Glee on the Rocks: an unofficial Glee podcast

an unofficial retrospective about Glee, the fandom, and its effects on all our lives

every episode we break down the highs and lows of the writing, the music, and the cultural impact of a network TV show that only ran 6 seasons and ended over a decade ago

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Aug. 28, 2026

9-1-1 on the Rocks: 1x08 — “Karma's a Bitch” Recap: Sorry Bobby, You Have to Live

Karma comes for everyone this week, and apparently she has access to bullets, tanning beds, dump trucks, and one extremely motivated tiger. On 9-1-1, 1x08 "Karma's a Bitch," the universe is balancing its books — sometimes with satisfying absurdity, and sometimes with emotional devastation. This episode we break down: 🌳 A bullet lodged in a tree, some deeply questionable DIY arborism, and perhaps the most elaborate “fuck around and find out” senario in Season 1. 🐅 A terrible dentist, a very goo

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Aug. 24, 2026

Glee on the Rocks: 5x20 Recap - “The Untitled Pigeon Project”

Season Five ends the only way Glee knows how: with everyone making enormous life decisions, several timelines that absolutely do not add up, and Rachel Berry apparently deciding that the Broadway dream she has spent five seasons screaming about was actually just a side quest. This is 5x20, "The Untitled Rachel Berry Project." This episode, we break down: 📺 Rachel’s sudden pivot from Funny Girl to television, the fastest pilot development process in Hollywood history, and the growing suspicion t

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Aug. 21, 2026

9-1-1 on the Rocks: 1x07 — “Full Moon (Creepy AF)” Recap: Bad Moon Rising

The full moon is out over Los Angeles, which apparently means everyone is legally permitted to lose their goddamn minds because what is happening here. 1x07 “Full Moon (Creepy AF)” gives us synchronized yoga labor, a face-eating maybe-zombie, a deeply enthusiastic tapeworm extraction, and Henrietta Wilson making a choice so bad we would personally like to revoke her full moon privileges. This episode we break down: 🌕 Buck Buckley, noted scientist, explaining that the full moon makes gravity he

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Aug. 14, 2026

9-1-1 on the Rocks: 1x06 — “Heartbreaker” Recap: Happy Valentine’s Day, Don’t Choke

Love is in the air in Los Angeles, which naturally means fake plane crashes, emergency tracheotomies, a man superglued back together (yeah, we know), and possibly the most cursed welcome-back cake in workplace history. 1x06 “Heartbreaker” is where 9-1-1 really starts feeling like 9-1-1: wildly sincere, deeply ridiculous, and absolutely determined to turn every possible expression of love into somebody’s emergency. This episode we break down: ✈️ A proposal so catastrophically ill-conceived it l

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Aug. 7, 2026

9-1-1 on the Rocks: 1x05 — “Point of Origin” Recap: Dead Dove Do Not Open Bobby’s Backstory

This week, 9-1-1 asks whether we ever truly know the people closest to us and then immediately reveals enough secrets, lies, and catastrophic personal history to make everyone reconsider the question. 1x05 “Point of Origin” finally opens Bobby Nash’s ominous little black book, introduces us to the magnificent Karen Wilson, and sends Buck and Abby on a first date involving a missing mother, an electrified swimming pool, and an impressive amount of unresolved sexual tension. This episode, we brea

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July 31, 2026

9-1-1 on the Rocks: 1x04 — “Worst Day Ever” Recap: The Little Black Book of Horrors

Four episodes in, 9-1-1 crashes a passenger plane into the Pacific, sets the water on fire, traps people inside a sinking fuselage, and casually establishes the blueprint for every enormous disaster the show will throw at us later. But beneath all the spectacle, 1x04 "Worst Day Ever" really is an episode about the people who keep running into emergencies because not doing it just isn't an option. And it's about the moment three coworkers finally start becoming something that looks a lot like fam

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"A great deep dive into Glee. The hosts dissect the characters and the relationships in the show. These hosts are hysterical I couldn’t stop laughing! The content and chemistry is excellent. Looking f…"

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Megs_C | June 17, 2020

wow are they in my head?

"i watched glee when i was in high school and then went back to it last year and kind of had the same opinions, which i had thought were unpopular and based on nothing but wow. it’s nice to listen to …"

adrisbowties | June 5, 2020

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"If you are also a 21 year-old college basketball player endrenched in the horrible greatness of Glee, I've got some quality content for you."

Jehovah's LITness | Aug. 10, 2018

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"This podcast is great. 3 voices giving you great analysis on arguably one of the best (and worst) shows of a generation. If you like glee and booze or just glee or just booze ... I recommend listen…"

james_marc | Feb. 26, 2018

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Recent Episodes

9-1-1 on the Rocks: 1x08 — “Karma's a Bitch” Recap: Sorry Bobby, You Have to Live

Glee on the Rocks: 5x20 Recap - “The Untitled Pigeon Project”

9-1-1 on the Rocks: 1x07 — “Full Moon (Creepy AF)” Recap: Bad Moon Rising

9-1-1 on the Rocks: 1x06 — “Heartbreaker” Recap: Happy Valentine’s Day, Don’t Choke

9-1-1 on the Rocks: 1x05 — “Point of Origin” Recap: Dead Dove Do Not Open Bobby’s Backstory

9-1-1 on the Rocks: 1x04 — “Worst Day Ever” Recap: The Little Black Book of Horrors

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