Ep. 65 - 'The Last of Us' S2E03 Is the Calm Before the Storm
Decoding TV
David Chen
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2025
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Decoding TV podcast, David and Patrick discuss what’s happening in the world of television, then dive into the latest episodes of The Last of Us and The Rehearsal.
Is Max a streaming service that is impossible to cancel? Why is Netflix so opposed to theatrical filmgoing? And what responsibility do actors have in accepting roles for shows with controversial figures involved? Listen to us discuss all these questions and more!
Homework for next week:
- The Last of Us Season 2 episode 4 (HBO)
- The Rehearsal Season 2 episode 3 (HBO)
Shownotes:
- 01:30 - TV News
- Max prepares to crack down on password sharing
- Bill Hader to Co-Write, Potentially Star in Jonestown Series in Development at HBO
- 60 Minutes explains the resignation of Bill Owens
- Ted Sarandos says stuff
- John Lithgow Didn’t Expect Backlash
- 35:30 - The Last of Us Season 2
- Ep 3 - The Path
- 1:08:00 - The Rehearsal Season 2
- Ep 2 - Star Potential
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm David Chen, joining me as usual. |
| 0:06.5 | He's Patrick Kleppek. |
| 0:08.2 | Patrick, are you feeling the flood of good television that's happening right now, man? |
| 0:13.3 | There is just so much stuff to watch. |
| 0:15.4 | It is hard to keep up. |
| 0:16.8 | Every time I go on my Apple TV, it's like, all right, here are the shows I'm watching, |
| 0:20.6 | and then the shows I should be watching, but just keep moving further back on the queue. |
| 0:25.3 | On the queue, yeah. |
| 0:26.9 | And I think after Last of Us and rehearsal are over, it's going to be kind, and or, to be clear, it's going to be a little bit of a desert. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm not exactly sure what we're going to be a little bit of a of a desert i'm not exactly sure what we're going to be covering of course if you have any suggestions feel free to always email us at decoding tv at gmail.com |
| 0:41.2 | right now the candidates we're looking at are like murder bot i think is a strong candidate |
| 0:46.8 | murder botts murder bot is a strong candidate which is not a pejorative to i've not seen that show |
| 0:52.8 | it's just we have an avalanche, you know, |
| 0:55.6 | of riches at the moment, |
| 0:57.5 | um, |
| 0:58.0 | and to the point where we're, |
| 0:58.9 | you know, |
| 0:59.2 | I'm not even covering all of these with you because I don't even have the |
| 1:01.5 | bandwidth for it. |
| 1:02.2 | And then all of a sudden, |
| 1:03.1 | like after this certain period, |
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