Ep 59: Today is a Good Day to Cry

Improvised Star Trek

USS Sisyphus

Improv, Comedy

4.9 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2013

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Towels, and the war with the Klingon Empire, heat up when a bird-of-prey disables the Sisyphus, and Lt. King bonds with their young captain.

Improvised January 13, 2013 from suggestion by Nicholas Holt on Facebook.

HIchop! performed by Jen Usellis Mackay, translated by Robyn Stewart, Chris Lipscombe, Christopher Kidder-Mostrom, Jeremy Cowan, and Ali Kidder-Mostrom.

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0:00.0	Move your all power to the forward shield.
0:07.2	Done.
0:08.2	Fire all photon torpedoes.
0:09.8	Lock on phasers.
0:11.8	Captain, they're coming around.
0:13.4	There's no power left for the phasers because we forwarded all our element is shield.
0:17.4	Captain, we're being hailed.
0:19.4	On screen.
0:20.4	Ah, I'm Captain Juliet's Valentine's actor of USS Isis.
0:26.6	Shut up!
0:28.6	Uh, cling arm, bird of prey. Please identify yourself.
0:32.6	I'm killing you!
0:34.6	Yeah, you are. We're in dire straight here. What are your terms? Why don't you just die? Captain, this seems to be an adolescent Klingon. Kalabak, let me talk to their captain. Dad, I'm winning! Calaback! Calaback, you go to your room. Dad. Calaback? Dad you want me to make you use the pain sticks? Yes. Is this a bad time? Because we can just warp away from here. Can I be straight with you, like, father to father? Like, as a dad to a dad. Sure. I'm a dad. Several kids. Okay. My daughter, Calabac, this is her first command. and this is the first time she's ever been out on a run as a warrior.
1:15.5	Don't give me that face.
1:16.8	I'm winning!
1:17.9	You are, yeah, she's...
1:19.3	I need you to let her board your ship and kill two or three of your crew members.
1:26.6	Captain, if I may. Go ahead. I was a little girl once, too, Calabac. I think maybe you just need some girl time. Captain, if I may? Yes, you may. I was a little girl once, too, Calabac, and I think, I think you do need a little bit of girl time. Anyone else on the bridge want to say something to the enemy ship? No? Great, then let me do my job. Commander Hayes to the bridge? Yes. We've got a lot of dead here in engineering and it looks like we're on pace for a Warp Corps breach in about seven minutes. Is there anything that you can do to... Oh yeah, I'm doing it. I just thought you might want to know. I want to know. Great. Look, we're about to explode here. You're about to explode. Can you and I talk privately? Oh, great. Go to the grown-ups table. I'm just the one winning this battle, Dad. You know what? Brian, I'm gonna transfer it over there, and I am gonna have some girl time. Great, I'll warm up the manny-petti towels.
2:20.3	I'm already wearing my pajamas.
2:22.3	Captain, my daughter and I are going to teleport over there.
2:26.3	I'll talk with you.
2:28.3	She'll do, hopefully kill somebody.
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