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The Royale

a conversation between Anon & Anon2, 22-Oct-2009
transcribed by Anon, 22-Dec-2009


Craps. Data summarises the
rules if you're unfamiliar.
Maybe they should have just
found the poker table.
A bit of The Charybdis.
Fuck knows what that
card did.
Revolving Door! This was
a nice shiny foil too,
if memory serves.
(more images below)

Overview: Riker, Worf, and Data investigate a structure on an icy gas giant. Inside, they find a casino reconstructed from a bad Earth novel.
Writer: Keith Mills
Director: Cliff Bole


Anon: Okay, The Royale. We've no idea with episode numbers at the moment.

Anon2: Part B.

Anon: Oh yeah, Part B of The Royale. I forgot there was a Part A.

Anon2: No no, Part A was us doing the first half of this commentary during the previous episode. We pre-empted it.

Anon: Well, you did. I couldn't be arsed.

Anon2: Right, I wrote down the card-count, which was 4 each. Quite a rich episode.

Anon: Yeah, there was Mickey D., Revolving Door - which I used to use all the time, but I've no idea what it did anymore.

(I now believe it was used to block a doorway.)

Anon2: Dead in Bed as well.

Anon: Yeah, Dead in Bed.

Anon2: I'm sure that was an Interrupt.

Anon: Yep, an AU interrupt. Oh, it said in the credits at the beginning, "Special Appearance by Noble Willingham."

Anon2: Who? Who is he?

Anon: I've no idea. No one knows. He was probably in Dallas or something.

(As it turns out, my guess was correct.)

Anon2: Anyway, not a bad episode; not especially amazing either. Erm, shit happened, I can't remember. We've only just switched it off, but I've already forgot.

Anon: You can't trust the French.

Anon2: No! Fucking white flag-waving surrender monkeys.

Anon: Picard used a great line in this, "Is penetration possible?"

Anon2: (laughs) I hope so!

Anon: I certainly hope so. There was also a weird bit where Data said it was unwise to...

Anon2: Anger a Morn?

Anon: No! (laughs) He said it was unwise when playing Blackjack to hit with a 13 against a picture card.

Anon2: He's wrong. Surely you have to do it.

Anon: Yeah, you have to hit on a 13 against a 10, mathematically.

Anon2: And he's supposed to be a walking calculator.

Anon: I beg to differ.

Anon2: Doesn't work, does it?

Anon: So, the next episode is Time Squared.

Anon2: Okay, what's that like? Are there are Ferengi in it?

Anon: Are we doing this again? No, there aren't.

Anon2: Are the Borg in it?

Anon: Nope.

Anon2: Is there a Romulan warbird in it?

Anon: Maybe.

Anon2: Is Morn in it? How about a Smurf?

Anon: Unlikely. We'll be seeing you soon.

- Anon & Anon2, 22-Oct-2009

Dead in Bed. Put a crew
member into stasis?
52 stars on the flag.Noble Willingham.
Dead guest star of
the week.
Mickey D.Sam Anderson as the
Assistant Manager.
Better known as Dr.
Fonz in Friends and
Bernard in Lost.