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  • 2016-02-26T04:30:00Z on History
  • 42m
  • 10h 30m (15 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
Writer Dan Harmon has his assistant Spencer Crittenden construct a time machine to transport historical figures from the past so he can interview them. The interviewees only survive for a few hours before undergoing a "total protoplasmic disconversion" and collapsing into dust, which Spencer collects in a jar.

15 episodes

Series Premiere

2016-02-26T04:30:00Z

1x01 Ludwig van Beethoven

Series Premiere

1x01 Ludwig van Beethoven

  • 2016-02-26T04:30:00Z42m

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

2016-03-04T04:30:00Z

1x02 Ernest Hemingway

1x02 Ernest Hemingway

  • 2016-03-04T04:30:00Z42m

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

2016-03-12T04:30:00Z

1x03 Thomas Edison

1x03 Thomas Edison

  • 2016-03-12T04:30:00Z42m

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

2016-03-19T03:30:00Z

1x04 Mary Wollstonecraft

1x04 Mary Wollstonecraft

  • 2016-03-19T03:30:00Z42m

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.

2016-03-25T03:30:00Z

1x05 William Shakespeare

1x05 William Shakespeare

  • 2016-03-25T03:30:00Z42m

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

2016-04-01T03:30:00Z

1x06 Idi Amin

1x06 Idi Amin

  • 2016-04-01T03:30:00Z42m

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

2016-04-15T03:30:00Z

1x07 Betsy Ross

1x07 Betsy Ross

  • 2016-04-15T03:30:00Z42m

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

2016-04-22T03:30:00Z

1x08 Amelia Earhart

1x08 Amelia Earhart

  • 2016-04-22T03:30:00Z42m

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

2016-04-29T03:30:00Z

1x09 Sigmund Freud

1x09 Sigmund Freud

  • 2016-04-29T03:30:00Z42m

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

2016-05-06T03:30:00Z

1x10 Edgar Allan Poe

1x10 Edgar Allan Poe

  • 2016-05-06T03:30:00Z42m

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.

2016-06-11T03:30:00Z

1x11 Buddha

1x11 Buddha

  • 2016-06-11T03:30:00Z42m

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

2016-06-18T03:30:00Z

1x12 John Wilkes Booth

1x12 John Wilkes Booth

  • 2016-06-18T03:30:00Z42m

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

2016-06-26T03:30:00Z

1x13 Ada Lovelace

1x13 Ada Lovelace

  • 2016-06-26T03:30:00Z42m

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

2016-07-02T03:30:00Z

1x14 John F. Kennedy

1x14 John F. Kennedy

  • 2016-07-02T03:30:00Z42m

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

2016-07-17T03:30:00Z

1x15 Harry S. Truman

1x15 Harry S. Truman

  • 2016-07-17T03:30:00Z42m

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

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