If you’ve never binged through 30 straight episodes of Pawn Stars, season 14 is all you need to familiarize yourself with its premise, as it hasn’t changed for 21 seasons (675 episodes).
Pawn Stars is a reality show that takes place on the Las Vegas Strip, set primarily in the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop. Inside the shop, you’re quickly introduced to family business, owned jointly by Richard “Rick” Harrison, and his father, Richard Benjamin “The Old Man” Harrison. Adding a third generation to the mix is Corey Harrison, Rick’s son, who’s learning the family business and trying to make a name for himself as an artifact expert in his own right.
Of course, we couldn’t talk about Pawn Stars without also talking about Austin “Chumlee” Russell, Corey’s childhood friend who somehow ends up becoming the breakout star of the series even though he’s often the butt of jokes for being incredibly lazy and less knowledgable than the Harrison family.