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Decoding TV

Ep. 112 - Why Did 'The Bear' Surprise Drop "Gary"? (Plus: 'Euphoria' S3E05 Is a Sydney Sweeney Showcase)

Decoding TV

David Chen

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

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 84 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode of Decoding TV, David and Patrick discuss what’s going on in the world of TV, then dive into the latest episode of Euphoria and the surprise drop episode of The Bear (“Gary”)

What do we make of the new X-Files casting that’s been announced? Are there really going to be four Fast and Furious TV shows? And how fair are the Golden Globes’ new AI rules? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more.

Homework for next week:

  • Show of the Week: Lord of the Flies (Netflix)
  • Euphoria season 3 episode 6 (HBO Max)
  • Bonus Ep: The Boys season 5 episode 7 (Prime Video)

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television.

0:04.0

I'm David Chen, and joining me as usual is Patrick Klebek.

0:06.1

Patrick, when is the last time you can remember someone surprised dropped a TV episode?

0:13.7

If they didn't surprise drop the secret season of Stranger Things, that didn't happen?

0:17.8

Like, everyone was saying that was going to happen.

0:20.1

The last surprise

0:21.1

drop i remember was when netflix acquired the rights to uh the cloverfield movie stop it stop it

0:27.5

like i've and then they drop and that was a badass like on the super bowl they're like

0:31.6

you know stream it later tonight on netflix the cloverfield sequel it's like whoa

0:36.3

and then the movie ended up being not very good no that's that's why I'm not, that's why I'm, that's why I'm shaking my head. I've tried to forget any of that happen. Cloverfield is one of my all-time favorite. Like I love Cloverfield, like Kaiju plus found footage. And so the idea of, because that comes after 10, Claverfield Lane, right? It's like, all right, this

0:56.1

Cloverfield thing is maybe a thing. And then it was not a thing. And that movie single-handedly

1:00.4

destroyed the Cloverfield franchise. Yeah, the Cloverfield paradox for those who don't know

1:04.8

where we're referring to. But anyway, folks, decoding TV right here, we're obviously going to

1:10.2

talk about some TV news that's going on and also review and recap the latest episode of Euphoria. But we had promised that we would be discussing Lord of the Flies as a show of the week this week. Now, I was a little bit hedgy on that promise. And obviously, that was extremely planned because I knew that they were going to be surprise dropping some of it we would want to discuss instead. And that is our show of the week this week, which is

1:31.6

The Bear, season 4.5, which is a surprise drop episode of The Bear that is a flashback episode

1:43.9

that takes place many years ago for the most part,

1:46.6

featuring Richie and Mikey.

1:49.6

But let's get to it, Patrick.

1:50.6

Let's talk about it.

1:51.0

So just to be clear, today we're going to be discussing Gary, the surprise drop episode of the bear.

1:56.7

And then next week, our show of the week will be Lord of the Flies.

2:00.0

So let's get to it, our show of the week. It's our show of the week will be Lord of the Flies. So let's get to it, our show of the week.

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