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Decoding TV

Ep. 115 - Can Nicolas Cage Play a Convincing Spider-Man in 'Spider-Noir'? (Plus: The 'Euphoria' Series Finale Was a Disaster)

Decoding TV

David Chen

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

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 100 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

NOTE: We’re considering doing a weekly (re)watch of Dark Matter season 1 in the lead-up to the season 2 premiere at the end of August. Would you support this? If so, let us know at decodingtv(at)gmail(dot)com.


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 Prime Video series Spider-Noir.


How much longer are we having to wait between seasons for TV shows these days? What the hell is going on at 60 Minutes? And will consumers ever be okay with Generative AI TV shows? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more.

Homework for next week:

  • Show of the Week (in two weeks): Cape Fear (Apple TV)
  • Half Man season finale (HBO Max)
  • Bonus Ep: Widow’s Bay ep 8 (Apple TV)

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0:00.0

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

0:04.7

I'm David Chen, joining me as usual is Patrick Leppick. Patrick, I want to take an opportunity right now to let people know, hey, check out Decoding TV across all your video platforms, not just YouTube, but also TikTok and Instagram.

0:18.8

We're posting the highlights of our conversations over there and occasional original stuff as well.

0:26.3

I made a little half man ending TikTok and Instagram.

0:32.1

For those who have watched the ending of that show, we will of course have a full-blown discussion on that later on.

0:39.1

Not Patrick, because he is, he did the sensible thing and pieced out of that show, but I will have a

0:45.0

great guest on to discuss the finale of Halfman. But yes, check out Decoding TV on Instagram and

0:51.1

TikTok. We're posting again short form clips and I think

0:54.7

they're quite enjoyable. But Patrick, how is it going to the United States right now? Is it getting as hot there as it is over here? All right. Well, as long as we're talking about the weather, like, how's it going in the United States? Like, it's great. You know, don't, don't worry about it. No, it's, you know, it's know, at least in my neck of the woods in the, outside, in the Midwest,

1:13.9

it's the one of the strangest parts of the weather calendar where every day is either nice

1:20.6

and warm and in the 80s or you're like dipping back down into the 50s.

1:24.7

And so each day my kids are like, shorts or pants? It's like, I don't know. We got to check

1:29.2

the weather. So you get some really gorgeous fun days that feel like summer is here. And then all

1:34.6

a sudden, you're putting on sweatshirts again. But, you know, school's almost over. Vacations on

1:39.9

the horizon. So I'm, I'm doing good. good well it is getting pretty hot here in

1:46.1

Portugal uh and yeah we're bacon over here baking over here so I hope everyone is

1:52.4

able to stay cool out there I want to let people know a little bit about what's going on

1:56.7

with this podcast uh in terms of what we're covering over the course next month

2:00.1

uh today on the podcast of course we're covering over the course next month.

2:05.8

Today on the podcast, of course, we are going to be discussing Spider-Noir as our show of the week. We're also going to be doing some TV news and then recapping and reviewing the series

2:09.6

finale, series finale we've just learned, of Euphoria, which just aired this week.

2:16.4

In addition, I've mentioned that this month is a little bit weird.

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