Baehr & Curadh Podcast

Baehr & Curadh Podcast

Episode 098

Bizarre TV

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This is episode 98 of the Baehr and Curadh podcast. We are going to talk about bizarre TV.

Do you know these shows?

Legion - David Haller is a troubled young man diagnosed as schizophrenic, but after a strange encounter he discovers special powers that will change his life forever.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - The show is based around the eccentric Dirk Gently who claims to be a "holistic detective", investigating obscure cases based on the inter-connectivity of all things.
The OA - Having gone missing seven years ago, the previously blind Prairie returns home, now in her twenties with her sight restored. While many believe she is a miracle, others worry that she could be dangerous.
Brand New Cherry Flavor - Lisa Nova, an aspiring film director in the sun-drenched but seamy world of 1990 Los Angeles, embarks on a mind-altering journey of supernatural revenge that gets nightmarishly out of control.
Search Party - Search Party is a dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.
Mrs. Davis - Nun Sister Simone partners with her ex-boyfriend Wiley on a globe-spanning journey to destroy Mrs. Davis, a powerful artificial intelligence.
Preacher - After a supernatural event at his church, a preacher enlists the help of a vampire and his ex to find God despite an antagonist named Herr Starr.
BrainDead - A government employee discovers that the cause of the tensions between the two political parties is a race of extraterrestrial insects eating the brains of the politicians.
Mr. Robot - Elliot, a brilliant but unstable cyber-security engineer and vigilante hacker, becomes a key figure in a complex game of global chaos when he and his shadowy allies try to take down the corrupt corporation his company is paid to protect.
Watchmen - In a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.
Twin Peaks - An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.
The Sandman - Upon escaping after decades of imprisonment by a mortal wizard, Dream, the personification of dreams, sets about to reclaim his lost equipment.
Doctor Who - A British science fiction television series which depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor. The Doctor uses a time travelling spaceship called the TARDIS, which externally appears as a British police box. While travelling, the Doctor works to save lives and liberate oppressed peoples by combating foes.
The Good Place - Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
Severance - Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson - A sketch show where Tim Robinson and his guests spend each segment driving someone to the point of needing -- or desperately wanting -- to leave.
Miracle Workers - Stars Daniel Radcliffe as an angel trying to do good in the world through the DMV-esque bureaucracy of heaven. God is played by Steve Buscemi and he hates his job. And it gets weirder from there.
Upload - A dystopian science fiction romcom about a digital afterlife in cyberpsace. It's bleak, but also hilarious.
The X-Files - Two F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer, and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
WandaVision - Wanda Maximoff and Vision - two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives - begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
Copenhagen Cowboy - A young heroine, Miu, who travels through Copenhagen's criminal netherworld.
Good Omens - The End of the World is coming, which means a fussy Angel and a loose-living Demon who've become overly fond of life on Earth are forced to form an unlikely alliance to stop Armageddon.
Lost - The survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island.
Pushing Daisies - A pastry chef with the power to bring dead people back to life solves murder mysteries with his resurrected childhood sweetheart, a cynical private investigator, and a lovesick waitress.
I'm a Virgo - The coming-of-age joyride of Cootie, a 13-foot-tall man who escapes to experience the beauty and contradictions of the real world. He forms friendships, finds love, navigates awkward situations, and encounters his idol, The Hero.