Hello, this is Eleanor, Executive Producer of Unwell, and today I am super excited to

share an episode of one of my favorite fiction podcasts, The Strange Case of the Starship

Iris. So when we were putting together the writer's room for Unwell, we did an open call

that asked for sample scripts, and then Jeffrey, Jim McDonnell, and I, we read so many scripts,

like so many scripts. But there's this one script that I remember very clearly, that when

I read it, everything else just sort of like dropped away. I was totally enthralled. When

I got to the end of it, all I could think was, well, I really wish there was more. I really

wish there was more of this. That turned out to be Jessica Best's pilot script for the first

episode of The Strange Case of the Starship Iris. So we hired Jess to work on Unwell, and I immediately

marathon as much as Starship Iris as I could get my hands on, because I really love this show.

I often describe it to people when I'm trying to get them to listen to it, as what if you re-wrote

the TV show Firefly, but everyone on the ship was actually nice to each other, and like trying

their best all the time, that Starship Iris. This show has a crew of lovable misfits, a grand

government conspiracy, super queer romance, and this thing that I've come to think of as Jess's

signature nuanced engagement with how mental health can shape us both in super mundane situations,

and also in like, you know, intergalactic crises. There are currently two seasons of Starship Iris

out, and a third one in the works. You can find it wherever you listen to podcasts, so go out,

I recommend you do that. And without further ado, please enjoy this first episode of The Strange Case

of the Starship Iris.

Jesus, that's a lot of smoke.

Violet Liu, to Scott 1. Guys, do you copy?

Well, Violet, you just watched their shuttle explode, so probably not.

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