Ep. 101 - ‘The Pitt’ S2E08 Asks if You’d Take a 20% Chance of Getting Better for a 1% Chance of Disaster
Decoding TV
David Chen
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 89 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 latest episode of The Pitt.
What did we make of the mess at the BAFTAs this week? Are people who partake in IMDB Score Wars well balanced or hateful individuals? And how excited are we for Ryan Coogler’s X-Files? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more.
Homework for next week:
- The Pitt Season 2 Episode 9 (HBO Max)
- DTF St. Louis (HBO Max)
Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate):
- 01:30 - TV News
- The BAFTA Mess
- BBC Removes N-Word Outburts
- John Davidson apologizes kind of
- Warner Complains About N-Word but BBC Broadcasts It Anyways
- John Davidson’s interview with Variety
- Slate’s Interview with Johnelle Bean
- GoT vs. Breaking Bad IMDB Score War
- X-Files Gets Hulu Pilot
- Disney Asked Tony Gilroy not to use the word “Fascism” (but now he can)
- BW Corner:
- Attia Out
- 42:30 - The Pitt Season 2
- Episode 8 - 2:00 P.M.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, listeners, David Chen here. When we recorded this episode, we didn't yet hear about the news that Paramount is now going to be buying Warner Brothers, not Netflix. |
| 0:08.9 | Obviously, a huge story. We'll be discussing it next week's episode of the podcast. Thanks and enjoy the episode. |
| 0:14.7 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television. I'm David Chen. |
| 0:19.5 | Joining me, as usual, is Patrick Leppick. |
| 0:21.5 | Patrick, you stay warm over there in the States. |
| 0:25.1 | I heard there's some massive storms hitting the country right now. |
| 0:29.2 | What's going on over there, man? |
| 0:30.4 | It's just normal, cold. |
| 0:32.0 | I mean, we had... |
| 0:33.3 | My children are so upset. |
| 0:34.6 | It was varying degrees of 40 to 60 degrees out. |
| 0:40.1 | Like true Midwest spring weather. |
| 0:43.6 | Like, this is great. |
| 0:44.5 | We're done with winter. |
| 0:46.3 | Nah, kids, like, this is not how it works. |
| 0:48.3 | You get a little tease. |
| 0:49.2 | And then we're back to 35 degrees today. |
| 0:54.1 | Yesterday, it was like 18. |
| 0:56.0 | I don't know if you know this. |
| 0:56.7 | The groundhog saw his shadow or didn't see a shadow, |
| 0:59.7 | whatever the thing is that makes it be longer winter, you know? |
| 1:02.2 | There are multiple groundhogs, especially in the Midwest, |
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