You never planned to watch USA Network, did you? You just ended up there... Like the mall food court, Blockbuster on a Friday night, or your friend's house with the mysteriously free cable.

This episode starts with one question:

How did the USA Network get started?

Which sends Mickey, Christian, and Jacki into a rabbit hole involving:

• satellite technology
• cable pirates
• Kay Koplovitz changing TV forever
• Psych
• Monk
• The Dead Zone
• Suits
• Paddington Bear
• Bronies
• Bluey

And not to mention, the things USA Network was always showing:

• A fake psychic.
• A detective with OCD.
• A lawyer with perfect hair.
• Wrestling.
• Golf.
• A movie you've seen six times but never on purpose.

Things we forgot existed:

• Stealing cable from the neighbor.
• USA Up All Night.
• Reality TV before anyone knew what reality TV was.

Meanwhile, Kay Koplovitz is over here helping invent the modern cable business while the rest of us are memorizing every episode of Monk without realizing it.

Somewhere along the way, we also ponder:

• Is Paddington Bear the last universally good character?
• Why does Bluey make adults cry?
• Is Suits an actual show or just the natural state of hotel televisions?
  • We still haven't seen it. 

If you were anything like us, USA Network lived in the background of snow days, sick days, lazy Sundays, and every afternoon when nobody could agree on what to watch.

Join Mickey, Christian, and Jacki as one simple question turns into a nostalgia-fueled expedition through cable television, pop culture, and the strange realization that an entire generation was emotionally supported by sarcastic detectives in sport coats... and still are somehow. 

If you suddenly want to watch Psych, y'all, don't blame us.

Blame USA Network.