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1:18

Welcome to the Greatest Generation. This is a Star

1:20

Trek podcast by a couple of guys just a

1:22

little bit embarrassed about having a

1:24

Star Trek podcast. I'm Adam Pranica. I'm

1:26

Ben Harrison. Special

1:29

ep today. Special

1:31

ep. Usually, people tune in.

1:34

You know, they tune in to hear about the

1:36

Star Trek and all that shit, but in

1:39

some ways it's about the hang. It's about Ben

1:42

and Adam's friendship and

1:45

sitting in on that for some reason.

1:48

Not today, my friend. Today, we are

1:50

at Star-Troggerheads. Mm.

1:53

Fillez-vous la voie. It

1:56

brings a sense of Order and

1:58

stability to my universe. The not

2:00

a killer harvest there. Was

2:03

a principal city phone away Irrelevant to

2:05

will mess with a few a product

2:08

or when keep up with cancer have

2:10

an honest dispute We must fill some

2:12

signs. Resources is kind of adversarial system.

2:16

And hopefully we can make some good lot here. On

2:19

for. Good measure that on

2:21

says. Spare much as a

2:23

clip pinocchio strings say I

2:25

assess assess taking away best

2:27

the desk bottle of Moscow.

2:31

I should have a slump silver.

2:34

That. Be great though Be great addition

2:36

to the home office desk mez would

2:38

you do and out there you got

2:40

no booze and years outboard office. Far.

2:43

Away from the eyes of a waste

2:45

I'm a little bar chart the zoellick

2:47

mixers and stuff. You. Know that's it.

2:49

that's less than like I could really like

2:51

use the of that's where you're at right

2:53

Adam, the office you down and mixers pretty

2:55

much I guess I like Irish whiskey back

2:58

here as don't assert really want to May

3:00

I made my go to You know, What

3:04

are you drinking? You drinking a beer? over? There's.

3:07

No. To seven a physio otter. Oh

3:09

okay so here earlier rolled as

3:12

a a square on the a

3:14

game of but holes. Caretaker.

3:19

Last. Week that has determined

3:21

that we're going to pick

3:23

a side. One. Of us

3:25

is gonna argue the pro and one of

3:28

us is going to argue that kind of

3:30

today's episode a half which will be painful

3:32

for one of us because this is a

3:34

episode directed by Law Far Burton. The

3:37

why does that make a painful

3:39

you don't think you can be

3:42

honest about say your opinions of

3:44

Alibi or Burton isn't is involved

3:46

and we knew it would be

3:48

hard for me to stomach endorsing

3:51

anything that that particular individual got

3:53

behind. Still Assist Assist Assist? That's

3:55

no whole idea. Spread their ssssss.

3:57

Then I'm gonna flip a coin.

4:00

And the coin I have in front

4:02

of me was given to us by

4:04

the National Security Agency, presented by the

4:07

director of the National

4:09

Security Agency. A coin that I'm almost positive

4:11

does not have a listening device in it

4:14

or a tracker. Yeah. Someone

4:16

in the deep state knows whether

4:18

this coin is heads up or tails up

4:20

at all times, right? I

4:22

feel like if I touch this coin in a specific

4:24

way, it could turn into a weapon. And

4:29

that makes it fun. So

4:31

is it like heads, you're

4:33

arguing pro, tails you're arguing con? Is that

4:35

how we should do it? I think we

4:37

should make it a little more aggressive than

4:40

that. I'm going to flip the

4:42

coin and then prove to you

4:44

if it's heads or tails. And

4:46

you're going to call that coin flip in the air. If

4:49

you win the coin flip, here's what

4:51

happens. You get to choose what

4:55

side. Oh, okay. High take.

4:58

Oh, shit. See what I'm

5:00

saying? All right. All right. Whether I'm the

5:02

pro or the con, you get to decide

5:04

if you win this coin toss. If you

5:07

lose the coin toss, I

5:09

get to choose for you. Okay.

5:11

All right. Okay. So

5:14

here's the heads. Looks like the eagle. The

5:16

tails. It's got a star on

5:19

it. Then a bunch of

5:21

symbols. Yeah. And we'll

5:23

go eagle or star to decide what

5:26

happens next. Ben, you ready? I

5:28

am ready. One, two,

5:31

three. Tails. I've

5:34

covered up the coin. You did that great thing

5:36

where you catch it and you flip it over

5:38

and smack it onto your hand. I

5:40

did not look at it. I don't know what it's

5:42

going to be. I'm going to hold my wrist up

5:44

to the camera. Oh, we're going

5:46

to both make history together live on

5:48

videotape. Here's the big reveal. Wow,

5:52

I win. It's tails. Adam,

5:57

you will be arguing the pro

5:59

of this episode. Wow,

6:01

I was not expecting that.

6:04

Wow. That just felt like the most

6:07

interesting state for us to be

6:09

in. And I will be

6:11

vehemently arguing the con. So

6:14

I'll be the Picard in

6:16

the courtroom and you will be

6:18

the Riker taking arms off of

6:20

characters and cutting

6:22

strings. All

6:25

right. That's the plan.

6:29

I am ready. Are you ready? Yeah,

6:31

I'm ready. And I like a

6:34

little gamification for our

6:36

last week of the Max Fun Drive here.

6:38

Oh yeah. The greatest gen drive

6:41

itself being a game, a game of

6:43

survival. Yeah. Where if we win, we

6:45

get to do the show another year.

6:48

We lose, we go back to

6:51

freelancing. Please

6:53

don't make us lose. Yeah, that'll put

6:56

another bottle in your desk drawer, right?

6:59

Oh, no kidding. All right, Adam.

7:01

What do you say we get into it? It's season

7:03

seven, episode 19. A terrible

7:06

episode. Q2. Reapers course.

7:08

I'll let you set something a little bigger in

7:11

your torpedo, dude. I'm not turning

7:13

around. Our

7:15

cold open comes straight out

7:17

of one of the best

7:19

movies, The Whale, where

7:24

Egypt's oral report

7:26

about early Starfleet history is

7:30

Captain Janeway's favorite essay in

7:32

the entire world. Give

7:34

us your great comfort. The pirate A

7:36

have encountered so many hardships. Great

7:39

essay, great moment, I thought. I

7:41

am super down with any time

7:43

they treat like

7:45

old Star Trek episodes, this ancient Star

7:48

Trek history. But

7:51

What is Janeway doing to this

7:53

poor guy? Like She has no

7:56

poker face for this. Like he's

7:58

going on and on. The End:

8:00

She cannot not roll her eyes.

8:02

This is supposed to be a

8:04

twenty minute presentation. I

8:07

was trying to be thorough. So fucked

8:09

up. It's. Such an interesting observation

8:11

because I think what you're saying is

8:13

they eat said the sophisticated enough to

8:16

understand what nonverbal cues may be. Do

8:18

we know that yet? Great.

8:20

Lakes. Maybe a rowdy to be could just

8:22

be open with. How. Nonverbally. You

8:24

react to everything that he does and he's

8:26

this isn't going to get it. right?

8:29

I guess that sort of. I.

8:32

Mean agree. Watched the real

8:34

encounter at far point. Video.

8:36

The other day. Because. It's

8:38

one of our bonus content things that got

8:41

released this month for the drive. And.

8:43

We're talking in that episode about

8:46

how. Commander. Data has both

8:48

risen through the ranks in Starfleet to

8:50

the point where he's the second officer

8:52

on the flagship when I went through

8:55

the Academy. He likes, presumably had other

8:57

commands. He has. Excelled in

8:59

his career, but he's also beating

9:01

to. You. Know site dictionary

9:04

definitions of basic words in the

9:06

pilot. Episode like

9:08

the next dinner is and we went on

9:10

a little jag about. like which is it

9:12

as data like completely new to the world

9:14

or has he been around a long time?

9:17

And. That sort of. A. question in my

9:19

mind with each of like how. How

9:21

messed up did his board experience

9:24

make him? and also has he

9:26

been around the Voyager crew long

9:28

enough to like cats social cues

9:31

in an environment where they are

9:33

an important part of. The.

9:35

enough day to day life. I.

9:37

Mean, that's the thing about eat soup.

9:40

He is what you need him to

9:42

be to further the story. As

9:45

he could say, I am what

9:47

makes me to further the story.

9:50

Odds are. still

9:53

in the south nobody else was

9:55

to say it's is says that

9:57

he would want me to see

10:00

Anything else? Because

10:02

I will be that.

10:05

I will. So yeah, Chin

10:08

Wei rolls her eyes through this whole

10:10

presentation, cuts him off before he can

10:12

get too far into it. Because this

10:14

was supposed to be a short book

10:16

report, and she has heard a small

10:19

fraction of the beginning of the book

10:21

report, but has satisfied herself that he

10:23

knows enough about Starfleet history

10:25

that he does not need to go any

10:27

further. Ben, how many attempts has this happened

10:29

to you? I

10:33

would bet, and I am a betting man, I would

10:36

bet almost anything that you've never turned in

10:39

a book report shorter than the required amount

10:41

of pages. And in fact, most

10:43

of them flew far over. Would that be

10:45

a correct assumption? I

10:48

definitely played with font size and

10:50

margin a little bit in my day. You gotta

10:52

do that. I knew that Garamond

10:54

looked a lot like Times New

10:56

Roman, but filled pages up bigger.

11:01

But yeah, I think that, especially

11:04

when I was interested in the subject,

11:06

I would actually

11:09

opine in a way that some

11:12

teachers found charming and

11:15

endearing and others found

11:17

extremely tiresome. They're

11:20

like, I have to give this kid a good grade, but

11:22

like Jesus Christ. Were

11:24

you able to interpret the eye

11:26

roll of a teacher with

11:29

any accuracy? Or

11:32

did that quality come much later as

11:34

an adult, as a married adult specifically?

11:36

Are you trying to like sneakily do

11:39

a neurodivergence test on me right now?

11:43

Hold on, I just have a couple more questions. I

11:46

have 79 more questions specifically.

11:53

The camera reveals after each

11:55

have leaves who this other voice is

11:57

in the room Saying, I would have

11:59

failed. the old him. It's. A

12:01

young que as played by T

12:03

didn't go and see. Actual.

12:06

Son of John Doe Ansi.

12:09

I looked of you can go

12:11

and see ads Was delighted to

12:13

find that he has for acting

12:15

credits what two of which are

12:18

choir boy. In. Two different things.

12:20

he has appeared as choir boy and

12:22

then he had. Once

12:25

appearances do and I'm like,

12:27

oh yeah, always an Ally

12:29

Mcbeal I think. Are

12:32

all for performances alongside his

12:35

father. Is.

12:37

That as hours for him. Home in

12:39

I don't know was it was the

12:41

lanci in L E Mcbeal. American

12:43

former actor is like Keegan

12:45

Dull antsy comes out but

12:47

as on the google. That.

12:51

Ah Man! Betty White was also in

12:53

the episode Valley Mcbeal that he was

12:56

on. That's Cool. Has. Said.

12:58

So interesting. You know? Yeah, the

13:01

have the chance. To. Be a

13:03

neto kid and and he didn't take it. He,

13:05

he's the meme. Where's the sliding tire? Does

13:08

Not go toward the exit. Hair

13:10

A keeps going straight. Into

13:13

a legitimate career as a. Someone.

13:16

In the diplomatic service as that. No.

13:18

Kidding is in the this in the

13:20

Foreign Service as. Wow. I

13:23

wonder if he knows aura our listeners.

13:25

Who's the ambassador till the zoo to.

13:28

I think they all know each

13:30

other. Do you see each other

13:32

like work parties and stuff? I'm

13:34

sure they're such as they started

13:36

assists Amazing! I'm. Good. For

13:38

him with this in introducing credit to

13:41

Keegan, Do and see, I didn't think

13:43

he knows that this could have been

13:45

first right? Yeah, I think that this

13:47

was a this episode mm two thousand

13:50

One and there may be the Drew

13:52

Carey show which is one of his

13:54

choir boy credits. Was. His first.

13:57

At bat as an actor. I

13:59

think. The things Keegan the Lance

14:01

he does really well in this episode

14:04

is. Physical. Acting. Like.

14:07

When. He. Appears.

14:09

Sitting. on the corner of the couch. When.

14:12

He gets up his can

14:14

get the like confident wiggle

14:16

of a walk. You know

14:18

that the saunters if you

14:20

will. And. He's

14:23

really got it. be it's that

14:25

a Q has. you know, that

14:27

sort of grading? And

14:29

know yang confidence of someone who

14:32

has seen it all has been

14:34

everywhere who I can't wait to

14:36

tell you about it. He's.

14:38

Been to Barcelona and that's what

14:40

he calls at Barcelona. He fantastical

14:42

every second of every day is

14:44

food is gonna talk about Africa

14:46

as though you're saying fuck you

14:48

out of he says that guy

14:51

he is a i'm talking about

14:53

you to now Cutesy was his

14:55

father son. Yeah.

14:58

I had him as to junior in my notes

15:00

and I kind of whistle those what they called

15:02

the episode. I just feel a queue. Junior So

15:04

much more. You. Know evocative.

15:08

He could have been a

15:10

huge. Argument. About

15:13

what's her name him right? sudden

15:15

he wanna name. Isn't. It

15:17

confusing for him. Out

15:19

on now just using they give any

15:22

consideration to naming him are. Lower.

15:26

Taste you, Assess

15:29

Assess Assess Assess Assess. Seth's

15:32

We learn that Lurches cure

15:35

is are massive because you

15:37

senior is. Kind. Of

15:39

overwhelmed as a father. See.

15:42

Has arranged for. Lower.

15:45

Taste year to be on Voyager. During.

15:48

What is called a vacation but quickly

15:50

like is kind of revealed to be

15:52

like this is going to be to

15:54

senior dumping his problem child off on

15:56

Janeway to whip into shape and sunset

15:58

that you with him. To me

16:00

with your first born but I really

16:03

don't have time. Oh Gq is. Overwhelms,

16:07

Not. Because. His son

16:09

is age so fast. The last time he

16:11

was on the super was. Four.

16:13

Years ago and now he's a teenager. That's.

16:15

Not part of the problem at all. Problem.

16:18

Is that the Continuum has sort

16:20

of enforced. A kind of.

16:23

I mean, punishment would be too big of a

16:25

war, but they're like, you gotta get this kid

16:27

into shape. He's a real piece of shit. They're.

16:30

Owed. You do is add like pains to

16:32

tell it Janeway to keep his son away

16:34

from the wix There could be like I

16:36

just know how he is like if he

16:39

finds out that there's like a four year

16:41

old that looks much older on the ship

16:43

that he won't be able to keep himself

16:45

off of of my son. that Isis I'm

16:47

not into that. At no

16:50

point is there's like the

16:52

inherent condescension of like this

16:54

is a human safari. That.

16:56

They're on. Lane. Road it's presented

16:58

as like you're going to get to

17:01

be around humanity into experience. That and

17:03

something about this experience will be enriching

17:05

and and make you. More

17:07

well rounded person, but like when

17:10

the humans are tapped on a

17:12

ship. In. The middle of

17:14

a seventy year journey back home or

17:16

whatever. This. Is a zoo. Read.

17:18

This is Not. Enrichment.

17:20

In the normal way, I don't think. But.

17:22

The curvature of that kind of darkness isn't

17:24

a part of this. it's to walk about.

17:27

It's Q, Rum Springer. To

17:29

Springer. Yeah.

17:32

Once. The older to flex off.

17:35

Janeway. Tells. Lowercase:

17:37

Q that there's going to be rules

17:40

for this vacation. And.

17:42

Lowercase: Q snaps his fingers and nope

17:45

said of that conversation. I

17:47

make my own rules. As

17:50

a real power imbalance here and it is

17:52

not in Jane was favor lotta I role

17:54

as this episode starting from job it's like

17:57

the episode kind of knew how i was

17:59

going the be feeling and dad can a

18:01

got in on on the action of all

18:03

the eye rolls. Over

18:13

on the bridge to that. can't signed

18:15

either of the queues on the sensors.

18:18

That. Doesn't mean is that there. Were.

18:20

A case q appears and. Does.

18:23

That thing where he just describes

18:26

everyone he saying. And

18:28

then at the end of it comments and how bored

18:30

he is. Already when you get into

18:32

something interesting. Far as

18:35

you, he. Proposes been to

18:37

dangerous it to Janeway. it seems

18:40

like they're possibilities. For. Fun

18:42

possibility she's not interested in. Their.

18:45

I wonder how much.

18:48

You know when you read about like

18:51

you know actors playing like the same

18:53

characters, two different ages? you know. I

18:55

got Young Forest and and Tom Hanks

18:57

working out the the character Forrest Gump

19:00

and famously Tom Hanks did the accent

19:02

based on the kid that they cast

19:04

and not the other way around. I

19:07

did not know that. Yeah,

19:10

that's great. I. Always

19:12

wonder is like in situations like this.

19:15

like with the lanci onset like giving.

19:17

here's how I would do it kind

19:19

of wine reads to his son. Was.

19:22

His son like a big fan

19:24

of his previous work on Tmz

19:27

in the character on and on

19:29

that turned you into an amoeba

19:32

ssssss. You

19:36

at boil dummy but this

19:38

this this that a me

19:40

basecamp is. Baked

19:43

Amoeba Rose Amoeba. Or

19:47

that's interesting yet they don't have

19:49

that. Here is John Delayed. He's

19:51

been playing Queue for decades at

19:53

this point. Yes, I

19:55

just wondered like because it doesn't

19:57

really feel like. A key. In

20:00

Torrance he is doing. Like.

20:02

An impression of his dad's now

20:04

per se, but a lot of

20:06

the mannerisms are very. Heritable.

20:09

You know? For. All this

20:11

episodes flaws I thought I'd daddy didn't

20:13

Nice job can make and new queue

20:15

character. So. Lower case

20:17

Q blurbs away and. Just.

20:20

A second later. P.

20:22

Lt. radios up. Telling.

20:25

Janeway, She's got to come to

20:27

engineering. And in engineering, It is

20:29

an absolute. Roads. Her. There's.

20:32

A bunch of like burlesque aliens

20:34

there. Once. A low fee dude.

20:36

grind in Autumn and the Warp Corps

20:38

glowing in this really fun way. It

20:40

seems that the sort of thing like

20:42

if you were gonna have a worth

20:45

thirty in engineering it would look time.

20:47

Alexis: yes and isn't safe as of

20:49

workers doing says snouts we've never seen

20:51

the seller in the world feels he

20:53

is pretty stressed about it. Is

20:57

a lot so for what could. See

21:01

his audience over or me? Now

21:03

Seem like they're pretty down. For

21:05

this party initially but then see

21:07

as as sprinklers go off and

21:09

just one word comes down. To

21:15

realize that the Season Five was. You

21:18

know there was some strings attached. Lowercase

21:21

Q is, as ever not concerned because

21:23

he's filled with the confidence of someone

21:25

who could stop a warp core breach

21:27

at any time. He snaps his fingers

21:30

and tix all the drips out of

21:32

his party so to Voc to coat

21:34

a Janeway. Blc appear in the

21:36

hallway. They're like never. There's not

21:38

really anything we can do about

21:41

this Re. like we hit Rate

21:43

Engineering and stop him because he

21:45

will just god power us. Back.

21:47

Out here every time. So.

21:50

The strategy is gonna have to be

21:52

don't give him the satisfaction like don't

21:55

lead on that. Any of this is

21:57

annoying or off putting in any way.

22:00

Everybody's just gonna have to be

22:02

on the same page ws last

22:04

are less t. Not.

22:06

Encouraging him. And. Probably

22:08

they the biggest ass of ours

22:11

is members of the crew for

22:13

this is seven who have to

22:15

endure the indignity as. Lower.

22:18

Case to snapping her shirt off while

22:20

she's trying to work in her. Vestibule.

22:23

It's a reminder that Seven

22:25

doesn't really have all of

22:28

the emotional traits of a

22:30

human being. like modesty is

22:32

absent. From. Her all

22:34

together because when her clothes blurb

22:36

away. Fortunately, She

22:38

said a standing desk I think we should

22:41

make that clear slightest. Like

22:43

she's that sitting in a leather

22:45

chair right? during? She

22:48

doesn't even look over his shoulder at lower

22:50

Case Q. I think that's part of it.

22:52

like. See. Could not care

22:54

at all. So. He only

22:56

sees her back, right? Yeah, at least

22:58

there's that. But. Yeah like I

23:00

uttered. oh man, like magazine I loved

23:02

for a four Star Treks. Just

23:05

as a thing like treating a

23:07

character's dignity as a plaything. feals.

23:09

Yucky to me. I. Think it's

23:11

a great scene because I think it's important

23:13

to depict a bad person doing a bad

23:15

thing like this is a as he double

23:17

action that he's done. So yeah like I

23:20

want to see this in order to hate

23:22

him. Why did you fill up that gym

23:24

sock during the scene then. They.

23:26

Still did up with my foot. You.

23:31

asked earth's. Janeway

23:35

goes into. The.

23:38

Mess Hall orders herself a

23:40

coffee at the Replicator. This

23:42

clip that Adam reduces use

23:44

in the Janeway song and

23:46

cause I black make it

23:48

yourself. I have an embarrassing

23:50

admission about this clinic in

23:52

the Janeway. So okay. I.

23:55

Have sought that. that was says girl

23:58

saying make it yourself this. Higher

24:00

time last. And

24:02

like sisters. Not on the show anymore,

24:04

but she does pop up very occasionally,

24:07

so maybe we just haven't gotten to

24:09

the. Episode. Where she says

24:11

that yet? Or. Maybe she's saying it about

24:13

something else and I didn't pick up on his at

24:15

the time. But. Where's that clip

24:17

come in from? It's just

24:20

weird. See here's the made

24:22

will bear it voice. Spun.

24:24

This way. Yeah. I

24:27

get that she's doing a little assess girl.

24:29

With. This read but. Yeah.

24:31

I never and ever didn't know

24:33

that that was the computer voice

24:35

Tired. Of. Feel like an idiot

24:37

to all women to sound the same to you.

24:42

And. Her know do says get a major

24:44

Barrett have similar voices. On The Hell.

24:47

This. Replicator has a lot of

24:49

lip them and. To. Janeway

24:51

Credit. I think what a lot

24:53

of people would do in this scene is tried

24:55

Order again. And. A third time

24:57

and maybe bark the side of the

24:59

replicator right to get it to worth

25:01

ten way. To disengage is completely

25:04

goes to sit down and that's when

25:06

Neil accelerators over with them. Analog coffee.

25:08

She asked to speak to the replicators

25:10

manager is what she does. Rape.

25:13

Neil. It's. Suggests. Himself.

25:16

As. An ideal candidate. For.

25:18

Lower cues mentorship and says like

25:21

easier way asking me us did

25:23

you hear about the age thing?

25:25

I think the ideal med two

25:27

I would be someone who didn't

25:30

want it so bad. It's

25:33

when the question was ask who's going

25:36

to take the Cub Scouts on a

25:38

camping trip Your hand flying up first

25:40

only made us all suspicious of you

25:42

said, I have good with children We

25:45

cut over to the As lab where

25:47

lower case Q. Is sitting in

25:49

what looks like a space beanbag

25:51

chair that's. Where

25:54

where does this thing come from? It's

25:56

like a gamer tear fucked a beanbag

25:58

chair because it's go. That hi

26:00

back yet. And looks

26:02

very comfortable. I'd tried finding one of

26:05

these on the Star Trek. I can.

26:08

You know it, happen. What?

26:11

Always happens, Garrett Long. Highest.

26:13

Bidder He was stating the obvious

26:16

again. This cat. everything. Did

26:19

he get the one that was authentically Keegan

26:21

The Lance he sat in. Cs

26:25

the impression of Keegan

26:27

to Nancy's but seeks.

26:30

Preserved in the stuff when

26:32

he is. So.

26:36

Words. Lower taste he was

26:38

doing in. here is watching a space

26:40

battle and it's not. It looks like

26:42

you might be wanting like a movie

26:44

or something and asleep, but it's revealed

26:46

that this is an actual. Dog.

26:48

Fight in space between two

26:50

species. And new it's

26:52

is kind of horrified to see

26:55

them back at it because when

26:57

voyager last those people had been

26:59

you know, left in peace. Now

27:01

they're at war. And that

27:04

lowered his Q is just as stir

27:06

up drama left and right. It's just

27:08

a bad luck for him. It's so

27:11

weird to think about the inner lives

27:13

of the people that he's manipulating because

27:15

like on the screen you see a

27:17

couple a sips. Dog. Fighting.

27:20

And then he conjures up a third

27:22

ship to join the fray. What's.

27:25

Going on on board the Thirtieth? That's

27:27

good to be. Very. It's very surprising

27:29

for them, right? Yeah, like they were

27:32

just pulling in so I'd refuel and

27:34

get some snacks and and stuff. and

27:36

then suddenly they find themselves in Media

27:38

Dog Fight. A. Servant.

27:41

Neil. X is as gentle as possible.

27:44

with his suggestion. he's like look, You.

27:46

Know the when diary? You know that ship over

27:49

there? He points to one of them. Fighting is

27:51

like you know they get a famine. On.

27:53

Their planet? Maybe. Instead. Of

27:55

using your powers for war. Use

27:58

them for food. Except.

28:01

Lower Q is only interested in using

28:03

his powers for good and one specific

28:05

way which his successor making it so

28:08

that no one will ever happen here.

28:10

Neil exists voice again. We

28:21

smash get to Six bay where

28:23

new it's as mouse is like

28:25

a smooth is as been covered

28:27

over with smooth skin and we

28:29

heard from Doctor Mark oh hi

28:31

Mark that his jaw has been

28:33

used shut and his vocal chords

28:36

have been removed. They really had

28:38

a choice here right? Because.

28:41

I think we all remember

28:43

the scene from The Matrix.

28:46

Were. Agent Smith closes neo his

28:48

mouth. You. Know that

28:50

that's that's horrifying. That body horror?

28:53

Yeah. But like this scene. Gives

28:55

this basically the same framing on

28:58

our on our characters head. Were.

29:01

Super close up to that mouth. It.

29:03

Is absent the horror even though

29:05

the doctors like yeah, his jaw

29:07

has been welded shut and he

29:09

doesn't have vocal chords anymore like.

29:12

Didn't. You want a little bit more.

29:15

Gross. In this scene. The

29:18

description is super gross and upsetting

29:20

ass but in description only. Like

29:22

I wanted just a little bit

29:24

more. Hair I'd agree

29:26

like it's a bad part of

29:28

a bad episode. Said they they

29:30

didn't get any grocer with it.

29:32

When I'm trying to say is the

29:35

restraint was a great idea. Why

29:39

couldn't disagree with you more. Adam the main

29:41

take the way here is the day. Like

29:43

Dr. Martin and six a lot of what's

29:45

going on with him but like only Young

29:48

Q. Can. Undo the damage.

29:51

Meanwhile. Janeway. Gets called

29:53

to the bridge where lowercase q

29:55

has. Made. Their problems Even

29:57

worse now. there are three boards que

30:00

the chasing them and shooting them. A

30:02

bunch of drones materialize on the bridge

30:04

and it's a big. Standoff.

30:07

Where's the shooting drones? And it

30:09

looks like Jane weighs about to

30:12

get swept was tubules and. Just.

30:14

Then. Oh Gq shows

30:16

up to. Put. Everything right

30:19

and. Sell. Not

30:21

just lowercase que have disappointed the As

30:23

and him, but also Janeway. How disappointed

30:25

the As in her. I

30:27

love. How Little Tico T

30:29

as in this episode he's sitting

30:31

next to lower case Q. like

30:33

you'd think he's gonna punch him

30:35

in the face or something. Now

30:38

he's a passengers. Sounds great. Slowed

30:40

amid this episode a little bit

30:42

better would been like Tamra swings

30:44

over to check out Day and

30:46

like a huge pencil has lice

30:48

magically band around him. so he's

30:50

like he's like wrapped in pencil

30:52

and he can't break his arms

30:55

race. Sits. Prisoner. Of his

30:57

own pencil. Oh that's dark. The.

31:00

That be fucked up. That. Would

31:02

bring back the horror that

31:04

the Neil seem lacked a

31:06

pencil the size of the

31:08

giant fork and spoon kids

31:10

in declaration that exactly many

31:12

a home in the Midwest

31:14

ssssss has enjoyed assess. I

31:18

have a huge problem with

31:20

the C B knows oh

31:22

Gq barks at his son.

31:24

don't provoke a bar. What

31:26

is to. If. Not.

31:28

The main provocateur of the

31:30

borg like es. Su.

31:33

Was invented to bring the word

31:35

into Star Trek and make them

31:38

a problem for Star Trek. I.

31:40

Mean, I know who's invented the be like

31:42

a been of humanity's judge, jury and executioner.

31:45

But. The. Second function was to bring

31:47

the boards in. His only

31:49

they had this argument in

31:51

Six Bay. He could be

31:54

both hypocritical and hippocratic. Out

31:58

of a nice race. Yeah.

32:01

So. we're in jane ways off as he

32:03

explains like I put everything back new it's

32:05

can talk again. Generous.

32:07

I got don't put everything back,

32:09

You didn't have to go that

32:12

fast. As I

32:14

mean I think eventually read: Fix it. I

32:17

mean it's supposed to be like a scared straight

32:19

red lights. He was like. Hoping that

32:22

by dropping his son off the would

32:24

come back and have a a sudden

32:26

who. Was. A man

32:28

of character now and. He's.

32:30

Just very disappointed the Janeway has

32:33

not threatens lower case due for

32:35

his shoes or anything you know.

32:38

Do you think will be turned over to

32:40

seven? Wherever she is? she's wearing to uniforms

32:42

at the same time. Assess

32:44

Assess assess as sites like you

32:47

go so over the top m

32:49

and repairing the damage there was

32:51

dead earlier that while also like

32:53

clearly not having really paid a

32:56

lot of attention to what has

32:58

happened since his is. Present.

33:01

Buttons In the Ass Lab. and suddenly she's

33:03

wearing like overalls and a winter coat is.

33:06

A surgeon, Is like. You

33:09

don't' Parent. Like that to like

33:11

that. I. Understand like what you're

33:13

going for, but the way you're going about

33:15

it is stupid. And here's why. You consistently

33:18

child as one and hoping to learn and

33:20

I can't fool. It's the sort of thing

33:22

you see all the time out in the

33:25

world. like it isn't parenting at all, it's

33:27

just observations. bread. And the issue

33:29

is that sees not really in a

33:31

position to impose consequences on lower case

33:34

due. Due. To his

33:36

godlike superiority. And.

33:39

Also. Owes you do

33:41

is not being a good example. He's

33:43

not, he's at the exemplar of to

33:45

use it but he wants his son

33:48

to grub to be the first place.

33:50

What is time. And how

33:52

much is enough to spend together? These.

33:54

Are a few of the questions that

33:56

have got to be rolling around Janeway

33:58

mind when she proposes. Just.

34:01

Spending. More time together his father

34:03

and son. Like have

34:05

you tried that? But

34:08

like. It so

34:10

crazy to conceive of like. If.

34:12

Time isn't really a thing for you. What

34:14

does that even do? That's

34:16

not really explored in this conversation. He

34:18

was. Happy. To snap his

34:21

fingers Happy at the suggestion. And.

34:23

They go off happy do

34:25

I! On consensually kissed Captain

34:27

Janeway again just. Really

34:30

makes you uncomfortable about the queue.

34:32

Overall this episode. Him. That

34:34

so sure as. Janeway. Doesn't

34:36

want it. I mean, you see what she's wearing?

34:39

Sees. Us it's

34:42

success Assessments Wow

34:45

wow. And

34:47

during the max fund rise to crew

34:49

members were killed in the breach. Amazing

34:51

to way to get cancelled here and

34:53

now. This,

34:56

the sizzle relationship between Q

34:58

and Janeway has always kind

35:00

of been there. And.

35:03

Yeah, it's it's not. Great.

35:06

But. It's. In the

35:08

spectrum of terrible things Que

35:10

could do, being an all

35:13

powerful omnipresent, being a closed

35:15

mouth kiss. It

35:17

is like on an infinite list of bad

35:20

things he could do like I guess. That.

35:22

Does show remarkable restraint. Dress that's stats

35:24

look I have to be positive about

35:27

this moment. Been: you don't have a

35:29

jury. The coin flip says so yeah

35:31

you can cancel me. Cancer

35:35

The coin. I

35:37

mean, I find it hard to control myself

35:39

around anyone with that many pips on their

35:41

car. Their. So on, the bridge

35:44

near the coast appears to be clear of both

35:46

the boards. And. The cube always

35:48

similar. And

35:51

with the matter said old, it's past time. Calgon.

35:54

Take tapped in a way to

35:56

solve luxurious breeds and world of

35:58

Calgon. Never Bass is

36:00

my favorite way of relaxing. I wondered if

36:03

this was the tub that we saw. New

36:05

vaccine in the pilot. Like it looks. Very.

36:07

Familiar to me except the turban

36:10

the pilot was up against like

36:12

a bulkhead wall. and this one's

36:14

got window over the top. And

36:17

very pleasing configuration that good.

36:19

Nice leading. At the

36:21

Bass Yesterday For the first time in a

36:23

long time, I drove from Portland to L

36:25

A. Oh yeah, I'm conscious of the fact

36:27

that you. Have. Not taken a

36:30

vast recently. Yes, I know, right?

36:32

Isn't that a sick irony? Photo

36:35

man. Two. Days is like. Eleven

36:38

hours of driving. I needed a bath in

36:40

the middle. Psyched I, I did it. I

36:42

drew the bass too hot. Way. Too

36:44

hot. I got in for like

36:47

three minutes and got out. It was a

36:49

waste. Wow. Couldn't.

36:51

Deal with it. Read. Driving some get

36:53

a vehicle that had a best up in

36:55

a hurry, take a bath well on the

36:58

road. This is during my halfway break out

37:00

the break I took in the two days

37:02

it took to drive from Portland Della. Amazing.

37:06

How. Do you draw of Aspens? mean how

37:08

do you get it just right for

37:10

temperature? I mean I'll

37:12

never figured out I'll never take a bath

37:14

again it. That's what I promise. I

37:17

I hate to hear that promise but

37:19

I'm I think the the deal is

37:21

it's just really hot when you first

37:23

get into it. Sucks. Suits

37:27

You appears fully closed.

37:30

Insane Ways Bubble Bath.

37:33

And he telesur that in the ten minutes

37:35

that he was gone. He

37:37

spent years together. With.

37:40

His son. Go. And

37:42

all over the place, learn and for me

37:44

to either spend in time. The time the

37:46

Janeway suggested that they spend together and now.

37:48

Lower. Case Que hates him. Didn't

37:52

work there. She's. Also,

37:54

just dissatisfied with parenting. Overall,

37:56

he doesn't like this lights

37:59

teenager. Q that embarrassed

38:01

to be around dad that. Now.

38:04

The idea of imposing some

38:06

consequences is. Like. If it

38:08

wasn't clear before, it should be clear. Now

38:10

is like great, perfect gassy and he leans

38:12

in for a second kiss. And.

38:15

Day catches some foot to his

38:17

face. I. Wondered if the scene

38:19

was on wiki feet. Have. Never been on

38:21

this website before, only heard tell of it

38:23

but there. There's. Gotta be very exciting

38:26

for a certain a person. Right through the

38:28

wall they can hear New Lakes. Have

38:33

been excitedly eavesdropped on

38:35

this moment. He

38:37

was doing it for him as did

38:40

that know. That.

38:48

Now Adam. Early. Years you

38:50

promised that you would be able to

38:52

persuade me that supporting greatest and and

38:54

greatest track was somehow a good idea.

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You know, we flipped a coin at

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this assessor. get a good as ever

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sad sack and have taken the anti

39:03

stance on a lot of these things.

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I'd like you to defend your position.

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Wow. Okay, well if I'm insufficiently able

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Four. So.

45:38

The consequence that oh Gq comes

45:40

up with for lowercase Q is

45:42

spend some time as an amoeba

45:44

with no powers. And.

45:46

That. That. As illustrated in

45:48

the next scene where he said relieved

45:51

of his petri dish lifestyle was wrong.

45:53

You didn't enjoy life as an apprentice.

45:55

An amoeba know he hated it and

45:57

he also does not have any powers

46:00

Now this made suddenly human. And.

46:02

Dad I'm in the boot. We've seen

46:05

the Continuum do this to oh Gq

46:07

before now. Janeway can actually compel him

46:09

to do staff and there is going

46:11

to stay for a week. And.

46:14

He has to stop being a brat

46:16

by week's end. Or he didn't

46:18

live the rest of his life as

46:20

an amoeba. That's the. That's. The

46:22

steaks. As has been decided

46:24

by the Continuum, Lowercase: Que

46:27

hates this and storms

46:29

ass stepping on. The.

46:31

Petri dish on his way out.

46:33

then. I watched the scene.

46:36

Sixteen. Times you know why. He

46:40

wanted to see of petri dish do was getting

46:42

on the carpet. It

46:44

doesn't. And the reason this

46:46

scene was so interesting to me was because

46:49

I think. One.

46:51

Boots. Steps. On

46:53

the petri dish. And

46:55

another. right? Leg

46:58

and boots. Steps.

47:00

Out to take that first

47:02

step so as not to

47:04

wipe. Petri. Dish do on

47:07

the carpet on the way out because

47:09

been if you play the scene over

47:11

and over again you don't see any

47:13

petri dish. You get trapped on the

47:16

carpet going forward. That seems impossible. Wow

47:18

Wow. To

47:22

Isis I know you're here to

47:25

do press for something else, but

47:27

I have a question. In

47:30

Star Trek Voyager Season Seven episode that

47:32

Seems You to. P

47:39

Three days at a lot. Of the

47:41

success. Of.

47:47

My friends huge fan of that episode

47:49

and we all know if night or

47:51

is. Yeah! This

47:54

is bullshit. I think it is

47:56

really hard to tell if it

47:58

is the same boot. Not at

48:00

the searches. The quality of this trick.

48:03

The. Timing of it as really tricky to

48:05

do it soon. Good had to good

48:07

for it not to be the same

48:09

boot but I. I

48:11

still believe damn it. So he

48:14

gets washed down to his quarters.

48:16

we get to see what? what?

48:18

Bad quarters on Voyager with clay

48:20

and their the not bad that

48:22

the meaner better the mob. Bad

48:25

corridors and bursary dose you know.

48:27

Phallic. Is living in a hallway? Lord I

48:29

don't end up and fancy realms. She makes

48:32

her to take off his pips. It seems

48:34

as though that is very important. That.

48:36

It feels like this is a

48:38

sip with a smaller crew compliment,

48:40

but still. You. Don't want

48:42

any for peppers walking around. Getting.

48:45

Any as added that stolen pit valor

48:47

right? right? So. She's got

48:49

a. Curriculum. That

48:51

she's come up with us

48:53

customs. And

48:57

his first stop is in the Ass

48:59

Lab. Where. Seven and

49:01

each Ab are. Going.

49:03

To be showing him

49:05

so widespread repercussions assists

49:08

districts and. Was.

49:10

Little weird First lesson. The.

49:13

The lesson that the he wants

49:15

is to be taught by a

49:17

naked teacher. Great. Answer.

49:20

My. Question for you is. Is

49:23

this a show that is trying to make

49:25

the case? That. Jerry.

49:27

Ryan's body is so beautiful.

49:30

That. It's. One

49:32

of the most beautiful things in

49:34

the entire universe is. Lower

49:37

que wants to see it. Yeah

49:39

for voters to any naked body do

49:42

for lowercase que a he's just a

49:44

purse which you think it is. Oh

49:46

maybe just maybe his disturb come one

49:49

come all horn dog you know? Yeah.

49:52

Yeah. That's and clear. He

49:54

does say it to seven and

49:56

not Hm notably. Because

49:59

as. Egypt a dump him out. It's

50:03

a good thing so. Assists

50:06

our parents is as a

50:08

basis together throw. Our

50:13

family is not in

50:15

that way. This

50:19

mop handle. The Love this they have

50:21

held my hand five far as assess,

50:23

Assess assess assess What we get here

50:26

is that kind of a montage of

50:28

these vignettes. Rate we get. We get

50:30

the ass lab seen, We get a

50:33

diplomacy program seem that's. Run.

50:35

By to totally. Is. This.

50:38

Where. Teague. Indolence, He got

50:40

bit by the diplomacy bugs. Or.

50:43

Do you like this? Seen so much.

50:46

That. He then change careers. He was like i

50:48

don't think acting for me, I think I'm really.

50:50

I think I've got a little something. Gold is

50:52

when it comes. To.

50:55

working out problems between. Warring.

50:57

Nation, States or whatever. You know

51:00

what I love. Angry people at

51:02

a table always have assessed as

51:04

a. Sets

51:07

wilde the think about. Diplomacy

51:13

timeframe back to San Diego

51:15

this year. Or.

51:22

Earlier. Of

51:29

Star Trek Voyager. Diplomat

51:33

said and for concern with

51:35

your career from that point.

51:39

I think my sir over

51:41

there further. There's.

51:44

No food is this? businesses and

51:46

a susan for other people here.

51:48

Physicists a similar security breaks the

51:50

mining rights and hast and put

51:52

them in the center. This table

51:54

and them leaves lowered his q

51:56

to deal with it. Are

52:00

we going to the court or outside? Insane! Was

52:02

really surprised to run into to go to out

52:04

there. He's like. I. Got

52:06

it. Don't worry about it like he's

52:08

gotta learn how to fail. That's.

52:10

Part A grown up. And. I stuck

52:13

him with. The. Kobayashi Maru of

52:15

diplomatic missions. The. Problem with

52:17

the Kobayashi Maru as a

52:19

test is that. It. Can

52:22

be seated. If one

52:24

were to add, changed the rules of

52:26

the program that accommodations original thinking. What

52:28

they don't know is that. Lowercase:

52:30

Q is done that. When. She

52:32

thirty watts back in his solve the mining

52:34

rights problem and they've already like moved on

52:37

the party. Part. Of the diplomacy.

52:40

The Kardashians in the Bajaur and are

52:42

hugging. It's great. He loved to see

52:44

it as that for in the Universe

52:46

in the Mess Hall at lower Case

52:48

Q continues his course. Worth. As.

52:51

A server behind the counter and

52:53

Neil acts as loud talking. The

52:55

scene because he can and because

52:58

he knows it irritates lowercase cues

53:00

is great. Too bad you can

53:03

just set me up again. My

53:05

favorite see A success in an

53:07

episode full of great scenes. Oh

53:10

yeah, it was. A real

53:12

delight at him. I mean it is

53:14

hard for me to look past this

53:16

one to drag this episode as I

53:19

am required unfortunately to do by the

53:21

coin. It is so

53:23

apparent that this is the

53:25

key. My salad: That.

53:27

We have had over and

53:29

over and over again an

53:31

airport lounges across the country.

53:35

As. Large as to

53:38

asks at each ibs help in

53:40

writing an essay as that's another

53:42

thing is get coming up. Each.

53:45

Have was down there to

53:47

invite him to do like

53:49

recreational activities. Each.

53:51

Of me really nice to largest year

53:53

despite what a dick lowercase year has

53:56

been the entire time, it's shocking rate.

53:58

I don't want what's best for you. Mainly

54:00

because of the guy who plays him, but

54:03

it is really sad to see this character

54:05

step on the social rake as many times

54:07

has he does in this episode, then if

54:09

you don't want nice things to have and

54:11

each have weighed about twenty years, Of.

54:18

Us. I love what happens. In

54:21

this scene because it reminds me so much

54:23

of. That. The place the episode in

54:25

time and a specific way but the latest

54:27

curve episode. Where. At. Leon.

54:30

Gets Freddie Funkhouser Stack it just

54:32

I complimenting it and it becomes

54:34

a thing like this. Noticing a

54:37

thing and complimenting as saying can

54:39

often. Mean. That that thing is

54:41

given to you up at that works by

54:43

fifty percent of the time right? And in

54:45

this scene that that same thing happens because.

54:48

Lowercase: Que kind of are

54:50

so some appreciation for how

54:52

good. He. To be set

54:55

at the Academics. And. Kind of

54:57

gases him up. Into writing his essay

54:59

for him. I'll get a pet. We

55:01

find this out because his lead. In.

55:03

The next scene finishing off his

55:05

oral presentation of his essay to

55:08

Janeway and she's like that is

55:10

obviously Chat Gp T and by

55:12

Chat Gb I mean each abs

55:14

writing style. In affair seen

55:17

I was chatting after the essay. It

55:19

was so good. This

55:22

essay death and fled by basement

55:25

at all and then we you

55:27

know find he changed the conditions

55:29

of the tests for the diplomacy.

55:31

Problem. The to go to gave him. And.

55:35

Unlike kurds, Nobody thinks

55:37

that this is cool, they just think

55:39

it's academic dishonesty. It's been a Surat

55:41

the whole time. I see.

55:43

Is like you know you can go

55:46

sit near quarters and think about what

55:48

you've done and. You'll. Be living

55:50

out the rest of your life as

55:52

an amoeba and he's a Guerrero I

55:54

I didn't mean it's either, just like

55:56

wanted to do really well and. This.

55:59

Is the way they. The do that

56:01

and. It. Is in the

56:03

seen that he realizes that to.

56:05

Achieve. The desired goal? He

56:08

is actually going to have to

56:10

apply himself and do his best

56:13

without cheating and Jane was really

56:15

glad that he was able to

56:17

see his way through to that

56:20

realization. I think it's great he

56:22

just gets chance after chance to

56:24

blow it. I think everybody watching

56:27

this show that is the son

56:29

of a a famous actor will

56:31

really identify with this tear her

56:34

assists. We have twenty more. Minutes

56:36

to fill in this episode.

56:38

Therefore, I'm giving you a

56:41

sixth sense. Lightest,

56:45

Understood Don't like this episode. But.

56:48

I do like the way Janeway. Enunciate.

56:51

Dismissed. At the end of this

56:54

you really like puts all the mustard

56:56

on that first syllable. Dismissed. I did

56:58

not notice that. So good.

57:00

It's like Jane was dismissed as as

57:02

good as Dakota's five outta. Like.

57:05

Lance Reddick Saying the word.

57:07

Lieutenant. Of

57:11

deaths are sweeping. We

57:16

had to Four days later and he's

57:18

really turned over. A new lease is

57:20

do and. A. Great job

57:22

actually participating in learning data

57:25

and lag lowercase Q has

57:27

stepped treaty. Guess they sit

57:29

assists like that's basically the

57:32

points it acts as. The

57:35

pretty low bar there. But

57:38

he did did redo his essays Allows nice

57:40

to have. In. Watts each year

57:42

in the mess hall where lowercase Q had

57:44

been. Performing. This essay.

57:47

And death. He. Took

57:49

turns it into it and invitation for pilot

57:51

lessons that. Tom. Paris has giving.

57:54

Pretty. Cool Invited doesn't seem like the kind

57:56

of thing you. Could. Just invite

57:58

whoever to come on. I

58:00

think it's so interesting said the be story

58:02

of this episode where there to be one.

58:06

Isn't each ship desperately wanting

58:08

a friend? Which. Like

58:10

his behavior. Totally.

58:13

Indicates, but there's never a point where

58:15

he actually says that to anyone else

58:17

or says it directly to lower case

58:20

cure or whatever, but it, it sure

58:22

seems like that, right? It.

58:24

Is very evidence that

58:26

that is a challenge

58:28

for. Each him. Ever

58:31

since the rest of the Louis boards

58:34

west. By. Yeah, like is

58:36

giving lowercase to as many chances as

58:38

Janeway does. Glass.

58:46

South. The next seen as on a Delta

58:48

flyer and they both get to like. Swap.

58:51

Seats at the controls. Pretty fun

58:53

ride. Paris is pretty good. teacher.

58:55

And. On Voyager, Two pops out of a

58:57

turbo list that Janeway is ready to

59:00

get on, and Janeway just kind of

59:02

dopes her way out of that interactions

59:04

going up. At that the next? What?

59:08

But you can't walk away from a

59:10

Q. Can. You know he

59:12

does blurbs right in front of her

59:14

and asks about lowercase cues progress. He.

59:17

Does not wanna believe that he's gotten

59:19

any better. And. Janeway Like I

59:21

can prove it. And. In the

59:23

next scene we see another. Co.

59:26

Rates as a reading. I love essay

59:28

readings and we get three of them

59:30

in this episode. Yeah,

59:32

Personally, I didn't care for any of the

59:34

three essay readings herbs or I kind of

59:37

felt like they were just filler in the

59:39

script. You get a room as seriously as

59:41

a readings I say. And

59:44

at the end of this reading. So.

59:46

Ends the reading. Ben. And

59:48

see is way more impressed. And he

59:50

is and lowercase Que notices right away.

59:53

Then. Maybe. For

59:55

the the Fo D is watching

59:57

you could demonstrate what a disappointing.

1:00:00

Look. In a father's face is. Ah

1:00:03

yes the i'm sad sees got

1:00:05

the canal your arms crossed but

1:00:07

like up high on his chest

1:00:09

and gas. The up high arms

1:00:11

cross is like analogous to the

1:00:13

I Tell Hudson com beds. Certain.

1:00:15

Ways right? the higher the arms or trust

1:00:17

like you you're too high because then you

1:00:19

look like you're in a be boys stand.

1:00:22

With. Flip flops and socks and sweat

1:00:24

pants Do not be boy. Those arms

1:00:27

if you're disappointed. Dead. Now.

1:00:29

Have been practicing, you know, like so that.

1:00:31

The. Roads and Toil under a

1:00:33

father that never gives him any

1:00:35

validation as the boys Cisco kind

1:00:38

of is the parenting style and

1:00:40

I can shoot for those. Very

1:00:42

nice. In

1:00:44

the Cats in the cradle, in the zoos.

1:00:49

And assess assess assess how is

1:00:51

lower case que surprised by the

1:00:54

and see he seems genuinely hurt

1:00:56

by his dad's behavior here and

1:00:58

he leaves in a house. And.

1:01:01

Janeway is like but it's not that oh

1:01:03

Gq was disappointed in him is disappointed in

1:01:05

Janeway he was earth is the instruction was

1:01:08

at a higher level of next basket weaving.

1:01:10

This is what you have to look forward

1:01:12

to and every P T a meetings you

1:01:14

going to attend for to around like that

1:01:17

sense in between. Whose fault is it that

1:01:19

the round is fucking up great? Is it

1:01:21

his father is that the teachers. Let's

1:01:24

just assume it's the teachers cause my

1:01:26

little boy he would never. Oh

1:01:30

Gq has to be honest. That

1:01:32

impressed and at the Continuum

1:01:34

isn't going to be impressed

1:01:36

either, because exemplary cuteness is

1:01:38

what they're after and. Guess.

1:01:41

What writing a great essay? Is

1:01:43

not it. So. Janeway goes in

1:01:46

there and visit sports his Q and.

1:01:49

Tries to comfort him a little bit. She

1:01:51

walks in without using the door time and

1:01:53

he's just been Jack in it. Were.

1:02:00

Lock the door, lowercase

1:02:02

Q. Did you

1:02:04

use replicator credits to replicate a

1:02:06

shoebox? Oh my

1:02:08

God, what's in there? Oh, what's

1:02:11

in the box? Q's

1:02:13

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1:02:16

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kind of offering a safety net here, right?

1:02:47

Like you can at least be a human

1:02:49

and live on this ship if you fail.

1:02:52

Like I'll make sure that the continuum doesn't

1:02:54

turn you into an amoeba, and he's like,

1:02:56

that is not a satisfactory outcome to me. That

1:02:59

sounds like dog shit.

1:03:01

Like the distinction is

1:03:03

basically meaningless in my mind. Because

1:03:06

like what she's saying without

1:03:08

saying it is that like you can slum

1:03:10

it with S if you

1:03:12

can't cut it with the continuum. And

1:03:16

he hates this, he should hate it. He's

1:03:19

got an amazing life out there. He

1:03:21

doesn't want to be human. He's had

1:03:24

that sweet, sweet Q coke shoot up

1:03:26

his nose, and nothing

1:03:28

else is going to do it for him. Yeah,

1:03:30

he goes and finds Itchy,

1:03:33

which is Echeb's new name. Itchy

1:03:35

is working in a Jeffrey's

1:03:38

tube, and he persuades him to go

1:03:40

help him fix an engine problem on

1:03:42

the Delta Flyer that they saw. Like

1:03:45

the check engine light came on when they

1:03:47

were having their flying lesson the other day,

1:03:50

and they're going to go wrench under

1:03:52

the hood and fix it. And no

1:03:54

sooner Have they fixed the check

1:03:56

engine light on the Delta Flyer than lowercase Q.

1:04:00

You is. Joking.

1:04:02

The ship. Ads. T.

1:04:04

Blocks. Each have been back there at

1:04:06

the back of the of the bridge area.

1:04:10

Since you do that and Caesar's

1:04:12

open the shuttle bay door. And

1:04:15

flies this ship out. I. Love

1:04:17

suiting the door. Ah yeah, what a

1:04:19

moment. I love seeing it from the

1:04:21

inside of the of the shuttle bay.

1:04:24

Looks great. That's the distinction. exactly. Like

1:04:26

so often we would have seen this

1:04:28

from the exterior now read or just

1:04:30

heard it described on the bridge. We.

1:04:33

See the Delta Flyer go through something I

1:04:35

don't think we've ever seen before Ben and

1:04:37

I think we can just call it a

1:04:39

space guess he hadn't And on the other

1:04:41

side of this thing. The. Club Virus

1:04:43

System. Isn't. A

1:04:46

place Young T was promised is full

1:04:48

of babes. The

1:04:50

core of our system is gotta be

1:04:53

named after the clock of that they

1:04:55

made in space right? So serious eats.

1:04:57

It Does Not Want to meet these

1:04:59

women he wants to go home to

1:05:01

voyager. Is. Like there's a perfect

1:05:03

woman back on Voyager. What are we doing?

1:05:07

You've wanted to see her naked

1:05:09

constantly assists the how could we

1:05:11

possibly leave that. I

1:05:14

was very excited to see what's

1:05:16

the clue. Very babes looks like

1:05:18

air hearing them talked up so

1:05:20

much but instead they give role

1:05:22

burned by local police who are

1:05:25

preparing to arrest them for i

1:05:27

guess like just being in the

1:05:29

wrong part of space. I

1:05:31

love how the. Simplest, it would really

1:05:34

distinct from anything else we've

1:05:36

seen. Her kind of

1:05:38

Romulan re this. Year. That

1:05:40

Romulan dreams. It was Romulan green in

1:05:42

a way that I was like this

1:05:44

should have just been designed for a

1:05:46

Romeo and shit like throw a different

1:05:48

pace watch on that you know. Smooth

1:05:50

lines, A dagger as I hated

1:05:53

it. I I don't want them taking steps

1:05:55

away from the Romulans that are rightfully theirs.

1:05:58

I know you and I have been in

1:06:00

the situation the passenger in a vehicle as

1:06:02

a teenager where the driver does not lie

1:06:04

to pull over and instead they flee. Yeah.

1:06:07

And this is the situation that each

1:06:09

of isn't. Very stressful. They

1:06:11

they do liquor shot at this

1:06:13

ship and then go back through

1:06:15

a space. das. But. Not

1:06:18

before each it gets worse

1:06:20

lightnings and back on Voyager

1:06:22

the Delta Flyer shows up

1:06:24

and lower tissue gets on

1:06:26

face time begging for Janeway

1:06:29

to beam. Itchy. To.

1:06:31

Six. Pay to fix him up. A

1:06:35

period. If

1:06:37

he had make you go to a

1:06:39

service station. And

1:06:41

damaged my car will fuming it.

1:06:44

Would there be a. Gas

1:06:47

Gas. But.

1:06:52

Ah yeah, I think

1:06:54

that's without the seven

1:06:56

if you. As.

1:07:01

As later. And

1:07:05

and. Just. To laugh.

1:07:07

Expand. On that a little bit. I think

1:07:09

if somebody saw you damage your car. In.

1:07:12

That context. And

1:07:14

made a noise. It might be

1:07:16

a gas gas gas. If

1:07:21

a person share this incident and

1:07:23

or was moved to take pity

1:07:25

on me because I didn't have

1:07:27

any many with they give me.

1:07:30

Das Gas Gas gas.

1:07:36

I mean, I think that

1:07:39

they would give you gas,

1:07:41

gas, gas, cash, cash or

1:07:43

gray? it is no and

1:07:45

rides for free in Ithaca.

1:07:47

Sextus will be right back.

1:07:52

Ssssss. in

1:07:55

six by dr mark does not know

1:07:57

how to fix what has happened to

1:07:59

it's Itchy is hurt

1:08:02

in a way that, you know, he needs to

1:08:04

know a lot more about the weapon

1:08:06

that did it to figure this out. So

1:08:09

Janeway is like, lowercase

1:08:11

Q, you stole a candy

1:08:13

bar and you and I are going

1:08:15

to go back to the store and you are

1:08:17

going to apologize to the minimum wage employee and

1:08:20

make them a part of my parenting moment for

1:08:23

some reason. Yeah,

1:08:26

this sucks. This sucks for everyone. It

1:08:28

is no fun. But it's a great

1:08:30

scene. It is a good scene. I

1:08:32

mean, uh... I get to

1:08:35

say that. You can't say that. Fuck!

1:08:39

It shouldn't have smoked all that weed before we started

1:08:41

recording. I can't remember which side of the thing I'm

1:08:43

on. So

1:08:47

yeah, he has to confront on

1:08:49

FaceTime the angry captain of this

1:08:51

ship and the captain of

1:08:53

this ship is like, cool, well, you're off

1:08:55

the hook, but Janeway, you are going to

1:08:57

have to endure the punishment for the crimes

1:09:00

of the child. That's just the way it

1:09:02

works in our culture. I don't make the

1:09:04

rules. I just enforce them at

1:09:06

gunpoint. Yeah.

1:09:08

Unquestioningly. Pretty great. Lowercase

1:09:11

Q is very upset by this. He

1:09:14

kind of wants to throw himself on the

1:09:16

punishment aid and is

1:09:19

begging for the punishment to be

1:09:21

brought down on his head. And

1:09:23

this is when this

1:09:26

weird, loafy alien is finally broken. And

1:09:28

he's like, I'm so proud of you

1:09:30

and reveals himself

1:09:33

to be none other than OGQ.

1:09:36

In disguise! Surprise! Well,

1:09:40

this is all great and everything, but what

1:09:42

about Egypt back in Six Bay? Now he's

1:09:44

fine. I fixed it. Just

1:09:47

now is what Q says. Yeah. Huh?

1:09:50

Yeah, this was all parenting

1:09:52

done by Q. Janeway's

1:09:55

outraged because she's like, so this was just

1:09:57

a deus ex machina, like this, this

1:09:59

was all done. for his benefit and we

1:10:01

were left to worry about

1:10:03

the safety of our crew for

1:10:05

no fucking reason. And he's like,

1:10:07

yep. And I feel like she's

1:10:10

as mad at the episode as I am at

1:10:12

this point for just being like, what has this

1:10:14

all been for? Like what has been. At

1:10:17

least there were stakes in early season

1:10:19

Star Trek, the next generation. You had

1:10:22

the Borgs carve out a toilet area

1:10:24

from the enterprise. Many people

1:10:26

died. You're saying none

1:10:28

of that happened here. Yeah. No

1:10:31

one died on a toilet on

1:10:33

Voyager. What kind of horrible joke.

1:10:35

Everything gets undone. Lowercase Q is

1:10:37

brought before a panel

1:10:40

of encounter at Farpoint judges.

1:10:42

Do Q's

1:10:44

just dress like they're in the post

1:10:46

atomic horror whenever they're judging something? I

1:10:48

think so. They left the forklift off

1:10:50

screen though. These judges

1:10:53

are seated, unmoving. Yeah. They

1:10:55

have decided that lowercase

1:10:58

Q is not going to turn into an

1:11:01

amoeba, but he's also not going to get

1:11:03

his powers back. He's going to remain human.

1:11:05

And we know that everybody in

1:11:08

Star Trek wants to remain Klingon. In

1:11:10

fact. So

1:11:12

this is not a satisfactory outcome

1:11:15

for anyone. Not at

1:11:17

all. I mean, lowercase Q

1:11:19

seems to come to terms with it pretty

1:11:21

fast because in the ready room later, he's

1:11:23

like, Hey, you know, if

1:11:25

I'm going to be human, I might as well stay

1:11:28

with humans. So can I stick around on the ship

1:11:30

to continue the training? And like

1:11:33

the moment Janeway asks

1:11:35

about OGQ, OGQ appears

1:11:37

to tell them that he appealed

1:11:40

the judgment from the three Q judgment.

1:11:43

The Q tribunal, if you

1:11:45

will. It is a literal

1:11:47

tribunal. Yeah. Is

1:11:49

it a tri-cunal? It

1:11:52

is. All he had to do

1:11:54

was threaten to leave the continuum. He's like, if

1:11:56

you kick my boy out, I'm leaving too. We're

1:11:58

a package deal. So they walked

1:12:01

it back and now lowercase Q

1:12:03

has his powers again, and specifically

1:12:05

the power to make flowers,

1:12:08

which he gives to Janeway in this scene

1:12:11

as kind of a thank you for the

1:12:14

week of work that she's had, which

1:12:16

has been pretty tough. She also gets

1:12:18

compensated in the form of a couple

1:12:20

of years off of their trip. Not

1:12:24

a huge thank you from Q, but

1:12:26

I also wondered like how they're going

1:12:28

to get their monthly broadcasts from Starfleet

1:12:30

if they jump forward kind of

1:12:32

a lot. Because isn't

1:12:35

it predictive? Like they send the

1:12:37

tight beam at the part of space that

1:12:39

they think they're going to be in? Sure

1:12:41

has been. Yeah. Yeah.

1:12:44

That's really is going to fuck them all up.

1:12:46

Yeah, that's going to be a disappointing development actually.

1:12:48

Starfleet is going to be like, why were you

1:12:50

so communicative in the first year?

1:12:52

And then you stopped talking to us for the next

1:12:54

60 years? It's

1:12:56

like, can't pick up the phone at

1:12:59

all? Yeah. The

1:13:01

case that OGQ makes is that

1:13:03

this would make me like the

1:13:06

Egypt in the assignment. I

1:13:08

can't write your essay for you. You

1:13:10

need to do this one yourself. And

1:13:12

in this way, Janeway

1:13:14

approves, doesn't she? We've come full

1:13:16

circle in a perfectly

1:13:19

crafted episode. Ben,

1:13:21

did you like it? You know, I don't

1:13:23

think we need to get involved. But

1:13:27

I don't like bullets and I'm hungry and I

1:13:29

don't like you. Well,

1:13:32

I did not like it. I thought it was

1:13:35

extremely trite. It

1:13:37

was basically an episode asking me to

1:13:40

invest a bunch in both

1:13:43

a literal and a character

1:13:45

with Nepo baby who

1:13:48

just gets life handed to him on a

1:13:50

silver platter over and over again until

1:13:54

he finally achieves one minor thing.

1:13:59

And that's good enough for. everybody to be like, great,

1:14:01

well, you get to be rich and famous forever.

1:14:03

You know, you get to have all

1:14:06

power over time and space that

1:14:08

you want. And, uh,

1:14:11

yeah, I just, you know,

1:14:13

like Star Trek at its best is,

1:14:15

you know, they're little, they're little morality

1:14:17

stories. They're, they're little explorations of human

1:14:19

nature. And so I don't

1:14:22

think explorations of Q

1:14:25

nature really moved the needle for me.

1:14:28

It's sad to me, you know,

1:14:30

like, I think that when we

1:14:32

first started noticing LeVar Burton getting

1:14:34

directing credits on episodes of Star

1:14:36

Trek, the next generation, we

1:14:39

really praised what skill

1:14:41

he had as a director.

1:14:43

It's true. And it's just

1:14:46

kind of heartbreaking to see an artist get

1:14:48

worse and worse as their career progresses. How

1:14:52

about you? Wow. Ben,

1:14:55

uh, LeVar Burton catching

1:14:57

strays out there for

1:14:59

some reason. Amazing. No

1:15:02

one will ever know why you're going

1:15:04

at him so hard this

1:15:07

episode. Kind of bewildering from

1:15:10

where I'm sitting. Not just

1:15:12

a great episode, Ben. The

1:15:14

best episode of Star Trek

1:15:16

Voyager, I think was Q2. I

1:15:19

think there are problems that

1:15:22

omnipotent beings endure

1:15:24

that we'll never understand. And

1:15:26

maybe, maybe that's why we

1:15:29

don't understand it in this episode. You're

1:15:35

making me like, why do we get

1:15:38

sick? Well, God works in mysterious ways,

1:15:40

Ben. Argument. Precisely.

1:15:43

You see, Ben, we're too feeble minded

1:15:45

to grasp. The

1:15:48

challenges that they have to go through and like

1:15:50

the episode tries to tell their story, but look,

1:15:52

no episode could do that. And

1:15:55

in its own way, it does

1:15:57

tell that story. Right?

1:16:04

Yeah, pretty incredible. Loved

1:16:07

it. I

1:16:11

think I'm also going to love this week's priority one

1:16:13

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1:16:19

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Did you find yourself a drunk Shimoda? Incredible.

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Drunk Shimoda. I'm going

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to give it to Keegan Delancey because

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I do really feel like this must

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have been a ton of fun to

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go to work with dad and like

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goof around. And like, I think

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that he does a really nice

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job with the character being

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a high status asshole

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in many scenes when that is

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what the character is doing and

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a kind of groveling whelp in

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other scenes and have it really

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feel contiguous. Like that's one character

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doing those two

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status things when he

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is walking through Voyager and has, you know,

1:21:46

full control of his powers and doesn't give

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a shit what anyone thinks of him. He

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is so obnoxious to be around. And then

1:21:54

when he has nothing and like is really

1:21:56

at their mercy, he like

1:21:59

he gets his shit down. together real quick.

1:22:02

And I just thought he did a really

1:22:04

nice job with a pretty high stakes

1:22:06

acting challenge, I would say. I have

1:22:08

to imagine it was fun to be,

1:22:10

you know, like his

1:22:13

dad was a beloved

1:22:15

guy that they loved having back on

1:22:17

these Star Trek sets. So,

1:22:20

I mean, I think that this is the last

1:22:23

Q appearance for a long time.

1:22:26

So fun for him to get to go participate

1:22:28

in that. Thought he did a nice job.

1:22:31

Now that the coin flip is not

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influencing what I'm saying. Yeah,

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hard to choose anyone else, Ben. Such

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was the experience and performance for Keegan

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Delancey. This would be his last role,

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his last acting role was

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this. So what a way to go out. So

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maybe he actually hated it. He was like, fuck

1:22:49

this. This

1:22:52

is a hell of a way to get your

1:22:54

child not to get into the industry, is to

1:22:56

act across from them

1:22:58

out of it. Yeah,

1:23:03

yeah. I would love to buy

1:23:05

that guy a drink and ask him some questions about

1:23:08

what it was like to do this. Well,

1:23:10

maybe if you were at

1:23:13

war with another country, you could hire him.

1:23:16

Mm hmm. That'd be great. Okay,

1:23:20

Adam, it's the time of the show

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where we decide how we

1:23:24

will be doing the next episode.

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Why don't you head over to

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author, the doctor publishes

1:23:40

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1:23:42

his Voyager experiences, which scandalizes

1:23:45

the crew. Is

1:23:47

it true that there are only six episodes

1:23:49

left in all of Star Trek Voyager? That

1:23:52

is true, Adam. I can't believe it. We're

1:23:54

running downhill. Wow. Well, we're practically

1:23:57

at the top of the mountain at the top

1:23:59

of the mountain. the game of buttholes, Will

1:24:02

of the Caretaker, currently on square

1:24:04

87, one row from the top. Wow.

1:24:09

Three squares ahead, got a

1:24:11

traveler episode, which would move us back five,

1:24:14

and then two squares after that,

1:24:17

Neelix's galley, what do you

1:24:19

think is gonna happen? Hmm, you're required

1:24:22

to learn as you play the

1:24:24

role. It would take a

1:24:26

five to do a drinking episode. Hmm, we'll

1:24:29

see. Here I go. I

1:24:33

have rolled a five. Wow. I am

1:24:35

a roll. Only

1:24:40

bad things happen to us anymore on our

1:24:42

game board. Top

1:24:46

row of the game, square 92,

1:24:49

it's a Neelix's galley episode, which means

1:24:52

you and I are gonna drink tlaxie and

1:24:54

champagne the whole time. Whoa,

1:24:56

okay. How about that?

1:24:59

Interesting twist, I hope we do really well

1:25:01

in the drive so we can afford nice

1:25:04

bottles of tlaxie and champagne for the next

1:25:06

episode. Oh yeah, if we don't, we get

1:25:08

what we deserve. Swell. Korbel.

1:25:12

Hrrr. Hrrr. Well,

1:25:17

we should do some credits, Adam. Gotta

1:25:19

thank Windy Pretty, our beloved

1:25:21

producer, editor. We

1:25:24

gotta thank Rob Adler, our

1:25:26

new director of social media.

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Bill Tilly, our consiglieri. We

1:25:32

gotta thank Adam Magusia, who made the

1:25:35

original Janeway song and is hard at

1:25:37

work on the Entrepreneur's song for What

1:25:39

We Have Coming. I hope so. That's

1:25:42

all inspired by Dark

1:25:44

Materia's original card song. Hey,

1:25:47

thanks to everyone who has supported already

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in the MaxFun drive. You know, we're

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please support maximumfun.org/ join. And

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with that, we will be back at you

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next week with another great episode of Star

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Trek Voyager, an episode of the greatest generation

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Voyager where Adam and Ben

1:26:09

tell all in a way that upsets each other

1:26:11

as well. I guess we

1:26:13

just get a little loose-lipped with all that

1:26:15

palaxe and champagne going down our gullets. Looking

1:26:18

forward to that. Getting

1:26:20

a little loose. Hey,

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before we let you go, it's your last chance

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