Ep. 79 - How 'Alien: Earth' Ep 4 Takes Aim at Tech Billionaires (Plus: 'Peacemaker' S2E02 and the Scourge of Bird Blindness)
Decoding TV
David Chen
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2025
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Decoding TV podcast, David and Patrick discuss what’s going on in the world of TV, then dive into the latest episodes of Alien: Earth and Peacemaker.
Homework for next week:
- Alien: Earth Episode 5 (Hulu/FX)
- Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 3 (HBO)
Shownotes:
03:05 - TV News
- Duffer Brothers Deal at Paramount
- Streaming Access News:
- Amazon, NBCU Make Peacock Available Via Prime Video Sign-Up
- Apple TV+ Price Hike
- Harry Potter News
- New ‘Harry Potter’ Child Actors Should Stay Off Social Media
- Chris Columbus Potter remake
- Nic Pizzolatto-adjacent news segment
- Netflix Nic Pizzolatto Show in Bidding War (Exclusive)
- Cage in Talks to Star in HBO’s ‘True Detective’ Season 5
42:00 - Alien: Earth
- Episode 3 - Metamorphosis
1:13:20 - Peacemaker Season 2
- Episode 2 - A Man Is Only As Good As His Bird
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Better Help Online Therapy bought this 30 second ad to remind you right now, wherever you are, to unclench your jaw. |
| 0:10.8 | Relax your shoulders. Take a deep breath in and out. |
| 0:20.3 | Feels better, right? |
| 0:21.9 | That's 15 seconds of self-care. |
| 0:24.9 | Imagine what you could do with more. |
| 0:27.4 | Visit betterhelp.com forward slash random pod |
| 0:30.5 | for 10% off your first month of therapy. |
| 0:33.8 | No pressure. |
| 0:35.0 | Just help. |
| 0:35.9 | But for now, just relax. |
| 0:39.5 | The weather. Tomorrow, expect a? |
| 0:42.7 | Biting cold front. |
| 0:44.1 | Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be wearing or taking off. |
| 0:48.6 | The night will be wild and untamed. |
| 0:50.7 | Expect heavy, lashing rain that'll soak you to the skin. |
| 0:55.9 | By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching their peak in the afternoon. Not in the mood for miserable weather. |
| 1:02.9 | Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express. Sun Express, nonstop sunshine. |
| 1:15.6 | Hello everyone and welcome to Decoding TV a podcast about television i'm david chen joining me as usual he's patrick clepick patrick how go the waning days of |
| 1:22.2 | summer for you sir i got too chilly too fast i saw you out there there on social media embracing Seattle getting chillier fall. |
| 1:31.0 | But I love the heat. |
| 1:32.2 | I love swimming. |
| 1:33.0 | And I'm sad. |
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