The Best Episodes of Great Minds with Dan Harmon Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(29 votes)

   #1 - Ludwig van Beethoven

   S1:E12/25/2016

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

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   8.0/10(19 votes)

   #2 - Ernest Hemingway

   S1:E23/3/2016

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

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   8.5/10(21 votes)

   #3 - Thomas Edison

   S1:E33/11/2016

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

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   8.7/10(13 votes)

   #4 - Mary Wollstonecraft

   S1:E43/18/2016

   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.

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   8.1/10(15 votes)

   #5 - William Shakespeare

   S1:E53/24/2016

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

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   9.0/10(13 votes)

   #6 - Idi Amin

   S1:E63/31/2016

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

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   7.8/10(14 votes)

   #7 - Betsy Ross

   S1:E74/14/2016

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

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   8.3/10(7 votes)

   #8 - Amelia Earhart

   S1:E84/21/2016

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

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   8.0/10(11 votes)

   #9 - Sigmund Freud

   S1:E94/28/2016

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

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    8.6/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Edgar Allan Poe

    S1:E105/5/2016

    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.

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    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #11 - Buddha

    S1:E116/10/2016

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

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    7.4/10(10 votes)

    #12 - John Wilkes Booth

    S1:E126/17/2016

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

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    8.5/10(11 votes)

    #13 - Ada Lovelace

    S1:E136/25/2016

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

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    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #14 - John F. Kennedy

    S1:E147/1/2016

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

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    9.5/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Harry S. Truman

    S1:E157/16/2016

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

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