Ep. 20 - Sympathy for 'The Sympathizer'

Decoding TV

David Chen

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

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 87 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 season (series?) finale of The Sympathizer (Max).

What do we think about Jeffrey Wright being cast in the same role in the TV version of The Last of Us season 2? What’s the difference between Marvel Television and Marvel Spotlight? And are we psyched for a Damon Lindelof show about Green Lantern? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more!

Homework for next week:

The Acolyte Eps 1-2 (Disney+)

Shownotes:

00:03:05 - Jeffrey Wright cast as Isaac in Last of Us Season 2
00:13:38 - Marvel’s rebranding of its TV Shows
00:38:10 - Damon Lindelof is on board the Green Lantern TV show
00:49:30 - The Sympathizer
Episode 7 - Endings Are Hard, Aren’t They?

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0:13.1	Thanks so much to everyone at Decoding TV.com
0:15.4	who makes this podcast possible.
0:17.2	I think you, I appreciate this.
0:20.4	Not a first you want.
0:22.2	You'll lock all this up in a little box, but in the future when you look in that box again and you will
0:29.5	Remind you that your contribution of this war has been substantial.
0:34.0	Keep your eyes glued to the action.
0:37.0	Proud yourself.
0:38.0	At least half as proud as I am of you.
0:41.0	Well, half proud is about my maximum.
0:45.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television.
0:49.0	I'm David Chen and joining me as always, Patrick Kleik how's it going today man?
0:56.6	David when I make you watch Twist of Metal season two and do a week by week breakdown
1:03.0	It's because I care about you and need to make you find an inner truth that you just you don't understand yet. But you'll get there around seven or eight, you know, we'll have to see.
1:08.0	Thank you so much for that.
1:10.0	Of course, Patrick is obliquely referring to The Sympathizer, which is our main topic for today,
1:15.0	The Sympathizer just aired its series finale on Max the One to Watch for HBO.
1:20.8	We'll be discussing episode 7 entitled Endings Are Hard aren't Today and yeah stay
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