Indians on TV 

Frustrated with the limited availability of roles and frequent type-casting of Indian actors, Dev has to make an ethical decision about the future of his career when he gets his hands on a TV executives racist emails.

Director:

Eric Wareheim

Writers:

Aziz Ansari (created by), Alan Yang (created by)

Stars:

Aziz Ansari, Kelvin Yu, Lena Waithe

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Aziz Ansari	...	Dev
Kelvin Yu	...	Brian
Lena Waithe	...	Denise
Ravi Patel	...	Ravi Patel
Adam Grupper	...	Danvers
Danielle Brooks	...	Shannon
Gerrard Lobo	...	Anush
Derek Peith	...	Rick
Samantha Cope	...	Joan (as Samantha Cote)
Susan Blackwell	...	Lucy
John Quilty	...	Different Casting Director
Colton Maurer	...	Rich Kid
Brett Azar	...	Terrence
Busta Rhymes	...	Busta Rhymes

Storyline

Frustrated with the limited availability of roles and frequent type-casting of Indian actors, Dev has to make an ethical decision about the future of his career when he gets his hands on a TV executives racist emails.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

Also court side at the baseball game is Edie Falco and Stephen Wallem from the show Nurse Jackie (2009)

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ben Jabituya: [1990, young Dev watching Short Circuit movie] I am proud of you. You have removed your laser weapon, huh?
Number 5: Weapon is to kill, disassemble, make dead. Unacceptable.
Ben Jabituya: You have made many modifications upon your person, huh? You have come a long way from the Defense Department prototype.
Number 5: You betcha. It's the all-new Johnny Five. Just look at these items.

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Connections

Features Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

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Soundtracks

Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille
Performed by Jacques Dutronc
Theme song

User Reviews

Best episode so far

Indians on TV was a wonderful episode about contact with your grandparents or old people in general. The light-hearted episode came with a lot of tragicomic humor addressing so many issues about contact, about loneliness, about the fascination of the experience of people a younger generation can learn so much from, if only they would listen or take the time. The robot seal PARO finally nailed it. So sad that it's funny, so funny that it's sad. There were no bad guys and no one to blame, no one particularly without care - and that's a masterful achievement in telling a story. It had superb acting and directing, great music. If you haven't seen this episode or feel insecure about giving this nice show a try: this one is worth it.

Details

Release Date:

6 November 2015 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

3 Arts Entertainment, Alan Yang Pictures, Fremulon

Technical Specs

Runtime:

31 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1