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The Bridge

Episode 11: Poor Bob is Dead

The Bridge

Alex Brown

Fiction, Science Fiction

4.6648 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The crew holds a burial at sea. Roger reads a eulogy, Frank makes a phone call, Watchtower 10 prepares for company, and Bob is… you know.

Or is he?!?

Special thanks to Alexander Danner of Greater Boston for lending his voice in this episode! 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm .

0:21.6

I'm

0:23.6

. The

0:40.3

The Ladies, gentlemen, and dearly departed sea creatures, and Frank, we're gathered here today

1:18.2

in remembrance of someone very special, someone we swore to protect, and someone we failed.

1:24.8

We're here today to honor Bob. Bob was someone who played an important

1:30.9

role in all of our lives. For those of us here in the Swatch Tower, he was a constant, a presence

1:36.6

that we could depend on. So today, rather than lamenting the fact that we're forced to say goodbye to

1:42.3

him, rather than focusing on the fact that our futures will have a Bob-shaped hole in them,

1:47.5

I thought it might be good for all of us to share a memory of our time with Bob,

1:51.1

so that we can linger for a few more moments on things as they were instead of as they will be.

1:57.7

Edda, would you like to go first?

2:00.3

Ah, yeah. Edda, I you like to go first? Uh, yeah.

2:03.3

Edda, I know it must be difficult, but it wouldn't hurt to focus on the task at hand here.

2:08.2

If she had any focus to spare, you'd think she'd have used her to get some of her stories right.

2:12.4

Am I right, Roger?

2:13.3

Oh, I'm sorry. Was anyone talking to you?

2:16.7

Go ahead, Edda.

2:17.5

Write a story about Bob.

2:21.5

Sad, dead Bob.

2:24.9

A tale of Bob.

2:27.0

Poor Bob who is dead.

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