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Episode 13714th August 2024 • Who Are You? • What Happened Here Productions
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Join Laura and Xhafer, two internet strangers as they get to know each other while making jokes about one of their favorite TV shows from their childhood, Babylon 5.

Laura introduces Xhafer to the wonders of Gen Alpha media. Meanwhile, the Excalibur crew explores yet another dead alien world with hidden secrets in Crusade: Episode 9 - Racing the Night.

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Laura:

Hello, and welcome to Who Are You?

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We're the Babylon 5 watch cast by a

couple of former strangers who are

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now friends, and still getting to

know each other over one of their

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favorite shows from their childhood.

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I'm Laura,

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Xhafer: Ja'far.

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Laura: and today I'm going to ask

Jaffer one of the new questions.

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Who are you?

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Xhafer: Oh no.

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Laura: I guess you can, you could

pick maybe, because we have two

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questions that start with whom.

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Laura: Whom do you serve,

Ja'far, or whom do you trust?

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I'm not sure that grammar's right.

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Xhafer: the questions are awkward,

the answers are awkward, probably.

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the grammar is awkward.

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It's a whole set of awkward over here.

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Um, I don't know, whom do I serve?

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Probably like, my job?

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feel like that's you know, like, like

my family, my community, my loved ones.

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Thanks.

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I don't know.

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I feel like those are all pretty,

very general answers, exactly.

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I don't, I'm not a, I don't

think I'm a particularly exciting

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dude to answer this question.

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Um,

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Laura: Yeah, yeah, we're

not Matthew Gideon out there

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in space serving the earth.

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So it's like, well, what do you want?

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I, I

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Xhafer: Well, even his answer's generic.

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His answer's like, humanity.

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Like, oh good.

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Laura: Yeah, yeah,

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Xhafer: Earthforce, right?

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His answer's shit too, so I

don't feel too bad about it.

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Uh, Whom Do You Trust?

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I think gives us a little bit more leeway.

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At the very least, gives me

a little bit more leeway.

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Um, because besides fucking nobody.

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Laura: even your podcast partners,

especially not your podcast partners.

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Xhafer: Hard dead cell on the face there.

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Um, no, I, I trust lots of people.

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I don't know.

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It's I uh, I try to be a

very open, trusting person.

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It's something that I

used to not do at all.

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In my twenties, I was notoriously

never trust anybody, you know?

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But it's something that I've definitely

tried to give people a lot more about

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the benefit of the doubt of in my life.

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I've been rewarded for that.

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I feel much more so

than I've been punished.

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Laura: Yeah.

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Xhafer: it's, I think it's, it's hard

to trust people sometimes, especially

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it depends on the, like, I think

it's easier to trust people with

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big shit than it is a little shit.

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Laura: Yeah.

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Xhafer: is that weird?

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Is that, is that a weird sentiment?

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Laura: can you provide examples?

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Xhafer: I would much rather trust

someone with like a big life decision

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or a, you know, like, A big financial

goal or something like, okay, you know,

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save up 10, 000 to put a down payment

on a house or buy a car or something

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that that's a lot easier for me to give

to someone than like doing the dishes.

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Laura: Okay.

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Xhafer: Um, I think part of that

is that I'm very driven by like

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a, I can ask someone or I can do

the thing in approximately one

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and a half times it would take to.

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Muster up the energy and ask

the person to do the thing.

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So I just do the thing.

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so I'm, I'm very bad at trusting

people with small stuff.

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A hundred percent.

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Like I, I know that about myself.

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I would much rather just go

in, take care of something very

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quickly if at all possible.

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Laura: Yeah.

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That is a struggle when

you manage people though.

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Xhafer: yes, it, a hundred percent it is.

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Um, but also you're doing

different things, at least

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if you are managing properly.

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I feel like that's the difference

between a manager and a team lead.

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A team lead is actually doing the

same stuff as the rest of the group.

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They're just the senior most person.

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A manager is doing a completely

other, different set of

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shit that has some capacity.

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To impact the people below and just

things feed up the chain that way.

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A

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Laura: I think it might depend on

your size of your organization too.

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Xhafer: hundred, well, a hundred percent,

I think in a smaller organization, you're

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going to find a lot more team leads

who are managers than you are managers.

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Laura: Yeah,

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Xhafer: Um, and I think a manager

should be able to be able to do the job

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of everyone that they're supervising,

but also the manager should be the

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worst person at that job on the team.

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Laura: Yeah.

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I know I am.

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Xhafer: I mean, you've got the

least amount of like hours locked,

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Laura: Yeah,

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exactly.

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Right.

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Xhafer: even if you didn't at

one point and you were the best

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person at that job at one point.

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Laura: Yeah, you left it.

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Yeah.

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Xhafer: You left it,

you're out of practice.

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there are things that I've led

people for doing for years.

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That, if you were to throw me

in a situation where I had to do

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it now, years removed, could I?

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Probably.

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Would you want me to?

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No.

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Laura: Yeah.

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Yeah, for sure.

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Xhafer: so it's a bit different.

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I don't know.

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I feel like I've vamped on this all I Can

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Which is a

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shame,

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Laura: episode for 30 minutes?

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Xhafer: I hope I can vamp on an episode

for 30 minutes because right now our track

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record for Crusade episodes is not great.

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We've been really working to fill

the time like I'm doing right now

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by just blathering on incessantly.

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So that way we have a decent run time

for an episode because we've been

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covering these things in like 20 minutes.

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Laura: You know what we could do

to slow things down a little bit?

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We could uh, do this opening with

a little bit of lag, where, like,

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our words are just a little bit

slower, like, maybe at half X speed.

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Like, kind of like the

open of this episode.

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Xhafer: right.

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Did you know this was

supposed to be the pilot?

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Laura: Huh.

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Okay.

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Xhafer: Not in any order.

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It's never the pilot in any order, but

JMS wrote this as the pilot and it was the

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second episode to air on TNT because they

made him go back and make an actual pilot.

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Laura: Uh Huh, right.

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I do remember talking about that.

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This has that kind of money

dumped into it, doesn't it?

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Because there's a lot of CG

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Xhafer: Mm hmm.

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Laura: have.

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Xhafer: Pointless exposition,

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Laura: yeah.

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Xhafer: just like characters reminding

us who they are and what they're

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doing there out loud, in ways that

don't make sense for the fifth episode

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of a show, but make a lot of sense

for the first episode of a show.

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Mm hmm.

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Laura: Yeah Matthew Gideon is

spending a lot of time, like,

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brooding over his mission as well.

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Like, Because we open Oh, should

we tell them which episode this is?

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Xhafer: this is uh, Racing the Night.

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This is the second episode

on the DVD and Air Order.

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Laura: But it is technically number 9

if I'm looking at our spreadsheet right.

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Xhafer: Yes.

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Laura: Oh

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Xhafer: It is,

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yeah, it's, it's, this is one of the

reasons, I mean, so a lot of the reading

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that I did today, particularly about

Crusade, was about the like, shit show

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of TNT deciding to can it halfway through

and the fight for sci fi to pick it up.

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Laura: Huh.

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Xhafer: Which apparently was very

close to happening, but because TNT

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had dropped it, like, months into

the year, their all of SyFy's budget

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on, like, production was spent.

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Laura: Hmm.

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Xhafer: Just everything was allocated

for, they were talking about cutting

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episodes of other shows to make

room to pick up Crusade and stuff.

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It was a whole thing.

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Laura: Whew.

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That sounds like a nightmare too.

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Laura: It wouldn't have been

great if it had happened.

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Xhafer: No.

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I mean, and it's just like, knowing

the time frame, like, Okay, could we

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have done one less season of Eureka?

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Probably.

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Uh,

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Laura: that show.

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Xhafer: I mean, what, what, what

would have been the actual cost

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for sci fi to pick it up is I think

interesting because it might've been

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like, I think this would have been

around the same time they got SG 1.

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So it

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Laura: a good get, though.

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Yeah.

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Xhafer: so there might've been a

universe where Crusade drops before

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SG 1 can get picked up and We end

up with a full five seasons of

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Crusade and SG 1 dying on Showtime.

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I don't know.

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I'm, I'm, I don't, I don't

know the actual specifics.

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I'm just guessing based off of the time

frame from things I remember right now.

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To be clear, listener, I've

put no research into this.

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This is me spitballing.

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Uh, So if I'm super wrong, I don't,

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Laura: It's all a brain exercise, anyway.

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Xhafer: I'm just trying to spend

another four minutes talking

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about something before we get to

this episode and I've done that.

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So, we open on a flashback

to some ambassadors.

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Uh, This is in Lockley's

office on Babylon 5.

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I don't know if you clocked

it from the background.

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Laura: but, no Lockley, though.

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Xhafer: Still no Lockley.

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Laura: Very disappointing.

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Xhafer: Gideon, when talking to the TROC

ambassador and speaking to that kind of

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like, block, There's like, at the end

of season five, there were a couple of

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these races that were really just like

in a group together in the interstellar

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alliance where like, we're the small guys.

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So we're going to all

team up to have some sway.

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Laura: Yeah, yeah.

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Used to be the non aligned worlds, now

we're gonna try to align a little bit.

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Xhafer: ambassador is like, look,

we'll give you free passage through.

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Oh yeah.

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Not the Drak ambassador.

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The Drazi ambassador, um, is like, you

got five years, you can spend four.

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With free passage through our space,

and that fifth you're spending

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stopping anyone from getting off Earth.

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Laura: We know now that

people would not wait.

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For that fifth year, right?

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Like, people are trying

constantly to get off Earth.

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They are, like, hurtling themselves

at the sky with anything they can.

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Xhafer: Yeah, some dude in

Oklahoma just built his own rocket

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to prove that the Earth is flat

and to escape the drog plague.

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Laura: Yes,

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exactly.

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Xhafer: Like, you know you're infected!

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That's the whole point, right?

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Like, maybe I'm special and I'm not

infected so I can go live somewhere else.

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It's all like, not gonna help.

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Laura: Nope.

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Uh, We can't wait five years for that.

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The drowsy needs to park his spaceship

outside of Venus right now and just,

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like, start shooting at people.

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Yeah, this scene was real weird.

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It was real, um, I know it's supposed to

be like a dream flashback kind of thing,

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but it looked like, it reminded me of a

video game that's not buffering well the

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Xhafer: It's so sepia,

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Laura: Mm hmm.

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Xhafer: and it's

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Laura: And choppy.

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Mm

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Xhafer: awkward first person angles.

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It's just, yeah, the whole, the

whole thing did not, did not

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flow for me particularly well.

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Nor for Gideon, who agrees to this

deal, and gets a slight bitching

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at from a Earthforce whatever.

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Laura: He, he was fine agreeing to

this deal because people are already

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trying to get off earth, in my opinion.

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Like, he's just like,

yeah, whatever, fuck it.

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Like, what are you going to do?

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Make me come back in the, you

know, day 364 of that fourth year?

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Like,

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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You're gonna make me come back, Drazi?

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Have you seen my ship?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Try.

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Laura: like, okay, whatever.

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I don't know why this general is so upset.

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Why does he care?

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But we see them drop him off

at the Excalibur for the first

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time.

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Xhafer: hmm.

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Um, and then he, he wakes up

from this flashback nightmare.

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They're on a planet, he

goes for a motorcycle ride.

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Laura: I should have made

a bingo card for this show.

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If I I think if I'd had more,

like, Airwolf from Cool Girls Don't

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Look at Explosions under my belt,

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I could have made up a little bingo card

for us of, like, the 90s tortured loner

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In charge of a big, big task tropes

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Laura: you know, he's got his flying

motorcycle because this is space

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Xhafer: Oh,

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Laura: and, you know, he's got his

shades and his hairdo and it's just

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so like that 90s trope of I'm the

tortured guy who's on a big mission.

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I was like, okay,

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Laura: neat, neat.

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Oh, well, that, that bingo

card will come soon someday.

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Xhafer: Anyways he's riding around

and some rando who looks like he's

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part of IPX gets got to Thiem.

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After Thiem, Max is working

hard on translating technology.

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Laura: Mm hmm.

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Xhafer: There's these tremendous

leaps and bounds here that are

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half written on the wall, but

Gideon just does not give a fuck.

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This mission is much like

Nerf, it's cure or nothing.

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Laura: Why?

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As if we're such an advanced civilization.

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Why are we writing our equations and

stuff on the walls in hieroglyphics?

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Xhafer: Yep, that doesn't make no sense.

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Also, like, one of the things he

rambles off is, like, a way to double

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their current means of propulsion.

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Wouldn't that be worth

your time for this mission?

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Laura: Mm hmm.

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Yeah, but Gideon's all like, well,

where's the medical information?

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I need the medical stuff.

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Laura: okay.

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Never mind that, you know, science

crossbreeds all the time, and important

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discoveries in one area can lead to

important things in another area.

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Yeah.

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Xhafer: warp field thing

makes the disease slow down.

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Or the radiation from the

weapon technology could kill it.

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You know, like, it's all worthwhile.

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Laura: Yeah, yeah.

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We do find out that Eilerson is a Marzi.

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He was a native Martian.

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Laura: So he's, he considers it

like, I'm doing you guys a favor.

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I'm not even an Earth human

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and

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I'm just here to share.

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Xhafer: Gideon pushes

Max to move on as Dr.

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Chambers confirms a few things.

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Uh, This species died off suddenly

a thousand years ago, but many races

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have visited in the last 50 years.

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She talks about skin, micro skin flakes

being on the, the ground and stuff,

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Laura: That is

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Xhafer: pull DNA samples.

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Laura: Yeah.

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That is kind of interesting.

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Xhafer: I have to go scrub every

surface of my house now, thank you.

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Laura: A thousand years ago, you say?

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Xhafer: Yeah,

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Laura: Hmm.

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Xhafer: hmm, you think there's

something important in Babylon 5

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history like a thousand years ago?

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Laura: Hmm.

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Maybe.

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Xhafer: That ambiguous thousand years ago.

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Yeah.

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Hmm.

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I wonder if that will be part of the plot.

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Huh?

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Laura: I do appreciate that Chambers

actually asked the same question

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at a point, so I think that might

have been JMS, like, nodding to

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us who were saying, Why would

they write these in hieroglyphics?

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Because she kind of asked the same thing.

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She's like, Why did they do that?

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Oh, well, moving on.

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Oh, hey.

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We mentioned that other

aliens had been here.

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Well, Darina is about

to find all the bodies.

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Xhafer: Doreena is crawling

around in some tunnels.

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I think this is a drach skull

that drops out on her by the way

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Laura: That's what Aaron said.

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Xhafer: Yeah, I'm glad that I wasn't

the only one who thought that.

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I didn't see it on any of the

notes anywhere online, but

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to me it looked like a Drax

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Laura: Why would the Drak have been Were

they just, like, there to deliver the

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shit and maybe some of them got, got, or

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Xhafer: We don't even see them, like,

in the flashback sequence where we learn

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what happened a thousand years ago.

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They're not involved.

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Laura: Hmm.

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Maybe they came here to get it.

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Maybe they knew about it and they

were like, Well, we need this shit.

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Xhafer: yeah, but that has some

other interesting implications.

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Like the entire crew is infected.

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Laura: Huh.

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Oh.

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Yeah.

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Hmm.

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Laura: Well, is the virus

still alive on the planet?

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Like, cause all the people who had it

are down in those cryo chambers, right?

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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I mean, I would think that if

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just fucking the order of the

story goes in the episode, so

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there's the key caretakers who

are like alive for two years,

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Laura: Uh huh.

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Xhafer: So the virus must still be active.

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Like, because these, they're

pulling someone out every two years.

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Even if it's just like in a small

chunk of the planet or something.

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They're not like out spreading

it around the cities, I guess.

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But,

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Laura: Yeah.

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Xhafer: I would think that any planet

that they go to that was impacted by this

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virus, the virus would still be there.

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That's, it's like not

a normal type of thing,

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Laura: Yeah.

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It is an engineered virus.

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We know that for sure.

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Hmm.

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Xhafer: They, you know, they call Earth a

dead world afterwards, not a world we have

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to wait 50 years before we can go back to.

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Laura: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Hmm.

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Xhafer: Which is a thing I've brought up

a few times now, is that they keep going

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to all these worlds that they think the

virus has hit, where everyone's dead.

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And it's just like, you're, you're

just gonna pick up mutated fucking

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strains that make things worse, guys.

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Laura: yeah, yeah, don't go there.

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Yeah, so she finds a weird light

in the hole she's crawling through

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these tunnels in the ground, and

she's like staring at it, but she

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gets called back because of murder.

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Xhafer: Yeah.

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Dun, dun, duuun.

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Laura: This is weird and rude, which

is pretty much all Eylerson is.

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But he, like, tries to throw Chambers

under the bus, because they're like,

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Oh, you know, this planet was supposed

to be uninhabited, and he's like,

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Well, you know, Chambers must have

gotten her data wrong, and then I made

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a bad call because of her bad data.

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Xhafer: Rude.

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Laura: he's so rude.

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He's so rude.

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Yeah.

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Xhafer: is accepting responsibility?

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I've worked with this guy.

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Laura: Yeah.

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Xhafer: Yep.

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So they're investigating some drones

show up while they're investigating,

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and Gideon hops on his space motorbike

to lead them away in an epic chase

414

:

scene that's done entirely in

not the worst CGI of the episode,

415

:

Laura: Uh Huh.

416

:

Xhafer: but second

417

:

Laura: huh.

418

:

Xhafer: Galen comes in to save his

life at the last possible moment.

419

:

Laura: Yeah, I honestly did not

realize until I heard Galen's voice

420

:

that that was his ship coming in.

421

:

Like, it was so hard to like, parse

that CGI visually in my brain.

422

:

I was like, oh, oh, I guess that's Galen.

423

:

Mm

424

:

Xhafer: Galen has decided that he'll

help on this mission, but he's gonna be

425

:

a sassy bitch about it the whole time.

426

:

Which, frankly, same.

427

:

Laura: hmm.

428

:

Xhafer: If you ask me to

move, I'm gonna be like, sure.

429

:

But the price you pay for me helping

you move isn't beer and pizza, it's my

430

:

comments about how heavy that dresser is.

431

:

Laura: Galen is my favorite

energy on this show so

432

:

far.

433

:

Xhafer: For sure.

434

:

Laura: techno mage bitch,

that's what I want.

435

:

Xhafer: Uh, We get a quick scene

with Galen doubling down on not

436

:

teaching Jorana Technomagic.

437

:

Laura: Yeah, I didn't even

know she wanted techno magic.

438

:

Xhafer: I mean, if this was supposed

to be the second episode, then she

439

:

might have asked at some other point

in between Call to Arms and now.

440

:

I mean, to be fair, if I meet a

Technomage, I'm gonna be like,

441

:

hey, you guys like recruiting?

442

:

Laura: Yeah, instantly.

443

:

I like to blow stuff up.

444

:

Xhafer: Yeah, I like being

a terrible menace across the

445

:

galaxy and a sassy bitch.

446

:

So, I mean.

447

:

Laura: I look fantastic in

a robe, I'm just saying.

448

:

Xhafer: Yeah, right?

449

:

I have like three already.

450

:

I'm covered.

451

:

Don't even worry about

452

:

Laura: I'll bring my own.

453

:

BYO robe.

454

:

Xhafer: B Y O R.

455

:

That, that, we got to

get that on a t shirt.

456

:

Um, so Galen summons his homunculus

and sends it down to the uh, planet.

457

:

What follows is The

worst CGI of the episode.

458

:

Laura: Erin said, this is

going to live with me forever.

459

:

I do believe it's at the point,

so, you know, this thing.

460

:

Jaffer, are you familiar with the internet

sensation that is Skibbity Toilet?

461

:

Xhafer: I know it's

something the kids say.

462

:

Laura: It comes from some YouTube

videos that I believe use some of the

463

:

models from like Half Life, Half Life 2.

464

:

Like, those kind of Gary's Mod, um,

465

:

Xhafer: I played those games.

466

:

Laura: yeah.

467

:

the, this thing looks like

Skibbity Toilet Man to me.

468

:

Haha.

469

:

Xhafer: I am, I'm pulling up

Skibbity Toilet right now.

470

:

76?

471

:

It's a series?

472

:

Oh god,

473

:

Laura: Ja'far is making some really

great faces, I just want everyone to

474

:

know since this is not a visual medium.

475

:

But they're very animated.

476

:

Xhafer: I, how is this

a, how is this a series?

477

:

It's 76 episodes?

478

:

What is Okay.

479

:

Okay.

480

:

You know what?

481

:

I would say that the graphics in

this are worse than Skippity Toilet.

482

:

But,

483

:

Laura: Right?

484

:

Yeah.

485

:

Yeah.

486

:

Xhafer: you're right, this is like

very Garry's Mod Half Life 2, um, man.

487

:

Laura: Yeah.

488

:

We get to watch the homunculus get

vivisected by the drones and beheaded

489

:

and then like staring out the window

as, as he gets like carted away.

490

:

Xhafer: he just like pops his head in

there and he's like, Oh, don't mind me.

491

:

Laura: And I guess we see through

the homunculus's eyes because it

492

:

observes a like graveyard of ships.

493

:

Xhafer: We recognize some of these ships.

494

:

Laura: There's the flying saucer.

495

:

Is that the

496

:

Vrii?

497

:

Xhafer: Yeah, there's a Gnarn Destroyer

498

:

Laura: Uh huh, yeah.

499

:

Xhafer: Bunch of stuff, it's cool.

500

:

Laura: Mm hmm.

501

:

Xhafer: Don't recognize all of

them though, which is also cool.

502

:

Laura: Yeah.

503

:

I

504

:

mean, it's been a thousand years.

505

:

Xhafer: Yeah, there's some Easter

eggs for races that they're gonna

506

:

encounter later in here, I bet.

507

:

At the very least, there were

plans for that for when this show

508

:

was gonna run for five years.

509

:

Laura: Right, right.

510

:

Xhafer: Yep, but it's clear now

that this was all a big ol trap.

511

:

Laura: And then, at this moment, Darina

chooses to tell everyone about the

512

:

bodies, which is just chef's kiss.

513

:

Love it.

514

:

Dramatic timing.

515

:

She's got that down.

516

:

Galen, just give her a job.

517

:

Come on.

518

:

Xhafer: Mm hmm.

519

:

I mean That's like a third

of being a Technomage.

520

:

But she's real good at that third.

521

:

Laura: Yeah.

522

:

I mean, it's important.

523

:

Xhafer: The dramatic timing.

524

:

You can't be a Technomage unless

you excel at dramatic timing.

525

:

Laura: Which she makes that

pointed argument to him here.

526

:

And they decide to go check out

this, well, I guess maybe send

527

:

some drones to check out this

power source that she found.

528

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

529

:

So they start doing some scans

now that they know where this

530

:

reactor and all these bodies are.

531

:

The drones come for the

Excalibur in response.

532

:

They try to escape.

533

:

They find out that they're in a

gravity well, keeping them in place.

534

:

So they send out the fighters to

defend the Excalibur and do a little

535

:

quick bombing run on the gravity well,

but they don't do any damage and the

536

:

gravity well just speeds up pulling

them down cause you're fucking with it.

537

:

Laura: I don't know how

gravity Gravity Wells works.

538

:

Especially because it's sci fi and

it's whatever we want it to be,

539

:

right?

540

:

But, I feel like if the gravity well is

pulling your very large ship down slowly,

541

:

if you launch fighters into it, aren't

the fighters gonna get pulled down faster?

542

:

Like,

543

:

Xhafer: I would imagine that the

only way that this would work is if

544

:

it's like, The, the, the gravity well

can't be centered on the thing that

545

:

they're trying to blow up, right?

546

:

Because if you did that, and

it was pulling things in, the

547

:

city wouldn't exist anymore,

548

:

Laura: Oh, yeah,

549

:

Xhafer: right?

550

:

So you gotta put the gravity well

that's starting its descent up in the

551

:

atmosphere somewhere, to impact the

ship, but not the stuff on the surface.

552

:

Laura: Yeah, okay.

553

:

Xhafer: then you just kind of like, once

it starts going down, you know, maybe

554

:

you turn it off, let it go a bit more and

then turn it on behind it or something.

555

:

Or, you know, there's a couple

of ways you could do it.

556

:

It might be on the other side of

the ship and it's pushing them down

557

:

as instead of pulling them down.

558

:

Laura: Uh Huh.

559

:

Xhafer: Um, that'd be

another safer way to do it.

560

:

and where the fighters are would all

be impacted a great deal by this.

561

:

Also like.

562

:

It's a lot easier to move a

small thing than a big thing.

563

:

Laura: Yeah, very

564

:

Xhafer: You know, like, the energy

required to move the small thing.

565

:

So the ship, the smaller ships might

be able to escape no problem, and

566

:

the bigger ship might just be fucked.

567

:

Laura: Yeah, yeah.

568

:

If you invite Jaffer to come help

you move, and you don't give him the

569

:

heavy dresser, you just give him some

of your, like, shoe boxes, you're

570

:

gonna get a lot less complaining

than with the heavy dresser.

571

:

Yes.

572

:

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,

573

:

Xhafer: sitting here thinking

about all the heavy shit he asked

574

:

me to move last time he moved.

575

:

Laura: Yeah, so as we were examining

stuff, we also found that it's

576

:

not just like a power source.

577

:

There is a whole huge

cryo chamber down there.

578

:

And there's lots of alive bodies, alive

frozen bodies in this cryo chamber.

579

:

Xhafer: Yeah, this race

isn't dead, they're napping!

580

:

Laura: So to be fair,

they, they went to it.

581

:

They thought they were going to a

dead world, but they actually went to

582

:

a world that still has people on it.

583

:

They just haven't done the thing.

584

:

Xhafer: Yeah, they're just sleeping.

585

:

Laura: They, they haven't figured it out.

586

:

So yeah, this wasn't super helpful.

587

:

Xhafer: They're in a thousand year siesta.

588

:

I'm here for that.

589

:

That sounds nice.

590

:

Laura: that.

591

:

Yeah, that sounds great.

592

:

Xhafer: Right?

593

:

Oh, I'm so tired constantly.

594

:

Laura: Same.

595

:

Uh, So yeah, they try to

fire the main guns, right?

596

:

Xhafer: the main gun does the job.

597

:

The main gun uh, we see, like, obliterate

the city or whatever, like, it's, it's

598

:

not looking good down there, we see

the explosion from space so whatever

599

:

was causing that gravity well stops

fucking causing that gravity well.

600

:

They stabilize, the ships stop attacking,

and then the ship gets scanned.

601

:

And they note that the computer bases

have been, databases have been downloaded.

602

:

Laura: Uh Huh.

603

:

Yeah.

604

:

Like everything all at once.

605

:

Xhafer: And then a moment

later they get hailed

606

:

Laura: They get like a

hollow transmission, right?

607

:

Xhafer: yeah, they got that thing

from the Bridge of Defiant that

608

:

they only used for three episodes.

609

:

They get that installed over here.

610

:

Laura: Very nice.

611

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

612

:

The thing that lets Cisco yell at

Eddington in person and then it was never

613

:

used again, except once by Golducott.

614

:

That one.

615

:

Yeah.

616

:

Those actors have chemistry.

617

:

You want to let them do it.

618

:

It's I get it.

619

:

Laura: Mm hmm.

620

:

You just gotta write it in

somehow, you know, sometimes.

621

:

Xhafer: and this is where we learn

that this planet was attacked by the

622

:

shadows during the last great war.

623

:

Laura: Yeah, it was the

shadows, not the Drak.

624

:

Xhafer: yep.

625

:

And we see shadow, we see

spider ships and all that stuff.

626

:

They're spreading the plague, they're

doing the thing, and then they peace.

627

:

Cause they're just gonna use

this world as a base later.

628

:

They'll get around to it, and

then they never got around to it.

629

:

Laura: Yeah.

630

:

Xhafer: How are the crew of the

Excalibur not infected right now?

631

:

Laura: like from being on that planet?

632

:

Yeah,

633

:

I mean, I guess you could,

like, argue that the virus

634

:

is only present in the hosts.

635

:

Mm hmm.

636

:

and we're not exposed to any

of the hosts at this point.

637

:

Xhafer: Okay, so what about all

those bodies Doreena was around?

638

:

Laura: I just assumed

the drones killed them.

639

:

Xhafer: Now, no one, the

caretaker didn't go inspect and

640

:

do some science or something?

641

:

Laura: No, I was thinking

they all got, like, vivisected

642

:

by the, by the drone thingy.

643

:

Xhafer: Okay.

644

:

Laura: Some of them beheaded,

some of them taken away.

645

:

And then, of course, there's

the ones you don't need.

646

:

You just shoot those guys, right?

647

:

Xhafer: Yeah, yeah.

648

:

Laura: Yeah, yeah.

649

:

That's, that's my

headcanon to make it work.

650

:

Xhafer: Okay.

651

:

Laura: Even though we know that's

not necessarily how viruses work.

652

:

Xhafer: Yeah, so they did not have

much along the lines of space travel.

653

:

So they did not have the option of

going and exploring like Earth does?

654

:

Laura: which is weird.

655

:

We have this power that could

revolutionize our propulsion,

656

:

but we don't do space?

657

:

Xhafer: Well, that's the thing,

is they only had half of those

658

:

equations written out, remember?

659

:

They were, there was,

nothing was complete.

660

:

So, so it's probably just bullshit.

661

:

That was my assumption.

662

:

Laura: Yeah, just to like get people

to stay long enough to get guided?

663

:

Xhafer: Mm hmm.

664

:

Laura: Hm.

665

:

Okay.

666

:

Xhafer: Yeah, it's all like, here

is the secret of the universe.

667

:

All you have to do is follow these

42 steps, and then it stops at 7, and

668

:

then you have to find the rest of the

missing tablet, but it's not there.

669

:

Laura: Here's something I want

to point out about all these

670

:

dead worlds we've been to.

671

:

Xhafer: Yeah, let's hear it.

672

:

Laura: Are all these races literally just

like one type of being on the planet?

673

:

We have no animals, we have no

reptiles, we have no mammals,

674

:

we have no other things.

675

:

Xhafer: I think the implication

is that the Drak Plague will

676

:

kill all life on the planet,

677

:

not just humans.

678

:

Um, but some of these worlds, that

is 100 percent a fair criticism of.

679

:

Laura: Yeah, like, I mean, it would

be so much more interesting to

680

:

be like, well there's, you know.

681

:

These, a whole bunch of different

types of lizards and fish or something,

682

:

but there's no mammals and no,

683

:

uh, You know, I'm, I'm using

our human terms, but you

684

:

could, you can science that.

685

:

You can make it happen.

686

:

Xhafer: The logical leap is there.

687

:

Laura: Yeah.

688

:

Yeah.

689

:

And then that would be a lot more

dangerous too, because the virus could be

690

:

like dormant and some of those things, but

691

:

Xhafer: Mm hmm.

692

:

So since they don't have the ability

to travel out, they were planning on

693

:

luring people in and just vivisecting

them until they found a cure.

694

:

And this has not gone well.

695

:

They've been doing this

for a thousand years.

696

:

And had no luck.

697

:

Laura: Nothing is working.

698

:

So he has a deal for Gideon.

699

:

He says, you know, if you will

Share anything that you find out

700

:

there with us, we'll share anything

that we find down here with you.

701

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

702

:

We clearly have super advanced cryogenic

technology that might be worthwhile.

703

:

That we didn't have to kill a bunch

of people for, but you know, whatever.

704

:

Laura: Yeah, I mean.

705

:

Xhafer: Gideon is just not interested.

706

:

Laura: Yeah.

707

:

He's, he's being very lawful something.

708

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

709

:

You know, just like, no, that's

no, all that Nazi science that

710

:

you guys got to progress medicine.

711

:

We can't, we can't use any of that.

712

:

Sorry.

713

:

Um, you're just going to have

to live with what you've done.

714

:

And if we find the cure, we'll

bring it to you so that you can

715

:

stand trial for your crimes.

716

:

Laura: Yeah, a whole civilization that

needs to stand trial for its crimes.

717

:

I, I just feel like there's some

people in there who maybe didn't.

718

:

Have any choices at all?

719

:

Xhafer: Presumably.

720

:

Somewhere in the billion.

721

:

Laura: Yeah.

722

:

Yeah.

723

:

Do they say how many are down there?

724

:

Xhafer: All we get is billions with an S.

725

:

Laura: Okay.

726

:

Xhafer: Which would lead me to

believe it's under 10 over 1.

727

:

Laura: Sure.

728

:

Yeah.

729

:

Eilerson hates this.

730

:

He whines about being ethical when

we're just trying to learn stuff.

731

:

Xhafer: It's like, we didn't actually kill

these people in the last thousand years.

732

:

Like, we can learn from this

that they're already dead.

733

:

You know?

734

:

It's like, that's Fair, that's mental

gymnastics, but it is, it is a viewpoint.

735

:

Laura: Yeah, that's rough.

736

:

I don't know.

737

:

I don't know what you're supposed to do.

738

:

Xhafer: well I mean, there's a lot of

people who have done terrible shit like

739

:

this in human history and advanced,

advanced medical science in ways that

740

:

we wouldn't have otherwise for it.

741

:

Which fucking sucks.

742

:

Laura: Amen.

743

:

Xhafer: Yep.

744

:

Anyways uh, they leave and they

meet up with a white star, uh,

745

:

with more potential stops on their

Dead Worlds of the Galaxy tour.

746

:

Laura: Yeah, we're just gonna

keep hitting that button.

747

:

Xhafer: Right?

748

:

Just continuing more, more dead worlds.

749

:

Galen quotes Job

750

:

Laura: Yeah, we nailed

this one on the quiz.

751

:

Xhafer: Yeah, good job.

752

:

I, I was just gonna pick a random.

753

:

Maybe, like, you got this.

754

:

Laura: Yeah.

755

:

I don't really remember what this quote

from Job was about exactly, though.

756

:

I don't know.

757

:

Job

758

:

was like, Job was like tested by

the Lord or something, I think.

759

:

I don't know.

760

:

I'm really the wrong person

to be asking Bible stuff.

761

:

Like, I feel like every other Oklahoman,

well, except for Aaron excluded, he

762

:

didn't have to do it, but there's

a big contingent of, religions or

763

:

Christian denominations here that

like make their children memorize

764

:

the Bible as they're growing up.

765

:

And that was not a thing

in my household and family.

766

:

And so every time people are

like referencing stuff, I'm just

767

:

like, I, I don't know, it's all

weird and interpreted weirdly.

768

:

Xhafer: hm.

769

:

I mean, if, if you, if you made me guess,

I would be like, is that, is that the

770

:

one where he made him kill his sons?

771

:

Was that the thing?

772

:

Hm hm.

773

:

That's in there somewhere, right?

774

:

Laura: Yeah.

775

:

We're always killing sons in the

776

:

Xhafer: Right?

777

:

There's a lot of that.

778

:

Yeah.

779

:

Anyways Darina and Galen

talk briefly as he leaves.

780

:

Galen is kind of like, Hey, where'd

you find out about this place?

781

:

It wasn't in the ranger reports.

782

:

He's like, don't you

fucking worry about it.

783

:

And then he goes and talks

to the apocalypse box,

784

:

Laura: Uh Huh, magic box again.

785

:

Xhafer: right?

786

:

Which we found out on the

discord is voiced by the actor

787

:

who plays Gideon, which is fun.

788

:

Laura: Yeah.

789

:

Just like distorted.

790

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

791

:

Laura: So he's just talking to himself.

792

:

That's why he talks to the box so good.

793

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

794

:

it's got that natural discourse.

795

:

Laura: He likes scolds the box a

little bit for making a bad choice,

796

:

I thought was very

797

:

funny.

798

:

Yeah.

799

:

Come in, come and get me Gideon.

800

:

Xhafer: Right.

801

:

I'm a box.

802

:

What are you going to do?

803

:

Punch me, you dumb bitch.

804

:

Laura: So this box has, has been wrong.

805

:

And this box has also, like,

told us not to trust Galen, who

806

:

seems pretty cool in my opinion.

807

:

So, I don't know how I feel about the box.

808

:

As much as I like the box,

I also don't like the box.

809

:

Xhafer: I am not on team box right now.

810

:

Laura: Boo box!

811

:

Xhafer: Boo box.

812

:

Maybe we'll change later after we get

more than three lines of dialogue out of

813

:

it or learn anything about it whatsoever.

814

:

But until then, boo.

815

:

Laura: The box just got me so good when

it came out of nowhere at the end of that

816

:

one episode I was like, fucking box, yes.

817

:

Xhafer: Well, you rated that

episode high because of that.

818

:

And this is the end of this episode.

819

:

So we have to hear, does the

box save this episode, Laura?

820

:

On a scale of one to four main guns,

where are you putting the would be pilot?

821

:

Laura: I mean, I have to give

it The, the boost of crackin me

822

:

up with that fuckin homunculus.

823

:

So, the last two episodes, you know,

I, I was crackin up at Apocalypse Box.

824

:

And then, what was the previous episode?

825

:

Oh, the space porn.

826

:

That got me really

827

:

good.

828

:

Like, just tickled the ol

funny bone really, really good.

829

:

Then you give me Skippity Toilet

Homunculus, and I'm just rolling.

830

:

So, I mean, sure, whatever,

it's like three main guns, cool.

831

:

Like, I think this actually wouldn't

have been a terrible pilot, cause you get

832

:

like, some reference to Babylon 5 in the

833

:

opening.

834

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

835

:

Yeah.

836

:

Laura: Like,

837

:

Xhafer: do think this actually

would be a strong pilot, but

838

:

it is a miserable not pilot.

839

:

Laura: Uh Huh.

840

:

Xhafer: I would rather have just watched

Deathwalker, which asks a lot of similar

841

:

questions in a much more poignant way.

842

:

Laura: Sure, yeah, yeah.

843

:

That's the last time we had

this big conversation, isn't it?

844

:

Xhafer: Yeah,

845

:

Laura: Yeah.

846

:

Xhafer: so.

847

:

Yeah, if you want to hear me

ramble about Nazi scientists

848

:

a bunch, go ahead Deathwalker.

849

:

I'm sure I did it there, I

850

:

don't remember, it was years ago.

851

:

Laura: Hey, I have a question.

852

:

Xhafer: what's up?

853

:

Laura: What if we'd taken some

of that science from Deathwalker?

854

:

Do you think, do you think we might

855

:

Xhafer: Cures all diseases, right?

856

:

Laura: a cure for the Trach Plague?

857

:

Xhafer: I think they would have.

858

:

Yeah.

859

:

Laura: Oh no.

860

:

Xhafer: Well, I mean, the whole

thing with that episode was you had

861

:

to like melt people and take the

essence of their life or whatever,

862

:

but it wasn't just something

you could make, you had to

863

:

like actively kill people.

864

:

Laura: you had to have

sacrifices and stuff.

865

:

Yeah.

866

:

But you'd have a cure

for the drach plague.

867

:

Xhafer: Mm hmm.

868

:

Laura: Oh no.

869

:

Hmm.

870

:

Asking that question at some point

would have been more interesting.

871

:

I don't know how they would get there.

872

:

Like, maybe they find a Dilgar

world or something, but.

873

:

Xhafer: The death Walker to

death Walker juniors hanging out.

874

:

Like, yeah, I don't know.

875

:

Laura: Didn't the Earth

government take her?

876

:

Away?

877

:

Xhafer: tried

878

:

Laura: They tried, but the Vorlons

879

:

Xhafer: four lawns.

880

:

Yeah.

881

:

For our loans were like, fuck y'all

882

:

Laura: Yeah.

883

:

Xhafer: as they tend to do.

884

:

Laura: Shouldn't we go

to the Vorlon world?

885

:

Xhafer: No one can for a thousand

886

:

Laura: Oh,

887

:

Xhafer: limits.

888

:

Otherwise, Lita will melt your brains.

889

:

Laura: Yeah.

890

:

Okay.

891

:

All right.

892

:

JMS knew I was gonna ask.

893

:

Damn it.

894

:

Xhafer: Right.

895

:

Laura: Lita, what's, no,

Lita's dead now, isn't she?

896

:

Xhafer: I think Lita is dead by this

897

:

Laura: Okay.

898

:

I was like, I feel like Lita

could be really helpful.

899

:

She should show up in Crusade, but

900

:

Xhafer: The, the, the telepath

the telepath troubles have

901

:

happened at this point.

902

:

The unpleasantness, as

they call it in Ireland.

903

:

Uh, the, the telepath Unpleasantness.

904

:

Laura: never,

905

:

shown anywhere and not

described in the books.

906

:

Yeah.

907

:

Yeah.

908

:

Xhafer: I, I, I get wanting to save

it, to make it a thing, but also.

909

:

Because it was saved so much to

make it a thing, it was never a

910

:

Laura: Yeah.

911

:

Yeah.

912

:

It's like the, the dress you have in your

closet that you never wear because you're

913

:

waiting for the right moment to wear it.

914

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

915

:

Laura: And then you never wear it.

916

:

Yeah.

917

:

I'm sure you know how that feels.

918

:

Yeah.

919

:

Xhafer: maybe a tie.

920

:

You know, not quite the same,

but same, same, but different.

921

:

Laura: Yeah.

922

:

Xhafer: Um, I got to imagine

if we get a B5 reboot and

923

:

it's like the five season arc,

924

:

Laura: Mm hmm.

925

:

It's gotta

926

:

be in there, right?

927

:

Xhafer: it's, that, that has to be season

five instead of the telepath crisis,

928

:

Laura: Yeah.

929

:

Instead

930

:

of

931

:

Byron.

932

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

933

:

Laura: Do you think he

would scrap Byron entirely?

934

:

I think he might.

935

:

Mm hmm.

936

:

Xhafer: I think you would, yeah.

937

:

I think in hindsight, that whole,

that whole thing gets axed.

938

:

Laura: Yeah.

939

:

Xhafer: Maybe it's an episode.

940

:

Laura: Yeah.

941

:

Like, we're in a new world, I think.

942

:

You gotta let

943

:

some of that

944

:

Xhafer: sure.

945

:

In fact, I would love it if there

was a, like, telepath leader and a

946

:

similar kind of thing and it takes

place over an episode and at the

947

:

end you find out his name was Byron.

948

:

A plus, no notes, but I know, I know

JMS isn't listening to this podcast, so

949

:

we can, we can pitch story ideas here.

950

:

It's a safe space.

951

:

Laura: it's a safe space.

952

:

He's never coming.

953

:

Xhafer: No, that's fine.

954

:

Laura: That is fine.

955

:

Xhafer: I don't know that I want him to.

956

:

I don't want the pressure

957

:

of knowing that he

listens to this podcast,

958

:

dear God.

959

:

I can't imagine what it's like over

on Gray17 getting the occasional at.

960

:

No thanks.

961

:

Nope, I'm happy here.

962

:

I'm happy being a fly

on the wall, thank you.

963

:

Laura: I'd feel embarrassed.

964

:

I'd be like, man, I probably

said something mean.

965

:

Oh no.

966

:

Xhafer: We've made so many stupid dick and

fart jokes about his masterpiece of art.

967

:

Right.

968

:

Laura: Yeah, it's all,

it's all crude over here.

969

:

Xhafer: That's just how we do.

970

:

Laura: Yeah, that's the, that's

the world I want to live in though.

971

:

I don't want to take myself too seriously.

972

:

Xhafer: I think we fill an important

space in the Babylon 5 podcasting.

973

:

What's the French word that

I'm looking for right now?

974

:

All encompassing over, is that it?

975

:

Laura: I was just going to say, like,

976

:

environment.

977

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

978

:

ecosystem,

979

:

Laura: ecosystem, yes.

980

:

Xhafer: Yeah.

981

:

Yeah.

982

:

Like, there's, there's like your,

your, your plants that, you know, kind

983

:

of feed everyone else, you know, like

your, your, your older podcasts and

984

:

you got your newer podcasts that are

like animals walking around, right.

985

:

And then you got, you're

like, you're really focused.

986

:

Like Baz is over there doing like

super high end critical analysis

987

:

stuff, you know, Yum Yum gets into

some of that too, you know, like really

988

:

like, I think they're like the birds,

989

:

Laura: Mm.

990

:

Yeah, okay.

991

:

Okay.

992

:

Xhafer: And we are like

the dung beetle, right?

993

:

Laura: Yeah.

994

:

So important, though.

995

:

Like, you can't have an

ecosystem without it.

996

:

Xhafer: Right, but we smell bad.

997

:

We, no one likes us.

998

:

We make stupid jokes, but

we're happy, and that's

999

:

all

:

00:45:12,515 --> 00:45:12,745

Laura: hmm.

:

00:45:13,065 --> 00:45:13,385

Mm

:

00:45:13,385 --> 00:45:13,845

hmm.

:

00:45:13,845 --> 00:45:14,255

Yeah.

:

00:45:15,225 --> 00:45:16,255

And we survive.

:

00:45:16,475 --> 00:45:17,015

Mm hmm.

:

00:45:17,260 --> 00:45:17,760

Xhafer: Right.

:

00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:25,130

Speaking of surviving, what, assuming

everything goes well on our travels.

:

00:45:25,530 --> 00:45:25,960

Yikes.

:

00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,400

Okay, maybe that's too dark.

:

00:45:27,740 --> 00:45:30,240

Maybe I crossed a line there.

:

00:45:30,240 --> 00:45:32,431

Let's cut that and find

:

00:45:32,745 --> 00:45:34,435

Laura: I don't know, I'm on a Boeing, so

:

00:45:34,895 --> 00:45:35,645

pray for me.

:

00:45:37,715 --> 00:45:43,025

Xhafer: So next up we got episode 12

next week, visitors from down the street.

:

00:45:43,645 --> 00:45:47,706

Um, speaking of which uh, speaking of

coming episodes, we didn't even say it.

:

00:45:47,736 --> 00:45:51,486

Uh, Scott had a last minute emergency and

wasn't able to join us from gray 17 today.

:

00:45:51,936 --> 00:45:56,376

Um, we did advertise that we did

say that, um, he'll be joining us

:

00:45:56,416 --> 00:45:58,136

on an episode in a couple of weeks.

:

00:45:58,136 --> 00:45:58,926

We're rescheduling.

:

00:45:59,046 --> 00:46:00,166

We haven't figured it out yet.

:

00:46:00,546 --> 00:46:03,246

But we hope everyone over

there is doing great.

:

00:46:03,556 --> 00:46:05,356

Um, and feeling better soon.

:

00:46:05,511 --> 00:46:05,731

Laura: Yeah.

:

00:46:06,188 --> 00:46:10,798

Hey, maybe he'll want the, the

upcoming next episode, which

:

00:46:10,798 --> 00:46:12,888

I believe we nailed it again

:

00:46:13,558 --> 00:46:20,108

on the quiz, because this was

an episode homaging the X Files.

:

00:46:20,913 --> 00:46:25,093

Xhafer: Yes, this is episode 12 visitors

from down the street to persecuted.

:

00:46:25,518 --> 00:46:31,258

Alien investigators based on FBI agents

Mulder and Scully from the X Files believe

:

00:46:31,268 --> 00:46:33,528

that Earth is covertly invading them.

:

00:46:34,593 --> 00:46:36,163

Laura: Where are you getting

that description from?

:

00:46:36,163 --> 00:46:38,213

That was not the iTunes description.

:

00:46:39,058 --> 00:46:41,408

Xhafer: Um, moviedp.

:

00:46:41,408 --> 00:46:41,778

org?

:

00:46:41,803 --> 00:46:42,323

Laura: Okay.

:

00:46:42,563 --> 00:46:42,873

Yeah.

:

00:46:42,913 --> 00:46:46,313

Mulder and Scully were not

specifically mentioned in

:

00:46:46,368 --> 00:46:48,818

Xhafer: Oh, in mind

they, they were in mind.

:

00:46:48,838 --> 00:46:49,438

That's fun.

:

00:46:49,723 --> 00:46:50,053

Laura: Yeah.

:

00:46:50,123 --> 00:46:50,443

That is

:

00:46:50,458 --> 00:46:52,658

Xhafer: So yeah, maybe, maybe

Scut will join us next week.

:

00:46:52,658 --> 00:46:56,538

Probably not though, because I

think next week we're Recording in

:

00:46:56,833 --> 00:46:58,253

Laura: Oh, that's right.

:

00:46:58,373 --> 00:47:00,083

You had that brilliant idea.

:

00:47:00,838 --> 00:47:04,448

Xhafer: We are bringing the recording

set up to Star Trek, Las Vegas with us.

:

00:47:04,628 --> 00:47:09,418

And for the very first time,

we will be in the same room in

:

00:47:09,418 --> 00:47:11,358

the same state recording, let

:

00:47:11,373 --> 00:47:13,563

Laura: God, that's so weird.

:

00:47:14,253 --> 00:47:14,343

I

:

00:47:14,343 --> 00:47:15,993

hope it doesn't kill the podcast.

:

00:47:18,248 --> 00:47:20,658

Xhafer: I don't think it

will kill the podcast.

:

00:47:20,748 --> 00:47:21,838

I think we'll be fine.

:

00:47:22,748 --> 00:47:28,453

Um, I mean, we already rely on

video when we record a great deal

:

00:47:28,563 --> 00:47:32,913

to read each other's facial cues

and context and stuff to make a

:

00:47:32,913 --> 00:47:34,113

more natural flow of conversation.

:

00:47:34,113 --> 00:47:36,683

So I don't expect it to be weird.

:

00:47:36,883 --> 00:47:39,313

The only thing will be weird will be

the first time I've ever podcasted

:

00:47:39,323 --> 00:47:41,653

wearing pants, but we'll get over that.

:

00:47:45,148 --> 00:47:46,038

Laura: just bring you a dress.

:

00:47:46,038 --> 00:47:47,148

You don't have to wear pants.

:

00:47:47,483 --> 00:47:48,243

Xhafer: thanks.

:

00:47:49,328 --> 00:47:49,628

Laura: Let's

:

00:47:49,628 --> 00:47:49,958

not go

:

00:47:50,063 --> 00:47:50,923

Xhafer: bring one of my own.

:

00:47:50,923 --> 00:47:51,453

It's fine.

:

00:47:51,973 --> 00:47:54,838

Um, Yeah, no, so it'll be next episode.

:

00:47:55,038 --> 00:47:58,368

Uh, We will be recording in

person at Star Trek Las Vegas.

:

00:47:59,182 --> 00:47:59,892

that'll be fun.

:

00:48:00,017 --> 00:48:00,577

Laura: can't wait.

:

00:48:01,402 --> 00:48:01,872

Xhafer: Yeah.

:

00:48:01,922 --> 00:48:04,042

Uh, Just like, I can't

wait to say thank you.

:

00:48:05,042 --> 00:48:05,602

Thank you.

:

00:48:05,652 --> 00:48:07,652

Jeremy Siegel for our lovely theme music.

:

00:48:07,702 --> 00:48:09,132

Is Jeremy going STLV?

:

00:48:09,507 --> 00:48:13,497

Laura: No, he has a big trip for something

else planned later this year, so.

:

00:48:13,712 --> 00:48:14,122

Xhafer: Okay.

:

00:48:14,422 --> 00:48:14,812

Bummer.

:

00:48:15,242 --> 00:48:16,082

That would have been fun.

:

00:48:16,142 --> 00:48:17,232

Would have been cool hangs.

:

00:48:17,237 --> 00:48:17,657

Laura: I know.

:

00:48:18,542 --> 00:48:21,332

Xhafer: Um, but yeah thank you,

Jeremy, so much for our theme music.

:

00:48:21,392 --> 00:48:23,232

Maybe next year we'll see you at STLV.

:

00:48:23,322 --> 00:48:26,337

But if not Uh, you can find more

of Jeremy's work at JeremySiegel42.

:

00:48:26,627 --> 00:48:27,167

bandcamp.

:

00:48:27,167 --> 00:48:30,647

com and in streaming

services as Nuclear Jaguar.

:

00:48:30,937 --> 00:48:33,217

Laura: And thank you to Angry

Duck Time Machine on Instagram

:

00:48:33,227 --> 00:48:34,677

for our podcast artwork.

:

00:48:35,247 --> 00:48:37,567

Xhafer: Aaron, thanks so much

for editing this podcast.

:

00:48:37,567 --> 00:48:40,957

I'm still apologizing for that

last episode and that massive

:

00:48:40,977 --> 00:48:42,637

bit I made you do at the end.

:

00:48:43,137 --> 00:48:45,567

Really appreciate all that

time I made you put in there.

:

00:48:45,747 --> 00:48:46,947

Laura: I think it was fun, though.

:

00:48:46,977 --> 00:48:48,277

I think he had fun with it.

:

00:48:48,617 --> 00:48:49,097

We'll see.

:

00:48:49,967 --> 00:48:53,067

And thank you to you, the

listener, for putting up with

:

00:48:53,067 --> 00:48:54,707

another episode of Crusade.

:

00:48:54,767 --> 00:48:55,987

I hope you enjoyed it.

:

00:48:56,017 --> 00:48:59,657

I hope you had a good laugh at

Skibbity Toilet Man, like I did.

:

00:49:00,347 --> 00:49:03,707

Because you just gotta, like, look

at the show a little less seriously.

:

00:49:04,877 --> 00:49:05,307

Xhafer: sure.

:

00:49:06,245 --> 00:49:06,635

All right.

:

00:49:06,655 --> 00:49:08,085

Well, we'll see you next week, internet.

:

00:49:08,645 --> 00:49:09,355

Laura: Bye!

:

00:49:27,475 --> 00:49:29,285

Xhafer: I am going to go watch

some more Skibbity Toilet though.

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