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Fandom on the Rocks

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Fandom on the Rocks is a smart, funny, emotionally invested podcast about television, fandom, ships, chaos, and questionable narrative choices. We recap shows like Glee, 9-1-1, and Teen Wolf with love, skepticism, and an alarming number of notes — digging into character arcs, fandom discourse, slow burns, plot holes, and the canon that almost gets it right. Grab a coffee, pull up a chair. Let’s overthink television together.

  1. Glee on the Rocks: 5x18 - "The One Where Rachel Risks It All for No Reason"

    APR 24

    Glee on the Rocks: 5x18 - "The One Where Rachel Risks It All for No Reason"

    This week on Glee on the Rocks, Rachel Berry gets everything she’s ever wanted and immediately decides it’s not enough. In 5x18, “The Back-Up Plan,” Rachel risks her Funny Girl dream for a TV audition she is wildly unprepared for, Kurt and Blaine get pulled into the deeply weird orbit of rich socialite June Dolloway, and Mercedes and Santana quietly become the only people in New York making choices with even a shred of common sense. This episode we break down:🎭 Rachel Berry speedrunning career self-sabotage💎 June Dolloway spotting Blaine and deciding to adopt him as her own personal show pony🎶 Mercedes and Santana saving the episode with basement harmonies and actual friendship📞 Sidney Greene delivering the only appropriate response to Rachel’s nonsense⭐ And an honestly wild number of guest stars for an episode that seems to have misplaced half the cast We talk chaotic Broadway logic, deeply questionable TV ambitions, unsettling Shirley MacLaine vibes, and Rachel once again fumbling a dream people would kill for. Thank Barbra Mercedes and Santana are here to provide the only functioning brain cells in New York. xoxo,FotR

    1h 9m
  2. FotR Bonus Episode #56: The Pitt - Everyone in This ED Needs a Juice Box

    MAR 29 ·  BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    FotR Bonus Episode #56: The Pitt - Everyone in This ED Needs a Juice Box

    This week’s bonus episode is a deep dive into The Pitt, a show that has us emotionally invested, medically stressed, and deeply suspicious that half these doctors need to be placed in a quiet room with a blanket and a juice box. (TW for canonical discussions of suicidal ideation.) Emily and Mandy talk about why the show hits so hard, why the weekly format is just better, and why its character dynamics are strong enough to fuel a whole fandom without the show ever needing to wink at the audience. We cover: the characters we love the characters stressing us out why it’s better when TV doesn’t cater to fandom and why everybody in this ED needs sleep, snacks, and intensive therapy And we're asking a one very important question — is Dr. Robbie okay? (No. Probably not.) Plus: a little teaser for 911 on the Rocks. xoxo, FotR

    56 min
  3. Glee on the Rocks: 5x17 - “Funny Girl, Serious Delusions”

    MAR 26

    Glee on the Rocks: 5x17 - “Funny Girl, Serious Delusions”

    This week on Glee, Rachel Berry finally makes it to Broadway — and naturally, everyone else is forced to treat it like the moon landing. In 5x17, “Opening Night,” Rachel spirals over bad buzz and opening-night nerves, Sue takes a deeply unnecessary field trip to New York, Kurt’s loft becomes a site of multiple crimes, and Will Schuester pops in just long enough to cry and leave. It’s Rachel’s big moment, and Glee makes sure absolutely no one gets out alive. This episode we break down:🎭 Rachel Berry’s opening-night ego spiral📰 One bad preview and suddenly it’s DEFCON 1🗽 Sue Sylvester’s cursed New York adventure Is the episode a little self-indulgent? Of course. Is it also one of season 5’s more entertaining messes? Honestly, yes. We wouldn't want Glee any other way. xoxo,FotR

    1h 12m
  4. Glee on the Rocks: 5x16 – “Cronuts, Chlamydia & Relationship Crimes”

    MAR 8

    Glee on the Rocks: 5x16 – “Cronuts, Chlamydia & Relationship Crimes”

    This week on Glee, everyone gets tested — emotionally, medically, and our patience. In 5x16, “Tested,” Blaine spirals over a cronut-based body image crisis, Kurt enters his gym bro villain era, Artie discovers that sleeping with everyone at film school has consequences, and Sam Evans somehow becomes the only functioning adult in New York City. Yes. Sam Evans. Bless him. This episode we break down:🥐 Blaine vs. the Cronut Industrial Complex💪 Kurt Hummel’s sudden transformation into That Guy from the gym🦠 Artie Abrams and the extremely literal STD storyline🙏 Sam Evans praying in a bathroom and still making the best decision in the episode We talk Klaine’s increasingly miserable relationship arc, the bizarre fat-shaming plotline assigned to an objectively fit man, and how an episode about sexual health somehow becomes mostly about… cronuts and insecurity. Is it messy? Absolutely.Is Sam Evans the moral center of the episode? Also yes. Because it’s Glee. xoxo,FotR

    1h 34m
  5. (S3E24) Pack Dynamics: A Teen Wolf Podcast - The Divine Move (Season Finale)

    FEB 18

    (S3E24) Pack Dynamics: A Teen Wolf Podcast - The Divine Move (Season Finale)

    We made it to the season finale of Teen Wolf, but will the pack make it out? In 3×24 "The Divine Move," the pack go toe-to-toe (and claw-to-sword) with the Oni, but controlled this time by Void. They're taking every territory on the board — the Sherriff's station, the animal clinic, the hospital — and by the time they get to the school, our pack's had about enough. While Derek and his small gaggle of ex-Alphas go face-to-face with Void and the Oni, Scott, Stiles, Lydia, and Kira head inside, and right into a winter garden of horror. There's flashbacks, there's an attempted ritual sacrifice, there's the birth of the Muderpod™, and no one can tell what's real. Does Void-slash-The Nogitsune get transformed and irrevocably dusted? Does Isaac trap its weird, firefly soul in a box made of Nemeton wood? Does Derek get attacked in his own home by someone who was supposed to be dead and have a coma-esque dream that's eerily inspired by An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? Suppose you'll have to listen and find out. xoxo,Fandom on the Rocks

    1h 16m
  6. (S3E23) Pack Dynamics: A Teen Wolf Podcast - Insatiable

    JAN 23

    (S3E23) Pack Dynamics: A Teen Wolf Podcast - Insatiable

    In Teen Wolf 3×23, “Insatiable,” the pack is technically moving forward, but everything that matters is coming undone. There are two Stiles and only one real one, and while our Stiles survives the oni test, the relief barely has time to land. Void Stiles still has Lydia, our Stiles remembers everything the Nogitsune did while wearing his body, and it’s becoming clear this possession has caused real, irreversible damage. Whatever is happening to Stiles isn’t just supernatural — it’s killing him. Not great news. Lydia is taken to Oak Creek, trapped in echoes of past violence and repurposed as a supernatural alarm system. If the pack gets close, she’ll feel it — and the Nogitsune will know. It’s cruel, efficient, and exactly the kind of psychological torment Beacon Hills specializes in. Back in town, Meredith Walker escapes Eichen House and reveals she can hear death before it happens, which is both incredibly useful and deeply bad news. At the same time, the twins are hunted with wolfsbane for reasons the episode refuses to explain, and Derek continues to appear exactly where the plot needs him, not where the emotional logic is begging for him. At Oak Creek, the Nogitsune makes his biggest move yet by stealing control of the oni and turning Noshiko’s weapons against everyone. The fight erupts, and for one brief, shining moment, Alison Argent becomes exactly who she’s been training to be. She kills an oni with the silver arrowhead she made herself — a hard-earned, deeply deserved win. Teen Wolf, of course, does not let that victory stand. An oni strikes back, and Alison is fatally wounded. Excuse us, but why?? Chris arrives too late, because of course. The Nogitsune disappears once again. And the pack is left shattered and grieving, staring down a finale that no longer feels uncertain — only inevitable. “Insatiable” sets the endgame in motion in the most Teen Wolf way possible — messy, emotionally brutal, and light on connective logic. The board is set, the losses are real, and Beacon Hills reminds us, once again, that loving something in this town always comes with a body count. xoxoFotR

    1h 25m
  7. Glee on the Rocks: 5x15 - "Hate Crimes as a C-Plot"

    JAN 5

    Glee on the Rocks: 5x15 - "Hate Crimes as a C-Plot"

    This week, Glee attempts a Very Serious Episode™ and somehow still makes it mostly about Rachel Berry. In 5x15, “Bash,” Kurt is the victim of a brutal hate crime, Blaine gets the worst phone call imaginable, and Burt Hummel shows up to remind everyone how emotions are supposed to work. Meanwhile, Rachel declares war on NYADA because accountability is oppression, and Sam and Mercedes try to navigate race, dating, and New York City while Glee makes deeply questionable choices about everything. Because it's Glee. This episode we break down:🕯️ Hate crimes as a C-plot (???)📚 Rachel Berry vs. the concept of school💔 Klaine hurt/comfort doing the heavy lifting🎤 Sam Evans committing crimes against social awareness (but we love him) We talk uneven storytelling, surprisingly effective hospital scenes, why Burt Hummel is the only adult in the room, and how Rachel Berry somehow becomes the worst part of an episode that includes literal violence. (Are we surprised though?) It’s not subtle. It’s not balanced. But it is very, very Glee. xoxo,FotR

    52 min
  8. (S3E22) Pack Dynamics: A Teen Wolf Podcast - DeVoid

    12/24/2025

    (S3E22) Pack Dynamics: A Teen Wolf Podcast - DeVoid

    In Teen Wolf 3×22, “De-Void,” the pack is still trying to keep Stiles alive while the Oni keep dropping in like it’s a scheduled appointment. Sheriff Stilinski shows up at the loft hoping to save his son, and Void Stiles responds by calmly pressing every single Dad Trauma button he can reach. Meanwhile, Noshiko confirms what we’ve all been dreading: the Nogitsune isn’t just haunting Stiles — it’s multiplying the problem. Void Stiles pulls the last tail and unleashes a swarm of flies that spreads across Beacon Hills, possessing basically anyone who stands still for too long. Isaac wakes up and chooses violence, Derek gets infected through an open wound (no thank you), and the situation devolves into “who is possessed right now” chaos at both the Argents’ apartment and the school. Allison and Kira go full weapons-mode, because girls’ night in Beacon Hills is always a combat scenario. Back at the McCall house, Deaton breaks out the kanima venom like it’s just another Tuesday, and Scott and Lydia go into Stiles’s mind to find the real him — where Stiles is playing Go with the Nogitsune on the Nemeton. Scott howls, Stiles looks up, and the board flips. For a second, it works. And then Teen Wolf reminds us it’s Teen Wolf: Stiles is back, but the Nogitsune slips out anyway and takes Lydia with it. If the evil can leave, what else can it take? xoxoFotR

    1h 2m
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Fandom on the Rocks is a smart, funny, emotionally invested podcast about television, fandom, ships, chaos, and questionable narrative choices. We recap shows like Glee, 9-1-1, and Teen Wolf with love, skepticism, and an alarming number of notes — digging into character arcs, fandom discourse, slow burns, plot holes, and the canon that almost gets it right. Grab a coffee, pull up a chair. Let’s overthink television together.

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