Um, Actually... — Season 8
Nerds like a lot of things, but there's something they love above all else, and that is correcting people.
About this season
Introducing a game show of fandom minutiae one-upmanship, where nerds do what nerds do best: flaunt encyclopedic nerd knowledge at Millennium Falcon nerd-speed.
Episodes (12)
1. Knights of the Old Republic, Howard the Duck, Westworld
Aired 31 March 2023 • 40 min
Brennan, Siobhan, and Ify discuss British cuisine, breaking the fourth wall and why ships are named with numerals.
2. Mob Psycho 100, The Sandman, Lost in Space
Aired 14 April 2023 • 35 min
Matt, Coy, and Morgana talk franchises, dystopian empathy, and why there were so many cartoons about ducks in the nineties.
3. TV Dramas
Aired 28 April 2023 • 31 min
Kait, Janie, and Jon discuss what makes a show prestige television.
4. Powerpuff Girls, What We Do in the Shadows, Orbital Blues
Aired 12 May 2023 • 34 min
Jasmine, Johnny, and Jamie (Amy) talk cancer mages, eating souls, and how failure can be fun.
5. Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, Grindhouse, Resident Evil: Afterlife
Aired 26 May 2023 • 31 min
Cody, Mano, and Jay talk about TSA pre-check, rude games, and trigonometry.
6. The Owl House, Solar Opposites, Segagaga
Aired 9 June 2023 • 35 min
Amy, Markeia, and Kelly ask the age old question: is it worse to sleep with your clone or your sibling?
7. Reality TV Volume 2
8.0Aired 23 June 2023 • 36 min
Glenn, Krystina, and Izzy return to the Bravoverse and sing every Real Housewives song to Trapp.
8. The Last Unicorn, Nope, A.E.W.
Aired 7 July 2023 • 30 min
Danielle, Michelle, and Vanessa talk about fizzy-fizzy boom magic, hot sauce names, and hate-reading. Note: When filming the episode, something went wrong with recording Saltzman's audio. Our sound mixer did their best to clean it up.
9. American Horror Story, KaBlam!, Squid Game
Aired 21 July 2023 • 32 min
Chris, Emma, and Nikhil try to figure out what Count Dooku's first name is.
10. William Shakespeare
Aired 4 August 2023 • 30 min
Blaine, Ross, and Joey show off their knowledge of The Bard.
11. Picard, Contact, Legends of Tomorrow
Aired 18 August 2023 • 32 min
Saige, Omar, and Persephone discuss cortados, horror cartoons, and remind you to check your voter registration.
12. Big Bird, Braindead, The Books of Magic
Aired 1 September 2023 • 33 min
Ryan, Jess, and Jess try not to break their buzzers and discover that God is canon.