Jackson biopic, High Potential, Timeless, and what's coming with For All Mankind and its Soviet spinoff Star City. Then it's into Season 5, Episode 4 of The Boys: what Butcher's silence really says about Ryan, Annie discovering a father and a brother she never knew, Soldier Boy trapping Homelander in an enriched uranium cell, a hate plague tearing the Boys apart at Fort Victory, and the ever-growing list of things that should kill Homelander — but don't.

  9. Apr 30

    Episode 3 - The Boys S5E3

    Before diving into The Boys, Daniel shares his early thoughts on The Pitt Season 2, then Abhishek and Daniel react to the news that Gen V has been cancelled - and what the announced spinoffs might mean. Then it's on to Season 5, Episode 3: the race for V1, Soldier Boy's disappointing reunion with Homelander, the Stan Edgar compound raid, Maverick's body spray obsession, and Homelander's brutal confrontation with Ryan.

  10. Apr 24

    Episode 2 - The Boys S5E2

    Abhishek and Daniel dive into The Boys Season 5, Episode 2 — covering Rockhard's unforgettable introduction, Soldier Boy's return, Sister Sage outmaneuvering everyone in the room, and Homelander's increasingly fragile grip on reality. Plus a debate on whether superpowers corrupt people or just amplify who they already are.

  11. Apr 14

    Episode 1 - The Boys S5E1

    The boys cover ... The Boys, Season 5 Episode 1. The final season begins with a bang!

  12. Apr 14

    Welcome

    Welcome to the uninvited critics, by Abhishek Jain and Daniel Yin, two Asian guys with lots of opinions on media, and no filter!

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Two uninvited opinions on everything worth watching. Abhishek and Daniel break down the shows and movies you're already talking about - with no filter.

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  • Creator
    Abhishek Jain and Daniel Yin
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Abhishek Jain and Daniel Yin
  • Show Website
    Uninvited Critics