Episode 1 - Into The Night

Into The Night is a sci-fi drama series...it's a bit silly, so let's poke fun at it.

Episode Transcript

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Hello, and welcome to the streaming experience.
I'm your host, Tom Truffalo, and I'd like to thank you for joining me for our very first episode of the show.
So I know what you're thinking. 4 00:00:14,499.999 --> 00:00:20,770 There are so many different ways where people can just shit on all of the various forms of media that are out there.

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Uh, YouTube, podcasts, print.
Why on earth do we need another one? And I like to think that we're going to be focusing on on something that most people aren't going to.
.9One thing I learned during the pandemic, being shut in and having to to find new ways to keep ourselves entertained, is that there truly is an unspeakable amount of content available for people.

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And there is definitely no consistency, no quality check.
So what I want to do is I want to delve into the weird. 10 00:00:58,160.001 --> 00:01:00,990 I want to delve into the bananas.
.001The, the absolutely batshit insane. 12 00:01:04,210.001 --> 00:01:12,45.001 I want to be an avenue that people can look at a piece of content in particular and say, Hey, That sounds fucking insane. 13 00:01:12,545.001 --> 00:01:13,825.001 I want to go check that shit out. 14 00:01:14,315.001 --> 00:01:17,675.001 And not every show is worth everyone's time. 15 00:01:18,45.001 --> 00:01:30,765 That said, we can absolutely find ways to entertain ourselves with some of these beautiful pieces of art where the creators have sought and reached far beyond their potential grasp. 16 00:01:31,665.001 --> 00:01:36,345.001 And, uh, yeah, we're just gonna have a blast. 17 00:01:36,345.001 --> 00:01:37,55.001 We're gonna roll with it. 18 00:01:37,665.001 --> 00:01:42,155.001 And I thank you for coming with me on this journey into the insane. 19 00:01:43,145.001 --> 00:01:51,695 Uh, and without further ado, we're going to kick this off with the show that really got me interested in doing this type of review. 20 00:01:52,680.001 --> 00:01:54,130.001 And it's Into the Night. 21 00:01:54,440.001 --> 00:02:06,900.001 So, the description for Into the Night, quote, When the sun starts to kill everything in its path, a plane full of passengers must travel at night in an attempt to escape its destructive power and find someplace safe.

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.001Now, I know what you're thinking right off the bat.
.001The sun kills people. 24 00:02:12,530.001 --> 00:02:14,500.001 That's some pretty high stakes. 25 00:02:14,520.001 --> 00:02:28,390.001 And you'd imagine That going along with such a, a, an incredible concept of the sun, the very source of life itself, killing everything in its wake, there would be some pretty cool visual effects to go along with that. 26 00:02:29,110.001 --> 00:02:30,870 Temper your expectations. 27 00:02:30,880.001 --> 00:02:35,540.001 There are absolutely no visual effects as it relates to the sun killing everything.

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.001Nothing looks cool. 29 00:02:37,360.001 --> 00:02:40,130.001 There is absolutely no effects budget for this show. 30 00:02:41,50.001 --> 00:02:42,990.001 And I cannot stress this enough. 31 00:02:43,450.001 --> 00:02:48,250.001 The entire premise of this show is how can we outrun it. 32 00:02:48,550.001 --> 00:02:49,600.001 The Sun. 33 00:02:50,270.001 --> 00:02:58,410.001 The one constant in our solar system, to the point that we call it a Solar System, is the Sun. 34 00:02:58,700.001 --> 00:03:09,720 So how, how can we possibly escape from that giant ball of gas that we need for our very existence? So strap fucking in man, it is going to get insane. 35 00:03:09,910.001 --> 00:03:24,90.001 So we, we start this episode with a flashback of In which our protagonist, Sylvie, is dreaming about her dead boyfriend slash husband slash random dude in a hospital bed? It's really, really not clear. 36 00:03:24,650.001 --> 00:03:26,820.001 And all of a sudden, she wakes up, and she's alone. 37 00:03:27,360.001 --> 00:03:32,150.001 And we're, we're supposed to connect and empathize with this clear loss in her life. 38 00:03:32,550.002 --> 00:03:41,339.901 And yet, all I can focus on is the fact that she wakes up in this gigantic room, where the bed is positioned directly in the middle of this huge bed. 39 00:03:41,480.001 --> 00:03:59,170.001 Empty space with the exception of two end tables who puts a bed in the middle of a gigantic fucking room and puts No furnishing in it puts nothing on the walls Just this completely empty space and in the dead middle of it is where you have this bed positioned. 40 00:04:00,640.001 --> 00:04:04,740 She's a fucking sociopath That's all you need to know about this character going into it.

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So she's late.
.001She's late for her flight And that's the only indication we have. 43 00:04:11,815.001 --> 00:04:16,165.001 She, she races out of the room to try and catch this flight. 44 00:04:17,5.001 --> 00:04:24,885 And, uh, as we arrive at the airport, the gate agent tells her that the flight is already closed.

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.001She can't possibly get on it. 46 00:04:28,185.001 --> 00:04:31,805.001 Except for the fact that There's still 30 minutes to take off. 47 00:04:31,815.001 --> 00:04:44,265 So, I don't know if time works differently in Brussels, or if the, the people who work at the airport just don't give a shit, and everybody is just in free for all at this point. 48 00:04:45,955.001 --> 00:04:48,085 I've, I can't imagine. 49 00:04:48,195.001 --> 00:04:56,445.001 Can you, I can't imagine a world where you arrive 30 minutes early, 30 minutes before your plane takes off, and they say, nah, can't get back there. 50 00:04:56,445.001 --> 00:04:56,925.001 Fuck you. 51 00:04:57,705.001 --> 00:05:15,535 So while she's at this gate agent check in and being told she can't board the plane, which has not yet taken off, we see what looks like the physical embodiment of an Italian stereotype. 52 00:05:15,990.001 --> 00:05:21,120.001 Uh, standing next to her, and this dude is fuckin sus. 53 00:05:21,640.001 --> 00:05:29,200.001 He clearly is speaking all shady around how, oh, I just need to go somewhere, I need to go anywhere.

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So this guy tells the woman at the check in counter that he, quote, needs to go west. 55 00:05:35,520.001 --> 00:05:36,464.901 And somehow, he does. 56 00:05:36,925.001 --> 00:05:49,585.0005 Unlike the check in agent who was saying you're not allowed to board a plane if you're 30 minutes before it actually takes off, this is the most helpful friendly check in agent in the world and is like, Oh, I got this shit. 57 00:05:49,585.0005 --> 00:05:50,045 Don't worry. 58 00:05:50,75.001 --> 00:05:52,45.001 West, I'll figure that one out. 59 00:05:53,15.001 --> 00:05:55,165.001 So she gets him on a flight to Moscow.

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.001Moscow, which of course is, you know, west of Brussels. 61 00:06:03,195.001 --> 00:06:05,285.001 So there's already no logical consistency. 62 00:06:05,505.001 --> 00:06:10,635.001 The show doesn't give two fucks about Setting up any sort of consistent world for these people to live in. 63 00:06:10,725.001 --> 00:06:14,735.001 There's, there's no way that you would be denied access to a plane. 64 00:06:15,620.001 --> 00:06:25,040 If you arrive before it takes off, and there's absolutely no way someone who is clearly aware that the sun kills people would settle for flying into the fucking sun. 65 00:06:25,140.001 --> 00:06:25,900.001 Just doesn't work.

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.001But that's fine. 67 00:06:26,520.001 --> 00:06:27,050 It's fine. 68 00:06:27,450.001 --> 00:06:30,70.001 Everybody is, is in place here. 69 00:06:30,920.001 --> 00:06:37,280 So, the, the, we cut now to everybody waiting to board this plane to Moscow.
.901And this is where we're introduced to the shittiest old white man in the world. 71 00:06:41,520.001 --> 00:06:42,660.001 Uh, I've ever seen. 72 00:06:43,330.001 --> 00:06:49,60.001 He is He's basically me when I go to an airport and see people pre boarding. 73 00:06:49,600.001 --> 00:06:58,10.001 This is the rich asshole who sits in first class, sees a sick kid boarding the plane before him and goes, pfft, so much for first class. 74 00:06:58,70.101 --> 00:07:03,930.001 So we know right away, this guy is a fucking douchebag. 75 00:07:04,650.001 --> 00:07:11,500.001 Now that we've got our players all in place, everybody starts boarding the plane. 76 00:07:12,500.001 --> 00:07:17,900 And we get to watch the super fun process of people getting on an airplane. 77 00:07:18,540.001 --> 00:07:58,655.001 While this is happening, our Italian stereotype character, Decides that he's had enough of this shit and he's getting on a plane and he's going west so he Sees a security guard who is dressed in full military fatigues He's got a fucking bulletproof vest on and this guy comes over Punches him in the bulletproof vest steals his gun and that punch was apparently enough to murder this man Now i've never punched a kevlar vest myself But I wouldn't think a single punch to the Kevlar is enough to knock out somebody and stop their heart. 78 00:07:58,955.001 --> 00:08:00,675.001 But that's the way this actor plays it off. 79 00:08:00,685.001 --> 00:08:05,055 So, just, mwah, brilliant, brilliant piece of acting. 80 00:08:05,65.001 --> 00:08:06,655.001 One hit, dude goes down. 81 00:08:07,660.001 --> 00:08:40,945.001 And then, so now our Italian stereotype has a gun and he runs around like he's got the goofiest run possible like side to side whole body waddling and wiggling as he's running down the gateway saying everyone move out of the way people move out of the way before he's in frame before that he says anything people are just huddling off to the side so Clearly, as they were going through this, the director said, We are not doing any second takes. 82 00:08:41,335.001 --> 00:08:44,595.001 One punch to the Kevlar and you're down? Good. 83 00:08:44,725.001 --> 00:08:45,995.001 We're putting it in the show.

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.001Uh, you guys are ducking out of the way way too early? Fuck it. 85 00:08:50,55.001 --> 00:08:50,855 We don't have enough film. 86 00:08:50,855.001 --> 00:08:51,745.001 We don't have enough budget.
We're just gonna move forward.
.001It looks Hilarious as this guy with his gun is is running down in dramatic fashion onto the plane And he gets to the door just as the flight attendant crew is closing it so he stops There's a brief confrontation and suddenly he's on the plane with a gun and man Fuck you if you're gonna try and get this guy out So, first class is seated. 89 00:09:17,240.001 --> 00:09:23,340.001 Everybody in first class is surprisingly chill about the guy who just showed up on their plane with a gun and starts barking orders. 90 00:09:23,750.001 --> 00:09:25,930.001 And there are a couple people who have pre boarded in the back.

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Obviously, the sick kid and his mom. 92 00:09:28,170.001 --> 00:09:30,220 Which, uh, we'll get there.
.001It's gonna be great. 94 00:09:31,950.001 --> 00:09:33,730.001 And a couple other throwaway characters.
.001Who are they? Fuck you. 96 00:09:34,760.001 --> 00:09:35,440.001 It doesn't matter. 97 00:09:35,440.101 --> 00:09:38,700.001 So, the dude's on the plane. 98 00:09:39,310.001 --> 00:09:42,60.001 And he walks into the cockpit. 99 00:09:42,60.001 --> 00:09:45,735.001 And he's like, And only the co pilot is present in the cockpit. 100 00:09:46,115.001 --> 00:09:55,925.001 They get into a very serious discussion around, We need to go west now! And the sun's killing people! And, rightly so, the dude sounds insane. 101 00:09:56,465.001 --> 00:10:01,375 The co pilot actually calls him out on how fucking stupid that sounds. 102 00:10:01,705.001 --> 00:10:08,420.001 And the Italian stereotype guy is just like, Yeah, I know, it sounds really fucking dumb, but This is the central premise of the show. 103 00:10:08,420.001 --> 00:10:09,640.001 So just, just roll with it. 104 00:10:10,110.001 --> 00:10:14,980.001 And they get into a heated discussion, at which point the dude shoots him. 105 00:10:15,50.101 --> 00:10:18,180.001 The, the guy, the guy with the gun shoots the co pilot. 106 00:10:18,480.001 --> 00:10:21,170.001 Now, he shoots him in the left hand. 107 00:10:22,210.001 --> 00:10:28,690.001 Now, he shoots him in the left hand, and that's apparently enough to put this guy into submission. 108 00:10:28,880.001 --> 00:10:33,470 He commandeers the plane, and the pilot is now, the co pilot, totally on this guy's side. 109 00:10:33,480.001 --> 00:10:37,20.001 Like, hey, you, you shot me in the hand, whatever you want, dude. 110 00:10:37,20.001 --> 00:10:38,140.001 We're just gonna get the fuck out of here. 111 00:10:38,140.001 --> 00:10:38,510.001 It's fine. 112 00:10:38,530.001 --> 00:10:40,40.001 But there's one critical problem. 113 00:10:40,925.001 --> 00:10:46,885.001 The co pilot says, quote, I need my left hand to fly the plane. 114 00:10:48,365.001 --> 00:10:59,475.001 So, the one little grazing shot that he took in the hand is now crippled this poor co pilot and there's no possible way that he can fly the plane. 115 00:10:59,495.001 --> 00:11:06,635.001 So, they pull the classic, uh, shout back to the 10 people who are on the plane. 116 00:11:07,25.001 --> 00:11:18,775 Is there anybody here who can fly? And of course, of course, our wonderful protagonist, Sylvie, surprisingly chill about it all and just goes, Hey, I can fly the plane. 117 00:11:18,955.001 --> 00:11:21,925.002 I fly helicopters in the, in the military. 118 00:11:21,925.102 --> 00:11:33,465.001 So coincidence being what it is, our hero is now in the thick of it with the co pilot and the crazy dude with a gun. 119 00:11:34,425.001 --> 00:11:42,235.001 So, she gets in there, they start taking the plane off, and they radio over to the control tower. 120 00:11:43,280.001 --> 00:11:45,300.001 No one in the control tower answers. 121 00:11:45,520.001 --> 00:11:51,670.001 At this point, it's all dark, right? Presumably, it's around midnight at the airport in Brussels. 122 00:11:52,390.001 --> 00:11:59,980.001 So, without the sun rising and killing literally everybody, there's no reason for the control tower not to answer. 123 00:12:00,0.001 --> 00:12:01,930.001 People should still be doing their fucking jobs. 124 00:12:02,800.001 --> 00:12:12,375.001 Especially since, presumably, the only thing that's happening in this airport is this crazy motherfucker with a gun Who is trying to hijack a plane and fly it off into the night. 125 00:12:13,65.001 --> 00:12:15,605.001 So, it doesn't make sense. 126 00:12:15,655.001 --> 00:12:18,715.001 Why is no one answering in the control tower? Fuck you. 127 00:12:18,815.001 --> 00:12:20,25.001 Stop asking questions. 128 00:12:21,295.001 --> 00:12:45,955.001 And so, uh, they, they finally, with the help of our convenient plot device of Sylvie, and knowing how to fly helicopters, Because, of course, helicopters and airplanes are similar and off, may as well, fuck it, doesn't matter, uh, they make it up into the air, and they are off, flying away, uh, in some ill defined direction with some nebulous amount of fuel. 129 00:12:46,765.001 --> 00:12:49,35.001 And that's going to be the central thesis going forward. 130 00:12:49,295.001 --> 00:12:58,735 How do we get enough fuel to keep going? At least, to the show's credit, they acknowledge that this is a problem immediately, and have to start figuring this out. 131 00:12:58,745.001 --> 00:13:13,75.001 So while they do some math to figure out where they can go, and where they can try and find more fuel, I'm going to take a break here and, uh, Go see if I can't hijack myself a sandwich, and then when we come back, we'll get into a little bit more into the night. 132 00:13:18,805.001 --> 00:13:38,535.001 And we're back! And if you thought that everything was, you know, reasonably insane to the point we're at, and, you know, hijacking a plane under the central thesis of, the sun's going to kill everybody, we have to fucking go, was crazy enough and that would be the most insane things we're going to get. 133 00:13:39,115.001 --> 00:13:48,985.001 Strap in, we're going to have a lot more coincidences and a lot more, uh, random turns to bad shit insanity as we go. 134 00:13:49,575.001 --> 00:13:52,525 Starting with that shitty old guy we met.

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Uh, you remember the one who was shit talking a kid who was very clearly sick or crippled or otherwise incapacitated. 136 00:14:01,645.001 --> 00:14:10,315.001 Turns out, that old guy is not just a terrible human who hates kids, he also is a super fuck racist. 137 00:14:11,385.001 --> 00:14:19,25.001 He, uh, he slips himself a little note to the stewardess as she's walking by that says, quote, There's a terrorist sitting next to me.

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.001And then he, he super shifty looks at the brown kid sitting next to him, who's been having a little bit of a hard time, this kid's been sick, fuck you, doesn't matter. 139 00:14:28,465.001 --> 00:14:28,845.001 So. 140 00:14:29,400.001 --> 00:14:36,420.001 He makes it pretty obvious from his body language that he thinks the kid to his right is a terrorist. 141 00:14:36,970.001 --> 00:14:50,920.001 However, the camera, which is presumably from the perspective of the stewardess at this point, immediately pans to the uh, the stereotypical Muslim guy who is sitting across the aisle from him to the left. 142 00:14:51,750.001 --> 00:14:54,740.001 So there are two interpretations to make here. 143 00:14:55,30.001 --> 00:15:03,650.001 One, the old guy is a shitty actor and he was meant to indicate the Muslim guy because let's be real, this show is made by white people. 144 00:15:03,940.001 --> 00:15:15,690.001 There is no doubt that the casting agent for the role of the Muslim guy said we want to find the one dude who is the scariest looking person to white people we can find. 145 00:15:15,700.001 --> 00:15:21,300.001 He is tall, he is fit, and he does not give a fuck we are going to find out. 146 00:15:22,100.001 --> 00:15:30,720.001 But, uh, so one, The dude's a shitty actor and didn't look in the right direction, did nothing to indicate that it was the Muslim guy. 147 00:15:31,0.001 --> 00:15:44,650.001 Or, we can interpret this as the, the flight attendant herself is a shitty racist and immediately assumed that this old guy was talking about the Muslim dude being the terrorist on the plane with him. 148 00:15:45,160.001 --> 00:15:47,770.001 It's just, just baffling. 149 00:15:47,840.001 --> 00:15:53,700.001 I don't know what's going on other than the plane is chock full of bigots and there are only like a dozen people on board. 150 00:15:54,850.001 --> 00:16:06,950 So, now that we've set up, uh, casual racism as part of our conflict, cut back into the control room where we've got Sylvie, our co pilot, and our Italian stereotype with a gun.

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.001It turns out that the one bullet that this guy shot, not Only, completely crippled the co pilot's left hand, completely useless, might as well chop it off, it's fucking gone. 152 00:16:18,355.001 --> 00:16:20,955.001 But it also fucked up the radio in the avionics area. 153 00:16:21,265.001 --> 00:16:29,215 This bullet has done more wor This accidental gunshot has done more work in terms of being a magic bullet than the one that killed JFK.

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.001Just, just fantastic. 155 00:16:32,555.001 --> 00:16:37,675.001 And of course, to drive home our conflict further, avionics can't be accessed mid air. 156 00:16:38,165.001 --> 00:16:46,705.001 Super convenient for building tension via isolation, right? So now, there's no possible way for anybody to access Wi Fi, there's no way to radio the ground. 157 00:16:47,145.001 --> 00:16:53,155 If they didn't have avionics, how could they have tried radioing the control tower, you might be asking? That's a great question. 158 00:16:53,725.001 --> 00:16:56,345.001 Fuck you, the show has no interest in answering that.

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.001So, as I've mentioned, this, uh, minor wound, To this gentleman's left hand, this debilitating minor wound to his left hand needs to be addressed. 160 00:17:07,620.001 --> 00:17:16,860.001 So, once again, we go back to the well of, Hey, uh, anybody on the plane here a doctor? Ah, just fucking cliche classic.

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We don't have a doctor, but we do have a home health nurse.
So, you know. 163 00:17:22,875.001 --> 00:17:30,135.001 They bring her on up to the front so she can take a look at this guy's hand and give him what basically amounts to first aid. 164 00:17:30,685.001 --> 00:17:38,975 Now, I, in the conceit of the show, they want you to believe that this dude has had a whole blown clean through his hand. 165 00:17:39,565.001 --> 00:17:42,155 That's the way they're treating this, that's the way they're reacting to it. 166 00:17:43,515.001 --> 00:17:49,595.001 But they also give several shots where you can see that this dude, his hand is totally fine. 167 00:17:49,935.001 --> 00:17:51,685.001 It looks like he squeezed a ketchup packet. 168 00:17:52,300.001 --> 00:17:53,440.001 And that's about it. 169 00:17:53,900.001 --> 00:17:58,240.001 So there's, there's no hole, there's, there's not even an open wound on this gentleman's hand. 170 00:17:58,960.001 --> 00:18:06,820 They had a budget for maybe a little bit of dog food that they could smear all over his hand to make it look like something's happened there. 171 00:18:07,370.001 --> 00:18:08,760 But there is absolutely no wound. 172 00:18:09,100.001 --> 00:18:20,750.001 No injury to this guy, his hand's fucking fine, but pay no attention to what you see because they need to fucking cauterize this wound so they can stop the bleeding.

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.001So they, they talk about it, they're like, Oh yeah, cauterizing wounds. 174 00:18:25,600.001 --> 00:18:27,960 That shit happens on other shows that are better than this one.
Let's go do some cautery. 176 00:18:30,490.001 --> 00:18:40,380.001 And, uh, So instead of solving the problem with a band aid, they talk about cauterizing the wound, and then cut to this dude's hand being taped up all the way up his forearm. 177 00:18:40,480.001 --> 00:18:42,980.001 Because, uh, that's how cautery works. 178 00:18:44,400.001 --> 00:18:53,750.001 Just, again, it's amazing how much this show does not show you, and is more interested in telling you what happened in the show. 179 00:18:55,160.001 --> 00:18:57,490.001 Which is a bit meta, given what I'm doing here. 180 00:18:57,490.001 --> 00:18:59,30.001 But, you know, pay no attention to that. 181 00:18:59,50.001 --> 00:19:09,0.001 Let's just have fun laughing at the fact that This guy got his hand, got his tiny little hand grazed cauterized and clearly the nurse did such a bad job. 182 00:19:09,0.001 --> 00:19:11,580.001 She fucked up his entire forearm and had to tape it up too. 183 00:19:12,760.001 --> 00:19:14,870.001 So now that he's done that he's fine.

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.001His left hand is going to be okay. 185 00:19:16,610.001 --> 00:19:17,580.0005 You don't need to chop it off. 186 00:19:17,580.0005 --> 00:19:35,535.001 And while the surgery is happening in the cockpit, the, the craziest Italian stereotype with a gun is manufacturing conflict in the main cabin of the plane by Telling everybody that they're not going to Moscow, they're going west. 187 00:19:35,935.001 --> 00:19:38,195.001 And he threatens to shoot the mom and the sick kid. 188 00:19:39,195.001 --> 00:19:47,585 Which, really doesn't matter, for purposes of this storytelling, other than, you can tell that old guy, bigot, totally comes around to this guy's side. 189 00:19:47,605.001 --> 00:19:56,515.001 He's like, hey, you know, yeah, it's an inconvenience having my flight hijacked here, but hey, if we're gonna get a dead mom and a dead crippled kid, eh, it may not work out so bad. 190 00:19:57,145.001 --> 00:20:01,425.001 So they're clearly starting to plant the seeds of an alliance between these two shitty people. 191 00:20:01,425.001 --> 00:20:06,740.001 You And then, the dude sitting immediately next to the crazy old guy. 192 00:20:07,235.001 --> 00:20:09,135.001 Really starts having a rough go. 193 00:20:09,395.001 --> 00:20:13,935.001 The illness he's been fighting this entire trip really just fucking takes over. 194 00:20:14,685.001 --> 00:20:18,245.001 So at this point, people start reacting, jumping up. 195 00:20:18,565.001 --> 00:20:25,619.901 And then this Muslim guy that everybody was looking at as a clear terrorist on this flight stands up. 196 00:20:25,720.001 --> 00:20:32,650.001 And just, James bonds his way into taking control of the situation in one slick move that is slicker than a punch to the Kevlar. 197 00:20:32,850.001 --> 00:20:40,580.001 He steals the gun right out of our Italian stereotype's hands and orders the rest of the team to lock him up in the shitter. 198 00:20:41,480.001 --> 00:20:44,940 So now, the entire situation is completely diffused. 199 00:20:45,250.001 --> 00:20:48,220.001 Our main antagonist is locked away in the crapper. 200 00:20:49,185.001 --> 00:20:56,955.001 We've got a clear hero who has just prevented a hijacking and taken control of the situation, now firmly in control. 201 00:20:57,585.001 --> 00:20:59,505.001 And we've got a bigot who's shooting himself. 202 00:20:59,565.001 --> 00:21:01,205 So it's kind of a win win.

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.001But even better, not only is this guy like some sort of super spy or, or trained special operations where he's able to steal this gun out of our, our, our hijacker's hands real, real easy, he also has super hearing. 204 00:21:20,890.001 --> 00:21:30,115.001 Because he's been hearing everything that's been going on in the cockpit as they've been discussing this whole plot of The sun's going to kill people and he spits it out in front of everybody. 205 00:21:31,435.001 --> 00:21:39,15.001 Uh, people don't panic because you know, they're already in for a penny, right? They, they know exactly what's happening. 206 00:21:39,15.001 --> 00:21:40,655.0005 They know exactly the kind of show they're in. 207 00:21:40,655.0005 --> 00:21:41,555 They're like, yeah, all right. 208 00:21:41,555.001 --> 00:21:42,615.0005 Sun's going to fucking kill everybody. 209 00:21:42,615.0005 --> 00:21:43,95.001 That's fine. 210 00:21:43,225.001 --> 00:21:43,675.001 Whatever. 211 00:21:45,85.001 --> 00:21:53,185.001 So with the situation diffused and everybody reacting surprisingly calmly to the sun's going to kill everyone. 212 00:21:53,805.001 --> 00:21:58,535.001 Our co pilot and our hero, Sylvie, take the plane into land in Reykjavik. 213 00:21:59,120.001 --> 00:22:01,190.001 They decided that was the closest place they could go. 214 00:22:01,430.001 --> 00:22:02,920.001 They needed to get a little bit more fuel. 215 00:22:02,920.001 --> 00:22:06,970.001 They only had so much gas in the tank to make it over to Moscow. 216 00:22:07,480.001 --> 00:22:12,560.001 And there's no way they can just keep flying indeterminately without getting more gas. 217 00:22:12,790.001 --> 00:22:15,910.001 So they, they cruise on over to Reykjavik, Iceland.

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.001And they're, they're bringing it down. 219 00:22:18,380.001 --> 00:22:20,130.001 Super, super good flight. 220 00:22:20,180.001 --> 00:22:21,250.001 You know, no turbulence. 221 00:22:21,250.001 --> 00:22:22,120.001 Everything's fine. 222 00:22:23,490.001 --> 00:22:24,520.001 They get low enough. 223 00:22:24,570.001 --> 00:22:28,080 They try to radio the tower, which again, the avionics are fucked. 224 00:22:28,90.001 --> 00:22:30,700.001 How are you able to radio the tower? Doesn't matter. 225 00:22:30,830.001 --> 00:22:31,380.001 Fuck off. 226 00:22:32,210.001 --> 00:22:33,240.001 So they, they come in. 227 00:22:34,115.001 --> 00:22:47,295.001 And they take a look at the ground and you would think that a bomb went off at the Reykjavik airport because all you can see are like planes on fire. 228 00:22:47,295.001 --> 00:22:50,745.001 There's some fire trucks in the way and they're just, they're all sitting there. 229 00:22:51,315.001 --> 00:22:55,65.001 Nothing's happening, no one's doing anything, it's just a couple planes burning. 230 00:22:55,535.001 --> 00:22:57,335.001 Everything else is static. 231 00:22:58,305.001 --> 00:23:01,685.001 Which leaves me with a couple of questions here.

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.001The implication, of course, is that everybody here is dead, but Reykjavik is west of where we started off in Brussels and everything is still The sun hasn't come up, so presumably the sun hasn't killed everybody. 233 00:23:16,490.001 --> 00:23:23,510.001 So what happened at the airport? Did everybody just suddenly say, Fuck this, uh, we had a couple planes explode. 234 00:23:23,700.001 --> 00:23:27,840.001 What caused the planes to explode? Who cares? People are all gone. 235 00:23:27,880.001 --> 00:23:29,940.001 There are no bodies on the tarmac. 236 00:23:29,950.001 --> 00:23:38,345.001 There, you can clearly see The, the planes, and the fire trucks, so you got a really good view, but there are no bodies, no people present. 237 00:23:38,975.001 --> 00:23:49,225 Where are all the humans? And so, they decide by seeing a couple planes exploded, that, you know, we need to bail on this, we're not gonna be able to get gas here. 238 00:23:49,855.001 --> 00:23:54,535.001 The clear implication is that the sun's already come and killed everybody here. 239 00:23:54,955.001 --> 00:23:57,415.001 And, and thus everything has devolved into chaos. 240 00:23:58,215.001 --> 00:24:01,145.001 And yet, there's absolutely no way that's possible. 241 00:24:01,575.001 --> 00:24:24,315.001 So, what must have happened, the only logical conclusion here is that people started reacting to the fact that there's some insanity going on in the world, the sun is killing people, and as a result, everyone just said, we're going to cause a riot, start burning shit to the ground, have one last rip roar in good time, and fuck anybody who gets in our way. 242 00:24:24,675.001 --> 00:24:26,375.001 And that's it. 243 00:24:26,725.001 --> 00:24:29,305.001 They just decide, well, you know, couple burning planes. 244 00:24:30,320.001 --> 00:24:33,620.001 Clearly tons of open tarmac, can't possibly land there. 245 00:24:33,670.001 --> 00:24:35,220.001 There's no, no way. 246 00:24:35,410.001 --> 00:24:36,160.001 So, they bail. 247 00:24:36,730.001 --> 00:24:56,340.001 They bail, fly back up, and that is enough evidence for the co pilot to let the Italian guy out of the shitter, give him back the gun, because he was being so logical and rational with it when he had it, and say, hey, we now clearly have proof that the sun kills people. 248 00:24:56,775.001 --> 00:24:59,165.001 So, you're totally legit, crazy guy. 249 00:24:59,695.001 --> 00:25:00,425.001 You're on our team. 250 00:25:01,325.001 --> 00:25:10,125 So, tentatively, an alliance has been formed between all of our uneasy passengers, and they say, Hey, what are we gonna do? Still don't have enough gas to make it. 251 00:25:10,145.001 --> 00:25:11,715.001 So, they do some math.

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They're like, Ah, could we make it back to Brussels? And they're like, Meh, maybe. 253 00:25:16,945.001 --> 00:25:21,695.001 And they're like, Well, what about, uh, going to Greenland? And they're like, Nah, fuck you. 254 00:25:21,715.001 --> 00:25:22,695.001 Greenland's stupid. 255 00:25:23,405.001 --> 00:25:24,355.001 Uh, okay. 256 00:25:24,480.001 --> 00:25:28,380.001 What about Scotland? There's an airbase over in Scotland. 257 00:25:29,90.001 --> 00:25:35,640.001 Uh, yeah! Oh, great idea! We're going to Scotland! Scotland! Scotland's the best! So, decision gets made. 258 00:25:36,20.001 --> 00:25:36,890.001 They're flying to Scotland. 259 00:25:37,980.001 --> 00:25:53,580 They, they go into Scotland, and a similar situation where the airfield is abandoned, but there are no planes on fire, so clearly, the plane hunting humans were not out in force over in Scotland, which means it's safe for them to land. 260 00:25:54,570.001 --> 00:25:55,230 I don't know. 261 00:25:55,490.001 --> 00:25:56,350.001 It doesn't matter. 262 00:25:56,370.001 --> 00:25:57,530 Stop asking questions.

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.001Say, uh, as they're, they're flying in to Scotland, the, uh, the sick kid ends up in the back of the plane. 264 00:26:06,820.001 --> 00:26:14,680.001 And the home health nurse is really working double time today because she is trying to come back and figure out what she can do to help this poor kid. 265 00:26:15,520.001 --> 00:26:19,310.001 Turns out, this kid has diamonds in his stomach.

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Now, I, I know, podcast listener, what you're thinking. 267 00:26:25,390.001 --> 00:26:27,260.001 We've already got the highest stakes possible.
.901The sun, the source of life, is killing this poor kid. 269 00:26:30,235.001 --> 00:26:31,335.001 Everything in its wake. 270 00:26:31,775.001 --> 00:26:34,595.001 It, it, everyone who sees the sun dies. 271 00:26:35,245.001 --> 00:26:51,355.001 It, how can we raise the stakes even further? Because when you're already at the pinnacle, the thing you have to do is add bullshit on top of it that's gonna make it, uh, gonna be just as meaningful and give just as much resolution and conclusion to the story. 272 00:26:51,895.001 --> 00:26:53,315.001 Gotta make sure everybody's involved. 273 00:26:53,555.001 --> 00:26:56,195.001 So, yeah, this kid's smuggling diamonds. 274 00:26:57,50.001 --> 00:27:02,340.001 And will that conflict ever pay off? Who knows? I'm not going to keep watching this show to find out. 275 00:27:03,540.001 --> 00:27:07,500 So, uh, they make it to Scotland and suddenly everybody has cell service again. 276 00:27:07,570.001 --> 00:27:18,390 You know, the second you land, not even the second they land, they land on the ground, which is when we normally get our cell service restored, when you get back in range of a radio tower or a cell tower. 277 00:27:19,410.001 --> 00:27:22,120.001 And so they, they make it on the ground. 278 00:27:22,760.001 --> 00:27:28,590.001 Make it all the way to their, their landing destination, which is right outside a hangar, conveniently. 279 00:27:29,240.001 --> 00:27:34,60.001 And, then they, they pull the emergency chute, and everybody gets off the plane. 280 00:27:34,60.101 --> 00:27:37,540.001 Whee! Sliding down that little inflatable slide.

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.001Everybody gets off, and then once the entire crew gets off, And, and passengers are all off the plane. 282 00:27:45,15.001 --> 00:27:52,85.001 That's when everyone's phones start going off and notifying them, Oh yeah, crazy guy's right, it's the end of the world. 283 00:27:53,405.001 --> 00:28:06,710.001 And the, as we, we absorb that information, as we, we say, Okay, now we're truly faced with this unthinkable, You know, the, the literal end of the world is before us. 284 00:28:07,190.001 --> 00:28:11,710.001 The sun's killing people, the sun's killing people. 285 00:28:13,170.001 --> 00:28:23,600.001 Uh, so, so everybody is dealing with these ramifications that they've had now per their flight time, about six hours to deal with the, we see three soldiers come out. 286 00:28:24,160.001 --> 00:28:27,920.001 So these three soldiers meet them at the foot of the plane and say, we need to get out of here. 287 00:28:28,355.001 --> 00:28:48,595 Someone asks, well, where are we going to go? And Sylvie, our intrepid hero who just does it all has no fucks to give and is hilariously calm for someone who has learned that the world is ending, stares hard into the camera and says, quote, into the night.

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Roll those. 289 00:28:53,710.001 --> 00:28:56,890.001 This show is absolutely bananas. 290 00:28:57,990.001 --> 00:29:03,20.001 The entire premise is just absurd, but it's what it is. 291 00:29:03,140.001 --> 00:29:10,380.001 Once you've established that my central premise of my show is that the sun's going to kill people, fine, I'm on board, let's roll with it. 292 00:29:10,920.002 --> 00:29:28,455.001 But the fact that you then spend the entire episode just in this plane, everyone isolated in this little aluminum tube, Ramping up the stakes with casual bigotry and a kid smuggling diamonds, it's just past the point of absurdity. 293 00:29:28,655.001 --> 00:29:31,265.001 And now, all bets are off. 294 00:29:31,905.001 --> 00:29:38,615 None of these characters are particularly likable, and the show trips over almost every cliche it can find.

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.001If I were to rate this show on a scale of The son's going to kill everybody to, uh, crippled kid not making it to his, uh, surgery in Moscow. 296 00:29:50,620.001 --> 00:29:54,640 I definitely rate this a solid two stomachs full of diamonds. 297 00:29:56,600.001 --> 00:29:57,190.001 So check it out.
.0005End of the night. 299 00:29:58,170.0005 --> 00:29:59,490.001 It's, it's really goofy. 300 00:29:59,530.001 --> 00:30:01,610.001 It is certainly absurd.

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.001And, um, you know, that's just my take on it. 302 00:30:04,290.001 --> 00:30:06,910.001 Who knows you, you might come away with something totally different. 303 00:30:07,470.001 --> 00:30:10,740.001 So, and that's going to do it for us. 304 00:30:10,750.001 --> 00:30:12,210.001 We're going to wrap this episode. 305 00:30:12,610.001 --> 00:30:14,430.001 And once again, thank you for. 306 00:30:15,645.001 --> 00:30:18,315.001 I appreciate it, and I hope you had a lot of fun. 307 00:30:18,605.001 --> 00:30:24,485.001 Um, if you wanna give us any feedback, you know, fuck it, I'll figure that out later. 308 00:30:24,645.001 --> 00:30:28,865.001 But for now, uh, I'm gonna call this one good, and uh, thanks again.