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Great Minds with Dan Harmon

Season 1 · 15 episodes · Feb 25, 2016

  1. Episode 1

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Feb 25, 2016

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

  2. Episode 2

    Ernest Hemingway

    Mar 3, 2016

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

  3. Episode 3

    Thomas Edison

    Mar 11, 2016

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

  4. Episode 4

    Mary Wollstonecraft

    Mar 18, 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. Episode 5

    William Shakespeare

    Mar 24, 2016

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

  6. Episode 6

    Idi Amin

    Mar 31, 2016

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

  7. Episode 7

    Betsy Ross

    Apr 14, 2016

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

  8. Episode 8

    Amelia Earhart

    Apr 21, 2016

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

  9. Episode 9

    Sigmund Freud

    Apr 28, 2016

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

  10. Episode 10

    Edgar Allan Poe

    May 5, 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. Episode 11

    Buddha

    Jun 10, 2016

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

  12. Episode 12

    John Wilkes Booth

    Jun 17, 2016

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

  13. Episode 13

    Ada Lovelace

    Jun 25, 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. Episode 14

    John F. Kennedy

    Jul 1, 2016

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

  15. Episode 15

    Harry S. Truman

    Jul 16, 2016

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