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Emma Gray & Claire Fallon

Claire Fallon and Emma Gray obsessively analyze our cultural obsessions, from fashion trends to books to the buzziest scripted TV shows. claireandemma.substack.com

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13:16

'Selling Sunset' S9 Gets Messy And Messier

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2025/10/31

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comOur favorite stiletto-wearing, drama-producing, luxury real estate agents are back, baby! Season 9 of “Selling Sunset” premiered on Netflix on Oct. 29., and it faces the difficult task of balancing petty grievances between modelesque agents at The Oppenheim Group with a genuine mass tragedy — the 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires.The first few episodes of the …

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13:53

'Nobody Wants This' S2 Feels Like A Retread

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2025/10/25

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThe first season of “Nobody Wants This” was, fortunately for a show with that title, a smash hit. Based on the life of show creator Erin Foster, who converted to Judaism for her now-husband, the show followed the unlikely interfaith love story between unfiltered podcaster Joanne (Kristin Bell) and hot rabbi Noah (nerdy millennial women’s fantasy boyfriend Adam Brody).Recapturing the magic of Joanne and Noah’s

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12:12

Diane Keaton Forever

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2025/10/17

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comDiane Keaton was one of those rare public figures who seemed to collapse the space between celebrity and the rest of us. She was relatable, ethereal, warm, effervescent. She was magic in corporeal form.That’s probably why for so many of us the news of her passing hit especially hard. Maybe you first met her as the unbearabl…

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17:35

Taylor Swift Is The Ultimate Influencer

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2025/10/10

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comJust when you thought she hadn’t even left yet, Taylor Swift is back again with yet another album, complete with a color-based theme (orange), theatrically released music video, and multiple vinyl variants: “The Life of a Showgirl," which dropped October 3rd.We listened to the album a few (dozen) times, read a few (dozen) reviews and takes, and went through a few (dozen) changes of heart about the songs before

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11:42

'Love Is Blind France' Makes Bluntness Chic

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2025/10/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comOne of the most fascinating things about watching different editions of “Love Is Blind,” is tracking the regionally-specific cultural differences. In Denver, the U.S. season currently airing, we have biohacking and tech-enabled wellness clubs used as foreplay. In France, we have unfiltered bluntness. Who knew it was possible…

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14:21

'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Officially Resolved Its...

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2025/09/19

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThe shippers can finally lay down their swords, because as we always knew they would, Team Bonrad has emerged victorious. On Wednesday, the finale of hit teen romance show “The Summer I Turned Pretty” dropped. Fans got to watch Conrad show up in Paris and yearn for Belly all over the city. Their reunion culminates in a v…

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'The Wrong Paris' Is Here For The Wrong Reasons

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2025/09/12

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comAs professional reality dating show viewers, we were feverish with excitement to watch Netflix’s new rom-com “The Wrong Paris” (brought to you by the director of Lindsay Lohan vehicles “Irish Wish” and “Falling for Christmas).In this episode, we recap the whole movie, try not to get too distracted by the obvious production missteps of the “Honey Pot” crew, and laugh a lot. Maybe this wasn’t “The Wrong Paris” for

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12:42

Saying Farewell To 'And Just Like That...'

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2025/09/08

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThe Women sat at their iced-coffee-covered desks, staring into the vast beyond of their computer screens. They couldn’t help but wonder… what did they just watch for the better part of 12 hours, on and off for the last handful of months?The answer is, of course, the final season of “And Just Like That…” The “Sex and the City” sequel…

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13:53

'Love Is Blind UK' S2 Reunion: Let Us Eat Cake

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2025/09/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThe “Love Is Blind” season 2 reunion landed on Sunday afternoon, and it landed with the force and spectacle of a grand piano pushed out of a tenth-story window. The proverbial ink had barely dried on our glowing recap of last week’s finale — the 10/10 perfect couples, the happy surprise of Billy and Ashleigh — when all our starry visions of marital bliss were extinguished. Well, not all. (There are one or two

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'Love Is Blind UK' S2 Finale: Four Weddings & A Drag...

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2025/08/30

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThe two-part “Love Is Blind UK” finale dropped this week, and despite the usual dull spots — wedding dress and suit shopping scenes that could have been a mood board, by-the-book stag and hen do activities, all the standard trimmings of a wedding day — we were rapt. This season ended as all the best seasons do: Some drama, …

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'Are You My First?' Embraces The Virginity Fetish

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2025/08/25

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.com“Are You My First?”, a reality dating show that dropped on Hulu last week, was clearly designed to be provocative. Well before it premiered, it drew controversy for its choice of hosts: reality and podcast personality Kaitlyn Bristowe shares the honor with Colton Underwood, a public figure most famous for being a virgin when he starr…

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'Love Is Blind UK' S2 E5-8: The Drama Heats Up

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2025/08/21

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comLast episode, we were wondering whether this season of “Love Is Blind UK” would be able to recapture the glory of the first. It all just seemed a little… dull. This week, we’re eating our words. We have besties! We have enemies! We have a genuinely riveting Pod Squad mixer! In episodes 5-8, we watch the five engaged couples …

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'Love Is Blind UK' S2 Takes Us Back Across The Pond

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2025/08/15

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comIf anyone tries to tell you that reality television isn’t full of culture, tell them to watch the first drop of “Love Is Blind UK” season 2. Not only does it provide an American audience with a crash course in a wide array of British accents and terminology, but viewers can also learn about the grift of “human design” — and perhaps most importantly, “sp…

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15:47

The 'Love Island' Universe Is In Pieces

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2025/08/08

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.com“Love Island” and “Love Island: Beyond the Villa” may have wrapped their latest seasons, but if anything the drama has only gotten more explosive — and unsettling — off-camera. In this episode, we discuss how the JaNa and Kenny breakup unfolded and dig into the rumored reason for the breakup, based on public statements by JaNa and her friends. We also get into the perils of insincere men on reality dating shows,

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'The Hunting Wives' Is A Sexy Soap For Our...

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2025/08/02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.com“The Hunting Wives” is one of those rare shows where nothing makes much sense, but it still somehow works. Thanks to her very middling husband, coastal liberal Sophie O’Neill (Brittany Snow) gets dropped into the gun-toting world of East Texas socialites, led by Queen Bee Margo Banks (Malin Åkerman). Longing glances are exc…

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‘Too Much’ Is The Right Amount, Plus A Little More

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2025/07/25

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comTitling your new Netflix rom-com series “Too Much” is the sort of move that comes off as either a provocation or an easy set-up. It’s as if co-creator Lena Dunham is inviting critics to assess whether her show and her heroine are, indeed, too much. And given the decade-plus of fevered discourse around her last semi-autobiogr…

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12:28

We Finally Saw 'Materialists'...

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2025/07/18

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comPedro Pascal + Dakota Johnson + Chris Evans + love triangle + New York City + an exploration of modern dating should = pure joy. Unfortunately, the math behind Celine Song’s sophomore feature, “Materialists,” simply doesn’t add up.You know things aren’t going great when you watch a movie and can’t stop mentally cataloguing each …

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Reunion Recap Special: 'Ultimatum: Queer Love' &...

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2025/07/11

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comLet’s talk reunions, y’all! We’re back from our summer vacations, rested and ready to reunite for all the reunion specials we missed during our OOO week: “The Ultimatum: Queer Love” and “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.” Hosts Joanna Garcia Swisher and Nick Viall took their best swings at the Andy Cohen crown, with varying results, but each reunion offered at least a few juicy moments.

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'The Ultimatum: Queer Love' S2 Finale Delivered...

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2025/07/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.com“The Ultimatum: Queer Love” finale had it all: Proposals! Confrontations! A dramatic breakup! This season was a true emotional rollercoaster, in all of the best ways. We got to see some real growth from both couples as well as individuals, while others couples are to untangling hard truths right up to the end. (Yes, we ARE talking about you, Mel and Marie.) We taped this episode ahead because of our insane

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'The Ultimatum: Queer Love' S2 Is Here, Queer, And...

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2025/06/27

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comJust in time for the end of Pride Month, “The Ultimatum: Queer Love” has returned to our screens. And after watching the first seven episodes of season 2, we couldn’t help but wonder… why does the straight version even exist when “Queer Love” is so far superior? The new season follows six couples who have reached a crossroads in th…

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