132 - Watching TV Shouldn't Be This Hard (But Here We Are)

One remote. Two opinions. Forty-seven streaming apps. Zero agreement.

The one where Fern and Nat tackle one of the greatest relationship challenges of modern civilization: trying to watch TV together. From endlessly scrolling through streaming services to one person falling asleep during the movie they insisted on watching, we’re exposing all the hilarious negotiations, unspoken rules, and petty debates that happen once the couch cushions are occupied.

We’ll talk about:

• The “I’m fine with anything” trap.
• Why picking a show somehow takes longer than watching one.
• Rewatching comfort shows… again.
• The couples who binge together versus the serial cheaters who watch ahead.
• Commercial breaks we secretly miss.
• And the snacks that somehow become the real star of movie night.

If you’ve ever argued over what to watch, accidentally spoiled an episode, or spent 30 minutes browsing before giving up and watching The Office for the hundredth time… this episode is for you.

Grab your favorite snack, claim the good spot on the couch, and join us for another round of laughs, relatable stories, and the kind of conversations every couple has behind closed doors.

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Because marriage isn’t about finding the perfect show… it’s about surviving the scrolling together.

Transcript

SPEAKER_02 0:00

Welcome back to Lumiless Table Talk, the only podcast where one of us wants to relax.

SPEAKER_04 0:04

And the other one somehow turns watching a TV show into a full contact sport.

SPEAKER_02 0:12

Are you all right?

SPEAKER_04 0:13

Yes, I am.

SPEAKER_02 0:15

Sorry. Do you have any issues there?

SPEAKER_04 0:17

No. Go ahead.

SPEAKER_02 0:18

I'm Fern.

SPEAKER_04 0:19

I'm not. So grab your cup of coffee, pull up a chair. What? I said it right.

SPEAKER_02 0:25

No, you didn't.

SPEAKER_04 0:26

Grab your cup of coffee, pull up a chair.

SPEAKER_02 0:29

You didn't. You still didn't say it right.

SPEAKER_04 0:31

What did I say wrong?

SPEAKER_02 0:33

It's favorite.

SPEAKER_04 0:34

Oh, I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_02 0:37

My favorite cup of coffee.

SPEAKER_04 0:38

I don't remember ever saying that.

SPEAKER_02 0:39

You say it every time. You want me to go back to the replay?

SPEAKER_04 0:42

No, no, no. It's okay. Grab your favorite cup of coffee, pull up a chair, and let's chat.

SPEAKER_02 0:49

Because today we're exposing the truth.

SPEAKER_04 0:51

Is it how I said something wrong? Oh no, sorry. Watching TV as a married couple is not quality time. It's an emotional warfare. But first.

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SPEAKER_04 1:51

And then only have 30 Oh, why what's wrong with you?

SPEAKER_02 1:56

Because I started thinking about it. And it takes 45 minutes to choose something because you know I gotta do the trailers.

SPEAKER_04 2:02

And thank God you said it because you start going through every trailer. And then none of none of those are the ones that we go.

SPEAKER_02 2:10

You know what happens? You end up on your phone the whole time, and then I'm like, I don't think you watched it. So we're moving on, moving on, and then we only have 30 minutes before bed.

SPEAKER_04 2:22

Because you always ask me what I want to watch. Then I say what I want to watch, and then you immediately, immediately reject every answer. That's not true. That's not true. Oh, that one is too sad. Um, that one has way too many seasons.

SPEAKER_02 2:44

Oh no, no, no, no, no. I can't do too many seasons.

SPEAKER_04 2:47

That one doesn't have enough seasons. That one has subtitles.

SPEAKER_02 2:51

I dislike reading subtitles. Because then I know the dialogue before it happens.

SPEAKER_04 2:56

Or I've already seen half of that one. Or that actor annoys me, or I'm just narrowing it down. Or that's too girly for me, or that's too boring for me, or blah blah blah. And then what happens? You want to watch a movie or a show that all you saw in a commercial was one 20-second funny part, and you're like, oh my god, this is gonna be funny. And we've already learned, um, no.

SPEAKER_02 3:28

Listen, I'm all about documentaries, okay? It's fascinating to me.

SPEAKER_04 3:33

Oh yeah. About guys rebuilding tractors in Iceland. It's fascinating. No, it's melatonin with background music, basically.

SPEAKER_02 3:41

Well, guess what? Sometimes you need stuff to relax.

SPEAKER_04 3:47

No, that puts you to sleep. I don't want to sit there and watch this whole documentary. No, not me. I like like things that make me think. Like what's going on. Yeah, like you know, like Law and Order or you know, how to get away with murder. Okay, I like that one.

SPEAKER_02 4:06

I'm starting to wonder the shows I watch, but I'm wondering about that too. They're always the ones about the people that kill the people.

SPEAKER_04 4:17

Don't worry about it. Continue.

SPEAKER_02 4:20

But I like watching the documentaries about that same subject. True crime.

SPEAKER_04 4:26

No, I don't like those. I find them boring, like in all honesty. I really do. I don't know why. I know you like them, and I've watched some with you guys, but in reality, I'm like boring. I don't care.

SPEAKER_02 4:39

Okay, hold on.

SPEAKER_04 4:40

What hold on so-and-so did the Vatican one. The who? The Vat one Oh, yes, I saw it. Come on. I remember now which one you're tired of.

SPEAKER_02 4:48

We made you watch that.

SPEAKER_04 4:49

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 4:50

And it was good.

SPEAKER_04 4:51

It was okay.

SPEAKER_02 4:52

What? It was fascinating.

SPEAKER_04 4:54

It was okay.

SPEAKER_02 4:55

Where is that girl?

SPEAKER_04 4:57

I already told you. Still to this day. She's dead.

SPEAKER_02 5:00

Oh, wow.

SPEAKER_04 5:01

I'm just telling you.

SPEAKER_02 5:02

She you have to use other words like unalive.

SPEAKER_04 5:06

Okay, she's unalive. My goodness. My gosh.

SPEAKER_02 5:09

I'm just saying because Gen Z will totally be like, oh, you can't say that.

SPEAKER_04 5:13

I don't like documentaries. I don't. I don't know why. I just can't get into them.

unknown 5:18

No.

SPEAKER_02 5:19

And there's so many good ones.

SPEAKER_04 5:20

Just like the ones that you want to watch of um what's it called?

unknown 5:25

What's it called?

SPEAKER_04 5:26

Florida Man.

unknown 5:27

What?

SPEAKER_04 5:27

Was it? It's is it called Florida Man? No. What's that show called?

SPEAKER_02 5:31

It's Florida Man. It's not a documentary. It's a retell, it's a comedic retelling of things that actually happened.

SPEAKER_04 5:38

It was dumb. Um, what's another one?

SPEAKER_02 5:41

I mean, it's very Florida though. If you're not in Florida, that is the most Florida thing you will ever see.

SPEAKER_04 5:46

Like, definitely, I don't like documentaries very limited on reality shows, too.

SPEAKER_02 5:52

I love reality shows.

SPEAKER_04 5:53

I know you do.

SPEAKER_02 5:54

I love the ones where I love the dating ones.

SPEAKER_04 5:57

You're all up on Love Island or something.

SPEAKER_02 5:59

I love the dating ones. Oh, they're so fun.

SPEAKER_04 6:02

But no.

SPEAKER_02 6:03

Because the drama. The drama.

SPEAKER_04 6:05

It's just too much. And then it's way too many episodes, like in all honesty.

SPEAKER_02 6:09

I had a full-blown conversation today with another dude about Love Island.

SPEAKER_04 6:13

I watched some of it. I can get into it a little bit, but then after a while, I'm already annoyed by them. Like, you really went on this TV show. Because you can't find love in reality.

SPEAKER_02 6:24

I don't think that's the point. That's not the point.

SPEAKER_04 6:27

No, what's the point?

SPEAKER_02 6:28

The point is that they're gonna find love in this experiment.

SPEAKER_04 6:32

No, everybody's everybody's with everyone. You're making a fool out of yourself in front of everybody in the world. Phenomenal. Phenomenal TV for us. And explain to me how wait, hold on. It's like what, 12 people, right?

SPEAKER_02 6:47

Uh yeah, I think it's yeah, 12.

SPEAKER_04 6:51

How these 12 quote unquote, using quotes, very good looking people can't find love.

SPEAKER_02 6:57

But also they're like in their early 20s and they don't know anything about life yet.

SPEAKER_04 7:01

Exactly. You should not be on the slow on this show. I'm sorry. Why can't you have Love Island for like older people that look normal? Exactly. I'm on to something.

SPEAKER_02 7:12

That's cooked.

SPEAKER_04 7:13

I know. Anyways, that's not let's not let's not because let's not get into your TV reality shows.

SPEAKER_02 7:22

I like reality shows.

SPEAKER_04 7:23

I know you do. I I'm very limited. I like traders.

SPEAKER_02 7:26

What?

SPEAKER_04 7:26

I like traders.

SPEAKER_02 7:27

Oh, traitors. Yeah. That's a good one. That's a fun one.

SPEAKER_04 7:30

There's another one that we watched that I like. Um, that one was Traders UK, right? Or something like that. That one's really good. If you guys have not watched Traitors, you guys should watch Traitors. There's USA and then there's UK.

SPEAKER_02 7:43

UK and there's also Australia.

SPEAKER_04 7:45

Did we watch the Australia? Nope. No, we have not.

SPEAKER_02 7:48

Um, I think we both came to the No, because I think that you have a uh you have a gas tank as it pertains to reality shows, and sometimes it empties faster than I want it to.

SPEAKER_04 8:00

But I watched all of it. I think it was the UK we I liked more.

SPEAKER_02 8:05

UK was good because it's not any real celebrities. Yeah, no, it was just the house the villains. The villains is fun.

SPEAKER_04 8:12

Yeah, that's oh you see, another reality I like now that you said it, Housewives.

SPEAKER_02 8:17

Housewives, okay. Um see, I like I like the challenge because I like competition reality shows.

SPEAKER_04 8:25

But you don't like Survivor.

SPEAKER_02 8:28

I do like Survivor.

SPEAKER_04 8:29

No, you don't.

SPEAKER_02 8:29

Yes, I do.

SPEAKER_04 8:30

No, you don't.

SPEAKER_02 8:31

I just don't keep up with it.

SPEAKER_04 8:32

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 8:33

I used to love Survivor back in the day when it first started.

SPEAKER_04 8:36

Okay. Anyways, we'll move on from that because we can just talk on and on about TV shows.

SPEAKER_02 8:43

Uh I think mostly we like scripted, written out TV shows.

SPEAKER_04 8:48

Yeah, because there's shows that I watch on my own, and there's shows you watch on your own. Yeah. But then there's a lot that we watch together.

SPEAKER_02 8:54

Yeah.

unknown 8:55

Okay. All right.

SPEAKER_02 8:56

Yeah. Like we know that you watch Law and Order, and I watch wrestling. So it's like some wrestling with you. It's like a win-win. Not all of it, but I watch some of it. It's a win-win. I watch too much wrestling.

SPEAKER_04 9:07

What do we call too much?

SPEAKER_02 9:09

Huh?

SPEAKER_04 9:10

What do you call too much? I mean, just saying.

SPEAKER_02 9:12

I pretty much watch all of it.

SPEAKER_04 9:15

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 9:15

Like like every wrestling brand, like AEW, I watch WWE, I watch TNA, I watch.

SPEAKER_04 9:22

I feel like we can do a whole episode on just wrestling.

SPEAKER_02 9:25

I can watch GCW, Ring of Honor, the Indies, MLW.

SPEAKER_04 9:30

I feel yeah, there's way too many wrestlings. There's just way too many wrestlings. I uh just bring me WWF and we're good.

SPEAKER_02 9:37

WWE. Well, it hasn't been WWF in like 30 years.

SPEAKER_04 9:41

I know. That's what I'm saying. Bring me back WWF is what I just said. Bring me back WWF.

SPEAKER_02 9:46

That's the uh the the tat that I have.

SPEAKER_04 9:49

But anyways.

SPEAKER_02 9:51

So can we talk about what happens a lot of times when the remote magically disappears?

SPEAKER_04 9:59

Because you put it somewhere. Weird. I put it somewhere safe, and that's typically what happens. Okay, I'm gonna bring this up because you said that. Inside the refrigerator isn't safe.

SPEAKER_02 10:12

Okay, it happened one time, man.

SPEAKER_04 10:14

One time, way too many. Then somehow our kids know where the remote is. They always know, but then half the time you're like, I gave you the remote, and I'm like, no, you didn't. And then what do you find next to you?

SPEAKER_02 10:29

It's always the remote.

SPEAKER_04 10:30

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I always give you the remote before you mention it. We all know.

SPEAKER_02 10:36

Yeah, and the thing is, like, I don't like to be the remote guy. I don't like to be holding the remote.

SPEAKER_04 10:41

Why?

SPEAKER_02 10:43

It's it's um since we don't watch conventional television, I always have to be the one to press the skip. I have to press the skips or the uh fast forward or oh rewind. Oh, put the captions. Oh wait, the screen is wrong.

SPEAKER_04 11:04

Yeah, because now our TV um has a mind of its own.

SPEAKER_02 11:09

Has decided to change the aspect ratio of of these shows for no reason whatsoever.

SPEAKER_04 11:15

You still haven't figured out why it's doing that.

SPEAKER_02 11:17

I do know why it's doing it. There's no way we can. It doesn't like us? No, it's just the one app.

SPEAKER_04 11:22

It just doesn't like us.

SPEAKER_02 11:23

There's one app that negatively coincides with the auto-detect on our TV. So it boots like it off. You can't unless we don't use that app.

SPEAKER_04 11:41

But I don't remember having this problem before, but anyways.

SPEAKER_02 11:44

Well, before we used to use that little box. Remember the little box that I used to use? That now is in our room.

SPEAKER_03 11:56

Hmm. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 11:59

I get it now. That box was where all the TV went through. And now we're just using the TV.

SPEAKER_04 12:07

And this is why you control the remote.

SPEAKER_02 12:09

Because allegedly it's smart. Allegending.

SPEAKER_04 12:12

Allegending. Allegending. No, it's not. I don't think our TV is very smart.

SPEAKER_02 12:18

It's the dumbest smart TV. Like this is a smart TV that did not get his degree.

SPEAKER_04 12:25

Yeah, because the other day you pressed play and we did not have subtitles on, and the subtitles were on.

SPEAKER_02 12:31

But I I explained it to you. We rewound.

SPEAKER_04 12:35

Rewound? That's I know, but it's just the way you said it.

SPEAKER_02 12:38

Because rewinded is not a word.

SPEAKER_04 12:41

It's just the way you said it.

SPEAKER_02 12:42

We rewound a couple seconds, and I guess it figured, oh, they missed the dialogue. Let's put the captions for this moment.

SPEAKER_04 12:52

You're giving way too much credit to this TV.

SPEAKER_02 12:57

It is dumb.

SPEAKER_04 13:00

I see. Okay. Oh, whatever. It is what it is. At least you know what the problem is. Why you why you look like you're thinking so hard?

SPEAKER_02 13:12

Because I am. Because now I'm trying to figure out like, is there another way, or do I just take the box again and put the box back onto that TV. Anyway.

SPEAKER_04 13:23

I don't think our listeners want to know about it. Let's just move on.

SPEAKER_02 13:28

I want to know if your smart TV is smart. Or if it's dumb.

SPEAKER_04 13:35

Neck ours.

SPEAKER_02 13:36

Ours. And I tell them all the time. Like you're I think that's the problem.

SPEAKER_04 13:42

Because you're telling our TV it's dumb.

SPEAKER_02 13:44

You're dumb.

SPEAKER_04 13:46

So our TV doesn't want to participate in smartness.

SPEAKER_02 13:50

Because but it also has a weird hum that only you can hear.

SPEAKER_04 13:53

No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no. No, no.

SPEAKER_02 13:57

Dobby's like, no.

SPEAKER_04 14:00

Our daughter heard it too.

SPEAKER_02 14:02

I don't think so.

SPEAKER_04 14:03

What?

SPEAKER_02 14:04

I don't believe it.

SPEAKER_04 14:05

Our daughter heard it and our daughter's boyfriend heard it too. Three of us against you.

SPEAKER_02 14:09

I don't believe it because I never heard Daddy.

SPEAKER_04 14:13

Not that one. It's a sound. No, not that one. I will ask that one. It was a middle one. Who told you? I hear it all the time.

SPEAKER_02 14:22

I didn't hear her voice.

SPEAKER_03 14:24

Well, I don't usually I do.

SPEAKER_02 14:27

Usually.

SPEAKER_03 14:28

Dad! She told you. I can hear the sound. She said yes. It's like a static sound. It's like a static. Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_02 14:37

I don't think so.

SPEAKER_04 14:38

What three of us told you that we hear it?

SPEAKER_02 14:42

Hmm. I don't believe it.

unknown 14:45

Whatever.

SPEAKER_04 14:45

And then you said you heard it.

SPEAKER_02 14:47

I was trying to make I was patronizing you.

SPEAKER_04 14:49

It was. It's like a static noise. It's coming out of the TV.

SPEAKER_02 14:53

It's going to be a little bit more. Trying to make you feel good about hearing nothing at all.

SPEAKER_04 14:57

It's going. For real.

SPEAKER_02 15:04

Oh, you're hearing things that aren't there.

SPEAKER_04 15:06

No, I'm being serious. And then you turn on the TV and the noise goes away.

SPEAKER_02 15:10

Does that make any sense?

SPEAKER_04 15:11

Yes, because it's coming out of the TV. I think our smart dumb TV is gonna blow up on us. Mark my word.

SPEAKER_02 15:17

Did you search it?

SPEAKER_04 15:19

Did I search what?

SPEAKER_02 15:21

For the sound? No, that's your job. You do that for me. Oh, it's my job.

SPEAKER_04 15:26

Yes. You do that for me. I found the noise, I found the problem, you now resolve it. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. But three of us told you that it's going.

SPEAKER_02 15:36

Why is that the number one thing?

SPEAKER_04 15:38

You see. You're Googling this now?

SPEAKER_02 15:43

Right now. Right here. It actually indicates an issue with the power supply board. Failing capacitors or an electrical ground loop. How to troubleshoot. Perform a hard reset.

unknown 15:55

Okay, that's easy.

SPEAKER_03 15:55

It's like is it gonna blow up?

SPEAKER_02 16:01

No. Change the power source. Maybe the power. And maybe the the the thingy thing.

SPEAKER_04 16:09

I don't know what you have it connected to.

SPEAKER_02 16:11

I have it connected to a pretty ancient. And when I say ancient, I mean it exactly that way. It is ancient, it's one of the first ever power power strip things.

SPEAKER_04 16:22

Because it didn't make this noise before. And now it started making it.

SPEAKER_02 16:25

So you see it's probably cuckoo for cocoa puffs. Alright, so what we're gonna do is we're gonna change it. And then on the next episode of Limitless Table Talk, we'll find out if this actually happens. If it actually got rid of it. What sound is it? She's making this up.

SPEAKER_04 16:47

It sounds static. This isn't real. Yes, it is. It sounds static y shh. Whatever. Anyways. Back to our TV show situation.

SPEAKER_02 16:57

Sorry about that. But not sorry. I don't care too bad. Listen. Alright, so let's let's discuss when we watch shows. The investigation.

SPEAKER_04 17:14

Excuse him, what?

SPEAKER_02 17:16

Every movie becomes a police interrogation.

unknown 17:21

What?

SPEAKER_02 17:22

Oh yeah. This is what I hear.

SPEAKER_01 17:26

What's that? What's his name? Oh, why don't you have the captions on? It would make it so much easier. Why'd he do that? Is that his evil brother? Is she evil?

SPEAKER_04 17:40

Because I care. I'm invested in this show.

SPEAKER_02 17:42

We met the character four seconds ago. Do you think I have any idea?

SPEAKER_04 17:47

You're supposed to know. We're watching the same show. I like spoilers. I like spoilers.

SPEAKER_02 17:58

I don't like spoilers. And you don't like spoilers.

SPEAKER_03 18:01

Yes, I do.

SPEAKER_02 18:02

But you want me to be the spoiler every time. You want me to spoil to myself. Who doesn't like spoilers. I do not like spoilers.

SPEAKER_04 18:13

That's why sometimes I have to take the remote from you and use the pause button because you won't. Which I okay.

SPEAKER_02 18:20

Listen. Watching shows with you sometimes. I'm looking right at you, right inside your soul.

unknown 18:29

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 18:31

Sometimes watching a show with you is challenging.

SPEAKER_03 18:36

Why?

SPEAKER_02 18:37

Exactly that reason. Why?

SPEAKER_04 18:40

Look we don't we don't miss much because I pause it for us.

unknown 18:45

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 18:46

And then the show becomes a four-hour fest of pausing in questions and talking. I don't believe it.

SPEAKER_04 18:59

I don't believe it.

SPEAKER_02 19:00

Or you'll sing the entire theme song.

SPEAKER_04 19:04

Oh yeah. Like oh, from the show from.

SPEAKER_02 19:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 19:08

You'll just sing the whole theme song and you'll be like, why are you gonna skip it? Why you're skipping it? And I'll say. Because I want to get to the show. I just want to watch the show.

SPEAKER_04 19:21

You're boring.

unknown 19:23

Boring.

SPEAKER_04 19:26

You gotta let me listen to the music.

SPEAKER_02 19:29

And then it goes like this.

unknown 19:33

Oh god.

SPEAKER_01 19:35

Pause. Who's she? Pause. Is she dead? Pause. Did they kiss? Pause. Who's driving? Pause. What's happening? Pause. Why is he mad? Pause. Why are you looking at me?

SPEAKER_04 19:52

That is not me.

SPEAKER_02 19:54

That is absolutely you.

SPEAKER_04 19:56

I don't pause that much.

SPEAKER_02 19:58

Netflix sent me a wellness check.

SPEAKER_04 20:01

Fern. I don't pause that much. I have questions sometimes, and I need answers.

SPEAKER_02 20:07

A lot of them. I'm watching the same show at the same time. Uh-huh. And then, and then, and then, and then the theories. The theories. Oh.

SPEAKER_01 20:22

So, do you think this is what's going on right now? I don't know. I'm watching the same thing. Well, I think this is what's happening. Why don't you let it develop? Oh, but all this is going on. Oh, but I have questions. What is that? Is that a talisman? What are they doing?

SPEAKER_04 20:42

I have questions. You want to watch a show together? I have questions. And sometimes it's really to test you because you're not paying attention.

SPEAKER_02 20:52

A lot of times. I uh I drift because of how many times I have to stop watching the show to answer your questions. It's a constant drift. My brain goes somewhere else for a long while.

SPEAKER_04 21:09

But it keeps you on your toes. But okay, okay, let's be honest. Nobody watches TV hungry.

SPEAKER_02 21:18

Absolutely not. When I'm sitting down, I need snacks, preferably goldfish.

unknown 21:23

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_04 21:25

Um, but here's what happens sometimes. Okay. I ask if you want anything, and you say no. I come back with popcorn, candy, chips, cookies, or ice cream. It depends. Sometimes I'll bring one or two drinks and you say, Can I have one? One. One. You didn't want anything, correct?

SPEAKER_02 21:53

You never asked.

SPEAKER_04 21:55

Yes, I did. I always ask, Do you want ice cream or cereal? We eat cereal for a snack at night.

SPEAKER_02 22:03

As most normal people should.

SPEAKER_04 22:05

And then you say, No, I don't want anything. And then all of a sudden you become the snack vacuum.

SPEAKER_02 22:11

Well, I'll tell you this marriage means that our calories are shared.

SPEAKER_04 22:18

I don't think that's true.

SPEAKER_02 22:19

That is Dobson.

SPEAKER_04 22:22

Oh, Dobby's roaming around barking. But but you most of the time don't want snacks.

SPEAKER_02 22:28

I don't. I try not to have snacks in the evenings.

SPEAKER_04 22:32

But then you're like, oh, you got something and didn't get me one. And I'm like, you didn't want one. Now you want me to get up and get you one.

SPEAKER_02 22:39

Yes.

SPEAKER_04 22:42

Anyone else like snacks when they're watching shows? Because Fern does. But he'll tell you, no. So what happens? I make you the snack and bring it to you. And then you're like, but I'm too full. I don't want it, but you'll still eat it now. Mm-hmm. Because I know you. Sorry. Her daughter wasn't looking for me. Because it's thundering. And her dog. It's not funny. Her dog, Brady, um, is scared of the thunder. So she becomes she looks for a thunder buddy. And her thunder buddy is not her owner or anyone else. It's me.

SPEAKER_02 23:26

It's you.

SPEAKER_04 23:27

So she was looking for me because the dog was going crazy. And look how calm she is now sitting next to me. Because apparently I'm her thunder buddy. Everybody has to have one, I guess. So sorry. That's why you were hearing my name being yelled. Sorry. Yes, you witnessed this. Thunderbuddy. Look right next to me.

SPEAKER_02 23:46

And it's funny because I was sitting there and I'm like, is that is that is that the middle one? Mah! Mah!

SPEAKER_04 23:54

Mah looking in every room of the house, yelling for me. Yes, to bring me Thunderbody.

SPEAKER_02 24:03

Thunderbuddy.

SPEAKER_04 24:05

So sorry guys. It's you know.

SPEAKER_02 24:08

It's life, man.

SPEAKER_04 24:10

We're lifing.

SPEAKER_02 24:11

We're lifing. So what happens? Here's the question. Are you really snapping?

SPEAKER_04 24:21

Yeah. At her.

SPEAKER_02 24:23

The Thunder Buddy.

SPEAKER_04 24:25

We have a song. But anyways, continue.

SPEAKER_02 24:28

What's the song?

SPEAKER_04 24:29

Nope. Not gonna do it on air. What is wrong with you? Do it. I'll tell you the song later.

SPEAKER_02 24:34

No, do it. No. Do it, or I'm gonna have to repeat it next time. We're not doing it.

SPEAKER_04 24:41

No, no, no, no. I'm not doing that. No, not on air with everyone to hear me.

unknown 24:47

Right.

SPEAKER_04 24:48

Thunderbody.

SPEAKER_02 24:51

I don't know what the song is.

SPEAKER_04 24:53

No. It's one we made up together.

SPEAKER_02 24:55

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_04 24:59

Mm-hmm. What? I'm not no, she's happy. She's so happy. She is happy because her thunder buddy is here. Everybody needs a thunder buddy. You better find one. You better find a thunder buddy when it's thundering. I'm just saying. This is real life, guys. It's happening. Wow. And she's waiting for me to sing the song, so we need to speed this up so I can sing the song to her.

SPEAKER_02 25:22

This is all you. This is all you.

SPEAKER_04 25:25

Anyways, you know what's disrespectful?

SPEAKER_02 25:29

Your thunder buddy?

SPEAKER_04 25:30

No. She is cute. Leave her alone.

SPEAKER_02 25:33

She is cute.

SPEAKER_04 25:34

Leave her alone. He didn't mean it. He's just jealous of us. Anyways, you know what's disrespectful?

SPEAKER_02 25:42

What's that?

SPEAKER_04 25:43

Falling asleep five minutes into the movie or a show.

SPEAKER_02 25:46

I was resting my eyes.

SPEAKER_04 25:48

No, no, no. You were snoring through the biggest plot twist. Then the next night.

SPEAKER_02 25:54

Let's finish it.

SPEAKER_04 25:56

No! I'm like, we're starting over because you missed everything.

SPEAKER_02 26:02

I remember enough, believe me.

SPEAKER_04 26:04

You literally asked me who's that. And it was the main character.

SPEAKER_02 26:08

Okay. Let me tell you what happened. Or like what happened. Sometimes. Sometimes. We watch shows. We watch so many different shows with so many different things.

unknown 26:20

Thunderbuddy.

SPEAKER_03 26:22

Thunderbuddies.

SPEAKER_04 26:23

Sorry. Come here, Brady.

SPEAKER_02 26:28

90% of the time.

SPEAKER_04 26:31

I don't care. You wanted to watch the show.

SPEAKER_02 26:35

Sometimes I start watching the show. No, she's not.

SPEAKER_04 26:38

Yeah, she is. She wants to bring you into the club of Thunder Buddies.

SPEAKER_02 26:41

What's up, little one? So we watch show, we watch so many different shows that sometimes we'll walk we'll start a show. And I'm just too tired. And I don't care enough about even the main character.

SPEAKER_00 26:57

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_02 26:59

So much so that I don't care. And I'll fall asleep.

SPEAKER_04 27:03

Okay. But there is one thing that you and I both can agree on.

SPEAKER_01 27:09

What's that?

SPEAKER_04 27:10

The biggest crime that anybody can do that are watching shows together.

SPEAKER_02 27:15

A hundred percent. Watching ahead.

SPEAKER_04 27:18

Watching ahead. That's jail, like straight to jail.

SPEAKER_02 27:21

Yeah. The I only watched one episode.

SPEAKER_04 27:24

That's how seasons start.

SPEAKER_02 27:26

One becomes four.

SPEAKER_04 27:28

Next thing I know, you're emotionally attached to people I haven't even met yet. Brady, come here, baby Thunder Buddy. Um, that's because I haven't sang this.

SPEAKER_02 27:37

Sometimes accidents happen.

SPEAKER_04 27:41

Netflix literally asked, continue watching? And you had four opportunities to stop.

SPEAKER_02 27:47

That's why it is a crime. If you're watching a show together. Together, where you both decide, hey, gonna watch this show together. The right thing to do, learn this, gentlemen. The right thing to do is to say, do you want to keep watching this show?

SPEAKER_04 28:09

Correct.

SPEAKER_02 28:10

Because if you see that your partner is feigning an interest, completely out of it.

SPEAKER_04 28:17

Alright. We've done that.

SPEAKER_02 28:18

Like you've done that to me. You'd be like, hey, do you want to watch this or not? And I'll be like, nah, go ahead.

SPEAKER_04 28:23

I'll always normally say, is it cool with you if I just keep watching then?

SPEAKER_02 28:27

And I'll say, go right on ahead.

SPEAKER_04 28:30

We've also done where we both have watched the show.

SPEAKER_02 28:36

At different times.

SPEAKER_04 28:37

At different times, but still together. Like we don't go too far ahead.

SPEAKER_02 28:41

Yes.

SPEAKER_04 28:42

Like if you're, let's just say sometimes you've been three episodes ahead of me, you wait for me to kind of catch up and we collaborate. It's like we're really, really invested. Like we're making money off watching.

SPEAKER_02 28:53

This is our job. This is what happens, right? Like we did that with Dexter. Right? Because we were we were like, man, you know, we hadn't watched Dexter. So we started watching Dexter. Well, I started watching Dexter. And then I said, you know, I think you would like this. Why don't we you watch it at your pace? I'll watch it at my pace. But we'll try to try to stay in the season.

SPEAKER_04 29:15

Because at that point you were way ahead already.

SPEAKER_02 29:17

Yeah, yeah. I was already like almost at the end of the first season by the time you started watching.

SPEAKER_04 29:22

Just like the show we're watching right now. I started watching it. I was an episode and a half in when I brought you on. Shrinking.

SPEAKER_02 29:30

Oh. Oh, I love the show.

SPEAKER_04 29:32

I was an episode and a half, and I was like, I think you might like this. Showed you one episode, and you are hooked up.

SPEAKER_02 29:38

So hooked that we've pretty much gone through almost all the season. We binged it. We binged it. And it's funny because I'm not a binger typically like that. Because I like to watch multiple shows at once. Because my interest.

SPEAKER_03 29:54

You lose it, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 29:55

I lose it. So I have to have different shows to like, oh, let's jump into that one now.

SPEAKER_04 30:00

Right, right. I usually like to just finish one show before I go to the next one.

SPEAKER_02 30:07

So can we watch one episode?

SPEAKER_03 30:13

Oh Lord.

SPEAKER_02 30:15

Without commentary.

SPEAKER_04 30:17

Absolutely not. That guy has terrible decision-making skills. Sometimes that house is fake. Nobody wakes up looking like that for sure. Those detectives are useless, and she definitely did it. You're gonna get all that all the time.

SPEAKER_02 30:34

You basically become your own director's commentary.

SPEAKER_04 30:37

And I'm usually right.

SPEAKER_02 30:39

You are annoyingly right. Sometimes.

SPEAKER_04 30:44

But I'm right at the end.

SPEAKER_01 30:46

I forgot what show it was where you started saying something about like, oh, that doesn't make any said about it.

SPEAKER_02 30:55

I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 30:56

But something I like to Oh no.

SPEAKER_02 30:58

You said it like this.

SPEAKER_01 31:00

Oh, it don't make no sense. Blah blah blah blah blah blah.

SPEAKER_02 31:04

And I said, can we kill the commentary just for the rest of this episode? You got so mad.

SPEAKER_04 31:11

Because I have to comment. I have to. I'm sorry. I'm pretty sure there's other people like me out there. Because what upsets me the most is nobody wakes up like that. Nobody wakes up like that.

SPEAKER_02 31:25

Do you really want to watch a show with regular people?

SPEAKER_04 31:28

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 31:29

No.

SPEAKER_04 31:29

Yes. No. Oh, you like reality shows. How are you not gonna like that?

SPEAKER_02 31:34

They're not regular people.

unknown 31:35

Oh, whatever.

SPEAKER_02 31:36

Have you seen the people they cast on these reality shows? They're not regular people. No, I they're not regular people. Don't get me started on those, neither. They're not regular people. These are people that are, you know, casted. They're cast into these parts. Okay. Cast. They're chosen by a casting director.

SPEAKER_04 31:59

Listen, you love my commentary. You can talk all you want, but you miss it because at the end, we still watch shows together. But, anyways, as silly as all this sounds, these little moments matter. Why? Because we laugh, we even argue over fictional characters. All the time. We steal each other's snacks.

SPEAKER_02 32:20

All the time.

SPEAKER_04 32:21

But in a busy life with work, kids, responsibilities, and everything else around us, just sitting together on the couch is such a blessing.

SPEAKER_02 32:31

Absolutely. The laughter, the conversations, the moments when life slowed down long enough for us to enjoy each other's company. Those simple moments often become our favorite memories.

SPEAKER_04 32:44

Mm-hmm. And real quick, because we can't have a podcast episode without Ka Chow.

SPEAKER_02 32:53

Alright.

SPEAKER_04 32:54

You yeah, you want to go first this time? I went first last time, so okay.

SPEAKER_02 32:59

Subtitles.

SPEAKER_04 33:00

Always.

SPEAKER_02 33:02

Horror.

SPEAKER_04 33:03

Only if I can hide behind you.

SPEAKER_02 33:05

Yes. Movie theater popcorn.

SPEAKER_04 33:07

Worth taking out a smallone.

SPEAKER_02 33:11

Pause for bathroom or suffer.

SPEAKER_04 33:15

Pause. Depending on the show. I'm not missing anything.

SPEAKER_02 33:20

Watch one episode or accidentally finish the season.

SPEAKER_04 33:24

One more famous last word for us. You know be midnight.

SPEAKER_02 33:30

It's always like that. It's like, oh. It's one more, one more, one more. All right. So with that being said, tell us what's the biggest TV crime in your house? Watching ahead?

SPEAKER_04 33:45

Talking through every scene. Why do you give me that to do?

SPEAKER_02 33:49

You do.

SPEAKER_04 33:51

Go ahead and pay back.

SPEAKER_02 33:53

Falling asleep.

SPEAKER_04 33:54

Stealing snacks. Or are you the person asking questions the show is literally about to answer?

SPEAKER_02 34:02

Be honest.

SPEAKER_04 34:04

We won't judge much.

SPEAKER_02 34:07

You know it's you. All right. So uh thanks for hanging out with us.

SPEAKER_04 34:11

Don't forget to like, follow, subscribe, leave a review, and share Limitless Table Talk with Fernand Nett with someone who definitely says just one more episode. Follow us on Instagram at Limitless Couple305. We'll see you at the table next time.

SPEAKER_02 34:29

Period.