Ep. 17 - Getting 'Baby Reindeer' Fever

Decoding TV

David Chen

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

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Decoding TV, David Chen and Patrick Klepek run down what’s going on in the world of TV and discuss the fourth episode of The Sympathizer (Max) and the first four episodes of Baby Reindeer (Netflix).

How are studios navigating tricky situations when beloved cast members pass on? Does Cobra Kai really need to be split into three separate parts? What’s the best way to advertise to kids these days anyways? Is there such thing as an anti-war film in the world of The Sympathizer? And why is Baby Reindeer so damn good at unraveling its story? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more!

Homework for next week:

Baby Reindeer Eps 5-7 (Netflix)
The Sympathizer Ep 5 (Max)
Bonus Ep: Sugar Season 1 (Apple TV+)

Shownotes:

00:06:00 - Gen V will not recast Chance Perdomo
00:13:00 - Cobra Kai’s release schedule
00:28:30 - The Sympathizer
Episode 4 - Give Us Some Good Lines
00:56:00 - Baby Reindeer
Episode 1 - The Ghouls
Episode 2 - The Past
Episode 3 - The Trap
Episode 4 - The Radio

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0:13.0	Wow, you must have amazing dinner parties.
0:16.0	She had this incredible laugh, this giddy slightly disconcerting laugh.
0:24.1	Her name was Martha.
0:26.3	But all I could think was, if all of this is true,
0:29.4	then why can you afford a cup of tea. a cup of tea. Hello everyone and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television.
0:39.0	I am David Chen here today with Patrick Kleppock.
0:42.0	How is it going today, Patrick?
0:45.0	Is that good? Is it good?
0:47.0	Nicely done. That clip from the beginning was about, was from the Netflix original series Baby Reindeer, the first four episodes of
0:56.6	which we'll be discussing today. We'll also be covering the latest episode of
1:00.5	the sympathizer, but that's gonna be after we get to a little bit of telemetry. of the Decoding TV at gosh.com. We're also posting on YouTube and
1:12.8	TikTok and Instagram at decoding TV is our handle on those platforms.
1:18.3	Patrick Kleppic, decoding TV has been running for many years now, but this new format in its current
1:25.0	incarnation still very young you know we're only in under 20 episodes with almost
1:30.5	like a little baby reindeer David. That's right like and because we're so young and
1:36.0	inexperienced occasionally we may make mistakes. I know it is shocking but last week on the podcast we discussed the curse and the
1:46.4	cover story in the Hollywood reporter and we mused how hey Emmy voting is not
1:49.8	going on right now why would there be a random story about the curse other than that
1:53.9	the journalist who wrote it Seth the Brahmaevich probably was really into the
1:59.0	curse well a couple people wrote in correcting us that even though Emmy voting does not begin until June with the nominations announced in July,
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