Season 1

Episodes • 2016

Dan Harmon
Spencer Crittenden
Ludwig van Beethoven

1. Ludwig van Beethoven

min

Given a hearing aid, Beethoven hears some of his most famous compositions for the first time.

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Ernest Hemingway

2. Ernest Hemingway

min

Dan attempts to bond with Hemingway over their common interests in drinking and writing, but is intimidated by his masculinity.

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Thomas Edison

3. Thomas Edison

min

Unsatisfied with the quality of his phonograph recording, Edison insists on recording a new version in a modern studio.

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Mary Wollstonecraft

4. Mary Wollstonecraft

min

Mary's arrival gives Dan a chance to express his feminism, but he is irritated by Mary's stern demeanor. Meanwhile, it is Spencer's birthday.

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William Shakespeare

5. William Shakespeare

min

Shakespeare is unimpressed by Community, preferring the bawdy comedy film Dirty Grandpa.

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Idi Amin

6. Idi Amin

min

Amin's arrival fulfills Dan's desire for ethnic diversity, until he takes the office hostage.

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Betsy Ross

7. Betsy Ross

min

Betsy's racism discomforts Dan until they broach the subject of Bernie Sanders.

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Amelia Earhart

8. Amelia Earhart

min

Amelia is disappointed with her legacy of getting lost, and sets out to prove that she is indeed still alive.

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Sigmund Freud

9. Sigmund Freud

min

Freud arrives just in time, as Spencer refuses to use catchphrases written for him by Dan.

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Edgar Allan Poe

10. Edgar Allan Poe

min

Poe undermines Dan's need to impress a History Channel executive, who falls for Poe. Dan and Spencer attempt to influence their date to secure an additional run of episodes.

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Buddha

11. Buddha

min

The Buddha participates in a series of product placements, making Dan feel guilty.

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John Wilkes Booth

12. John Wilkes Booth

min

Booth emphasizes his skills as an actor rather than his notoriety as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.

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Ada Lovelace

13. Ada Lovelace

min

After they bond over their shared love of coding, Ada convinces Spencer to convert his body to code and join her in virtual reality.

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John F. Kennedy

14. John F. Kennedy

min

Kennedy is accidentally transported along with a spider, creating an additional half-Kennedy-half-spider being which cocoons the crew.

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Harry S. Truman

15. Harry S. Truman

min

Dan takes Truman to a gay bar to teach him about gay rights and desperately pander to LGBT critics.

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