David, Devindra, and Jeff put on a happy face with Pluribus, float to sleep with In Your Dreams, and head off-world with Mars Express. Then they return to Dan Trachtenberg’s expanding cinematic universe with Predator: Badlands.



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Weekly Plugs

David - Decoding TV: Matt Goldberg’s coverage of Pluribus 

Devindra - Engadget Podcast on our favorite gadgets of 2025

Jeff - WECT News 6 Interview Part 1 and Part 2



Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   

What we've been watching (~00:17:38)

David - Mars Express, Eddy Burback’s ChatGPT Made Me Delusional

Devindra - Pluribus, Nuremberg, I Love LA, Dispatch

Jeff - Pluribus, In Your Dreams



Featured Review (~01:12:06)    

Predator: Badlands

SPOILERS (~01:35:13)



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