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Decoding TV

Bonus Ep: 'DTF St. Louis' Was Worth the Journey

Decoding TV

David Chen

Recap, Tv, Netflix, Hbo, Tv & Film, Streaming, Fx, Hulu, Max, Television

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this bonus Decoding TV episode, David and Patrick discuss the season finale of DTF St. Louis. How did we feel about how this story unfolded? Were we satisfied by the ending? And what, ultimately, was this show trying to say about male loneliness and friendship? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more.


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0:00.0

It's been a really confusing summer.

0:08.0

How can I find this guy, Clark, to verify your story?

0:12.0

I don't know what I'm doing. I'm fucking lonely, man.

0:16.0

Did we just team up to not solve a murder?

0:22.2

I just have one last question.

0:24.8

What happened to Mr. Smyrnage's penis?

0:28.3

Our lives were changed that day and not because of dick reasons.

0:32.7

Hello, everyone, and welcome to a bonus episode about DTF St. Louis, season one on HBO. I'm David Chen here with Patrick Kleppick.

0:41.4

And in this episode, we are going to discuss the season one finale of DTF St. Louis. We're going to talk about what we thought about the show overall.

0:49.4

So, yeah, Patrick, let's get right into it. I mean mean we had originally started covering this week to week

0:54.9

and then we kind of stopped because I think we both thought that a week to week coverage was not

1:00.8

going to be compelling enough to make it worth like a full-blown segment and in my opinion I

1:07.2

actually do think we made the correct decision on that. I think the show is many things,

1:13.8

and one of those things is is fairly slowly paced, in my opinion. And it just in my, it just ended up

1:22.0

not being a show that I think rewarded a ton of speculation and dissection.

1:28.6

All that being said, I know you were pretty mixed on the show from the beginning.

1:32.1

I was more positive on it than you.

1:34.3

We've now reached the end of season one.

1:35.8

We know the secret.

1:36.9

We know the solution to the problem.

1:39.1

What did you end up thinking of the show?

1:41.7

I was mixed on it in the beginning because I didn't really know what show I was watching.

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