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Here's to the finest crew in Starling.

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When it comes to my crew, you

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won't get any argument from me. This

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is a parody. Paramount

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owns the song.

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Welcome to The Greatest Generation. It's a Star

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Trek podcast by a couple of guys who

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are a little bit embarrassed about having a

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Star Trek podcast. I'm Ben Harrison. I'm Adam

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Pranika. Code 47

0:25

this week, Adam, we're opening

0:28

some packages that were

0:30

sent in by friends of DeSoto. Again,

0:34

I am notorious at the post office. They

0:36

were mad at me for having so many

0:38

things there. They've escalated

0:41

in their passive-aggressive post

0:43

office behavior toward me. Last

0:46

couple of times, they've given me

0:48

the corrugated plastic bin full of

0:51

packages. This time, pushed an entire

0:53

hopper through the door. Well,

0:56

you got the laundry

0:58

hopper situation? Yeah, hamper

1:00

is probably the word for it, not hopper. Fuck

1:02

that shit! But the wheeled

1:04

thing with the canvas

1:06

inside the metal structure.

1:10

And she was like, yeah, you can use this and push it

1:12

out to your car. Just

1:14

bring it back and leave it by this door. Yeah,

1:17

try to remember to come back and

1:19

return it. It seems like something

1:21

you have a real problem with. That's

1:24

a reliable way to feel bad for you.

1:26

Just every couple of weeks ago, go to

1:28

the post office. Check on the

1:30

packages. You

1:33

and I were talking the other day, and I was

1:35

like, I don't know if anybody likes this segment or

1:37

wants us to keep doing it, but they keep sending

1:39

stuff. I know it's important

1:41

for the people that send the stuff, and so

1:43

that's why it feels like a meaningful thing to

1:45

do. But yeah, I wonder if you're

1:48

not one of the senders if this does anything. Maybe

1:51

we should move this to a YouTube down the

1:53

road and just make that its own thing. I

1:55

don't know. The thoughtfulness of the people who send

1:57

this stuff in deserves to be recognized. And

2:00

maybe shunting them over to the

2:02

YouTube isn't fair either. Who's

2:04

to say? Yeah, I would be curious. Maybe

2:08

Rob can put up a post this

2:10

week taking people's temperature on whether they

2:12

would like a Code 47

2:14

Maron to just be its own thing or

2:17

if they like it in the show from time

2:19

to time. Oh, Ben, I'm already

2:21

looking at the poll and there's actually a third

2:23

voting button. Did you know about this? Was

2:26

it just stop doing the show entirely? No,

2:28

it's no matter what you choose, do we

2:30

want Ben to still feel bad every two

2:32

or three weeks? Is

2:34

that one doing pretty well? That one's like 98%. I

2:41

think we should probably get into this

2:43

mailbag because there's a bunch here. Oh

2:45

yeah, a whole laundry chute. Captain, I'm

2:48

sorry to disturb you. I'm receiving a Code 47. Verify?

2:53

It is Code 47, sir. Stark

2:55

lead emergency frequency. Captain's eyes only.

2:57

All right, we're going to

2:59

start with a letter. This

3:01

one is from Rebecca PhD

3:04

out of Chicago, Illinois.

3:08

How does Rebecca have time to send us

3:10

a letter? Dear Ben and Adam, last summer

3:12

during a guided bike tour in the Burgundy

3:14

wine region in France, the guy

3:17

told us we were going to stop at our first

3:19

vineyard for a tasting. Apparently

3:21

Chateau Picard exists. Luckily

3:24

one other guy on the tour was also

3:26

a TNG fan and equally excited, so

3:29

I didn't look like a total weirdo

3:31

geeking out. The French tour guide and

3:33

vineyard owner were completely confused. I

3:36

tried to find some swag to bring back

3:38

for you guys, but all they had was

3:41

this card and my husband refused

3:43

to sacrifice one of our six

3:45

allotted bottles to quote Braceback Wine

3:47

for those guys from that weird

3:49

Star Trek podcast who was the

3:51

two. Yeah, that's smart. That's

3:54

totally fair. Also, that's a fucking lie.

3:56

There is no way anyone involved with

3:59

Chateau Picard. is completely

4:01

unaware of the idea of

4:03

Star Trek The Next Generation and Jean-Luc Picard.

4:06

Are fans just not going there that much?

4:08

That's like asking directions of a French person

4:10

in English and then just ignoring you. Like,

4:12

that's what this is. They're just being French

4:15

at you. Oh

4:19

man, you can stay in the guest house

4:21

at Chateau Picard. That's something we gotta do

4:23

at some point. You get to see the

4:25

very spot that Picard's mom hung herself. Wow!

4:31

Wow! This

4:34

next one is from Stefan out

4:36

of New York, New York. We

4:39

have a letter here. Hi, Ben and Adam

4:41

and Wendy and Bill. Sorry for

4:43

the delay in sending this Xmas

4:45

themed item. I started making

4:47

these ornaments in 2002 for friends and family. And

4:51

since you're such a consistent part

4:53

of my week, I decided podcasters

4:55

were close enough. Thanks for all

4:57

you do to make us laugh.

4:59

Stefan and... Yvonne? Maybe? Oh,

5:02

that's great. These are the ornaments.

5:04

They're like a circuit board with

5:06

LEDs printed on it. Look

5:09

at that. Are the lights registering for you

5:11

on camera? They sure are. They look great.

5:13

Wow. There's also a button here. What does

5:15

that do? Mode. Thank

5:18

you, Stefan. And thank

5:21

you, Yvonne. This

5:23

one is from Kevin

5:25

out of Cincinnati, Ohio. I

5:28

think I found a letter here. Dear

5:30

Ben and Adam, a while back I sent in

5:32

a P1 to you guys saying I was

5:34

hoping to see you in Cincinnati for the Share

5:37

Your Embarrassment Tour. Alas, as we know, that was

5:39

not meant to be. Still, it was great

5:41

meeting you guys at the Chicago Show. Although you

5:43

guys didn't make it, I did

5:45

want to send you some things from the

5:48

city that you can enjoy as a way

5:50

of saying, sorry we missed you. First, you'll

5:52

find some spice mixes and kits I got

5:54

from Findley Market near downtown. It

5:57

includes some Cincinnati chili spices and

5:59

kits. Second is

6:01

some waffle mix from my favorite restaurant in

6:03

the city, Taste of Belgium.

6:06

Third, I wanted to send you some Grater's

6:08

ice cream, but obviously doing that directly would

6:10

be a bad idea. So

6:13

enclosed, you will find a gift card for

6:15

each of you that has enough on them

6:17

so you can cover an order of six

6:20

pints as well as shipping. That is so

6:22

nice! Dang! Wow! Amazing!

6:25

Thanks for all the entertainment you guys have given me

6:27

and the FODs all these years. I hope that in

6:29

2025, when you're on tour with the one

6:32

with the mashed potatoes whisk, that

6:34

you can try again to make a stop in

6:36

Cincinnati. But if not, then I look forward to

6:38

seeing you guys in whatever city you can make

6:40

it to. So that's

6:42

from Kevin from Cincy. Kevin, you

6:44

are so generous.

6:47

That is amazing.

6:49

Thank you for your kindness. And thank

6:51

you for reminding me of

6:53

what our tour poster might look like for that

6:55

next tour. I

6:59

mean, the real star of that movie,

7:01

Central. Yeah. To what's going

7:03

on in there. This next

7:05

package is from Jeff. My name is

7:07

Jeff. In Brooklyn, New York. Dear Ben

7:10

and Adam, Hey guys, this has been

7:12

rattling around in my head since well

7:14

before the pandemic. My friend of 20

7:16

plus years Francis started a certain Facebook

7:19

group after Lower Decks season four episode

7:21

four and everything

7:23

fell into place. May these precious

7:25

keepsakes contribute or not to your

7:27

good mental health. Thanks

7:29

again, Jeff Brady, co-mod

7:32

of the greatest trek, Tweening.

7:35

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Wow.

7:38

All right. Okay. So

7:43

a Mark Twain bobblehead doll.

7:46

Oh my God. These

7:48

are code 47, greatest

7:51

gen limited edition Mark

7:53

Twain bobbleheads. That is not one

7:55

of those cheap bobbleheads. That

7:58

Looks like legit. Malady.

8:00

It kind of looks to me

8:02

like maybe hand crafted. just look

8:04

at embargo. The nice silent Twain

8:07

is is something I can really

8:09

get behind our yeah wow that

8:11

is really great safe as there's

8:13

also one for you here Adam

8:15

So thanks. One final package Adam

8:18

from Chris out of Maple Valley,

8:20

Washington The complicated pack job You

8:22

hear? this is like when my

8:24

mom makes me a pie and

8:26

my dad hacks it. A box

8:28

sets to. Assess

8:31

how high is worth. My dad is.

8:34

A dedicated architects of

8:37

high shipping materials. Here's.

8:41

A letter. A

8:43

Bed and Adam. It was great getting to

8:45

see you guys live again in Seattle and

8:48

was also cool to see that you were

8:50

touring with one of the Riker Horgan that

8:52

I sent. You sir are caught a glimpse

8:54

of the action galley play set and send

8:56

you on the video of the We Encounter

8:59

as far Point. It's gratifying to see that

9:01

the stupid things I enjoy making have found

9:03

a home on the road with you. That's

9:06

why I will share my embarrassment a

9:08

hearing Adam say that his Horgan broke

9:10

spilling sand all over his stuff and

9:12

when they get a lot of wear

9:14

and tear on the road he said

9:16

these are gone they do but I'm

9:19

usually very studious with the the bubble

9:21

wrap and the and the closing wrapped

9:23

around it and so forth like items.

9:25

I like your dad and apply at

9:27

the So am I. With Horgan Adam

9:30

said he would attempt to fix it.

9:32

Now there's no need. I went right

9:34

to work making a new. One Wow

9:36

and closes a new record maneuver

9:38

Horgan residing in my first attempt

9:40

at laser cutting a Fox. Also

9:42

enclosed as a small supply of

9:45

posters I created a Writer Horgan

9:47

Consent graphic is a style of

9:49

the Obama Hope poster for a

9:51

shirt which I wore to the

9:53

Seattle Show Front Row Center. Thanks

9:55

for all the last and keep

9:57

making five. Probably listen to anything

9:59

you guys put out. Heck, Factory

10:02

Seconds is literally just a podcast

10:04

about what you had for lunch.

10:06

People seem to love that. All

10:09

the best Chris when you put

10:11

it that way as a kind

10:14

of stings ssssss at the box

10:16

is beautiful. It looks like an

10:18

artifact really phenomenal some and it

10:21

feels a little bit more substantial

10:23

and says well I want to

10:25

bring one of those to Jonathan

10:28

friends. Have been in love then? Let's

10:31

do it. Let's me know. I mean you're gonna

10:33

have to do most of the talking. I think

10:35

that of of down for that. As an adventurer

10:37

it goes without saying. If

10:40

like year catchphrase been a

10:42

centimeter really goes without saying

10:45

ssssss. Wow

10:47

Wow! this has been a ton of

10:49

fun. Thank you to everybody who sent

10:51

us something. A few says audio version

10:53

of the show a good or social

10:55

media and you could see pictures of

10:58

all the school stuff that follows on

11:00

you tube Satan. Last video with

11:02

that we should probably pivot

11:04

into. Episode Here we got

11:07

a great episode. Of

11:09

Star Trek Enterprise. To talk

11:11

about it's Season One Episode

11:14

four. Strange. New Worlds

11:16

to. Were.

11:20

In the mess hell for the cold

11:22

open and there we meet a couple

11:24

As and Pcs here as I love

11:27

this moment. Because. This feels

11:29

new to me in a Star Trek

11:31

episode, yet the idea of crew people

11:33

going about their business in this case

11:35

eating Vulcan food, but something out the

11:38

window? Catches. There I. It's

11:40

a planet. And it's a planet that looks

11:42

a lot like Earth. A lot

11:44

of the familiar geographical traits. That.

11:47

You've come to love about.

11:49

The. Pale blue. right? Suspended

11:52

in a sunbeam. When.

11:54

I was. I was just thinking about

11:57

like these characters debt as fleshed out

11:59

over the course this episode as some

12:01

bridge crew people on Discovery have over.

12:04

Five. Seasons and I don't if

12:06

going to see them again or

12:08

not, but that I thought that

12:11

they were interestingly drawn characters that

12:13

like. Gives. A sense of

12:15

like what kind of person is also on board

12:17

the ship and know. I like

12:19

the idea of meeting new crew people

12:21

on a show that you've only seen

12:23

for three episodes and not immediately assuming

12:25

these people are going to die because

12:28

there's a pretty good chance that these

12:30

might be just. Crew. People you come

12:32

back and hang out with some time to time. Every

12:34

eight episodes are so. That. It does.

12:36

These could be to crewman Terry. see now.

12:39

This. Could be of boring care. Such

12:41

nonsense. With that thoughts in here, They're

12:43

not being set up like red shirts.

12:45

There is set up like part of

12:48

the tapestry of characters on board the

12:50

ship. I love the one guy in

12:52

the scene points out the window and

12:54

he's like is that the polar region.

12:58

So right. And Truman Cutler's

13:00

like come on Novak of it's that your

13:03

mind out of the gutter. Ted.

13:05

Over to the bridge and death Everyone seal

13:08

And good because the atmosphere on this planet

13:10

is breather. Bull. Ah, but

13:12

there's no humanoids. And the scans. Ah

13:15

but I guess the good news is

13:17

also there's no like warning was. It's

13:24

an abandoned planet. Is. Unspoken for

13:26

so let's go. Had put a pod

13:29

down there there. There's. Some

13:31

debate again suppose like hey

13:33

maybe maybe slow your roll

13:35

I think this episode establishes

13:37

what M class stands for

13:39

the Area Vulcan word he

13:41

as her seems there were

13:43

men shard class meaning that

13:45

can support humanoid life. And

13:47

it's really like a you know she's saying

13:50

like put Mars Rovers down there They're like

13:52

no, no, we're much more. They hold my

13:54

beer type species like we're just gonna go.

13:56

To. Paul doesn't like moving that fast

13:59

see like that. Probing the area

14:01

first for a period of days

14:03

before just. Going. On in there,

14:05

She wants to get the planet

14:07

ready for them. Be respectful and

14:09

since the Fall says the removal

14:11

of that is. Not. Going

14:13

to happen. Said

14:16

after the theme song were in engineering

14:18

and that's the same Lady is the

14:21

first seen her name is Cutler. And.

14:23

She's kissing up to Depaul Hear about?

14:25

oh that Vulcan food I tried

14:27

in the mess always. Grades.

14:31

He was so good. I

14:33

don't eat, it was not very pecans. is

14:35

that how you guys like and. Maybe.

14:38

We could have lunch sometime. Or

14:40

whatever. She. Takes being selected for

14:42

this mission very personally in a way that

14:44

she should not to paul selecting your didn't

14:46

have anything to do with how much. She.

14:49

Likes or it's about are

14:51

being qualified. The. Kind of idea

14:53

that I got of Cutler here was that

14:56

she was a little bit of a careerist.

14:58

This. Of. That's like a

15:00

familiar kind of lowered zacher I guess.

15:03

Boy Miller you record is spotless. It's

15:05

freaky. I did not like how Trips.

15:07

So. Quickly compared to Paul to

15:09

befriending a house lights like to,

15:12

Paul is a lower form of

15:14

lies. Her. Don't love

15:16

that. The mud flip? That's not

15:18

cool. Look. Seats is more cut

15:20

out for the task that the only we reason

15:22

she's attached and there. Were. In

15:24

the shuttle were on our way down things

15:27

to happen and pretty quickly hear this shuttle.

15:29

Is. Dust. It's. Got

15:31

Archer to power trip. Mayweather,

15:34

Cutler. Said. Other guy

15:36

from the mess hall make of it's

15:38

the back of its. Poors

15:41

those is coming to these fucking

15:43

dog owners man. Even as you

15:45

bring him everywhere, you bring them

15:47

to the doctor's office, you bring

15:49

him to a restaurant. You.

15:51

Bring a money in Iowa on away Miss and

15:53

cool or I know. Just. Poor services

15:56

invited taking the spot of another

15:58

crew person. And. Made

16:00

me very uneasy to see poor just

16:02

run across the lawn when they said

16:04

they got down there like very cute

16:07

dog. Loved the footage of the dog

16:09

having a romp in the grass. but

16:11

dogs famously eat things up off the

16:13

ground that they should not eat. like

16:15

what if there's like a mushroom on

16:18

this planet you don't know what if

16:20

in taking a dump as the grass

16:22

dumps Bath assess assess assess. you never

16:24

know how. Makes it a terrible mistake

16:27

assuming this is a work trip. She.

16:29

Gets absolutely. Nuts.

16:32

Dubbed by Archer for not just wandering

16:34

around using your senses instead of that

16:37

fucking try quarter were digging to

16:39

do with that. Smell. The

16:41

air is a minute to enjoy yourself. Now

16:43

turns out smelling the air might not

16:45

be such a great idea on this

16:47

planet. Berta. We. Will

16:49

get to that for of moments

16:51

at trip takes a a group

16:53

photo of everybody. And. Then

16:55

regus get kind of like a

16:57

fun exploring montage if you don't

16:59

wanna take a picture of your

17:02

subjects in full sun squinting. Have

17:04

everyone I hold their eyes

17:06

closed and face the said.

17:09

That. Way their eyes will get used to the

17:11

brightness and then you have I'm open their eyes

17:13

again and then take that picture. The retina look

17:15

like the squinty mess. He. Had only

17:17

worked once though right? like he. they can't than

17:19

hold it for a bunch of picks that's did

17:21

to tip for me. You get you can get

17:23

a good picture to that way. I

17:26

started as a nice job with this

17:28

environments it's it's get kind of like

17:30

Swiss Alps even though it's clearly shot

17:32

in Southern California. Look. Into

17:34

it like the lights are able

17:36

now to comprehend a snowy mountain

17:38

peak in the background and living

17:41

plants were. In. Southern California.

17:43

Everything's dead and gray. You're right.

17:45

it looks like a goddamn Rico

17:47

commercial there. And

17:50

this away team splits up to investigate

17:52

and do more damage that way. The

17:55

moment? Where at Paul? Hits.

17:58

Archer up on his communicator. Like

18:00

there's a passage of time, right? Everyone

18:02

does their exploring. And later on,

18:04

to Paul, blurps in a

18:06

message to Archer, like, hey, you

18:08

up? And that's

18:11

because it was time to rally

18:13

back to the shuttle 15 minutes ago. No, there's

18:15

no trouble, Archer says. I'm

18:17

just oblivious. I'm just

18:19

a bad captain, is what he should

18:21

say. Come on, man.

18:24

If you don't respect time

18:27

as the managerial figure of

18:30

this entire enterprise, and I

18:32

mean that word in all kinds of ways, no

18:35

one who works for you is going to respect it.

18:38

Here's the thing, the first officer is

18:40

DePaul. So everybody ultimately reports to her

18:42

and she's punctual as fuck. All right,

18:44

I guess that makes sense. He's got

18:46

cover, you know? But it's not the

18:48

hook. He's not providing good leadership on

18:50

that subject. But DePaul is like,

18:52

hey, there's nocturnal marsupials here and we would

18:55

love to study them. And

18:57

Archer's like, cool. Well, if you and

18:59

your buddies can hang out, I'm going back up to

19:01

the ship. And so this

19:03

turns into a

19:05

camping trip really quickly. It's

19:08

a camping trip tucker, if you will.

19:10

Picture 10, Commander. Thanks, Captain.

19:13

Yeah, so it's not just DePaul. It's going to

19:15

be Tucker and Mayweather

19:17

and Cutler and Novakovic

19:20

staying as well. And that night, it's

19:23

campfire times. I mean, are you

19:26

sure it's not sentient wood? There

19:30

is so much we don't know about this planet.

19:34

Life forms they don't understand are being

19:36

pissed and shit on by a dog.

19:38

You know, it's like, sentient until proven

19:40

otherwise in Star Trek should be the

19:42

way you proceed. That's

19:44

not the scary part of the scene. The scary part

19:46

of the scene is the story Mayweather tells about

19:49

this 60-year-old space probe that

19:52

they found one time. And

19:54

they thought there was a person inside it. But

19:57

When they opened it, it was empty. But The guy who

19:59

opened it... He. Went a little crazy and

20:01

then he got into a life pod himself. And.

20:04

Then he zoomed away, never to be seen again.

20:07

And that's a scary Star Trek story right

20:09

there to pause a. Bucket. Of

20:11

ice water. For this he poked

20:13

holes and plausibility. Issues.

20:16

As that she's found of the story

20:18

lemme guess. No

20:21

ghost stories on Vulcan. She's

20:23

got real podcast her energy

20:25

about this story. Does

20:29

make sense to do. We do it

20:31

though. we're because. So

20:36

everybody likes starts to get ready for

20:38

bed and this is when the storm

20:40

started storming. They're going to train ride

20:42

it out in their tense but I

20:44

wanted to ask you about how intense

20:46

this was. Like you really to put

20:49

a lot of thought in. How

20:51

stormy it gets, right? And.

20:54

I really think they nailed. It. I've been

20:56

camping about to times and never liked

20:58

it. but I've been camping sense that

21:01

dorms. Especially didn't like those and

21:03

like this is the sort of storm or

21:05

you leave the tent and get into the

21:07

car, right? It's that Kennedy. Oh yeah, I

21:10

think it's familiar to a lot of people

21:12

who have spent any time outdoors like this.

21:14

Sucks. But. It's not below your

21:16

tent away and a tornado like they could

21:18

have over down to disown him say and

21:20

and they didn't. D. Have

21:22

you ever been camping when you found a

21:25

said eel in your sleeping bags? Because.

21:27

I would have driven home at that

21:29

point. Like a said sides, get it

21:32

in your car and ride it out.

21:34

I wanted this to be said. Eel

21:36

origin story so bad I don't know.

21:38

Like why did they designed it to

21:41

look like that of that wasn't a

21:43

said eel? Aren't you completely okay with

21:45

Cutler or Novak of it's. Being.

21:48

taken by a said eel and

21:50

that is how it began ah

21:52

man that would be great play

21:54

in the long game the tricky

21:56

thing about this show is that

21:58

being a pre they can't compromise

22:00

continuity for later. So the SETI

22:02

EEL being a surprise in Wrath

22:04

of Khan, and that is

22:06

in fact SETI Alpha 5 in

22:09

Wrath of Khan, like, you know,

22:11

if that was a SETI EEL, then they would

22:13

have to write some reason that like, that wasn't

22:16

recorded properly in the, in the ship's logs, so

22:18

nobody knew. You know, you

22:20

don't have to make it that neat

22:22

and tight. Like the paranoia

22:24

that occurs later on in this episode

22:26

could be SETI EEL related. Trip

22:29

acts hella weird in this episode and

22:31

it could be nothing. Crawl

22:33

up into those mouths. Start

22:35

acting weird. Citing of

22:37

an insect that looked like the

22:40

SETI EELS from Wrath of Khan,

22:43

like permanently made me

22:45

wonder what this episode could have been

22:47

in a way that I think

22:50

is unintentional. Like I was like, oh, like, did

22:52

they design that bug when the version of the

22:54

script that they were working on was that this

22:56

was SETI Alpha 5 and then like, What

23:01

character has the head you'd most like to

23:03

see explained? Reid

23:07

comes up to Captain Archer's, I can't

23:09

tell if this is his ready room

23:11

or his quarters, but Reid

23:13

pops in and is like, Hey Cap,

23:16

I guess it must be his quarters. Right. He's

23:19

like in bed reading when this happens. It

23:21

seems like a big deal is made out

23:23

of the water polo thing. Like

23:25

the object being the water

23:27

polo ball and the references

23:29

to Archer wishing that

23:32

there was a pool on the

23:34

ship or whatever. And

23:37

I think that means that this is

23:40

going to be a running reference

23:42

on enterprise, the references to water

23:44

polo, which means it's

23:46

time for our very first game, brand

23:49

new game for

23:51

a Greatest Generation Enterprise. It is a

23:54

trivia game Ben and the game is

23:56

called polo Versus

23:59

Polo. This. Is Toya.

24:03

I'm on the line. I

24:07

go to school or law enforcement

24:10

for one verse. would. Hurt

24:14

risk. News is

24:16

referees. In

24:18

this game I will name three things

24:21

Her The to these things is either.

24:23

A water polo things. A

24:26

horse polo thing. Or

24:28

a polio soda? Are you ready? Hit

24:31

me okay? Let's. Begin. Not.

24:34

In. Ball.

24:36

Under. Baked.

24:38

Chicken Soups hundred. Success

24:42

Forgetting to a horse polo

24:44

water polo polio is going

24:46

to be Lancer. So

24:48

you're saying horse polo for knockin'

24:51

Water. Polo for ball under and for

24:53

some reason big to consume you Tell

24:56

gives his point out as soon as

24:58

I guess when you're three for three

25:00

days say. Wow.

25:02

Okay, next question. Okay, here's

25:04

a three things. Brutality.

25:09

Hook. So.

25:11

Pace. Guess

25:14

brutality his horse

25:17

hello? Hook is

25:19

water polo and so poses

25:21

point. Sorry

25:23

that is incorrect brutality

25:25

as water polo. Focus:

25:28

Horse Polo Okay. But.

25:31

So freezes. Boy of that's great. A.

25:33

Brutality and water Polo is a

25:35

type of exclusion cel punished by

25:37

the opposing team being awarded a

25:39

free throw her spend Final question:

25:41

your. One. And one now. This.

25:44

Final one will determine whether or not you will

25:46

have one. Polo. The.

25:49

Polo. Viewpoint. Theory

25:52

Guess. Whole guard.

25:55

In the row when. A

25:59

rose code. Wow. okay. Whole.

26:02

Guard. I. Think

26:04

is gonna be. Coil.

26:09

Throw in I think is gonna be.

26:13

Horse Polo. And.

26:16

Arose can poor thing is gonna be

26:19

waterpark. I'm sorry

26:21

then that is incorrect. Everyone knows

26:23

whole guards is a a water

26:25

polo reference as a defensive players

26:27

guards the centre forward or the

26:29

whole net. Ah I get worse

26:31

and worse as we went along.

26:34

And. Everyone knows that a throw in

26:37

is the. Thing. That begins to

26:39

play at the start of the game and a

26:41

horse polo match. And. Arose can

26:43

point out. Is delicious

26:45

Rice. And. Chicken I should have

26:48

gotten melon. Any way I

26:50

look out for future segments of

26:52

that new sit down anytime arts

26:54

your for some reason brings up

26:56

water bill at south most is

26:59

rough game. So

27:02

survey team hunker down

27:05

in cave. Some

27:07

of this third setting of this that

27:09

they realize that they left all their

27:11

food out in the fields. who on

27:13

the away team decided that anything was

27:15

more important than food as they evacuated

27:18

the site. This. This did start

27:20

to make me suspect that the

27:22

Paul was the greatest of leaders.

27:24

For that, No one of them

27:26

was Nubbins right there. So Novak

27:28

image is like looking deep into

27:31

the cave and think a seeing

27:33

stuff back there and drabs Mayweather

27:35

goes out to work. He catches

27:37

like one year emery blowing around

27:39

him and there and and saves

27:42

it. But. I'm. See.

27:45

Also kind of things that he sees

27:47

people like walking around outside. I thought

27:49

this was really well done these liked

27:51

without glimpses of people like may be

27:53

in the bushes and stuff. We're.

27:55

We're very spooky. Did. you

27:57

think about how hard it must have

27:59

been for may weather to catch that

28:02

flopping MRE around in the wind. Like

28:04

that's like catching a napkin that's fallen

28:06

off of your leg in an outdoor

28:08

restaurant. Yeah, absolutely. It was, uh, like

28:10

one of the most impressive stunts in Star

28:12

Trek history right there. I

28:15

love how he dives for it. He goes out. So,

28:19

uh, the Vacavich is

28:21

like, is totally panicking. And

28:23

when Travis gets back, he's like, yeah,

28:26

something spooky is going on outside too. Maybe

28:28

it would be better if Trip Tucker put

28:31

his face right up against his for

28:33

comfort. That

28:36

does seem like it would help, but

28:38

it doesn't. And Novacovich makes a break

28:40

for it, runs outside. So Trip and

28:42

Travis have to chase him. Uh,

28:45

meanwhile to Paul, believing that Novacovich

28:47

may have heard something, uh, decides

28:50

to go deeper into the cave to

28:52

investigate what, uh, he was responding to.

28:55

This is also the moment in the

28:57

episode where they start to distribute the

28:59

weapons. Yeah. Not being sure

29:01

if there are any other folks out

29:03

there. Right. Out in

29:06

the storm, Trip hallucinates

29:08

a rock man. And

29:10

I thought this was a very well done

29:14

special effect because, uh, I just

29:17

feel like the number of

29:19

times I've seen the effects

29:21

of hallucinogens depicted in media.

29:24

It has typically not been anything like

29:26

what I experienced on hallucinogens, but this

29:28

fucking was, it was like, like

29:30

that's a, that's like a thing that like

29:33

I could totally see somebody seeing on a

29:35

bad trip. When John

29:37

Rambo covers himself with mud to

29:39

hide from the Russian soldier in

29:41

Rambo first blood part two, was

29:44

that also a scene that

29:46

evoked hallucinogenic fantasy from you?

29:48

Kind of. Yeah. Cause

29:50

that's what I thought of when I saw this

29:52

rock man. Yeah. I was like, John Rambo would

29:54

be kind of envious of this. It's a great

29:56

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33:51

There's something going on with Tripp's hair, which I'm not

33:53

that familiar with yet, but his

33:56

hair in this episode really did a

33:58

lot to convey that he seemed to be a good person. in

34:00

a bad place psycho-emotionally? Absolutely.

34:03

I love the sequence

34:06

here because it really feels like

34:08

two writers who came up with

34:10

an idea to scare these

34:12

two characters and one of

34:14

them's like, yeah, let's like do a rock

34:16

monster hallucination. That'll really get them and the

34:18

other writers like, and they could also

34:20

like come close to falling off a

34:23

cliff. And

34:25

those two ideas are so different that I

34:27

feel like they're like, okay, well let's shoot

34:29

them both and see what

34:32

works once we cut it together. And

34:34

I think for time they just use

34:36

them both. They don't feel compatible in

34:38

a scares kind of way,

34:40

you know? Yeah, like were they both

34:43

hallucinating the same thing or were they just

34:45

so disoriented by the storm that they didn't

34:47

know that there was a cliff like that

34:49

nearby? I don't know.

34:52

They give up on finding Novakovich and

34:54

head back to the cave. But when

34:56

we cut back to the cave, Crouman

34:59

Cutler is sneaking around

35:01

and sees DePaul talking to a

35:03

couple of low-fee aliens and

35:06

Cutler walks up to Tabal and she's like, hey,

35:08

who are those guys you were talking to? DePaul

35:12

plays stupid. Doesn't know what Cutler

35:14

is referring to here. Who are you talking

35:16

to? Talking

35:19

to. There's no

35:21

one here. DePaul's like the friend

35:23

at the bar who's hit it off with

35:25

a couple of dudes and does not want

35:27

to tell her friends that things are going

35:29

well for fear of like losing

35:31

the chances with one of them. The chances

35:33

are good. Like one of two might be

35:35

hers for the taking. When Tripp

35:37

and Travis get back, Cutler

35:39

brings up this, Tabal

35:41

was talking to secret

35:43

aliens in the back thing

35:46

and this is where the tension really

35:48

starts to ratchet up. The

35:51

ratcher suggests going back to the cave. It

35:54

doesn't seem like anything good is going on out

35:56

in the storm. So

35:58

everyone kind of reconvenes there. and

36:01

Cutler is there to call bullshit

36:03

onto Paul, like in front of

36:05

everyone. Oh yeah. There's

36:07

something in those rocks you're not telling us. You

36:11

talk to some dudes, I

36:13

wanna meet those dudes, I'm single too.

36:16

What are you doing keeping those rock monsters

36:18

to yourself? You're trying to take

36:21

both of them down in one night? You

36:24

don't know if they're down for an MMF, you

36:26

know? Like that's pretty varsity level to just assume

36:28

that you can pick two guys up in a

36:30

bar like that. Check

36:32

out how brave Cutler is in this scene.

36:34

I was impressed. It was good. She wasn't

36:36

putting up with Paul's guff. There were

36:38

two of them. She's mistaken.

36:41

No, I'm not. I think she's

36:43

a liar. Archer and

36:45

Reed come down to try

36:47

and rescue Novakovich in the

36:49

pod and the weather

36:52

is really weathering and

36:55

Novakovich is not compass

36:57

mentus to respond

36:59

but everybody from the away team comes out

37:02

to get ready to get on

37:04

board the pod and this

37:07

does not go well. The wind

37:09

shear blows them into a rock

37:11

face and it looked

37:13

like it was just a wing that hit but

37:16

Malcolm is talking about how one of their

37:18

thrusters is out and it's not safe to land

37:20

without it. This

37:22

is straight out of a trip tucker

37:25

pilot manual, right? You'd think trip would

37:27

be the one bonking into things with

37:29

the shuttle but it's Archer, right? Archer

37:32

is not rated

37:35

to fly off of instruments. Archer

37:37

is flying this shuttle like Reed

37:39

fires torpedoes, man. It's

37:41

not going well. They have to scrub

37:43

the landing. Yeah, they are ordered to

37:46

go make contact with whoever that

37:48

was in the cave and

37:51

ride out the storm in there.

37:53

Did you get Pharaoh lands the

37:55

drop ship on LV-426 vibes with

37:59

the way the... they shot this shuttle coming through the

38:01

storm. Like. Oh, yeah. I'll never

38:04

not think of that when a scene is

38:06

set up this way. If it weren't Archer

38:08

and Tripp on that shuttle, it would have

38:10

been a great opportunity to blow one of

38:12

those up. This is one

38:14

area that I think that Star Trek

38:16

has always done its

38:19

pilot characters dirty, is like they

38:21

need more pilot patter. Yeah. Like

38:24

she has in Aliens. Like all that, you know,

38:26

I'm hitting the switch and saying the

38:28

like jargon about hitting this switch and everything

38:30

is five by five, we're in the pattern.

38:33

They got a five by five, this scene and they don't.

38:35

Yeah. Back inside the caves, the

38:38

scene is getting grim.

38:41

Tripp is down to put his face

38:43

right next to DePaul's again, to get

38:45

a straight answer out of her about

38:47

the rock people that he is absolutely sure

38:50

exist and that she is covering up.

38:52

And whoa, things escalate quickly

38:55

because he pulls a dust buster

38:57

on her and what the

38:59

hell Tripp? I

39:01

thought we were just talking here. The whole

39:03

world got crazy. I love the

39:06

like, hey, you're becoming irrational. Accusation

39:09

never works well when somebody is

39:11

becoming irrational to hang a lantern

39:13

on that. Yeah, when everyone's

39:15

got dust busters, things that are

39:17

bound to be a little heated. On

39:20

Enterprise, they're able to read

39:22

Novakovich's Bioscience and you

39:24

don't need to read those Bioscience to

39:26

know he's not doing great because his

39:28

comm signal has been left open and

39:31

it's just screaming. It's nothing but screaming.

39:34

You don't need the Bioscience to know that

39:36

he's in trouble. Archer makes

39:38

the tough call to use the

39:40

transporter for the second time ever

39:43

on a people. And

39:47

this time, Reed is working it and

39:49

has a little bit of trouble keeping

39:51

all of the shit that's blowing around

39:54

in the air on this planet outside

39:57

of the confinement beam. Man

40:01

it is. It is fucked up with.

40:04

This guy Materializes. He's like he's like

40:06

impregnated with sticks and. And

40:08

rocks and stuff. Do. You think?

40:10

read should have been more horrified in

40:12

the scene. There is

40:14

something I'd. Like. Professionally cold about

40:16

him that I think is good that

40:18

is. What? You want and

40:20

an emergency situation is so yeah. But I

40:23

god like for a guy who doesn't run

40:25

this machine very often and for that to

40:27

be the outcome. I also

40:30

thought this plant matter came from. Him

40:32

like like it's shot out of his body.

40:34

Because. The transporter interacted with.

40:38

The. Stuff that he had inhaled. Yeah right.

40:40

It looks to me like the the

40:42

rocks and plants were. Were.

40:44

Just like. They. Like

40:47

materialized in the same place

40:49

as like they were blowing

40:51

across. Oblige. Just like became

40:53

overlapped with his body in

40:55

the signal or something. That

40:57

yikes it's fucking terrifying like that

40:59

the loaf that they did for

41:01

that, like one second shot of

41:03

him on the transporter pad. Really?

41:06

Impressive as disturbing, like I'm

41:08

starting to be very impressed

41:10

with the like the Galaxy

41:12

has haunted some energy that

41:14

this show. Back. In the

41:17

cave trip into Paul keep arguing and

41:19

why is the correct it all went

41:21

time I don't know Marco he takes

41:23

away or scanner. And

41:26

he starts hollering. They. Are

41:28

right there. Trip: You don't have to

41:30

yell, you're in a cave. Keep your

41:32

voice down. It bounces around a lot.

41:35

On and on is going with his

41:37

paranoid delusions. And where are

41:39

the not turtle marsupials? assess assess. It

41:41

was a question I have a her

41:44

as when are they get a silver

41:46

plated that? when's it gonna pay

41:48

off. Imagine how cute

41:50

they would be with their big eyes for seeing

41:52

in the dark. And. Know you had

41:54

their pouches with. They're cute little babies hanging out

41:56

inside of a. They're. Definitely not

41:59

gonna rip to pay how and

42:01

trip tuck your limb from limb.

42:03

ssssss thin. it's been less than

42:05

a half a day and people

42:07

are falling apart to there that

42:09

does not bode well for their

42:11

team cohesion. This is how I

42:13

start to act when you take

42:15

me camping after like just one

42:17

afternoon, you got the Ted pits

42:19

to new. Just start for food

42:21

assists. We can't just not clean

42:23

the pan after we cook food

42:25

in it leaves a pain in

42:27

the camp. As.

42:30

It's not plane. Flew

42:35

I guess what you're saying is he really

42:37

identify with Trip as a character now more

42:40

than ever. In

42:47

six Bay Flocks has removed all

42:49

of the twigs and berries from

42:52

the back of it as birdie

42:54

and and he feels like this

42:56

guy's gonna heal up but. Ah,

42:59

He also was the captain.

43:01

Know that this dude blood

43:03

is absolutely loaded with hulu

43:05

citizens. Imagine you're reading for

43:07

the part of Novak of it's. And

43:10

you reach this point in the script. You.

43:12

Set the script down. you look into the

43:15

middle distance. New like. Finally,

43:18

I. Get to do that thing. I am perhaps best

43:20

at. Which is

43:22

act as though I am on

43:24

hulu cynicism assess assess see. Never.

43:27

Give him that opportunity. Ah, plough it. So

43:30

devastating. I mean, I guess he was acting

43:32

as if he was on a lucid engines

43:34

when he was just like screaming and. Crying.

43:37

On on the planet service, but there

43:39

wasn't much of that. Know.

43:41

I wanted it on the see a pen

43:43

real a body. That. Didn't eat or

43:45

dirty. ah

43:50

so the captain tries to radio

43:52

this news down to depaul who

43:54

is like in media mexican standoff

43:56

when the news makes it to

43:58

the star trek cave Were you

44:00

painting me into another game of polo polo

44:02

or Come

44:06

on, come on. Why

44:08

didn't trip taker communicate her away? I

44:11

don't know. Yeah. He's not thinking

44:13

clearly. Yeah, clearly. Uh, he,

44:16

he also seemed to be fine with her

44:18

reaching into her pocket and pulling a device

44:20

out. Yeah. Uh, so

44:22

yeah, the, he doesn't buy

44:24

the you're on hallucinogens explanation.

44:28

Um, he very much believes what

44:30

he saw and Archer's like, man,

44:34

like remember your training, you trained

44:36

on this. So

44:38

they did anticipate this as a potential thing

44:41

that could happen. And I

44:43

mean, no matter how crazy trip

44:45

tucker acts, he still follows orders

44:48

generally, because when

44:50

Archer orders him to lower his desk,

44:52

Buster, he does. Yeah. The

44:55

orders from here go, like

44:57

go deeper into the cave. That's what you

44:59

got to do. You got to get away

45:01

from the mouth of the cave where all

45:04

of this crazy pollen exists. Right. Get in

45:06

there deeper, allow it to dissipate from your

45:08

priority, ride this thing out.

45:10

Yeah. Cause what you've been breathing outside

45:13

is what's causing this. And presumably there's

45:15

just less of it out there. How

45:18

badly did you want to cut back

45:20

to porthos alone in

45:22

Archer's quarters? Ripping

45:25

fucking balls, because at porthos

45:27

height, he's all up in

45:29

those flowers. He's

45:31

been in them the whole time. Yeah.

45:34

Well, they said it was like blew down out

45:36

of the mountain. So maybe he wouldn't have gotten

45:38

it. But Novakovich like also held

45:41

a flower up to his nose. So it

45:43

was unclear to me whether or not it

45:46

was the, it was the flower pollen.

45:48

Yeah. That was the real issue. Tripp

45:51

wakes up Travis and

45:53

I love this like rubber soul shot of

45:55

trip Tucker going like, yeah, we got to,

45:58

we could go back further at the cave. Travis

46:00

is not loving this and

46:03

they're both hallucinating still. But

46:05

this is like when the trip is

46:07

too heavy, at least

46:10

Mayweather is able to like put himself

46:12

down and to sleep like Cutler. Like

46:14

they are, they're fine.

46:17

Just give them like a glass of orange

46:19

juice and a blanket. Watch

46:21

over them. I guess camping trip Tucker

46:23

has really become acid trip Tucker in

46:25

the worst way. Yeah,

46:27

because then trip starts talking to

46:29

the cave itself and then he

46:31

starts shooting the cave. I love

46:33

that he came up with like

46:35

a coherent conspiracy that he's accusing

46:37

to Paul of. He's like, you

46:39

are talking to these aliens about

46:41

killing everybody aboard Enterprise so

46:44

that when the news gets back to Earth that

46:46

our first warp five ship left

46:48

and two weeks later everybody died and we

46:50

don't know why the Vulcans

46:52

will have more ammo to unload in

46:56

the argument of maybe humans should slow

46:58

their role and not start exploring the

47:00

galaxy so quickly argument. How

47:03

surprised were you at the

47:06

Dr. Flock's misdiagnosis of Novakovich?

47:09

He is now going to die according

47:11

to Flock and he feels very bad

47:13

about this. I thought John Billingsley's performance

47:16

here was amazing because that like that

47:18

like rueful regret like I didn't like

47:20

I missed a thing when I was

47:22

scanning him that I

47:24

should have scanned for and I didn't

47:26

and now like like Novakovich is dying

47:29

of like toxic come down off of

47:31

the hallucinogen and

47:35

that feeling of regret was so

47:37

palpable in in flocks. This

47:40

also establishes a greater threat to

47:42

the away team down on the planet.

47:44

Like if Novakovich doesn't recover that means

47:47

that chances are the folks

47:49

down on the planet won't either. They got

47:51

like it's more of an emergency than ever

47:53

to get them off. Yeah, so they're going

47:56

to beam some medicine down to help

47:58

them out. But at this point

48:01

Tripp is so fucking

48:03

paranoid that it's going to be

48:05

a challenge to persuade

48:08

him to take anything.

48:11

At this point, T'Pol has

48:13

also armed herself, so they're, you

48:16

know, pistol to pistol. It's actually

48:18

Hoshi that has to talk to T'Pol. And

48:21

I wasn't clear on if T'Pol was

48:24

talking Vulcan because that was like a side

48:26

effect of the drug for T'Pol, or because she didn't

48:28

want Tripp to know what she was saying. I

48:30

have no idea what you just said, but it

48:32

didn't sound very nice. I think

48:35

it was established in the episode that when

48:37

folks get aphasia or

48:40

whatever, often they will revert to

48:42

their original language. Right, but

48:45

they were kind of saying that for

48:47

Tripp's benefit when they said it, so...

48:49

Oh, interesting. I

48:52

like that it's ambiguous. Like, I'm not saying it's a

48:54

mistake. I think it's kind of like an interesting part

48:56

of the episode, is it's not... It's

48:59

like bothering Tripp that he can't understand what T'Pol

49:01

is saying to Hoshi. The

49:03

idea of an inoculation has floated

49:06

here, and Flox has put all

49:08

his grief into the creation of

49:10

it. And as crazy

49:12

as the ravings have become from

49:14

Tripp Tucker, it's not a surprise that

49:16

he comes out as anti-vax in this exact

49:19

moment. Taking an injection isn't going to change

49:21

a damn thing, don't you see that? T'Pol

49:23

is positive that Tripp is going to kill

49:25

her, and Archer

49:27

is just like, take the injection first

49:29

and then you can shoot anyone you want.

49:32

It's going to be great. It's weird that that

49:35

doesn't work. So

49:38

the Enterprise is able to beam the medicine

49:40

to the coordinates, which is like the doorstep

49:42

of the cave, and on

49:44

the bridge Archer continues to talk to

49:46

Tucker. If you can just keep Tucker

49:48

talking, that's less of an opportunity as

49:50

to shoot T'Pol, I guess. And

49:54

this is a great idea that he and

49:56

the bridge crew have, like maybe lean in

49:58

to the place where they're going. Paranoia, right?

50:00

Maybe create an even more.

50:03

Paranoia. Filled story for for

50:05

trip Tucker's mind to latch onto

50:08

and that story goes like this:

50:10

There. Are rock monsters and to pull

50:13

was brought their on a secret mission

50:15

to communicate with them. And these rock

50:17

monsters are pedophiles and they take kids

50:19

and do terrible things to them as

50:22

also they drink their udry the chrome

50:24

for fuel and they've threatened to destroy

50:26

the Enterprise. So To Paul needs to

50:29

be free to do her job because

50:31

if she can't do her job. They're.

50:33

Just gonna have to nuke the cave for more

50:36

Brits The only way to be sure in order

50:38

to keep the peace with Iraq. People, you understand

50:40

trip? He. Understands how all this

50:42

works. It's the deep state supposed

50:44

to threaded drain the cave. Yes,

50:47

And supple here is gay because to Paul

50:50

is made to go along with this crazy

50:52

plan even though and Vulcans he tells how

50:54

see I don't know how good of an

50:56

actor I can possibly be under these circumstances,

50:58

but she does it. And. As

51:01

soon as trip gets tricky the

51:03

lowering his weapon babs he takes

51:05

one and assess assess as selects.

51:07

There is a half a second

51:10

amount of time when ship lowers

51:12

his face or slightly before he

51:14

gets taken out. It's

51:17

race May weather gets

51:19

his. Neck. Vulcan

51:21

Pants. And. To

51:24

Paul administers the drugs to herself and

51:26

all of her crew members. She helps

51:28

others before helping herself. As a thought

51:31

was an interesting order of operations here.

51:33

That's not how it goes on an

51:35

airplane. Finally, It's

51:38

morning. And a every

51:40

one wakes up. I like that everyone got

51:42

to get a good night's sleep after. This.

51:44

Experience. It seems

51:47

like everyone remembers what happens and

51:49

I was like his trip. gonna

51:51

apologize. It seems like the natural

51:54

thing to do. But.

51:56

No way we're going with explanations.

51:58

You're Not Apollo. I

52:01

know, I. Can shut

52:03

my mouth off last night

52:05

the like embarrassing morning astor.

52:08

At the water cooler. energy at the

52:10

scene but going and for erections is

52:12

really amazing and really ape and the

52:14

like obscene and see of trip Tucker

52:16

at the scene was really amazing. asked

52:19

it's case if falcons ever did this

52:21

to pause heading back to her people

52:23

with some stories you know like boy

52:25

you guys are gonna believe this Who

52:27

am I was in a cave with

52:30

these for human ass holes. Did.

52:32

You think? Novak of It's

52:34

his condition at this point in the

52:37

episode was also well. I say he'll

52:39

be fine. I. Wasn't sure

52:41

whether to believe that are not. Are

52:43

they still just feeding news to Chip Tucker

52:45

to do this? Dislike keep him so. I

52:48

mean. The back of

52:50

his does not seem. To be dead

52:53

by the end of this. But yes,

52:55

we had that whole moment with flocks

52:57

where he was. Experiencing the

52:59

Greece and the like. And

53:02

the self recrimination of somebody like who could

53:04

have saved a life and didn't. Analysis:

53:06

I yeah, that guy's find. What

53:09

Am I? Here comes the rescue

53:12

shuttle. And that in the

53:14

final scene the crew for wanders through

53:16

the fields of wheat. Toward.

53:18

It. And toward the credits

53:20

to the episode been. Did. You

53:23

like it. I

53:31

liked it. I thought that

53:33

this was a really compelling

53:35

episode. I mean, I think

53:37

that's. A seem I'm starting

53:39

to pick up on his. the inciting

53:41

incident is. An active idiocy.

53:44

like you don't go into

53:46

the haunted house. you

53:48

don't land on the planet let

53:50

your dog sprint out of the

53:52

pods without a leash this is

53:54

why the crew is the wrong

53:56

stuff you can't you can't tell

53:58

fun stories if they're there stuff.

54:00

Right, so as long as we're

54:02

able to set that aside as

54:05

a challenge that I'm experiencing watching Star Trek

54:07

Enterprise, like everything that happens after that, I

54:10

thought was great. Can I ask you a

54:13

related question? Do you like Star Trek

54:15

Enterprise for episodes in? Yeah, I think

54:17

I do. I think I

54:20

do too, and I think I would

54:22

like it more absent the pilot episode. I

54:25

thought the pilot episode wasn't as good as

54:27

the ones that followed. Yeah, like last week's

54:29

episode that we covered, I felt like did

54:32

a lot more to give me a sense

54:34

of a lot of the characters than

54:37

the pilot did. So yeah, I think

54:40

I kind of agree with you. But yeah,

54:42

so far so good. Enjoying. I liked

54:45

the episode fine. I

54:48

think there was a lot of unintentionally funny parts

54:50

of it. I want to

54:52

go back to the Archer-like ability scale and bring it

54:54

back for this episode. I think we're up to five.

54:57

It's half good, half bad, and here's why. I

55:00

love Archer doing the subterfuge at

55:02

the end on Trip

55:05

Tucker. Yeah. I love that way of thinking.

55:08

I love how he helps out his boy,

55:10

you know, like, because they're friendly. He

55:13

doesn't want Trip to do anything stupid. He's

55:16

doing what he can to save a life here and

55:18

also resorts to trickery

55:20

to make that happen. But that first half of

55:22

the episode, when he's addicted to Paul, and he's

55:24

just like swinging his arms and his legs and

55:27

his dog through a strange

55:29

planet, that's idiot shit. Yeah. That's

55:31

bad captaining. That is unforced error

55:34

business. Yeah. I

55:36

like this show more the more

55:39

Archer is de-emphasized as

55:41

a character. I think

55:44

that's where I'm at right now. Well, where

55:46

I'm at right now is on the precipice of the

55:48

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some disjointed questions. Do

57:50

the McLaughlin Group issue number drops

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57:54

what's the highest? Issue 4. When

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You say game of Buckholes, then what's the highest? For

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su nombre. I suppose we have a

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few different options for two and three,

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but as yeah I think there were

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very few episodes were they were made

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it to your shoe for on that

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show. So yeah, I remember spending like

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Tempted to testify and when we

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say game of bottles the will

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of the caretaker for the will

58:49

of the writer in this case

58:51

as as that would say, I'm

58:53

more often than not forget to.

58:57

Put a pause in there and they're

58:59

I feel like an idiot every time

59:01

as at it one of those because

59:03

I'm Tammy How many times the of

59:05

the dude is very remember the fucking

59:07

pause. Oh,

59:10

we have a very related data in that

59:12

sense as a systems. Just

59:14

in reverse there. Are

59:17

finally what's a drop in the catalogue

59:20

you wish used more. The

59:23

admiral that say of Drop is one that I really

59:26

have a lot of fondness for and I think. It

59:29

was created for the last time she

59:31

appeared on Tmz Sir Sir, We've really

59:33

missed the boat with that one more

59:35

than it's like like is you know

59:37

there's no excuse to use the admiral

59:39

the j have dropped because she rarely

59:41

comes up at Roma safe and arrived

59:43

at of. The

59:46

last Cat. China

59:49

My. We

59:54

recently rewards the Godfather Trilogy

59:56

in our household over the

59:58

last few weeks. And

1:00:00

I was reminded by one of

1:00:03

the dialogue polls that you

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used for that. Like, I

1:00:07

didn't have it. So I bet so many

1:00:09

FODs out there are like, you're... What

1:00:11

the fuck? It's obvious what that was

1:00:13

from. I hadn't seen Godfather II in

1:00:15

forever. I watched God... the first Godfather

1:00:18

over and over again. But it's been a while

1:00:20

since I saw the second. And I was delighted

1:00:23

to be reminded that that's where that was

1:00:25

from. Yeah. Yeah. That was one of those

1:00:27

kismet things where I had just seen that

1:00:30

when I came up with the idea of

1:00:32

that drop. And

1:00:34

that was fresh in my mind. Wendy

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knows what mine is. And I

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you expect me to play it? I'm with your

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you find yourself a drunk shimoda? Incredible!

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Drunk shimoda! I mean, to me, it's

1:01:45

got to be Tripp on this one.

1:01:48

I think just the performance was great.

1:01:50

Like, unhinged, counter-trenere

1:01:52

is a mood. Like,

1:01:58

his hair Also a character.

1:02:00

there are this episode getting like progressive

1:02:02

way crazier. For. They get

1:02:04

an. Add. The Yet:

1:02:06

Like: as I feel like as

1:02:08

an actor it's gotta be kind

1:02:10

of a fun and interesting. Opportunity.

1:02:14

Worse. A character you're just

1:02:16

getting to know and and just getting to

1:02:18

play. To. Have ah your third

1:02:21

time out with him Be a

1:02:23

he's tripping balls this time episode.

1:02:27

As furnace our to tripping in

1:02:29

a different way. My pick is

1:02:32

gonna be Mayweather. I.

1:02:34

Continuing a long tradition

1:02:36

of. Black. Star

1:02:39

Trek actors unnecessarily diving,

1:02:41

ssssss for and under

1:02:43

things. Absolutely. Jordy Love

1:02:45

forges this. Emery doesn't

1:02:48

He hosts it. He

1:02:50

totally does. I

1:02:52

loved it! I. Am as

1:02:55

I want to know more, I want to

1:02:57

go behind the scene on the seem like.

1:02:59

was he directed. Into this. Did.

1:03:01

It to seem like opiates get away

1:03:03

from him. He had to die for

1:03:05

it. How many takes like this is

1:03:07

a sort of practical stuff I'm so

1:03:09

interested in there and wonder if they

1:03:11

had like a. Piece. Of fish

1:03:14

and line on that emery so that

1:03:16

they could like control how was moving

1:03:18

around her. It. Looked so

1:03:20

late in villa we didn't look filled

1:03:22

with them are he didn't look like

1:03:24

there was a lot in their moment.

1:03:27

Millions freeze dried so it was like

1:03:29

yeah don't know I love the same

1:03:31

as as a Mayweather Dies At that

1:03:34

gets Madras notice. Asceticism sites are right.

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Well as. Next. Week we're

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going to be watching Star

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Trek Enterprise Season One Episode

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Five Unexpected. After discovering

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the presence of a damaged

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alien vessel, Archer dispatches

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Tucker to it's aid but the

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engineers encounter with a is a

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really and female. Has. An

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unexpected side effects. Archer.

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meets this i really and female and

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he like turns to the sky unexpected

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you just Kevin sorbos

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Ben you're on your

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way over to the game of

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buttholes the will the Riker quantum

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weep completely randomized 100 tiles

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await so many dangers so

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many threats so many strange ways

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to experience the next episode it's

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a roll of the 100 sided

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die that will determine our

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fate yeah it's gonna be you're required to

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learn as you play roll

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okay well we are currently on square

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87 and I'm rolling oh boy

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we just narrowly

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missed another square at aware

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on square 48 right next

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door to a bread stick

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power hour I have

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to eat the entire breadstick every

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minute but seems like possible I

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think you just need to choose your breadsticks wisely

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like to the super skinny ones

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that they come in the cup at the

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Italian restaurant yeah god

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it's a brutal square Jesus I'm so

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glad I missed that there's

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so many fun things on this game board

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and because it's totally randomized every every

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week you'd never know where you're

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gonna end up yeah it's great it's just

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like enterprise and

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just as terrifying well

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regular episode next week thank you

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Star Trek Enterprise logo anyone oh

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yeah brand new shirt for the

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brand new series we got to

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thank windy pretty our producer who

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and this show and

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Rob Adler our social media

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director and Bill Tilly our

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Cindy warr incendiary the

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great Adam Ragusea who

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arranged our parody of

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the Star Trek Enterprise

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theme you really appreciate

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all his artwork and the work of

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dark material who made the original Picard

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song with that we will be back

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at you next week with another great

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episode of Star Trek Enterprise and

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an episode of the

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Greatest Generation Enterprise where Adam

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and I are also altered

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by an encounter with

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a female maximum

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