Ep. 94 - 'The Pitt' Season 2 Has So Much Confidence (feat. Sarah Marrs)

Decoding TV

David Chen

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

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 135 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 season 2 premiere of The Pitt and season 2 episode 4 of Fallout.

Was there a secret final episode of Stranger Things all along? How’s the new CBS Evening News broadcast going these days? And who do we think will win the very first Legacy Award Emmy? Listen to hear us discuss all these topics and more.

Homework for next week:

The Pitt Season 2 Episode 2 (HBO Max)
Fallout Season 2 Episode 5 (Prime Video)

Shownotes:

03:04 - TV News
‘Stranger Things 5’ Becomes Netflix’s No. 9 Most Popular English-Language Series of All Time With 105.7 Million Views So Far
The Pitt renewed for Season 3
‘The Lowdown’ Renewed for Season 2 at FX and Hulu
Emmys announce Legacy Award
Tony Dokoupil’s ‘CBS Evening News’ Debut Included a Big Flub, but You Won’t See It on Streaming — Here’s Why
29:38 - Stranger Things season 5 finale discussion
Conformity Gate
46:15 The Pitt Season 2
Episode 1 - 7:00 A.M.
1:53:40 - Fallout Season 2
Episode 4 - The Demon in the Snow

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television.
0:04.4	I'm David Chen here with Patrick Klebek. Patrick, you're ready to dive, you're ready to descend into the world of the pit again today?
0:12.0	I am. I couldn't be more excited.
0:15.4	We are so excited to talk about the season two premiere of The Pit. Are people going to want to hear a podcast cover the pit week to week?
0:22.4	We're about to find out.
0:25.9	It's always an awkward situation because it's like, what if people don't like this?
0:30.4	We've kind of committed to 15 weeks of this.
0:33.2	It's, well, even shows that we would commit to, like, in the modern TV landscape.
0:38.3	Like, okay, well, it's a month and a half or it's two months. It's like, nope, we're going to run this right into Euphoria Season 3. Right, right. You better like it. It's more like, oh, if you don't like Asoka Season 2, guess what? By the time you develop that opinion, the show is over. You know, but like this is going to be...
0:55.1	I mean, I've thought about it.
0:56.4	It's like, if really people are just not resonating with this coverage at all, maybe
1:01.2	we hop off at like the halfway point or something.
1:03.0	Fine.
1:03.4	We will do the twisted metal season two spoiler cast.
1:06.4	Like, we will give the people what they want.
1:09.4	Yeah.
1:10.5	Anyway, we're really excited to have Sarah Marr's frequent decoding TV collaborator here to join us later on in the episode for our conversation about the Pitt season two.
1:19.7	And later on, we'll also be discussing Fallout Season 2 episode 4 as well.
1:25.2	So look forward to that.
1:26.6	I do want to mention that there is going to be a bonus episode coming out.
1:30.8	Welcome to Derry Chapter 1, as it's officially called.
1:35.7	Welcome to Dairy Chapter 1, or it welcomed Dairy Chapter 1.
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