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Ep. 92 - It's Fun to Be Back in the World of 'Fallout' (S2 Premiere) Again. PLUS: Pluribus S1E08 Puts Characters on a Collision Course

Decoding TV

David Chen

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

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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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 eighth episode of Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus and the season 2 premiere of Fallout.

The Oscars are moving to YouTube! What does this mean, exactly? Why did our respect for David Zaslav go up this week? And Pluribus is the most-watched show on Apple TV, but please do not ask any follow up questions. Listen to hear us discuss all these topics and more.

Homework for next week:

  • Pluribus Episode 9 (Apple TV)
  • Fallout Season 2 Episode 2 (Prime Video)

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to decoding TV, a podcast about television.

0:04.3

I'm David Chen.

0:05.1

Joining me as usual is Patrick Leppick.

0:07.0

Patrick, I was violently ill yesterday and so you might hear me sounding a little bit off.

0:14.8

And I got to say, it's such a weird experience being like very sick and then coming out of it. Because everyone else life has been the same right like nothing has shaped for me i'm like i went through like potentially life changing experience

0:30.8

because i was like i was so sick yesterday i'm pretty sure i had the flu yeah and i so sick yesterday, I had to start making plans with my wife.

0:38.1

I was like, okay, if I get worse tomorrow, uh, like we might need to go to the hospital because this is like as bad as I've ever felt in my life. Uh, and then of course, the next day I feel much better. I'm not back to 100%, but I'm like back to like 60%. and then it's like

0:53.9

and then it's like I can't

0:55.7

you know I just had this horrifying

0:57.5

experience but I'm like back to like 60% and then it's like and then it's like I can't you know I've just

0:56.9

had this horrifying experience but there's no way to convey the gravity of that to anyone you know

1:01.2

I mean what is the temperature where you're at right now uh like outside yeah it's like 55

1:07.4

degrees okay like it's but in this, it's about like 78 degrees.

1:12.3

I guess what I'm getting at is it's weird to experience the flu in temperate weather.

1:20.0

Like they feel like I'm, you know, normally the flu.

1:23.5

Yeah, yes, people get summer colds.

1:25.1

Like you can get sick all year long.

1:27.0

But I associate being that kind of sick with summer colds. Like you can get sick all year long. But I associate being that kind of sick with brutally cold outside bundled up in, you know, sort of thing. And so I just sort of like the idea that I've seen you posting videos like travel logs like, you know, idealic beaches. Yes. wonderful looking. And like that wouldn't,

1:45.4

at least when it looks miserable outside,

1:47.8

it feels like the weather is in participation with your misery.

1:51.3

And here it takes on a mocking tone.

1:54.9

I completely agree.

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