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Piloting the Pilots
Ambivalent television viewers, Erin and Cam, soar the small screen skies for the best, and worst, television pilots. **NO AI TRAINING: Without limiting the author's and publisher's exclusive rights under copyright, any use of this podcast, its audio files, transcripts, or show notes to 'train' generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is expressly prohibited. The copyright owner reserves all rights to license uses of this work for AI training and development of machine learning…
Episodes
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Flight 052 The Bold And The Beautiful
Hello, loooovers! Can someone be bold? Sure. Can someone be beautiful? Absolutely. Can someone be Bold and Beautiful? This is the mystery Erin and Cam must…
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Flight 051 Alley McBeal
Hello, loooovers! We're kicking off love month, and Erin has never been more despondent. This week, Erin and Cam discuss Alley McBeal, where we talk about…
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Flight 050 Nick Fury (In-Flight Movie)
Surreptitious greetings! This week(in our 50th episode!), we dive into the amoral shadows as Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D attempts to overthrow the wicked…
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Flight 049 Swamp Thing
Bonjour mon amis! This week we take trip down to the bayou to discuss everyone's favorite vegetable monster: SWAMP THING. We discuss the blustery vengeance of…
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Flight 048 WandaVision
Good afternoon, passengers! Can a show be both "not good" and "must see?" Absolutely, and Disney has made it! This week, Erin and Cam discuss the highly…
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Flight 047 Wonder Woman
Greetings, Heroes! It's a new year, and it's time for a new series. This month, we will be exploring pilots from various Marvel and Dc properties, starting…
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Flight 046 Christmas Catch (In - Flight Movie)
The Pilots are coming at you with all the Yule to make you drool! This week, Erin and Cameron wrap up their Christmas series with the romantic holiday film…
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Flight 045 Home For Christmas
A Cool Yule to y'all! Dragon sex or Musicals? Which do you prefer? This week Erin and Cam get into it as they discuss the imported, Norwegian Holiday dramedy…
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Flight 044 Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square (In-Flight Movie)
Good Yuletide, lads and lasses! This week, Erin and Cameron experience a down home holiday cheer with Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square. The wonder who…
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Flight 043 Dash And Lily
Seasons Greetings to you all! Have you ever asked yourself what one-percenter puppy love looks like? Well, Dash and Lily may be your answer. This week, Erin…
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Flight 042 The Princess Switch: Switched Again
Seasons Greetings, passengers! This week we fly to the Rom-Comiest of destinations, the snowy Montenero for the Netlix movie, The Princess Switch: Switched…
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Flight 041 Happy Merry Whatever
Happy Holidays! This week, Erin and Cameron invite you to come in from the cold, cuddle up by the fire, and listen to us talk about the truly terrible show…
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Flight 040 Holidate (In-Flight Movie)
Happy Hollidays passengers! This week we take a break from TV Shows, and dive back into TV Movies with the first movie in our Holiday series: HOLIDATE. Erin…
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Flight 039 October Faction
This is it! We've finally landed at our 2020 Horror Binge destination and...it's not where we were expecting. This week, Cameron and Erin don't hold back as…
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Flight 038 Helstrom
Welcome back! This week, Erin and Cameron dive deep into the brand new, Marvel television show, Helstrom -- for about ten minutes. We also talk a whole lot…
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Flight 037 The Mist
This week we get lost in the mist -- specifically, Stephen King's THE MIST. We talk about uneven characterizations, decompressed storytelling terrible…
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Flight 036 Ratched
Hola Werebears! This week we voluntarily check ourselves into Lucia State Hospital for a little rest, relaxation...and murder. We watched Netflix's new show…
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Flight 035 Dark Shadows
How's it going, J-E-R-Ks? This week the pilots fly all the way beack to the swinging sixties to have a gothic soap opera freakout with deceptively American…
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Flight 034 Damien
Boo! We're back with another horror pilot for all you delightful ghouls. This week, we discuss DAMIEN, the A&E sequel to the classic horror film THE OMEN. We…
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Flight 033 American Horror Story
Hey werebears! This week we get stuck in haunted escrow as we watched AMERICAN HORROR STORY. We talk about what WHAT ABOUT BOB? got right, things an HOA would…
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Flight 032 The Exorcist
'Sup, Berrypickers! Get ready to be creeped out this week as we discuss the FOX paranormal Horror television series, THE EXORCIST. Erin and Cam talk about…
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Flight 031 The Leftovers
What's up, Berrypickers? This week, Erin and Cam get swept up in the rapturous HBO series: THE LEFTOVERS. They gush over Chris Eccelston's five seconds of…
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Flight 030 Touched by an Angel
Greetings to you! This week, Erin and Cam discuss the inviolable 1990's drama TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL. They talk about divine bureaucracy, littering angels, and…
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Flight 029 Old Guard (In-Flight Movie)
Quit your berry pickin' and listen up! This week on the pod, Erin and Cameron discuss the "action" packed Netflix original THE OLD GUARD. We get into what…
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Flight 028 Cursed
What's up, Berry Pickers? This week, we strap on our pauldrons and slip on our grieves to talk about CURSED, Netflix's attempt at Arthurian Mythology. We…
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Flight 027 Warrior Nun
Warm Greetings, Werebears! This week, Erin and Cam discuss the "action" packed pilot episode of Netflix's WARRIOR NUN.We lament the loss of religious nuns in…
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Flight 026 The Order
Howl are you doing werebears? This week, Erin and Cam wade through the supernatural morass of Netflix's The Order. They talk about chess flirtations, real life…
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Flight 025 The Space Between Us (In-Flight Movie)
Howdy werebears! Oh snap, have we got an in-flight movie for you! This week, we watched the YA science fiction film The Space Between Us. We slowly go insane…
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Flight 024 The Expanse
Oh boy, werebears, have we got a treat for you! (And if you didn't read that sentence with sarcastic quotes around "treat," it's like you don't even know…
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Flight 023 Farscape
Set your space whales to Hetch 9, werebears! This week we watch the pilot episode of classic sci-fi show Farscape! We talk about its influence on Guardians of…
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Flight 022 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Live Long and Prosper, Werebears! This week, we take you deep into space...uh, nine? Erin and Cameron discuss their first impressions of a Star Trek series…
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Flight 021 Sleeping Beauty (In-Flight Movie)
Howdy werebears! We hope you're having a good week. If so, it's probably because you skipped out on our in-flight movie this week! We talk about the disturbing…
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Flight 020 Salem
Hello passengers! We hope you're doing well! Especially since you're going to be in a really good head space to choke down this totally historically accurate…
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Flight 019 Charmed
'Sup witches! This week, let us cast a spell over you as we discuss the 2018 CW re-boot of Charmed. We talk about undercutting positive messaging, teach you an…
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Flight 018 Witches Of East End
Greetings passengers! This week, our intrepid pilots go deep into the wicked world of the Lifetime original show The Witches of East End. We talk about make…
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Flight 017 Avengers Grimm (In-Flight Movie)
Good day to all you lovely people! This week, our in-flight movie is the completely sincere, not at all trying to capitalize on the success of another…
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Flight 016 Carnival Row
Good afternoon, passengers! Today we take a flight into the allegorical fantasy world of Amazon's Carnival Row. We discuss its lack of sexy clowns, "real"…
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Flight 015 Atlantis
Good morning, passengers! It's time once again for an exciting trip to the ancient, and quite possibly unnecessary, past. This week, Erin and Cameron discuss…
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Flight 014 Jim Henson's The Storyteller
Sit my children, and you ill hear a fanciful tale... Once upon a time, Erin and Cameron watched the marvelously creepy television show Jim Henson's The…
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Flight 013 Alpha Wolf (In - Flight Movie)
Howl are you all doing? It's time once again for an in-flight movie! This month, we are watching the Casper Van Dien modern day horror classic ALPHA WOLF! Sit…
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Flight 012 Survivors (1975)
Cheerio! This week we love a show so much we practically hate it. He talk about Erin's loathing for mutton chops, wonder if Terry Nation is a prognosticator…
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Flight 011 Fear The Walking Dead
Aaaaarrrgh, passengers! Today, Erin and Cameron courageously confront the pilot episode of AMC's "Fear the Walking Dead." They discuss whether it's existence…
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Flight 010 The Strain
Greetings my little bloodsuckers! In an episode guaranteed to make your skin crawl, today we take a trip to into the world of goopy vampires in Guillermo del…
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Flight 009 Sharktopus vs Whalewolf (In-Flight Movie)
It's finally here! We invite you out of the marina while we discuss the classic Casper Van Dien movie Sharktopus vs Whalewolf. We wonder how it poops, the…
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Flight 008 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Hey all! We hope you're holding up okay. This week, we tackle the world of 1950's comedy with thy Amy Sherman-Palladino television series, The Marvelous Mrs…
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Flight 007 Devs
Good afternoon, passengers! Today we slow things waaaaaaaay down, as we discuss the somnambulant Hulu original DEVS. We question whether the main character…
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Flight 006 Why Women Kill
Hail and well met! Today we do our first episode celebrating International Women's Month with the CBS All Access show WHY WOMEN KILL. We discuss infamous…
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Flight 005 Dracula
Greetings to all the Children of the Night! On this flight, we will be discussing the first episode of the Netflix Original: Dracula. We discuss the…
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Flight 004 Curse Of King Tut's Tomb (In-Flight Film)
Good Afternoon, passengers! Today's in-flight movie is the 2006 Casper Van Dien television movie THE CURSE OF KING TUT'S TOMB. We talk about wonders of Halmi…
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Flight 003 Doogie Howser
Good afternoon, passengers! This week we take a look at the late-Eighties medical dramedy, DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. We talk about sniffing girls, licking ears, and…
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Flight 002: Picard
Greetings passengers! Today's flight takes us to the far flung future of Star Trek where we drop in on the former enterprise captain in the first episode of…
Piloting the PilotsFlight 001: The Witcher
Greetings All! Take off with us as we explore our first pilot, Episode One of the Netflix series The Witcher, "The End’s Beginning." We talk about Demon…
Piloting the PilotsEp 36 Special, She Wrote
Hello! This is it! The final episode of "Magnum She Wrote!" We've come along way and come to a predictable conclusion. Or have we? It appears we have got a…
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Ep 35 Goodnight: Resolutions (Parts 1 & 2)
Aloha! The sun is setting upon the tide pool and we say our final goodbyes to Magnum & Co. Will it be a classic or will they botch the landing? Well, if you've…
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Ep 34 ...And Then They Kith: Magnum On Ice
We're almost there! This week we tackle the far more coherent half of the Murder She Wrote/Magnum pi crossover, and boy howdy, it's one horny episode. We…
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Ep 33 Prehensile Penis: Novel Connections
Bonjour! We made it! This is the first part of the Magnum pi/ Murder She Wrote crossover, and we're pretty sure the editor is the murderer. Among other things…
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Ep 32 Mags. Is. IRONMAN!: Beauty Knows No Pain
Hello! We did it! We've crossed the finished line on Season One of Magnum pi! In this episode, we go over the difference between Tom Selleck and Magnum's…
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Ep 31 Face Blindness: Funeral At Fifty-Mile
Hafa adai! This week we give you a litle more information about the future direction of the podcast. Then we get into the Season One finale of Murder, She…
Piloting the PilotsEp 30 Skeez on, Mags: Don't Say Goodbye
Mingalarbar! This week, Cameron and Erin sit down to discuss the Magnum, p.i. episode "Don't Say Goodbye." They discuss Ted Danson's chisled features, an MC…
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Ep 29 Yourself (In Quotes): Johnny Lies Over The Ocean
Marhaba! This episode, huh? Wow. This week we discuss recovering from trauma through casual dating, hoochie-coochies, and cruise ship gigolos. Contact: Twitter…