Manic Episodes

Manic Episodes is an in-depth but still humorous look at (mostly) genre television, including Charmed, Cop Rock, and Werewolf.

Allison Pregler

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The Charmed Reboot is a Mess (Season One)

by Obscurus Lupa | March 8, 2024

Today we begin a deep dive into the 2018 Charmed Reboot. True to Charmed of old, it’s a complete mess.

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DEBUNKING Paranormal Videos (Bigfoot, Ghosts, a Leaf)

by Obscurus Lupa | October 29, 2023

We take a look at an episode of Paranormal: Caught on Camera, where people submit their terrible fake footage of ghosts, skinwalkers, and sometimes just, uh, leaves apparently.

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We Watched Every Single Family Matters Halloween Episode

by Obscurus Lupa | October 20, 2023

Yes, we did that.

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That Time Janeway Completely Obliterated the Personification of Fear (The Thaw) (Voyager)

by Obscurus Lupa | August 30, 2023

When an evil fear clown shows up on Voyager, he doesn’t know that he’s met something even more terrifying than he is: Captain Kathryn Janeway.

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Star Trek’s Most Unfortunate Creature Design (Vox Sola)

by Obscurus Lupa | June 21, 2023

Remember that time the Enterprise crew battled against a bunch of…y’know?

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Star Trek’s Series Finale Was Horrible (And Sexist) (Turnabout Intruder)

by Obscurus Lupa | March 14, 2023

Remember that time Kirk got body swapped because Starfleet wouldn’t let women be captains?

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Remember Voyager’s Terrible Irish Town?

by Obscurus Lupa | February 28, 2023

When Voyager’s terrible Irish holodeck program begins to suspect the crew is a bunch of a fairy folk, Janeway is willing to kill Harry and Tom to preserve it.

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The Star Trek Episode They Just Made Up As They Went Along (Shore Leave)

by Obscurus Lupa | January 11, 2023

It’s hard to tell that the episode with a giant rabbit, samurais, tigers, and Kirk’s strange Irish bully was just written as they were filming. Uh, furry bikini babes?

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