Ep. 46 - Is This 'Skeleton Crew' Enough to Make 'Star Wars' Fly Again?

Decoding TV

David Chen

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

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

David and Patrick discuss what’s happening in the world of TV, then dive into the season premiere of Skeleton Crew.

The creator of Arcane has responded to criticisms of the second season. What do we make of his reaction? Are we happy about the new culture of recording footage off of movie screens? Is Skeleton Crew the shot in the arm Star Wars needs at this moment? Will Patrick finally have to watch the first two seasons of Euphoria? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more.

Homework for next week:

Skeleton Crew Ep 3 (Disney+)
The Agency Eps 1-2 (Showtime/Paramount+)
Possible Bonus Ep: Interior Chinatown (Hulu)

Shownotes:

01:30 - What we watched over the Thanksgiving break
A Man on the Inside
The Franchise
Wicked (and a digression about recording things off TV screens)
22:36 - Agatha All Along finale hits ratings highs
25:01 - Max password sharing may be coming to an end
30:45 - Upcoming Max premiere dates
36:19 - Arcane creator responds to criticism
51:20 - Skeleton Crew
Ep 1 - This Could Be a Real Adventure
Ep 2 - Way Out Past The Barrier

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0:00.0	Students, tell the Undersecretary how you would like to contribute to the great work.
0:06.0	Oh, oh.
0:07.0	Yes, Runa.
0:08.0	I want to be a senior statistical accountant.
0:10.0	Ah, yes.
0:12.0	And...
0:14.0	You.
0:15.0	Please a button.
0:17.0	No fair, I want to be an analyst.
0:19.0	Don't worry, we need all the analysts we can get.
0:23.6	Hello, everyone, and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television. I'm David Chen, joining me. As usual, he's Patrick Klepick. Patrick. How was your Thanksgiving, man?
0:35.0	Is an analyst a podcaster?
0:41.9	Do I, David, contribute to the great work by... I wish.
0:43.5	I wish.
0:45.4	My Thanksgiving was good.
0:47.1	It was very relaxing.
0:48.8	Played a lot of games, watched a lot of football, hung out, jumped in the frozen lake, as I mentioned on the last episode. So,
0:56.8	uh, all in all, it's good. And I don't have to jump in that frozen lake for another year.
1:01.6	So that's the best news of all. I think you'd said, like, if it's in the 60s, it's a good
1:05.7	frozen lake jump. If it's in the 40s, it's bad. Which one was it, you know? She was in the 20s. Oh, man.
1:12.1	Maybe I got those temperatures wrong.
1:12.8	Anyway, wow.
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