It's uncharacteristically cold, everything is expensive, everyone is miserable, and the world is just generally terrible. I don't know what to tell you. I can't fix any of those problems. What I can offer, though, is 14 hours of absolute escapism; an immersive experience into a fantasy realm where the fae are fierce and the witches cast spells and shade. I am telling you — nay, begging you — to take a deep dive into the world of Dimension 20: Dungeons and Drag Queens.
Yes, Dungeons and Drag Queens.
It is exactly what it sounds like — a seasons-long campaign of unfiltered and uncut D&D action where every member of the party is rolling dice and serving lewks. It sounds like the premise of a sketch that stops being funny after page four, right? That's absolutely not the case here, because Dimension 20 just wrapped its second season of stunts — and it's an immediate frontrunner for the best drag show of 2025.
To zoom out for some context: Dimension 20 is an original series on the streaming service Dropout (a.k.a. the comedy video collective formerly known as College Humor). Dungeons and Drag Queens is one of the series in the Dimension 20 franchise. It's hosted/overseen by Brennan Lee Mulligan, Dungeon Master extraordinaire, and features a cast of legends: Alaska Thunderfuck, Bob the Drag Queen, Jujubee, and Monét X Change. You're sold, right? Those four queens? Are you kidding me?
The quartet don't play themselves, though. The queens initially told Mulligan that they wanted the full D&D experience, so they are all fantastical, mythical, magical beings with gifts beyond those of mere queens.
- Alaska is Princess Foehammer, a brutish Orc of few words possessed of unbreakable loyalty, a mighty axe, and a cute pink skirt.
- Bob the Drag Queen is Gertrude, an immortal witch with anxiety issues whose reclusive nature belies her natural leadership.
- Jujubee is Twyla, a flirty and flighty fairy who is somehow the heart of the team and a total loose cannon.
- And Monét X Change is Troyánn, an elf/mermaid assassin with serious trust issues — issues that stem from being the estranged princess of an underwater metropolis.
Together, this unlikely quartet — the Questing Queens — traverse the realm of Kelvorda, battling mer-ssassins, freeing dragons, stealing from demons, and flirting with everyone.
Now, I know 14 hours spread across six episodes sounds like a lot, but this is not an instance of Netflix bloat. There is no filler here, and the expanded runtime is the best example of "feature, not a bug" that I can think of.
When you settle in for an episode of Dungeons and Drag Queens, honey, you are seated in every literal and colloquial sense of the word. You absolutely feel like you are in the room with the queens, rifling through cards and sheets of stats, grasping for dice, and clasping hands while wishing for a nat 20. The bond that these four have is as electric as Troyánn's arrows.
If you've ever wanted to know how these queens would fare in high stakes fight or flight scenarios of a fantastical nature, this is the show for you. Like, Monét is good at sussing out a person's motives, Bob is a skilled strategist, Alaska has razor-sharp insight into complex situations, and Jujubee knows where all the bathrooms are in Kelvorda.
The show is not just for D&D players, either. I can count the number of times I've played on one hand — which is startlingly low considering my interests and history as an improv comedian. The best thing about Dungeons and Drag Queens — well, the two best things: The queens don't know much of nothing about D&D at first. If you start with Season 1, you are watching the queens learn the rules of the game (and how to break the rules) in real time.
And the other best thing: Brennan Lee Mulligan's storytelling prowess.
I can envision a dark dimension where there is a version of Dungeons and Drag Queens where the queens are treated as novelties and the DM scoffs at their inexperience. I think it's easy in this dimension, if you just heard the premise of the series, to wrongly presume that that is what Dungeons and Drag Queens could be. But what makes Dungeons and Drag Queens such a beautiful — yeah, I said it! Beautiful! — show is the ongoing cultural exchange between two supposedly distant artistic expressions. The queens are always learning from Brennan, but Brennan is eagerly learning from the queens at every opportunity. There's no "you can't do that!" There is only, "Hell yeah!" from Brennan. There is no disrespect, no bad faith, no disparagement; it's all earnest, exciting, enthusiastic, and other "E" words. I've said "electric" already.
This is even physically represented on the show by Brennan's own look, as he is essentially in D&D drag himself — and only getting draggier as the series progresses. The Season 2 finale finds Brennan learning that it's not easy to roll dice while wearing two-inch long nails. It's delightful.
And — clearly I could go on about this show for 14 hours — I would be remiss to not mention the emotional journey! Dungeons and Drag Queens will make you laugh harder than you have since, uh, early November.
And — wildly — Dungeons and Drag Queens will make you cry. I am not kidding you. This is a show that, through the engrossing storytelling and the epic run time, reels you in, bitch. Season 2 has some of the most shocking twists and turns, and — I am not going to reveal the moment, because it is a GAG, but just — look at Jujubee.
This is real. The tear is real.
Is it possible to be nominated for the Lead Actress in a Drama Series Emmy if you are a drag queen performing in an unscripted series on a up-and-coming streaming service? Well, we're gonna find out — !!
Have I sold this show to you yet? I don't know of a better way to spend 14 hours than by watching all of Season 2 of Dungeons and Drag Queens this weekend. Get into it. Get obsessed. Get ... some chicken. Eat it for Mustard.
You can stream all of Dimension 20: Dungeons and Drag Queens on Dropout.
