Ep. 51 - Is It Worth Descending Into 'The Pitt'?
Decoding TV
David Chen
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2025
⏱️ 101 minutes
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Summary
David and Patrick discuss what’s happening in the world of TV, then dive into the seventh episode of Skeleton Crew and the season premiere of The Pitt.
The Franchise was cancelled! Is season 1 of the show still worth watching? Are we hopeful for a Shogun season 2? Are we excited about the possibility of a Squid Game cinematic universe? What did we think of the new Max original series The Pitt and how does it compare to ER? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more!
Homework for next week:
- Skeleton Crew Ep 8 (Disney+)
- Bonus Ep: Severance Season 1 finale
Shownotes:
- 04:30 - TV News
- Apple TV+ Brings ‘Severance’ Season One to Roku Channel in Subscriber Push
- Superhero Movie Satire Series ‘The Franchise’ Canceled by HBO
- ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 to Debut in April; Columbia Pictures and Sony PlayStation Developing ‘Horizon Zero Dawn’ Movie (Helldivers 2 movie)
- ‘Shogun’ Season 2 Update: Producers Reveal That Writers’ Room Ends In Six Weeks
- ‘Squid Game’ Spinoffs? Creator of Netflix Hit Has Multiple Ideas
- 36:30 - Skeleton Crew
- Ep 7 - We’re Gonna Be In So Much Trouble
- 57:00 - The Pitt
- Ep 1 - 7:00 A.M.
- Ep 2 - 8:00 A.M.
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| 0:00.0 | How you feeling, Crash? |
| 0:02.0 | I'd really appreciate if you didn't call me that. |
| 0:05.0 | Why not? It's a cool nickname. You earned it. You should own it. |
| 0:09.0 | I don't like it. |
| 0:12.0 | It's just a joke. |
| 0:18.0 | You know, if it makes you feel any better. |
| 0:21.9 | I sharded the first time I saw an emergency C-section. |
| 0:27.2 | Really? |
| 0:29.5 | Of course not. |
| 0:32.1 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television. |
| 0:37.0 | I am David Chen, joining me as always. Patrick. How's your new year going, Patrick? |
| 0:42.7 | Well, I don't have a cool nickname yet, so I'm waiting, David. Think about it. Really? You don't think Cleps is going to stick? |
| 0:49.1 | No. Now, David, have you sharded while recording the podcast? |
| 0:57.6 | It's rare I don't chart while recording the podcast. |
| 1:03.2 | That's why the camera is above the torso, so that the bedpan is hidden below. |
| 1:04.0 | Absolutely. |
| 1:05.5 | Welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:13.8 | Today on Decoding TV, we're going to be covering the latest episode of Skeleton Crew on Disney Plus, the penultimate episode before the finale next week. |
| 1:27.9 | We're also going to be covering the season premiere of The Pit, a new emergency room medical drama starring Noah Wiley that's streaming right now on Max, the one to watch for HBO. |
| 1:32.9 | And it is a show that is taking place in real time. |
| 1:39.2 | Every episode of The Pit is going to cover one hour of a 15-hour shift, |
| 1:44.0 | which is just remarkable that we're getting 15 episodes of anything these days, Patrick, I thought. |
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