Ep. 62 - Why 'Adolescence' Is Essential Viewing (Plus: Your 'Severance' Theories and Reactions)

Decoding TV

David Chen

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

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

David and Patrick discuss the Netflix series Adolescence, then dive into your reactions and theories about Severance season 2.

What did we make of the one-take filmmaking of Adolescence? Was the journey through the show worth the pain? And what about the end of Severance season 2? What did we think about the other possible endings there could have been? Did the Ms. Cobel storyline actually make more sense than we gave it credit for? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more.

Homework for next week:

The Studio (Apple TV+)

Shownotes:

3:15 - Adolescence Episodes 1-4 on Netflix
1:08:15 - Severance Season 2 Post-Mortem

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0:00.0	Behind this door is uncertainty. Neighbours reported a break-in, smash glass. It could be a false alarm.
0:10.7	It could be a burglary. Someone could still be inside. They could be dangerous. So, are you going in?
0:23.8	If you think you could be a regular or volunteer police constable, search met careers. Change needs courage. Change needs you. Hello everyone and
0:33.4	welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television. I'm David Chen, and this podcast is going to be recorded in one single continuous take.
0:42.5	Joining me today is Patrick. Patrick, how is it going today, sir?
0:47.2	That is one, you just invoked a network blip on one of our sides by saying such a thing, David.
0:55.0	Comcast, let the take happen.
0:59.6	Yes, Patrick is alluding to the fact that typically on this podcast, this podcast is often a result of,
1:05.1	I'm going to say no fewer than 30 or 40 takes, all stitched together meticulously by me afterwards so um hopefully we don't need
1:14.7	to do that today anyway uh welcome to the podcast folks today on the show uh here's what we're
1:20.8	going to be doing today and for the next few weeks right today on the podcast we are going to be
1:26.4	covering the net Netflix original series
1:28.5	adolescence, which is streaming in its entirety.
1:33.9	And then we are also going to be talking about your severance reactions.
1:40.3	There was a flood of media about severance the last week, like literally very difficult to actually
1:46.3	consume it all. And so we're going to be talking about like a bunch of your emails. We're going to be
1:51.2	talking about a bunch of the interviews that people did in the wake of severance. So that is what
1:56.8	today's podcast is going to be. No new segment, just going to be those two things because that's
2:00.6	going to take up enough time.
2:02.6	Next week, we got a bonus episode
2:05.2	about the studio that's coming towards you,
2:08.1	the new show starring Seth Rogen
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