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Feb. 25, 2021, Episode 1: “Men Rock!”

Emily and Bridgette are invited to the country of Cromania to perform for its president, but they soon find that their hit song “Men Rock!” is the country’s anthem for oppression against women.

Emily and Bridgette sing a sarcastic song about how men are the “best,” in which they joke about male genitalia and stereotypical gender roles. A solider says his president has the “perfect penis” and sarcastically tells women that they’re free to use the bathroom and sleep without being watched. A few animated women wear crop tops.

A few guards carry semi-automatic weapons. A few women ask for permission to agree with their husbands. The women of Cromania escape from prison and overthrow the government; we later hear that they kill all the men in the country. A solider is shot and killed.

Bridgette drinks a glass of wine.

Feb. 25, 2021, Episode 2: “Secret Horse”

Emily feels neglected by her parents and chooses a horse as her new best friend, but it turns out that everyone needs the horse’s help in some way.

A man jokes about a cousin who suffered trauma after watching his father die.

A man roller skates shirtless. Bridgette looks at pictures of girls on social media in crop tops and bathing suits. A naked Emily (her body obscured by darkness) kisses a horse and, when the lights are turned on, covers her naked parts with her hands. A man illegally spray paints the words “boobz” on a wall and is sent to prison. A horse urinates on a car.

A man calls himself a “basic b–ch” and later says “a–hole.”

July 9, 2020, Episode 1: “Quilty Pleasures”

Emily and Josh are determined to prove their parenting skills after Candice’s teacher calls them out for picking Candice up late from school and for Candice failing to turn her assignments in on time.

A couple makes out. We then see them post-coitus hidden by a quilt. People talk about sex. A man nicknames his pet bird “BJ” and his wife slaps him for the reference to oral sex. We see a man without his shirt on. A child makes a quilt of her family where they are all nude (with critical body parts pixelated).

A hawk cuts the head off a smaller bird. Several people are kicked, punched and tackled. Someone is tackled by a human-sized rat, which is then set on fire. A man falls off a roof. A little girl crashes after performing a dangerous skating stunt. People are tossed around by a strong air current. Two people are thrown out of a car. We see a mannequin that has been decorated to look like it has been trampled by horses with its intestines spilling out. Someone suggests that a child lost his hands in a sweatshop accident.

Several orphans beg for parents. Candice tells her teacher that she received ice cream for dinner the last time her parents were late so that she wouldn’t remember that they forgot about her. A man says his dad moved out when he was 4. A woman says she is divorced.

People drink margaritas. A man is pickpocketed. Someone says a factory smells like rat urine. Bugs crawl out of a woman’s mouth. A scorpion is frozen in a popsicle, which then causes a child to breath fire. Several children turn into old people during the night. We hear several uses of the s-word, as well as “h—,” “d–mit,” “p-ss” and “dumba–.” There are also several misuses of God’s name.

July 9, 2020, Episode 2: “The Perfect House”

Emily finds herself trapped in a sitcom after fantasizing about the “perfect life” at an open house.

People are injured by cacti. A kid falls off his bike. We see a man covered in scrapes and bruises.

A woman lifts her shirt (with black censor bars covering her breasts). We see a man and woman in nothing but their underwear (though it isn’t sexual). A man carries a naked blow-up sex doll in his car. A man asks his wife if she is cheating.

A child star (and emancipated minor) is sad that she’ll never have a “normal” life. There is a repeated joke about a man not having any family.

Someone tries to make a connection between Garfield and Jesus. A woman says her body is a paintbrush that her spirit inhabits. We see a moonshine bottle filled with urine. A bird poops on a woman. People joke about wine. We see a picture of wine in the background. A woman makes a crude hand gesture, but her hands are covered by black censor bars. We hear the s-word, “h—” and “b–tard,” as well as a few misuses of God’s name. Some curse words are bleeped out by a censor.