Decoding TV Ep. 88 - 'Pluribus' S1E03 Opens Up Some Dangerous Possibilities
Decoding TV
David Chen
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2025
⏱️ 101 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Decoding TV podcast, David and Patrick discuss what’s going on in the world of TV, then dive into the third episode of Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus.
How do we feel about the imminent return of Alien: Earth, not to mention Shogun? Can Poker Face survive with a new Charlie Cale? And why are we so excited about a new show based off Jimmy Olsen? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more.
Homework for next week:
- Pluribus Episode 4 (Apple TV)
Shownotes:
- 07:54 - TV News
- YouTube TV Blackout Is Costing Disney an Estimated $4.3 Million per Day in Lost Revenue
- Bob Iger defends deal
- ‘Alien: Earth’ Renewed for Season 2
- Shogun Season 2 Sets Filming/Directors/Writers
- Rian Johnson Wants 2-Season Deal With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth Charlie Cale
- Jimmy Olsen ‘DC Crime’ Series in the Works at HBO Max From ‘American Vandal’ Duo, First Season Focused on Gorilla Grodd
- 48:08 - Pluribus
- Episode 3 - Grenade
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television. |
| 0:05.2 | I'm David Chen. |
| 0:06.2 | Joining me as usual is Patrick Kleppick. |
| 0:08.0 | Patrick, how goes your week? |
| 0:10.9 | I'll tell you over here in Portugal, this torrential rain. |
| 0:14.9 | It's so loud. |
| 0:16.0 | I was worried to get picked up by the mic. |
| 0:17.5 | That's how bad it is right now. |
| 0:18.8 | That's going to be one of the fun little quirks of, |
| 0:21.5 | like, |
| 0:22.0 | of going to a place where when you go on a vacation, you're not, you're mostly hoping for nice weather to make whatever you're doing. Like, like, I want it to be sunny and, you know, it may not necessarily warm, but just like, I can do the things that I wanted to accomplish. |
| 0:38.5 | Absolutely. |
| 0:39.1 | I can go outside without getting grinched. |
| 0:41.0 | But when you live there, you know, or at least going to be there for an extended period of time, it's got to be kind of neat. Like, what is the rhythm of the weather here? It's got to be kind of a fun little part of that. Yeah, it's a blast worrying if the house is going to flood around. |
| 0:57.4 | It's amazing. |
| 0:58.5 | How are you doing, sir? |
| 1:00.5 | I'm good. |
| 1:01.2 | You know, holidays approach. |
| 1:03.5 | The weather is weird out here. |
| 1:05.7 | We had a couple inches of snow on Saturday, and now it's 65 65 and I should probably go for a run outside |
| 1:12.4 | later today before it gets cold again. Excellent. Well, we are glad you listeners out there have |
| 1:18.3 | decided to make decoding TV part of your week. Today on the podcast, we're going to be discussing |
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