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Chapter 36: 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

"Total Atomic Breakdown" sounds bad.

Cast:

Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez

Caspar - Joe Fisher

Ava - Finlay Stevenson

Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird

Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird

Leif - Tom Moorman

Guest Starring:

Quintin Jones, Jr. as David

Tim Lounibos as Kyle Perrino from DARPA

Mad Maddox as Mad Maddox

James Spiller-Rosa as James Spiller-Rosa

Crystal Delightful as Crystal Delightful

Celeste Pewter as Radio Reporter

Russ More as Jay Spark

Amy More as Jacqueline Snyder

Caroline Vuchetich as Christina Sinnott

Lindsay Bowen as Jeremiah Franco

Tom Moorman as Paradise Leif

Lauren LeBlanc as Marguerite 

Written and Directed by Joe Fisher

Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson

Art by bugzart_ (https://www.instagram.com/bugzart_/)

Music:

Samba music courtesy of reinsamba on Freesound.org

Monks Praying courtesy of Melarancida on Freesound.org

Por Amor by Racheton

Adagio for Organ and Strings in G Minor by Remo Giazotto

Gymnopedie No. 1 (Version 2) by Eric Satie

Chapter 36: 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

Comments

David gang forever!!

KidPuncher2006

Can I get a tshirt of a mungo walking down the street eating palm trees? It’s all I’m asking for this Christmas.

Danielknits

Hey, did the playback just cut out for anyone else right around 55 min

John Heikes

Oh and I live in Alhambra , Ca right near all the action lol

Christina Sinnott

Omg I love this! Funny enough I actually work for Hyundai Capital America. So you know reach out for your teleportation and duplicating Sonata needs! Thank you for making me such a cool character! There are no obstacles boldly go!!

Christina Sinnott

I just listened to 'Solitury, Poor, Nasty, Brutish, and Short', again. That episode isn't one of my favorites, so I haven't listened to it for a while. I had forgotten Effie was sick in that episode and while she was sick she had a vision of 'shadowy figures and overwhelming forces'. I realize that this is from the first season, and that maybe it could be the Teds, but it seemed more ominous then the Teds. It couldn't be Clementine because of the word 'forces'. Something to think about.

Mrs White, in the Hall, with a Laser Saw!!

I. Want. Popcorn. *cackling with delight* The French part was the most disturbing thing ever. But Effie speaking French did crack me up. Is it weird that I picture the new manager guy as Agent Coulson? Also I will the idea of Christina the Teleporting Lawyer forever (because we share a first name). Also the role call is now so long it's like the roster of every team-up of the entire Avengers list ever!

butterflykiki

Huh, ok. That may be good. I do like the simple logic of 12 hour diner travels, 12 hour theatre. It is getting a bit weird that after so long of calling the diner a singularity, a unique point - now there's two of them. We don't have any information about the other place to conclude anything solid I guess. Marguerite seems to be the only interesting connect bw the two places. Jeremiah is random, and Leif is predictably omnipresent. Maybe they will draw some storyline out of there. Out of Marguerite's explorations.

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AWHHHHHH OOOHHHHHH that's where I know the name Maddie Maddox from!! I heard it in the list of patron names. Daaamn. You guys actually did that? Shit. And they sound like pros. Wow.

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All three of them are Patrons of the show. We reached out and asked if they'd like to voice their own name drop.

Midnight Burger

Ah no I just reheard the Moms episode. It's Billy Maddox, not Maddie :/

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Ahhhhh. Damn, you're a dedicated researcher. Mad Maddie Maddox is Ava's mom from that episode right? That should probably mean ki the other guy is also a past guest cast, or a famous podcaster.

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Okay so I think I figured out who the people are, I definitely know where they are in the episode. When Davis is on the bus, running from Pasadena, he is listening to people talk about what is going on in Pasadena, and the woman with the talking goat in her garden that's them. Now who they are, I found Crystal Delightful on MB's discord. I found people referring to Mad Maddox on discord. James Spiller-Rosa, I'm not sure who he is I did find a guy on X who has this name I don't know if it is the same person.. They may be known in California, or in certain circles.

Mrs White, in the Hall, with a Laser Saw!!

Though come to think about it in this way, I wonder why the big guy.. the 4D guy, what's his name... CHUCK! Why did chuck not talk to the theatre for Clementine hunt.. why this diner so special

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Yeah maybe in the theatre it was a couple who first got in. So they weren't alone to begin with , ergo no Zeb n Effy.

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Ooooo interesting thought. Huh

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Wooooaaaaaahhh

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I just figured it out. Casper says to Leif why don't you make more Peters. Leif says he knows. That's what is going to save the day, thousands of Peters!! Forshadowing baby! 😉

Mrs White, in the Hall, with a Laser Saw!!

Okay I really nerded out on this one. I looked up the definition of franchise and yes its can be called a franchise with only one original business and only one franchisee. But the theater and the diner do not fill into the true definition of a franchise. I'm not going to go into why. It's a lot of jargon. So yeah there can be only two, if Joe wants to call them a franchise. My head hurts. 🤦‍♀️

Mrs White, in the Hall, with a Laser Saw!!

Yeah Bert Bert said other diners. She could have said other Leifs and left it at that. Or said other Leifs in other, for lack of a better word, business. I think she meant the same diner, just different timelines. When Ava did her calculation she said a single point of null entropy, of course that's the dimension she existed in at that time. I keep wanting to go back to older, and even older Leif. They recognized Effie and Zebulan. We don't know yet if the theater has any Effie and Zebulan. If Chuck made them for the theater too. Sorry I'm rambling.

Mrs White, in the Hall, with a Laser Saw!!

As a French speaker this episode had me dying 😂!

Laurence Lévesque

Yes I think all of that is plausible in this story. Now I'm trying to think of a place inside of an old movie theater that would be the equivalent of a deep freezer. Now if the theater has it's own 'deep freeze/energy source door', where would it be? I think the projection room door would be an interesting place for it. Its a place in a theater where not a lot of employees were allowed to go. It always seemed mysterious to me. Running the projector in old theaters was a job that took some experience. But, but, if I was going to put a Zeb and Effie equivalent, (yes I remember that Chuck said they he made Zeb and Effie for Casper because he didn't want Casper to be alone), I would also use the projection room, and have the old-timey advice be given over the PA system of the theater, and have pictures on the big screen.

Mrs White, in the Hall, with a Laser Saw!!

No she said she didn't know her "great" grandmother. Along with chocolomo, her grandmother told Gloria that she had indigenous in her. Gloria said she thought her grandmother meant Mexican indigenous. If you want to talk about discontinuity how about in "Arkansas Travler" when they moved an aluminum napkin holder with a static electromagnet.

Mrs White, in the Hall, with a Laser Saw!!

I think she said the diner is the singular thing in every universe so every universe has a diner, thats why bert bert said she sometimes meets other leifs in other midnight burgers The diner can also travel to other universes aswell so eventually two diner like entities would meet eventually which is whats Happening now 🤔

KingVE0

Also re-listened to “into the Deep Freeze” and Gloria is making chocolomo with the wolves and Effie asks where she learned it and Gloria says “I don’t know, my grandmother, I guess”. 🤯 Joe? Joe? Do I get a sticker now?!?

Juniper

🤯 I need to think about this.

Mrs White, in the Hall, with a Laser Saw!!

I think it was indicated that in some time travel fancy-shmancy way Effy herself gave Leif the device and told him to attach it. "You know what you are doing, Effy" - that mysterious sentence is what I'm banking on here.

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Haha. Commented a new theory here, give your input on that as well!

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Also, was just listening to the old "Into the deep freeze" episode during commute today. Leif says that the deep freeze may be the power source for the diner. The diner has been stuck here in Pasadena, and the deep freeze is also gone. Is that what the new villain basically did? Take away our power source? Can the diner not move without the deep freeze? And the theatre will have to sort of 'tow truck' it out of the jam?

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"Well at least we learned something." That brought tears to my eyes!

Lost Basan

In the casts, there are three people who seem to have appeared as themselves. I'm not from US. Are they famous? Do you guys know who they are and when did they appear in the episode?

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Kennedy

Nice name

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Heck I forgot about her saying it's a franchise.

Mrs White, in the Hall, with a Laser Saw!!

Sameeee I remembered that too

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Not a bad logic. This did bother me as well that they always referred to the diner as a singular thing in all universe and now there is another thing just like the diner. This logic could satisfy that. However, it just feels like when Ava says "It's a franchise", it signifies even more than 2 of these entities. As if apart from the diner and the theatre, there's even more 'small businesses'. Could just 2 be enough to warrant the phrase 'Its a franchise'?

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Interesting thought about Effie and Zebulan being back in the radio, and Caspers voices starting again. And about even older Leif attaching the thing to the radio, there isn't enough info yet. It has to come around though. Where did even older zen Leif get the 'thing', who gave it to him, who told him to tell Effie and Zebulan the it would make the voice of god clearer? I would not be surprised if we see even older Leif again. That is one spicy meatball!

Mrs White, in the Hall, with a Laser Saw!!

I have theories. First the things we know. Ava states on her chalkboard that the diner is "this one spot in endless space and time". One spot singular. Steve says his planet refers to the diner as "Anomaly x1", to Greedon 4 "The Shifting Star", and Septsu "The Fountain". All singular. Now, there seems to be another shifting point of null entropy. The theater. So two anomalies? Now the theories. How come two anomalies don't show up in all the equasions? Well I theorize that when the diner is in a place for 12 hours, 6pm to 6am, the theater is traveling. Then they switch. Only one point of null entropy is traveling at a time. Only one to show up in equasions. I theorize that when an anomaly has landed at disappears, so to speak. Discuss.

Mrs White, in the Hall, with a Laser Saw!!

I like it. Good thinking.

Mrs White, in the Hall, with a Laser Saw!!

I found it by searching “escargot” with Control F lol

potionmaestro

Does someone still remember these 2 scenes from older episodes? I feel they're significant. 1. Even Older Leaf attaches smth to the radio and says "Effy, you know what you are doing". 2. The numbers in Caspar's head stopped the whole time the radio was not in the diner. And as soon as it came back (Tesla incident was over), the numbers were back. As if they are transmitting these numbers using the radio itself.

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I think Mad is right. Marguerite is the theoretical scientist in that place, (in place of Ava..which is plausible since her papers were great and big bounce was her idea originally). Jeremiah being the manager is Gloria counterpart. Leaf is Leaf. Soo, the person Marguerite is dating is Caspar. And since Marguerite has been emphatically shown as a lesbian/bi character - this is me half deducing half rooting that the Caspar there is a woman. What do you think?

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mmmmmm... Quarks

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whoo watched the French part again with the script open???

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"I hate you Joe" was so real 🤣🤣😭😭

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I loved her

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Welcome boi

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Right 🤣🤣 why did they give him such loooong sentences 😭

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Who else listens to the whole range of names and identifies the ones that have been included in the show yet? Like when the teleporting lawyer said, "You are Cosmic Shrug" I got all excited for Cosmic Shrug like 'way to go buddy yeahhhh'

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So I'm admittedly in a dark place in my life right now...but I cried like 3 times during this episode...it was so great. It was everything amazing about this show all at once.

Justin Yeske

I know there's no way I'm alone when I say: I want more French bloopers please thanks kbye

Marissa Lulling

GOOSE BUMPS ALL UP MY ARMS!

riley sullivan

just saying a quick note to say that I really appreciate the transcripts <3

Axol

Please tell me there will be a gift of “Shift Notes” or “Interludes” for this Episode.

Niki H.

Me too! Im with you on that.

Niki H.

Please, please, si vous plait more français. 😂 Listening to the bloopers at the end of the episode was pure GOLD!! Thank you for being so creative.

Niki H.

Ok, so not to spoil anything, but I hope I'm not alone in saying she wasn't going to leave. In my heart and soul, I believe she would go down with the ship if it came to that.

Brothers of the Cosine

Very very nice episode!

Alfonse Peterson

I was surprised when Gloria didn't remember that palm trees were not indigenous to California. In 'Arkansas Travler' Effie turns into a character called Plinth, and Plinth told the radio guy (Zebulon), that palm trees were not indigenous to North America, or earth, or this dimension. 🤣

Mrs White, in the Hall, with a Laser Saw!!

Litterally everything Zeb says I'm dying. Lol

Trey The Tourqoise Tortoise

I feel like it’s the last bit of character development for her. We had a great moment last season with her asking Caspar to stay. I just need her to be wrong about something. Nothing major. Doesn’t have to break the bank. But something.

The Almighty Cheese Wizard Havarti

I'd like to see more times when Ava isn't able to figure things out

Travis B

That’s kinda my point- the diner didn’t help them take care of Ashley the comet, either, but they actively worked on a plan. Maybe I’m just identifying with this earth too much. It is just a story after all.

Juniper

Every. God. Damned. Month.

Dr Glass

Maybe! That’s a good guess, but my fingers are crossed for another Ava. Mostly cause I want to see two Ava’s feeding off each others ideas.

Dr Glass

It wasn’t their “fault” but I think they were facing the fact that they didn’t have the ability to “do” anything about it with the diner out of commission. But then the Paradise shows up at the end. What Ava’s subconscious was working out was that there’s more than one “diner”. My guess is she would have figured that out sooner if she wasn’t sleep deprived. I knew the minute they broadcast the “preprint” that another diner would show up. But didn’t think it would be a movie theater!

Dr Glass

I hear that. It’s weird cause he’s a different Caspers son. But then Zeb says have you ever felt more like a father than you do now? Plus David ran away from both parents and it was Casper who went to find him (ostensibly) when the diner showed up. It’s not cut and dry but life isn’t either. That’s part of what makes this story so engaging.

Dr Glass

Effie and Zeb accents speaking French was HILARIOUS!

The Other Scott

Okay, so they are leaving the diner cause they hate earth and also the government is after them. Fine. But didn’t they bring about the eventual destruction of this entire universe by being here longer than normal (I’m assuming it’s the old our frequencies aren’t correct and are causing a harmony break issue of metaphysics, but did anyone catch anything different?) Shouldn’t they be trying harder to fix it? I mean clementine only destroyed earth and everyone was REAL mad at her. Then they tried to fix it.

Juniper

I get that he’ll probably end up going with Caspar for the story’s sake, but I kinda hate it. His mom- his own universe mom who showed up and stayed solid and calls him regularly- is here in Colorado but he’s gonna go with some other universe’s Caspar? On an inter-dimensional travel adventure with no guarantee of ever coming home? My heart breaks.

Juniper

I just imagine him having a few umbrellas.

Juniper

I do kinda love that.

Juniper

Oh, yeah, I absolutely think that Jeremiah is the Caspar analog, I just think it would be really funny if (a) we met a female Caspar and (b) Ava and Marguerite have to confront potentially maybe having the exact same taste in partners, just with opposite gender orientations.

Mad S.

Thought Jeremiah was the Caspar analog, but you could be right.

Arwen X. Bellasco

OMG YES!!!! Thank you!!!!

Sarah G

Y’all caught that “we” from David right? That had better be foreshadowing or I will be most unpleased.

Dr Glass

OMG! IM SO HAPPY!IM IN THE LORE NOW! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Jay Spark

Was she the scientist that ran off with the deans wife?

Coco Boomslang

Someone help me, who is Marguerite?! I’m wracking my brain, is this a character we’ve come across before?!

Sarah G

SAME

Sarah G

Ok .... the relationship evolution with his son hits home hard... Well done

would_not _believe_me

Motorsport and Midnight Burger! Finally my two favourite things come together 🏎️

Jonathon Zifovich

Also loved Gloria’s accent while speaking French

Tibbi

While I understood a lot of it (learn one romantic language one can kinda understand a lot of the rest) I still thank you for the translation.

Tibbi

I died when Gloria said “I need to go prevent a war between leaf and the United States government” cause that’d be a toss up 🤣

Dr Glass

Does the Diner keep rain from falling on the roof. Because I’d think Leif, and his stuff, might get wet on an unprotected roof.

Tibbi

oh I definitely call the children I care for baby, it’s what my parents called me growing up too, but I agree it could totally be meant romantically.

ArCaitia

David keeping a cool head during the chaos had me laughing inside

Ryan

I had a good old lol when the French came out!

Rosie McCaig

sooooooo anyone wanna talk about the fact that Ava apparently has prophetic space dreams ???¿¿?

swordmother

You would usually not call a child baby! That is a “this is my romantic partner who I call baby affectionately” signifier.

Mad S.

Didn't it sound like Marguerite was talking to a child?

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I have questions.

Juniper

Love the Mungo artwork!

Nicole D-G

...so it sounds like the fourth member of the Paradise is dating Marguerite. Anyone taking odds on whether it's one of the AU Caspars who is a woman?

Mad S.

Never used patreon before and I don't regret it. Always waiting for what's next!

Jonathan F

If I lived for nothing else today it will have been for Zebulon's French.

Your Humdinger Moonbringer

Tbh now I want “The Paradise” side story

Em

I was waiting for someone to say escargot. That was great!

Mrs White, in the Hall, with a Laser Saw!!

My head is spinning I love this so much omg ♡♡♡♡♡♡

Marissa Lulling

Ok but can we talk about the sound design in this episode? Telling the story with nothing but sound effects is crazy talent, bravo!

GothicRainbow

I know that other diners maybe existing was said in passing, but I wasn't expecting this twist. Can't wait to see how this ties in with the Three Sisters plot line!

ChickenNuggetLex

If you download the script it starts at the bottom of page 50

Lord Braxton Von Wendell the Third

The ending made my head explode and then the reminder no new episode til next month has plunged me into the deepest depression 😂

Richard Machado

The worst part about this season is that we have to wait for a whole month for each episode😭 This season has been particularly fantastic! Now I have to be anxious about MB and BTS wolf band potentially being abandoned 🫠

Nelly Gi

If you go to the actual post on Patreon or the email alerting you of the new episode, the script should be attached.

Midnight Burger

Can anyone understand the French part? I only made sense the one or two swears

Blacksquirrel

Everytime there is a new episode, Midnight burger consistently exponentially reverberates my mind apart from a sole molecule to a blender of physical energy of which explodes at anytime I listen. Because I can never imagine how on any planetarian physiological field of what will happen

Blacksquirrel

Imma need translation for everything in French. Lol

Kennedy

The shift notes for this episode is going to be fantastic. I can feel it. Wish I could have made it to night breakfast this time, but I'm glad to listen to it while watching the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Might as well listen to it again. Cheers to another hour and thirty minutes!

ReVibe

Absolutely loving these sound effects this episode, lovely work

dusty

Can we form a fan club for Peter? It is the best! We do need about a hundred Peters.

Crusty McBeardface

For the last half hour ive been walking around my home doing chores and saying random things from this chapter. When I got home I told Ma main St was a river

Sparker

Killed me with the French it was hilarious 😂. Oh my god I love david he is an awesome dude.... you guys are amazing 👏

Eliza smyth

UNHINGED GOVERNMENT SHOWDOWN BABY ft. Leif

Papitos

Ohhh les escargot!

Andrea Layton

This season is just getting better and better 💪

Richard Machado

WE NEED MERCH FOR THE PARADISE NOW

Mossy Moss

!!

Celeste Pewter

… HOLY SHIT

Salazar, The Dough Mage

I feel myself listening to this episode so many times because wtf is happening.

SpacemanNathan

Wow. Y’all are really fucking good at your jobs. I was going to call out Joe for the writing but everybody brings it to life! All the love ❤️

Dr Glass

Huh... Definitely didn't see that coming, lmao. 🍿

Brothers of the Cosine

ITS A FRANCHISE!!!

gathering of Bethany's drink from the water hole

WHAT I'm just noticing you got the Patreon people to joice their own characters on this episode! Joe you are amazing!!

Tybalt the First

Oh snap second

Jambles

Thank you again for a mind-blowing, heart-tugging episode!

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