Last night's episode was awesome! I laughed several times, especially at the "practical joke" scenes.

Spoilers below:


Can anyone explain to me the ending where they destroy the worm hole? Pria disappears, but the captain still seems like he remembers what happened. Could just be bad acting, but I'm trying to get the timeline of events, but it doesn't make much sense.

It's so light hearted it's hard to not like it. Any big nitpicks can be ignored because it's not supposed to be serious accurate space drama. I could see this show going 5+ seasons with the potential for cameos and comedians to play in roles like the show will provide. Can you imagine key and peel, bill burr, or hell.. even Jeff Ross having roles?

aggietoombs01 said:

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Last night's episode was awesome! I laughed several times, especially at the "practical joke" scenes.

Spoilers below:


Can anyone explain to me the ending where they destroy the worm hole? Pria disappears, but the captain still seems like he remembers what happened. Could just be bad acting, but I'm trying to get the timeline of events, but it doesn't make much sense.

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So I rewatched and think I understand their resolution.

He destroyed wormhole because it closes the hole literally for any future variations giving them one fixed timeline. Going forward.

It doesn't reverse anything that has happened on their timeline including being saved and they can of course remember it all because it did happen.

The reason she disappears is not literally because the wormhole makes her not exist. It is because once the wormhole is closed there is no reason for her to come back in the first place. In fact if she does she is stuck there.

She actually mentions that they will never meet. Now that's a bit of a paradox but basically they will remember meeting her but never actually did. She disappears because now she never chose to come back.

But they are alive because she did come back initially.

So she never said they would not remember her she just said they would never have met.

And if you notice she did not disappear immediately. It was more like contemplating what he did and then deciding that yeah she neve would have come back given the destruction of the wormhole in the future.

Still not completely clean though.

ramblin_ag02 said:

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The payback practical joke was the most I've laughed at network tv in a long time

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this...i was laughing at that so hard when the leg fell out of the ceiling

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ramblin_ag02 said:

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The payback practical joke was the most I've laughed at network tv in a long time

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this...i was laughing at that so hard when the leg fell out of the ceiling

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I agree but did anyone else notice that his leg was removed below the knee, but the leg that fell from the ceiling was removed from the thigh? I didn't care, I still loved the gag - I just noticed it.

Also, as soon as the joke was him removing his leg, I called it that they were going to have some gag about his small foot or growing foot or something. I laughed out loud when they showed his disgusting little leg.

I think this show is great.

Hopefully it will get renewed but I'm worried about the ratings.

Last two episodes were great. I thought the fourth episode (the giant ship) was very, very well done (albeit a bit rushed, I feel like it could've been a two parter) that really felt like Star Trek.

Really liked the most recent one too with the time traveling. Was not really expecting a twist like that.

Like many others have said, just worried it wont get renewed. Fox doesn't have the best track record when it comes to sci-fi.

Does Fox even cancel Seth Macfarlane shows? Seems like he can do whatever he wants.

I mean who the hell watches American Dad and The Cleveland Show?

Sex Panther said:

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Does Fox even cancel Seth Macfarlane shows? Seems like he can do whatever he wants.

I mean who the hell watches American Dad and The Cleveland Show?

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ramblin_ag02 said:

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The payback practical joke was the most I've laughed at network tv in a long time

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I actually called it half-heartedly to my wife...

Me: (in passing) Watch Isaac take it way to far like, Lt Whatshisface wakes up with his leg gone, and Isaac's all "I totally got you back!"

<watches rest of episode>

Wife/Me: Holy *****

My son called it too.

I keep watching. I (like many) thought it was just going to be jokes and slapstick, but then it got serious WITH little bits of humor, some well timed.

Honestly... I like the show. For the show itself and not "OMG it's so funny haha gotta keep watching to see what crazy antics are next" because that's not what it's supposed to be. Very unexpected but I find myself watching it like a legit space exploration show...with Kermit the Frog and D jokes.

BernArnold said:

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aggietoombs01 said:

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Last night's episode was awesome! I laughed several times, especially at the "practical joke" scenes.

Spoilers below:


Can anyone explain to me the ending where they destroy the worm hole? Pria disappears, but the captain still seems like he remembers what happened. Could just be bad acting, but I'm trying to get the timeline of events, but it doesn't make much sense.

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So I rewatched and think I understand their resolution.

He destroyed wormhole because it closes the hole literally for any future variations giving them one fixed timeline. Going forward.

It doesn't reverse anything that has happened on their timeline including being saved and they can of course remember it all because it did happen.

The reason she disappears is not literally because the wormhole makes her not exist. It is because once the wormhole is closed there is no reason for her to come back in the first place. In fact if she does she is stuck there.

She actually mentions that they will never meet. Now that's a bit of a paradox but basically they will remember meeting her but never actually did. She disappears because now she never chose to come back.

But they are alive because she did come back initially.

So she never said they would not remember her she just said they would never have met.

And if you notice she did not disappear immediately. It was more like contemplating what he did and then deciding that yeah she neve would have come back given the destruction of the wormhole in the future.

Still not completely clean though.

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Caught up with the last 2 last night. I thought maybe he would not remember because she asks him if he's OK with being a guy who is still not over his ex.

The wormhole was usable for time travel because it was stable. By destroying it, the future people never go back at all, ever. Time travel plots always have paradoxes. The two I saw were:

• She says she chose them because they would have been destroyed anyway. But her going there and faking the distress call changed their timeline.
• There's a loop paradox - if she can't go back to their time they never know to destroy the wormhole and prevent her from traveling in time.

I liked the other episode too even though the plot hole for what the Union plan was for their mission was worse than the time travel paradoxes. What was the extraction plan? It will be interesting to see how far they keep going in the Krill/ISIS analogy.

Rocky road ice cream and the Sound of Music. Cheesy yet funny.

Seth is living on borrowed time. He was hungover and missed his flight from Boston to LA. It was one of the 9/11 planes.

But he did fail to get his horse guy a deal on Shark Tank, so there is that.

ChiliBeans said:

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Sex Panther said:

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Does Fox even cancel Seth Macfarlane shows? Seems like he can do whatever he wants.

I mean who the hell watches American Dad and The Cleveland Show?

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This is irony, right?

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This is some next level stuff if so. Insert "not sure if serious" gif for Sex Panther's post.

I'm dead serious... you guys watch those shows? I assume Family Guy still has a viable audience, but I don't know a single person who gives a **** about American Dad or Cleveland.

The Cleveland show was cancelled in 2013. It's been a long time since anyone talked about it, aside from Cartoon Network syndication.
Family Guy was cancelled at least once early on.

And I think Seth has probably made a ton of money for Fox over the years. Without him and the Simpsons, Fox is mainly known for shows that lasted one season or less.

Ha, well I get your statement now. And yeah, Seth MacFarlane has definitely earned Fox a lot of money over the years, so it makes sense that they've hitched their wagon to him.


I haven't paid attention to him or network tv in a while. I assumed all those shows were still on... I also struggle with Seth MacFarlane. I know that he is a genuinely really funny and intelligent guy, and I find myself laughing at him a lot... But I just cant stand him for a variety of reasons.

I didn't want to even watch this show, but I'm really intrigued now reading this thread. As much as I hate to admit it, he probably created something right up my alley. But it's not like he'd be the first person I dislike personally but enjoy their work.

The latest episode was really good . Certainly had reference to the black mirror episode with the "likes" system. Some funny bits to. A bit of sci-fi with some humor. I'm digging the show.

GCRanger said:

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The latest episode was really good . Certainly had reference to the black mirror episode with the "likes" system. Some funny bits to. A bit of sci-fi with some humor. I'm digging the show.

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I hope they have a recurring joke where if they see a statue they ask him if he's going to hump it.

I just couldn't get past that at the end he didn't get down votes for his behavior.