["Second Chances"] What can we say about Melrose Place 106? A lot, it turns out! This episode of the Melrose Madness podcast unearths the quirks of human behavior (and not-so-human behavior) on display as Alison tutors Jake and Rhonda faces her fears. Modern dance! Checkered pasts! Sexy mysteries! More mantleberries! Come along for some serious spelunking of the pop culture cavern that is Melrose Place with your hosts Lisa and Wayne and producers Ilana and Chris. 0:00:00 Alison & Jake: Too wholesome to be sexual 0:05:34 Rhonda & Matt: Nobody likes modern dance 0:10:00 Jake’s distaste for all things “multicultural” 0:13:29 Alison, the college cram queen 0:18:43 Tangent: This one’s a shocker! 0:20:35 Commercial break 0:21:23 Alison & Billy: Being awful, together 0:23:59 No one believes that Alison got laid 0:26:07 Alison & Jake: The proposition 0:30:03 Jake & Sandy: Takin’ out the trash 0:35:33 Alison: Not particularly terrible, overall, for once 0:37:34 Jake looks like a psychopath sometimes 0:38:50 Dreamin’ about schemin’ 0:40:56 The dilemma of continuity, the weight of fandom 0:48:10 Tangent: A conspiracy theory about the murder of Jason Todd’s Robin 0:50:03 Billy aka the Incredible Sulk 0:52:27 Alison & Jake: High school confidential 0:54:10 Alison & Jake: The kiss and the quiz 0:58:40 Alison & Jake: Did they smash? 1:00:46 Commercial break No. 2 1:01:28 Jake’s jobs (and a little bit of the story of how Wayne was made) 1:10:12 GED party: A mortar board whodunnit 1:13:23 GED party: Ruining happy hour at Shooters 1:16:08 Tangent: Coyote Ugly 1:18:08 Things on TV in the ’90s that weren’t real in real life 1:20:19 TV vs. reality Pt. 2: The world of dance 1:22:49 The music substitution: No, I don’t have the power 1:24:18 Fashion: Rhonda’s enmeshment 1:26:34 Rhonda’s passion for dance 1:27:43 Rhonda, cardiofunk, and job snobbery 1:29:16 Rhonda, ahead of her time/timeless 1:31:06 Rhonda’s storyline, unfortunately weak 1:32:20 Rhonda’s dance: An accidental moment of Black joy (and a joy to see) 1:35:49 Rhonda’s backstory 1:37:20 Food: Return of the mantleberries 1:38:10 Rhonda: “No carbs, no way” 1:38:46 Extra of the week: Tower Records & Video 1:39:22 The worst thing Alison did 1:40:23 Producer Ilana’s coffee count 1:41:21 Quotation Credit for the commercials - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Music provided by RockSounds: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDCrpV76YhBzQkOSrvnRa1A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -