The Episode One Show

By Colin J. Harden & Julian Elijah Martinez

A podcast where Colin and Elijah break down, analyze, and reverse engineer, pilots scripts and episodes of television in hopes of improving as screenwriters.

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The podcast currently has 60 episodes available.

The Episode One Show episodes:

May 24, 2024 Shogun: A Theme Heavy Epic Adaptation
On this episode Colin and Elijah break down the hit FX drama, Shogun.

**Trigger Warning** This episode contains references to self harm and suicide. Listener discretion advised.

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If you or someone you know is thinking about harming themselves
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1h 54min
May 17, 2024 Cheers: Part 2 Where Everyone Needs Each Other
It's a quick one this week. We wrap up our epic breakdown of Cheers. We start with a little anecdote about Elijah's very brief bartending career, the decision to cut Mrs. Littlefield, before getting through our segments, and wrapping up what were watching.

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1h
May 10, 2024 Cheers: The Fish Out of Water Meets Workplace Sitcom
Colin and Elijah talk so much about their love for Cheers that they had to break this 80's sitcom analysis into two parts!
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58min
May 03, 2024 Martin: A Study in Masculinity and Iconic Black TV
Colin and Elijah talk about Martin's impact on the culture, how it's a study about masculinity and gender, and go in on its place in the pantheon of Black art.
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1h 26min
April 20, 2024 West Wing Part 2 - Sorkin being Sorkin w/ Spencer Jamison
Colin and Elijah continue the conversation with Spencer Jamison as she explains some of the origins and impact of West Wing's famous walk and talk, they share some of the coldest lines in EP One history, and fan out over Aaron Sorkin's mastery of dialogue.

If you want to read the script for West Wing hit the link below
https://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/West_Wing_Pilot.pdf

Episode One is a Hermit House Production

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55min
April 13, 2024 West Wing - Part 1 Writing Altruistic Drama w/ Spencer Jamison
Colin and Elijah tackle the groundbreaking drama West Wing with the help of multi hyphenate artist filmmaker writer, actor (and West Wing superfan and scholar) Spencer Jamison. The conversation was so great we had to break it up so stay tuned in next week for part 2 where we continue the conversation and Spencer goes into her director bag with some great insights!
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1h 7min
April 06, 2024 Deadwood: A Period Ensemble Piece
Colin and Elijah cover this 2004 classic, Deadwood. Apart from revitalizing the western genre for television this show launched the careers of many of your favorite prestige TV actors. Colin and Elijah breakdown the pikot episode of the epic as only they can.

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1h 24min
March 29, 2024 20th Episode: The Glossary Episode
We reached a milestone. We are on Episode 20 and we are doing things a bit differently. Since we had a wealth of new listeners (thank you to everyone who has joined us since we launched over 6 months ago) we felt the need to reintroduce ourselves and define some of the terms and concepts that we use. We also debate a little bit about the protagonist of FX's Shogun and share a bit of our writing. Timestamp for the terms we talk about below. Make sure to give us a rating and subscribe so you can catch every episode.

3:13 - ABC Stories
9:57 - Outline
13:50 - Story Engine
24:08 - Colin's Cliffhanger Theory
31:30 - World Building
37:00 - Loglines
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1h 2min
March 23, 2024 EP One Taking a Spring Break
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2min
March 15, 2024 P Valley: Writing a Subculture Workplace Drama
Elijah and Colin cover the subculture workplace hour long drama, P Valley, a show about the greatest strip club of all time. This show was release in the height of the pandemic and is charging forward towards its 3rd season. Listen in as Eilijah gushes over the dialogue and Colin makes the case for this show being kinda ground breaking.

Correction: In one line Elijah attributes a piece of dialogue to Uncle Clifford when it was the character Diamond for all you super-listeners looking to see if we caught that.

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1h 46min

FAQs about The Episode One Show:

How many episodes does The Episode One Show have?

The podcast currently has 60 episodes available.