S1, EP18: Reality Bites (1994)

Grab your Big Gulps, kids. Cate and Lori are gettin’ really real with 1994’s Gen X classic, Reality Bites starring Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, and Ben Stiller.

The "emotionally mature" ladies talk about the passions and pitfalls of loving Troy Dyer types, social security numbers flying freely around college campuses, littering as a major turn-off, and how trading principles for rent totally bites.

And hey! Cate shared her college paper, Culture Clash: Music, Character and Identity in 'Reality Bites' for your reading pleasure. But don’t plagiarize it, kids. The establishment doesn’t owe you a Snickers and colleges check for that kind of thing.