Edison Jaymes 

A heavily hyped entrepreneur offers to let Space Force use her revolutionary rocket fuel. Dr. Chan gives Captain Ali a crash course in botany.

Director:

Jeffrey Blitz (as Jeff Blitz)

Writers:

Yael Green, Steve Carell (created by)

Stars:

Steve Carell, John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Steve Carell	...	General Mark R. Naird
John Malkovich	...	Dr. Adrian Mallory
Ben Schwartz	...	F. Tony Scarapiducci
Diana Silvers	...	Erin Naird
Tawny Newsome	...	Captain Angela Ali
Spencer House	...	Duncan Tabner
Kaitlin Olson	...	Edison Jaymes
Fred Willard	...	Fred Naird
Jimmy O. Yang	...	Dr. Chan Kaifang
Janina Gavankar	...	Hannah Howard
Punam Patel	...	Ranatunga
Marc Sully Saint-Fleur	...	Jean Baptiste Bosou (as Marc-Sully Saint-Fleur)

Storyline

A heavily hyped entrepreneur offers to let Space Force use her revolutionary rocket fuel. Dr. Chan gives Captain Ali a crash course in botany.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Janina Gavankar played Iden Versio, commander in the Imperial Navy, in Star Wars Battlefront II. The Imperial Navy can be seen as a space force.

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Goofs

At the ice cream stand the sign states "Back in five lightyears [sic]". A light-year is a distance and not a measure of time.

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Connections

References MacGyver (1985)

User Reviews

subtle satire or light irony.

One might think this episode is ridiculing private sector, namely SpaceX, Virgin Galactic or Blue origin, but this is actually kind of mockering the people and government falling for imagined mix of Elizabeth Holmes and Kylie Jenner fraudery and superficial "influencer" culture. Is it, as a show, overall funny as the "Malcolm in the middle" (i'll pass laughtrack sitcoms on this comparison)? No. It's a subtle satire, just as the rest of the episodes. Not that developed like similar corporate comedy "Better of Ted", but when nothing better comes out, it'll be fine. Series does have some characters development, and continuity. If you take it like this, if you don't need laugh track to point out "funny parts", and don't really expect laughing your ass off, it'll be fine entertainment for lighthearted passing time.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 May 2020 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

26 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1