Season 2

Poppy relives the past few minutes, trying to control her crying. Amazingly, she can actually get enough of a grip of her feelings to guess it has something to do with work. When Poppy returns to the office, Erdene and …

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: This episode deals with heavy issues. We begin the episode with creepy Gil, who notices the dinosaur toy by his wife's body... but doesn't even register its significance, and kicks it aside. We return to Pop...

In the storage closet, Poppy has a hard time reacting to Tora's confession. She finds herself wanting to express herself but unable to. Luckily, Tora is understanding, and their subsequent kiss deepens into some more explorat...

Poppy recounts her VERY busy weekend to Erdene. It's hard to believe it all happened in one weekend! Erdene asks about Tora contacting her, but like the good friend she is, doesn't push it when Poppy doesn't have the energy …

Tora and Damien decide to chuck it all and go sleep in the car. Unsurprisingly, they have dark eye bags when they decide to wait at a cafe in Moonbright for Poppy. Poppy tries not to laugh at the matching …

Tora and Poppy are making out on the bed, when they are interrupted by not Pinky, but the balcony alarm. Turning away, Tora goes through a quick series of thoughts to figure out his next steps. He decides, rationally or …

While Poppy and Tora are having a steamy make out session in the pond, they are also having a very important conversation with Poppy dropping a lot of details. We discuss them all and try to figure out the mafia …

Poppy tries to get more information out of Tora, but Tora shuts down. Poppy spirals, and we discuss how their differing backgrounds and subsequent opposite emotional reactions could cause problems. Tora, however, does reach o...

Turns out Tora had let words slip out of his mouth. Poppy wonders if she should put on a jacket, and Tora forcefully says no. Tora hesitantly questions whether Julri abused her, admitting how his background has influenced how...

This entire episode is all about sexual innuendo. We enjoy it. You have been warned. Turns out Julri, the potato carrier, has jammed Tora's car with a potato. Possibly one from our potato drawing contents. Poppy resigns herse...

Poppy asks Tora how he found her, and when Tora isn't forthcoming, flashes back to (stupid abusive) Julri browbeating her for wanting to know his schedule. Tora picks up on her discomfort and fills in more details. Poppy cont...

Poppy responds to Julri's accusations with accusations of her own, and then delivers the wisest line known to mankind. Tora arrives, but stays behind, allowing Poppy to fight her own battles. Poppy starts to walk away, and Ju...

With minutes left to the bomb, Lauren panics, envisioning Kym and Will dead, just as everyone died at the ATST. As the blood of the PS member spreads, Kieran launches himself at the door, trying to shove it open. Lauren …

After rushing to Moonbright, Poppy is stuck with no money, phone, or way of getting around - whoops. She considers turning to family and friends, but Moonbright is way too small to take those options. She is finally reminded ...

***Content warning for violence and dark events.*** Kieran, at the edge of losing his strength, stops the PS members throwing nitro bomb from the roof. He also discovers the tunnels - TUNNEL THEORY!!! - and thinks they may us...

Lauren tries to get to the roof but is attacked by Birdbrain (the Messenger).They both use their ninja skills (circus skills?) on the catwalk, landing up on the roof, where Birdbrain chokes Lauren and grinds their knee into L...

We resume the conversation at the cafe. Turns out Jacob and Erdene already knew that Quincy was clan, which leaves us wondering what it was that Erdene was wondering if she could tell Jacob. We receive confirmation that Erden...

We open the episode with a frightening adjurement to a circus-tattooed person to capture (only) one of the Lune members alive. While Lauren marvels at Kieran's sharpshooting ability, he pulls her to safety and freaks out over...

Tora comes barging in, knocking over our poor PTSD Jacob. Erdene tells them where Poppy went, and Tora immediately propels himself out of there, ponytail flying. Erdene and Quincy have a silent exchange, until Quincy reveals ...

What a chapter! As some had speculated, turns out it wasn't one our buddies getting shot. It was DILF/Ratman/Cal/the person Soph made us think was super important but wasn't. We think. Lauren quickly grabs a gun and shoots ...

If we thought Gil was sus before, we certainly think it now! His conversation with his wife triggers all kinds of alarms, as does his cold demeanor upon reminiscing. Is he planning on using Poppy as a scapegoat for his …

Quincey and Tora discuss shady Gil in the car, and *we* discuss Quincey and Tora's complicated dynamic and how Quincey is a walking contradiction between his personality and upbringing. Back at the office, Poppy is having dif...

Kym is about to to unmask Lauren with trembling hands, when the Phantom Scythe disrupts their plans. Will and Kieran are tussling, and Kieran escapes. However, when Will is about to get shot by the PS, Kieran kicks him out …

Quincy is getting it on when sadly, his discourse is interrupted by a very annoyed tiger. We flash back to the night before, when an equally annoyed tiger decides to vent his frustrations on a traffic cone, which unfortunate...

We begin the episode by discussing pacing issues and the repetitious nature of the last few chapter endings. Lune, once again, manages to escape from Soleil, who give chase. Lauren and Keiran unwisely split up, and Kym pursue...

Tora mindlessly shares some mob life info with Poppy, only to curse his carelessness shortly when he sees its impact on Poppy, who is suspiciously fiddling with her phone. As usual, Tora solves his problems by making jokes, i...

We open in the factory with all the guards on the alert to find and kill Soleil. Still on the stairs, Kym tells Lauren and Kieran to go upstairs, where they knock out some PS guards. Competitively. Lauren then hatches …

Tora and Poppy are taking their sweet time necking while the thugs watch and admire. When Tora flips them off, however, the leader gets angry, and moves to attack until.... Tora oh so casually reveals his neck tattoo, showing...

We begin the episode with Poppy’s self doubting thoughts. She then responds to the thug’s retorts by fiercely standing up for Tora, who is shocked and tries not to show it. While Poppy is panicking and thinking about how it …

We open the episode with our valiant Will coming to the rescue and knocking Kym to the floor. Lune begins to run away, but Will, quick on his feet, grabs his gun and points it at them, asking them to …

Poppy contemplates whether or not to show up at Tora's place (who told her about it? We discuss.) when a creep feeling entitled to Poppy's attention makes up her mind for her. She runs to Tora with the thugs (not …

Get ready, y'all. Anxiety through the roof. We begin with March scribbling off a note and stating he has the address. Is he sus, or, as Meg says, are we just paranoid? Meanwhile at the factory, sandwich guy has woken …

We begin the episode with Poppy running straight into Tora, who, unsurprisingly, doesn't run. We analyze his expression in depth before moving back to Poppy and Ben, surrounded by Dollar Store Leto and his thugs. Poppy thi...

Aaaaaaaand... we're back! Our dedicated Poppy is job searching, and is inexplicably rejected by a place with impossible standards. While budgeting, she receives a text from Benjamin, and is so distracted that she misses the b...

You asked, and Lily answered! In honor of Season 2's release, Girl Wonder Podcast and I gathered questions from the fans. Lily answered 32 of them, and 16 are on this podcast, and the other 16 on Girl Wonder's podcast. …

The two PS movers converse and their conversation is benign and stating the obvious... or is it??? To Meg's chagrin, we bring in the Kieran betrayal theory again, and speculate on what could happen with the mixed boxes. We br...

We open with a grim and windy sky, and Hermann checking in on the radio operation. We learn that a storm is impending - we're sure to hear more on that in the future! We then see our favorite resident …

This episode is the 43rd episode from the start of Season 2, and what a foil it is! Lauren heads to the cave, remembering what happened last time, but determinedly shaking it out of her head. When she arrives, a …

We open up with a devastating image of Kieran awakening in the church, a snowflake landing on his face. He is thoroughly beaten, and has clearly passed out. But instead of the reaction you might expect, he laughs. He laughs …

In a totally unexpected move, we get to meet two people in person that we didn't think we'd meet yet. We discuss the character of the Phantom Scythe and the leader, analyzing his change from idealist to twisted dictator, comp...

Lauren and Abe have their awaited encounter. Lauren hands over the picture, and Abe hands over the information. She asks about the Purple Hyacinth (Mercenary? Caring? You decide!), and then learns more about the Phantom Scyth...

Bella does NOT react well to Darcy's sudden appearance in her home. She needs to take a moment to compose herself, and their exchange raises a lot of questions. What made Bella leave two years ago? What is Darcy's background?...

Dakan and Tristan (aka Dakistan) continue their conversation on the couch, moving to the fireplace. There is an incredible amount of romance, but also an incredible amount of suspicious statements. Poor Lauren went to get a g...

We begin with a polite interchange between Darcy and Will that progressively gets filled with more and more lies as a baffled Lauren looks on. Finally, Lauren decides she can't take it anymore, and fake trips. The elegant Dar...

On a gray and rainy day, Lauren and March pay a visit to the cemetery. Lauren visits Dylan's grave and seems to finally accept that he is dead. We discuss Lauren's character growth in that regard, growth that is also …

Lauren catches Kieran on his way out, and doesn't let him go. Instead, after Kieran breaks out hearts and tells her that he doesn't belong there, she thanks him for helping her out with Chow's case. There are some beautiful …

This episode is one for the ages. Its title's wonkiness sets the tone, and Kym takes over from there. She demands alcohol. Will supplies water. Lukas snaps photos. Lauren hides under the table. And then we have the Defend Kie...

Lauren flashes back to her interrogation of Tim Sake, and pays a visit to the imprisoned Maria Chow. Later, Lauren presents her (and Kieran's) case to Hermann and March. Hermann is skeptical and makes some personal jabs at La...

Lauren sneaks out to Kieran's house to hear his information. He is happy to see her (not a lie!) Kieran tells her about his investigations and mentions her temper. Lauren acknowledges that her temper gets the better of her, a...

Lauren finds herself on the other side of the interrogation, where Hermann predictably is suspicious of Lauren. March comes to her defense, and Lauren is let off relatively easy. We discuss Lauren's ambivalence over her choi...