Ep. 21 - Training with 'The Acolyte'

Decoding TV

David Chen

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

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 99 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 premiere of The Acolyte.

What do we make of the new price increases to Max? How has culture war stuff influenced writing about Star Wars? Why is Netflix still being so weird about the renewal of 3 Body Problem? And are we excited for a new series based on Like a Dragon: Yakuza? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more!

Homework for next week:

The Acolyte Ep 3 (Disney+)
Bonus: The Boys Season 3 finale

Shownotes:

00:19:54 - Max Prices Going Up
00:23:46 - Leslye Headland Hopes the Force Is With the Acolyte
00:31:33 - 3 Body Problem Will Return for Seasons 2 and 3
00:37:15 - Like a Dragon: Yakuza Live Action Series
00:45:44 - The Acolyte
Episode 1 - Lost/Found
Episode 2 - Revenge/Justice
Dave’s Nitpick Corner

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0:29.5	This podcast exists because of the paid subscribers at the coding TV.com.
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0:40.0	episodes, and bonus episodes. We're going to be recording some bonus episodes for a
0:44.2	cast of kings as well. You can get access to those. If you're a paid subscriber at
0:48.3	DecodingTV.com, thanks to everyone at decoding TV.com who makes this podcast possible.
0:55.0	Steel or laser are no threat to them.
1:02.0	But an aconite, kills without a weapon.
1:07.0	An acolite kills without a weapon.
1:08.0	An acolite kills the dream.
1:12.0	Hey, that's the name of the dream.
1:15.0	Hey, that's the name of the show.
1:20.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television. I'm David Chen, joining me as always, Patrick Leppick. How's it going today man?
1:23.5	Oh I've got a bad feeling about this podcast Dave.
1:28.0	You shouldn't, you shouldn't. It's gonna be a nice one. It's gonna be a nice one.
1:32.0	It's gonna be a nice one. It's going to be a nice one.
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