...if we could find a free real time chat forum that we could use in conjunction with the episodes that run on Pluto TV. Or even scheduled watchalongs with the YouTube/Prime episodes.

I don't even know if there are still free chat room forums running these days but it would be a neat way to interact with each other while watching along.

you could do it on Discord and create a chat there

Don't forget Court TV's Mystery channel. UM is on afternoons and late night there.

Definitely. It's always cool when a live broadcast on yt is done and subscribe rs use live chat feature. Pity I don't think Pluto uses it and filmrise just uses standard comment system on the yt platform