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All Episodes of Great Minds with Dan Harmon

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...
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Season 1

  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    8.5/1029 votes

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/25/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Ernest Hemingway
    8.0/1019 votes

    Ernest Hemingway

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/3/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Thomas Edison
    8.5/1021 votes

    Thomas Edison

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/11/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Mary Wollstonecraft
    8.7/1013 votes

    Mary Wollstonecraft

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/18/2016

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • William Shakespeare
    8.1/1015 votes

    William Shakespeare

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/24/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Idi Amin
    9.0/1013 votes

    Idi Amin

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/31/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Betsy Ross
    7.8/1014 votes

    Betsy Ross

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/14/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Amelia Earhart
    8.3/107 votes

    Amelia Earhart

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/21/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Sigmund Freud
    8.0/1011 votes

    Sigmund Freud

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/28/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Edgar Allan Poe
    8.6/1010 votes

    Edgar Allan Poe

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/5/2016

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Buddha
    7.8/1017 votes

    Buddha

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/10/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • John Wilkes Booth
    7.4/1010 votes

    John Wilkes Booth

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/17/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Ada Lovelace
    8.5/1011 votes

    Ada Lovelace

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/25/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • John F. Kennedy
    8.4/107 votes

    John F. Kennedy

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/1/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Harry S. Truman
    9.5/106 votes

    Harry S. Truman

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/16/2016

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

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown