Decker (TV series)

Decker
Genre Comedy
Created by Tim Heidecker
Gregg Turkington
Directed by Eric Notarnicola
Starring Tim Heidecker
Gregg Turkington
Joe Estevez
John Aprea
Sally Kellerman
Mark Proksch
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 6[1]
No. of episodes 47 & 2 specials[1]
(episode list)
Production
Running time variable;
currently ≈11 minutes
Production company(s) Abso Lutely Productions
Williams Street
Release
Original network YouTube / AdultSwim.com (2014-2016)
Adult Swim: (2016-present)
Original release July 17, 2014 (2014-07-17) – present
Chronology
Related shows On Cinema

Decker is an American comedy web series and television series created by Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington. The show is a web spinoff/tie-in to the series On Cinema at the Cinema and began on July 17, 2014. Many recurring jokes and the personas and mutual antipathies expressed by Decker and Kington carry over from the relationship of the "real" actors, Heidecker and Turkington, in On Cinema.

The series is a spoof of action films, with intentionally bad production for comedic effect. It focuses on Special Agent Jack Decker (Heidecker), who attempts to stop terror attacks before they occur. At his side is Special Agent Kington (Turkington), with recurring appearances from many guests of the On Cinema series, such as Joe Estevez as President Davidson, and Mark Proksch as Abdul.

The series is part of the "On Cinema universe" which has a cult following, especially through social media. In response, Heidecker and Turkington started Decker-Con, where new episodes of Decker are screened and the cast appears as their "On Cinema" characters, meeting and talking to fans.[2]

Initially a Adultswim.com series, it was announced to be moving to TV on December 17, 2015, and its fourth season premiered on June 17, 2016, on Adult Swim.[3][4] The series was renewed for a fifth and sixth season, both of which aired in 2017.[5][6] In 2018, Heidecker announced on his Twitter account that the next season of the series is called Decker: China Connection and that it will be aired early 2019.[7]

Premise

Decker follows the adventures of Jack Decker (Heidecker), a Jack Bauer-esque conservative CIA agent, in his attempts to defeat enemies including the Taliban, ISIS, Count Dracula, environmental science, and the inept, cowardly liberal President Jason Davidson (Joe Estevez). In his quest to save America, Decker is aided by the CIA's "master of codes", the movie-obsessed Jonathan Kington (Turkington), whose name is frequently mispronounced as either Kingston or Klington.

The series is a tie-in to On Cinema, acting as the passion project of the fictional version of Tim Heidecker. In the series, the production is extremely low quality, with CGI errors, notably overt political grandstanding, very low quality animations, misquotes and bad editing, all for comedic effect. The series is also party to overdrawn scenes, such as in season 2, where the main character sings "Our Values Are Under Attack," a partisan political song created by Tim. As the series progressed, more CGI was used, but used ineffectively, where sometimes effects would seem unfinished.

Characters

Main characters

  • Tim Heidecker as CIA Special Agent Jack Decker (Senior and Junior).Decker frequently ramble about his views on climate change or weak liberal politicians and in general spouts the political views of Tim's On Cinema persona.Many traits of the character are based on Donald Trump mannerisms.
  • Joe Estevez as President Jason Davidson (Senior and Junior).
  • Gregg Turkington as Special Agent, and master code-breaker Jonathan Kington.He is an avid movie buff who snacks on popcorn, has the largest film collection in the United States, and during Season 2 is shown dubbing tapes and trying to get a Guinness World Record for watching 500 movies in 500 days,mirroring Gregg's On Cinema persona obsessions.The ending of the fifth season reveals that Kington is a double agent working for hostile aliens.
  • Sally Kellerman as First Lady Janet Rothman Davidson, main antagonist of the first season. She's an obvious parody of Hillary Clinton.

Recurring characters

  • James Mane Jr. as Lanoi Arnold - Decker's former CIA partner from Hawaii turned restaurateur. He double-crosses Decker and allies himself with the terrorists in exchange of money to pay his debt and renovate his bar.
  • John Aprea as General Jeffrey Cotter , the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Mark Proksch as Abdul Sharif - a Saudi Arabian terrorist ,the main antagonist and Decker nemesis.Proksch also play various other roles in the series.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
15July 17, 2014 (2014-07-17)August 14, 2014 (2014-08-14)
220March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09)April 3, 2015 (2015-04-03)
34 (& 2 specials)October 12, 2015 (2015-10-12)December 2, 2015 (2015-12-02)
46June 17, 2016 (2016-06-17)July 29, 2016 (2016-07-29)
56June 4, 2017 (2017-06-04)July 9, 2017 (2017-07-09)
66July 16, 2017 (2017-07-16)August 20, 2017 (2017-08-20)

Production

Heidecker has said of production that there is, to an extent, purposefully little preparation in the process to make the show appear as low-quality as possible, as well as stating: "We'll also go off-script and rant a bit to get everyone confused.” [8]

References

  1. 1 2
    • ""Tim Heidecker on "Decker:Unclassified"". BUILD Series. 16 May 2017. [on Decker: Unsealed]: "We call it season 5. The first three... the first four seasons were on the internet.
    • "Decker episode list on Adultswim.com". Adult Swim.
    • "Decker episode list". IMDB.
  2. ↑ Robert Llyod (9 June 2017). ""'Decker,' 'On Cinema' and the various, intertwined universes of comedian Tim Heidecker"". The L.A. Times.
  3. ↑ Snierson, Dan (2016-05-04). "Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule sneak a peek at the season 4 premiere". EW.com. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  4. ↑ Petski, Denise. "'Robot Chicken: Walking Dead' Special on Adult Swim's 2016-17 Slate". Deadline cdate=2016-05-12. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  5. ↑ "'Decker: Unclassified' Renewed For Second Season At Adult Swim". November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  6. ↑ 2016 Year in Review
  7. ↑ "Father on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  8. ↑ Jake Lauer (1 June 2017). "Tim Heidecker Turns Political With Decker: Unsealed". Paste Magazine.
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