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Great Minds with Dan Harmon

Great Minds with Dan Harmon Season 1: Episode Guide & Ratings

Season 1 Episodes

1. Ludwig van Beethoven

February 25th, 2016

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

2. Ernest Hemingway

March 3rd, 2016

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

3. Thomas Edison

March 11th, 2016

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

4. Mary Wollstonecraft

March 18th, 2016

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.

5. William Shakespeare

March 24th, 2016

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

6. Idi Amin

March 31st, 2016

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

7. Betsy Ross

April 14th, 2016

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

8. Amelia Earhart

April 21st, 2016

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

9. Sigmund Freud

April 28th, 2016

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

10. Edgar Allan Poe

May 5th, 2016

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.

11. Buddha

June 10th, 2016

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

12. John Wilkes Booth

June 17th, 2016

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

13. Ada Lovelace

June 25th, 2016

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

14. John F. Kennedy

July 1st, 2016

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

15. Harry S. Truman

July 16th, 2016

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