# Beyond Geek

Beyond Geek is an American documentary television series that airs on PBS and public television stations across America. Beyond Geek Season 1 featured the 24 Hours of LeMons, Dagorhir, Belegarth, Amtgard, 8 Bit Weapon, NES Homebrew, JP Aerospace, WW2 Re-enactors, and Real-life Superheroes. Season 2 features Kinetic Sculpture Racing, Lightsaber Combat, Hackathon, Pirate Re-enactors, Professional Wrestling, Telerobotics, and Star Trek Fan Films.

## History

Joe Gillis came up with the idea for Beyond Geek about 2008. He wanted to make a show about things that interested him, and he felt there was a void that needed to be filled when it came to shows about geeky things. It started as a project he was going to do while he was on hiatus in-between seasons on the TV shows he was working on. The problem was the hiatus never happened, so it became a project he worked on during any extra time he had – which wasn't a lot. Eventually, he decided it was time to bite the bullet, and he went all in with a Field of Dreams approach to television – if you make it, they will come. So he called in all his favors, talked his wife into using all their savings, and they set out to make the first season.

## Episodes

Season 1 ran from October 1, 2014 – November 5, 2014 with six episodes hosted by Nate Lake, Sage Michael, and Dan Reynoso. Season 2 will run May 1, 2017 – June 19, 2017 with eight episodes hosted by Brittni Barger, Nate Lake, and Dan Reynoso.

### Season 1

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | Code |
| 1 | 1 | "Junk Car Racing" | October 1, 2014 (2014-10-01) | 101 |
| Nate joins the ultimate endurance race with 500-dollar cars where anyone can be a race car driver. |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Battle Games" | October 8, 2014 (2014-10-08) | 102 |
| The Medieval era meets Middle Earth in full-contact combat that has Sage engaging in a battle that would make Tolkien proud. |||||
| 3 | 3 | "8-Bit of Fun" | October 15, 2014 (2014-10-15) | 103 |
| Dan learns how to breathe new life into outdated computers and video game consoles. |||||
| 4 | 4 | "Floating to Space" | October 22, 2014 (2014-10-22) | 104 |
| Nate reaches for the final frontier with a group who has spent the past 30 years trying to get to space in a balloon. |||||
| 5 | 5 | "WW2 Re-enactors" | October 29, 2014 (2014-10-29) | 105 |
| History comes alive as Dan gets a glimpse of what it was like to serve in World War II by donning a uniform and going to battle for the Allies. |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Real Superheroes" | November 5, 2014 (2014-11-05) | 106 |
| Sage joins a group of people who dress up as superheroes to fight crime and finds out there’s more to them than just the tights. |||||

### Season 2

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | Code |
| 7 | 1 | "Kinetic Sculpture Racing Part 1" | May 1, 2017 (2017-05-01) | 201 |
| Dan races against all odds in a human-powered art sculpture race over land, sand, and water. |||||
| 8 | 2 | "Kinetic Sculpture Racing Part 2" | May 8, 2017 (2017-05-08) | 202 |
| With everything going wrong, will Dan and the Hot Roddenberrys even finish the race? |||||
| 9 | 3 | "The Force is Strong" | May 15, 2017 (2017-05-15) | 203 |
| Brittni wields the ultimate sci-fi weapon in lightsaber combat. |||||
| 10 | 4 | "Hackathon" | May 22, 2017 (2017-05-22) | 204 |
| Nate races against the clock on a team creating something out of thin air in a 44-hour hackathon… and tries to do it with no sleep. |||||
| 11 | 5 | "A Pirate’s Life for Me" | May 29, 2017 (2017-05-29) | 205 |
| Nate travels through time into a world filled with black powder weapons, swords fights, and adventure. |||||
| 12 | 6 | "High Flying Smackdown!" | June 5, 2017 (2017-06-05) | 206 |
| Brittni learns to settle the score on the mat as she enters the world of pro-wrestling. |||||
| 13 | 7 | "Telerobotics" | June 12, 2017 (2017-06-12) | 207 |
| Dan discovers how robots can open up your world to endless possibilities. |||||
| 14 | 8 | "Beam Me Up" | June 19, 2017 (2017-06-19) | 208 |
| Brittni beams aboard a Star Trek fan film to help them create their latest production. |||||