Ep 236 - President Curtis S1E10: Timber

Season Finale!?! amirite? Urite, you should say

Semi Pertinent News

• Nothing to report this week

Discussion:

MAIN THANG - PC S1E10 - Timber

Episode Details

• Air Date: 9/27/26
• Written by: James Siciliano & Cara McFarlane
• Directed by: Erik Kling

Official Synopsis: When a murderous American legend resurfaces, Curtis rises to the challenge - but doing so proves to be the ultimate test of his public image. 

Our Synopsis:  You can’t please all the people, all the time… but you can piss everyone off when you try to kill a sexy tree giant.

• Themes
• Paul Bunyan
• His decapitated head was left in the woods, and fused with the trees
• Enemies of Curtis become Bunyan sympathisers 
• Curtis’s Ex Wife making a run for his job?
• Hints at the end of her restoring Bunyan Tree
• Putting the interest of the nation over your own?
• Curtis allows himself to be disliked for the good of the country. 
• Favorite Bits
• Standard T&B (tag & bag)
• Oval Alerts
• Left off the GIF of you winking over your sunglasses
• O’Doyle’s bad lip reading
• Don’t you say something cool and then jump!
• “Timber”
• I don’t mean to sound racist, but all these trees look alike
• Curtis stealing a helicopter by asking for a band-aid
• Tossed you out like a bag of mushrooms when the cops are coming
• (I used to drink drink in grad school)
• Chopper is ready ma’am. You can even remote control it with your arm thing if that becomes important later on.”
• Mud is basically an invisibility cloak 
• I just wanted to feel a sense of belonging!
• Aww sour flesh!
• Lincoln is getting a hat
• Best/Worst Parts
• The tree growing time lapse in the cold open (forming Paul’s body)
• The flip flop gene.. Oops sorry I thought that’s what you were going to say
• Using the chopper to woodchipper Bunyan