Ep. 43 - 'Arcane' Season 2 Is Spectacular (So Far)
Decoding TV
David Chen
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2024
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Decoding TV, David Chen and Patrick Klepek discuss everything that’s happening in the world of TV. Then, they dig into episode 8 of The Penguin and Act I of Arcane Season 2.
Is the making of Game of Thrones really like a marriage? Did The Penguin stick the landing with its brutal finale? How wildly successful is Euphoria season 3 going to be? Is Jason Sudeikis delusional about Ted Lasso season 3? Is Arcane still one of the best shows on TV? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more.
Homework for next week:
- Dune: Prophecy season premiere (Max)
- Arcane Season 2 Act II (Netflix)
- Bonus Ep: Disclaimer (Prime Video)
Shownotes:
- 19:00 - 70 million people on Netflix’s ad tier
- 23:35 - HBO/Max News
- ‘The Penguin’ Finale Scores Series High 2.1 Million Viewers
- HBO Boss on ‘House of the Dragon’ Criticism
- ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 Moving Forward With Production This January With 8-Episode Season
- 34:00 - Jason Sudeikis Rails Against ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3 Haters: ‘They Don’t Have Imaginations’
- 41:30 - The Penguin
- Ep 8 - A Great or Little Thing
- 01:13:15 - Arcane Season 2 Act I
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| 0:00.0 | Get the hell up. Let's go. Get your shit together and, uh, you know, be you. |
| 0:10.2 | You, uh, you, uh, you, uh, you practice now. |
| 0:18.8 | Shut up. No, no, no, it's good. |
| 0:21.2 | It's good. |
| 0:27.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television. |
| 0:28.7 | I'm David Chen. |
| 0:32.3 | Joining me, as always, Patrick Kleppick, been a while, man. |
| 0:33.9 | You've been chatting with you again today. |
| 0:34.6 | Absolutely. |
| 0:35.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:40.4 | Well, folks, today on the podcast, we're going to be discussing what's going on in the world of TV news. We are going to be reviewing and recapping the Penguin |
| 0:46.5 | season finale. And then we're going to be discussing Arcane Act 1, the first three episodes |
| 0:52.9 | of Arcane Season 2 have just dropped on Netflix. And so we're going to be reviewing them. We're going to be discussing Arcane Act 1, the first three episodes of Arcane Season 2, have just dropped on Netflix, and so we're going to be reviewing them. We're going to be covering |
| 0:57.9 | that show as well. There's going to be two additional drops. We'll be covering those as well. |
| 1:03.5 | So that is what you have in store for you today on Decoding TV. Find more episodes of this |
| 1:07.7 | podcast at Podcast.podcadcadcodingTV.com and email us at decodingtivetat |
| 1:11.6 | com. We're also across all platforms on TikTok, on Instagram, at Decoding TV. I saw a nice comment |
| 1:18.2 | on the TikTok recently, Patrick. Somebody said, hey, didn't know this show existed. Got to check it out. |
| 1:23.4 | So people are hearing about the podcast via the TikToks. |
| 1:28.5 | And that's what we want. |
| 1:31.2 | Anyway, check us out on those platforms for sure. |
| 1:37.8 | But first, Patrick Leppick, in the last week, I think it's really clear. |
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