Yes, we're wrapping up the podcast. Is it Heated Rivalry's fault? Kinda!

We had a really good go, but after a lot of conversations about this, we have decided that we will end Gayest Episode Ever with one last ten-episode season. The below episodes will be going live every other week (in the way new episodes have appeared in the feed in the last year), so we're going to be around for some time yet, but this is the plan for the last run of GEE.

And if you're disappointed or surprised, please let us know. But in this mini-ep we do get into the reason why we've come to that decision.

The schedule for the final season (order TBD)

1. Happy Days S2E4 "You Go to My Head"

2. Ned and Stacey S1E19 "Gay Caballeros"

3. Dear John S1E13 "Stand by Your Man"

4. Married… With Children S3E21 "Life's a Beach"

5. Duckman S3E2 "Forbidden Fruit"

6. Oh Grow Up (episode TBD)

7. Gay Disney shorts

8. Cheers S11E26 "One for the Road"

9. Batman: TAS S2E11 "Baby Doll"

10. Frasier S1E24 "My Dinner With Niles"

"A Night Alone Together: Usagi in Danger" (August 17, 1996)

In our fourth look at Sailor Moon, we're discussing the final season, which features the Sailor Stars. Canonically, they're female superheroes who magically become boys in order to remain in disguise, and as a result some Sailor Moon fans consider them to be trans-coded or metaphorically transgender. It's not really for us to say one way or another, but there's enough discussion about how to discuss these characters' gender that it made sense to cover this episode. Will it be the last?

Sailor Moon, previously:

• The Cartoons That Made Us Gay: Sailor Moon
• Sailor Moon Meets a Lesbian Couple
• Sailor Moon Meets a Beguiling Genderfluid Villain

Also listen to the complete run of The Cartoons That Made Us Gay on the GEE Patreon!

"Ellen's First Christmess" (December 17, 2001)

Yes, we're closing 2025 with a lump of coal rather than a sugarplum fairy. Believe it or not, Ellen Degeneres had a second sitcom between her first one and her reign as the iron-fisted queen of daytime. It's mostly lost in the shuffle today, but we're taking a look at her Christmas episode to point out how she chose to shut up about her sexuality this time around. Was it worth it? No.

See you in hell, 2025.

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