Ep. 67 - In 'The Last of Us' S2E05, Fear Leads to Anger and Anger Leads to Hate

Decoding TV

David Chen

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

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Decoding TV podcast, David and Patrick dive into the latest episodes of The Last of Us and The Rehearsal.

It feels like there’s not gonna be enough time to tell a complete story in this season of The Last of Us. Where does episode 5 leave our characters? Is there any possibility the Harry Potter PR tour is going to turn around? Are we excited about a revamp of the Netflix homepage? And did we really need to launch a Max app in the first place? Listen to us discuss all these questions and more!

Homework for next week:

The Last of Us Season 2 episode 6 (HBO)
The Rehearsal Season 2 episode 5 (HBO)

Shownotes:

01:30 - TV News
‘Shogun’ Season 2 to Begin Production in January 2026
Netflix Plans Major Overhaul of Homepage Design, OpenAI-Powered Search and TikTok-Style Vertical Feeds
Max Purges Over 200 Seasons of Television As It Pivots Back to the HBO Brand
J.K. Rowling Says ‘I Wouldn’t’ Fire Paapa Essiedu From HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ for Supporting Trans Rights: ‘I Don’t Have the Power’ and ‘Wouldn’t Exercise It If I Did’
HBO Exec Promises ‘Harry Potter’ Series ‘Not Secretly Being Infused’ With J.K. Rowling’s Anti-Trans Rhetoric
38:00 - The Last of Us Season 2
Ep 5 - Feel Her Love
1:11:00 - The Rehearsal Season 2
Ep 4 - Kissme

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0:32.5	Hello everyone and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television. I'm David Chen,
0:37.4	joining me as usual. Patrick Leppick.
0:39.0	Patrick, you are now just back from Pax East, a massive video game convention in Boston.
0:45.4	How was that, sir?
0:46.8	Well, Boston was terrible.
0:48.4	The weather was awful.
0:49.8	It was a monsoon.
0:51.3	But Pax East was lovely.
0:52.9	Anyone that came up and said, hello, on behalf of either crossplay or remap or in many
0:58.7	instances, people said, I really like that TV podcast that you do with David Chen.
1:03.2	The decoding TV Hive was president at the Pax East.
1:06.4	It was.
1:06.8	People were saying hello and shouting it out.
1:08.4	Amazing.
1:09.0	So thanks to anyone who said hello while I was out there.
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