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I SAW THE TV GLOW

Hey, remember The Pink Opaque, that YA show where Isabel and Tara communicated via the psychic plane to battle moon-faced Big Bad Mr Melancholy? Got a favourite episode? “Welcome To The Scar Wash”? “Escape From The Midnight Owl”? What about that shocking season five finale? You probably don’t, because it didn’t actually exist. However, if you loved Buffy (whose Amber Benson cameos here), “Josh Pemberton”’s fictional TV series should set bells ringing.

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