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SUMMARY
PLOT The cast is now shown in a 'what-if' scenario, where the station is now a 'radio' station in a space station in the future. Joe is thawed out after more than 80 years of Suspended Animation to fix the 'reactor' for the station. Jimmy needs to cut the budget, so he needs to have either Bill or Catherine go into suspended animation for 50 years. Dave and Lisa, meanwhile, are still trying to figure out if they should live together, and where. When Joe tinkers with the reactor (by hitting it numerous times with a pair of Pliers and then pulling out a Circuit Board , the whole station will blow up unless everyone save for two people go into suspended animation pods for 50 years, while they wait for help. The crew, with the exception of Bill (who is paranoid that someone else will wind up making 'just as much money' as him if he were to be in suspended animation) and Matthew (who tells his Android girlfriend to take his place - even though, as she tries to point out, she doesn't need oxygen or food to survive]] get into the pods. Matthew trips over a cord, unplugging the pods from their power source, instantly killing everyone except for himself and Bill. Bill then informs Matthew that they'll have to 're-start' the human race together ("As long as there's nothing gay" Matthew says). TRIVIA In the commentary track for this episode, the writers admitted that they did this episode in part because they wanted to have an episode where 'everyone is killed' at the end of the season, in case they weren't picked up for another season. The writers also admitted that this episode served to allow them throw every space-themed cliche and 'inside jokes' as possible into the episode. Among the jokes are Dave's telling Lisa he'll get a "space heater" and Jimmy handing everyone a book called To Serve Man , which he deadpans, "It's a cookbook." All of the cast has futuristic outfits (white jumpsuits), with the exception of Jimmy, who walks out wearing his 'usual' business suit (proclaiming "this was the height of fashion in the late 20th century"). SEE ALSO List Of NewsRadio Episodes |
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