The Plot Sickens
by Deltra and Vanessa
TV & FilmE · Explicit
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About this podcast
The Plot Sickens is a podcast where illness meets pop culture—and nobody gets out alive (but we’ll laugh about it anyway). Hosted by Deltra and Vanessa, two friends living with metastatic breast cancer, we dissect how movies and TV portray cancer, chronic illness, and terminal diagnoses. Expect brutal honesty, dark humor, medical mayhem, and the occasional “did they really write that line?” From rolling our eyes at miracle cures to celebrating the rare moments of truth, we’re here to say what patients are actually thinking—one plot twist at a time.
Let’s see how the plot... sickens.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 37 episodes
- Halloween Special Episode 37: Nocebo · 1 h 31 min · Season 1 Episode 27Happy Halloween from The Plot Sickens! This week, Vanessa and Deltra step into the unsettling world of Nocebo. What starts as a mysterious illness quickly turns into a twisted…
- Episode 36: A Walk to Remember · 1 h 18 min · Season 1 Episode 36You asked, and we finally delivered! A Walk to Remember has been one of our most-requested movies. This week, Deltra and Vanessa revisit the Mandy Moore and Shane West classic…
- Episode 35: Autumn in New York · 1 h 18 min · Season 1 Episode 35This week on The Plot Sickens, we’re reviewing Autumn in New York — a sweeping romance with a massive age gap, a terminal diagnosis, and Richard Gere making some truly…
- Episode 34: Patch Adams · 1 h 33 min · Season 1 Episode 34This week on The Plot Sickens, we’re reviewing Patch Adams where laughter may be the best medicine, but we’ve got a few notes for the chart. We talk Robin Williams, bedside…
- Episode 28: We Live In Time- repost · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 28This week, we're reviewing We Live in Time, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh. We discuss the film's romance, its honest approach to life's biggest questions, and why…
- Episode 33: Don't Say Good Luck · 1 h 23 min · Season 1 Episode 33In this weeks episode, Vanessa and Deltra dive into Netflix’s Don’t Say Good Luck — a moving coming-of-age story about theater, family, grief, and cancer. We talk about the…
- Episode 32: Funny People · 1 h 13 min · Season 1 Episode 32What happens when Adam Sandler plays a comedian who gets a cancer diagnosis? Well…apparently A LOT. This week, we’re talking Funny People — the cancer storyline, an insane number…
- Episode 31: The Art of Racing in the Rain · 1 h 25 min · Season 1 Episode 31In this episode of The Plot Sickens, we review the 2019 movie The Art of Racing in the Rain—the heartfelt story about love, loss, resilience, and the incredible bond between a…
- Episode 30: Voicemails for Isabelle · 1 h 30 min · Season 1 Episode 30This week on The Plot Sickens, we review Voicemails for Isabelle, a heartfelt story about sisterhood, grief, and finding a way to move forward after loss. We discuss the bond…
- Episode 29: Freeheld · 1 h 11 min · Season 1 Episode 29🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈 This week on The Plot Sickens, we're discussing Freeheld (2015), the true story of Laurel Hester and Stacie Andree, whose fight for equality became a…
- 1 Year Anniversary Episode 27: Irreplaceable You · 1 h 9 min · Season 1 Episode 27This week marks one year of The Plot Sickens! To celebrate, we're reviewing Irreplaceable You (2018), a film about love, loss, and trying to prepare for the future after a…
- Episode 26: The Farewell · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 26This week on The Plot Sickens, Vanessa and Deltra discuss The Farewell — the heartfelt film inspired by a true story about a family who chooses to withhold a terminal cancer…
- Episode 25: Other People · 1 h 12 min · Season 1 Episode 25This week, we review Other People—and it hit hard. With a powerful performance by Molly Shannon, the film explores the reality of cancer from treatment to hospice in a way that…
- Episode 24: The Room Next Door · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 24This week on The Plot Sickens, we dive into The Room Next Door—a visually stunning, quietly poetic film about terminal illness and choice. It left us with one big question: what…
- Episode 23: Steel Magnolias · 1 h 31 min · Season 1 Episode 23It’s Deltra’s first time watching Steel Magnolias, and it brings up a lot. As two people living with metastatic breast cancer, we talk through illness, grief, and humor—and what…
- Episode 22: Me Before You · 1 h 24 min · Season 1 Episode 22This week on The Plot Sickens, we’re discussing Me Before You—a film that opens the door to a deeper conversation about love, disability, autonomy, and end-of-life choice. We…
- Episode 21: Don't Tell Her It's Me · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 21This week on The Plot Sickens, we tackle the 1990 rom-com Don’t Tell Her It’s Me—(also known as The Boyfriend School),a story about a cancer survivor reinventing himself for love…
- Episode 20: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks · 1 h 11 min · Season 1 Episode 20In honor of Black History Month, we’re discussing The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks — the story of the woman whose cancer cells changed medicine forever, without her knowledge…
- Episode 19: Philadelphia · 1 h 14 min · Season 1 Episode 19This week, The Plot Sickens revisits Philadelphia—a rewatch that hit us much harder than expected. While the story centers on AIDS, its themes of illness, fear, and stigma felt…
- Ep 18: Fried Green Tomatoes · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 18In this episode of The Plot Sickens, Vanessa finally gets her wish and brings one of her all-time favorite films, Fried Green Tomatoes, to the pod. Deltra is watching it for the…
