Manic Episodes

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

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The Best Worst Ghost Hunting Show (Celebrity Paranormal Project) (Manic Episodes)

by Obscurus Lupa | October 22, 2020

The celebreality craze of the early 2000s brought us a ghost hunting show featuring famous people, kinda! Witness Gary Busey, Baywatch stars, and reality TV hall of famers walk around in the dark looking for spirits.

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Smallville’s Giant Gum Commercial (Manic Episodes)

by Obscurus Lupa | October 7, 2020

Hey, remember that time Smallville dedicated an entire episode to OneRepublic and Stride Gum? We sure tried to forget!

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That Time Janeway Absolutely Destroyed Tuvix (Manic Episodes)

by Obscurus Lupa | May 16, 2020

Many ethical questions are raised by the episode Tuvix, but perhaps most important of all is why we should care about Tuvok or Neelix.

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TNG Had the Worst Pilot of All Time (Manic Episodes)

by Obscurus Lupa | February 21, 2020

Before TNG became one of the best sci-fi series ever, it began like…this.

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Star Trek: The One With Giant Spock (Manic Episodes)

by Obscurus Lupa | September 21, 2019

One time Spock was really, really big.

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The DUMBEST Episode of Star Trek (Manic Episodes)

by Obscurus Lupa | August 31, 2019

Brain and brain, what is brain?

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A Very Bruce Campbell Thanksgiving (Jack of All Trades “One, Two, Three: Give Me Lady Liberty!”)

by Obscurus Lupa | November 21, 2018

Today we give thanks for Jack of All Trades, Bruce Campbell’s adventure show where he plays football against Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Knight Rider’s “Psycho” Halloween Adventure (Halloween Knight) (1984) (Manic Episodes)

by Obscurus Lupa | October 25, 2018

David Hasselhoff visits the Psycho house to investigate a killer in a gorilla suit. Could custodian Norman Baines be behind this?

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