I Finally Hit My Limit & Unsubscribed

I was a huge fan of the show when it was airing and subscribed to GNL day 1. There have been so many discussions on the myriad ways making every episode a two-parter undermines the quality of the podcast and audience enjoyment, but one of my biggest pet peeves is how one of them will reference something ACTUALLY INTERESTING and the other will be like "oh wait, let's save that for later!" and then forget to bring it up in part 2. I've been sticking with them over 2 years holding out hope that mayyyyyybe one of them will see our feedback and incorporate it somehow, but this recent string of episodes has pushed me over the edge, and they've lost a loyal fan for good.

Kendra potentially hooking up with Shaun White on the snowboarding trip is one of the biggest pieces of lore/gossip that has endured from this show for decades. I mean, their chemistry is so electric that I remember watching this when I was in 8th grade thinking "woah, I bet they hooked up or something." I thought we were in for a real treat when H mentioned the ep was probably going to just be 1 part and B said that she thought K and SW hooked up because of some behind the scenes stuff, but of course she had to "save it for later." Cut to the inevitable part 2, and they don't talk about it AT ALL. H even tried to get B to elaborate about anything happening in the hot tub and B was just like "no :)". Instead, we get lengthy descriptions of the side effects of altitude sickness medication and a 3rd Marston interview about random rooms in a house we've never been in (that probably no longer exist after the remodel).

I really wanted to love this podcast and I was originally very excited for H&B to have a platform to share their perspectives, reexamine the show from a 2020s lens, and of course give us tea. They've stretched this rewatch out for so long to milk as much $$ out of it as possible, but then they're not even going to touch on one of the biggest, juiciest rumors that's still floating around? TBH I feel taken advantage of as an audience member. Curious if others feel the same.