S01E01 Ludwig van Beethoven
Given a hearing aid, Beethoven hears some of his most famous compositions for the first time.
Great Minds with Dan Harmon
Overview
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 interviewees only survive for a few hours before undergoing a "total protoplasmic disconversion" and collapsing into dust, which Spencer collects in a jar.
Episodes
S01E02 Ernest Hemingway
Dan attempts to bond with Hemingway over their common interests in drinking and writing, but is intimidated by his masculinity.
S01E03 Thomas Edison
Unsatisfied with the quality of his phonograph recording, Edison insists on recording a new version in a modern studio.
S01E04 Mary Wollstonecraft
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.
S01E05 William Shakespeare
Shakespeare is unimpressed by Community, preferring the bawdy comedy film Dirty Grandpa.
S01E06 Idi Amin
Amin's arrival fulfills Dan's desire for ethnic diversity, until he takes the office hostage.
S01E07 Betsy Ross
Betsy's racism discomforts Dan until they broach the subject of Bernie Sanders.
S01E08 Amelia Earhart
Amelia is disappointed with her legacy of getting lost, and sets out to prove that she is indeed still alive.
S01E09 Sigmund Freud
Freud arrives just in time, as Spencer refuses to use catchphrases written for him by Dan.
S01E10 Edgar Allan Poe
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.
S01E11 Buddha
The Buddha participates in a series of product placements, making Dan feel guilty.
S01E12 John Wilkes Booth
Booth emphasizes his skills as an actor rather than his notoriety as the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
S01E13 Ada Lovelace
After they bond over their shared love of coding, Ada convinces Spencer to convert his body to code and join her in virtual reality.
S01E14 John F. Kennedy
Kennedy is accidentally transported along with a spider, creating an additional half-Kennedy-half-spider being which cocoons the crew.
S01E15 Harry S. Truman
Dan takes Truman to a gay bar to teach him about gay rights and desperately pander to LGBT critics.
Cast
Dan Harmon
Dan Harmon
Spencer Crittenden
Spencer
