30:00

They can get a little stingy with the information I need.

30:03

I see. Information

30:05

on what? The

30:08

Sisters. This

30:11

is the terrorist group I've been reading about? Yes.

30:15

I'm... I'm

30:17

not sure how I can help you. In

30:21

their message, they said, We make

30:23

the world. I'm told that

30:25

that was something that was commonly said by

30:27

Croc the Propagator. It was. But

30:30

Croc said a lot of things. Or

30:32

at least we think he did. The

30:34

history of the Age of Conquerors is... Let's

30:38

just say, infested with Apocrypha.

30:42

It's hard to be sure of a lot of things from

30:44

that era. What

30:46

do you think the connection is between these Sisters

30:49

and Croc the Propagator? You know how these rebel

30:51

groups can be. They'll co-opt

30:53

anything that makes them sound connected

30:55

to a larger ideology. They

30:58

think it gives them some sort of street

31:00

cred. Right, right.

31:02

Of course. Right.

31:06

What? I've

31:09

had a rough few days. A

31:12

lot of the things blowing up in my face. Not

31:14

the least of which was a warp gate. I'm

31:17

sorry to hear that. Professor,

31:22

why did your friend Lubuza send

31:24

me to you? Lubuza?

31:29

Yeah. I'm

31:31

afraid I don't know who that is. See,

31:38

the thing is, she said to

31:40

me that she couldn't wait to read my reporting

31:42

because everyone was getting it wrong. How

31:45

would she know? And

31:47

then there she was, sitting two aisles away on my cruiser

31:49

with all of the information I needed. Right,

31:51

at the right time. It just dropped

31:54

into my lap. I've

31:56

been a journalist for a while

31:58

now. Hello.

34:01

Professor! Oh! Holy

34:03

fuck! We

34:06

make the world. What

34:09

the fuck is that? It's a claw. You

34:12

just killed a Ted Security Officer. Yes. Ted's

34:15

always follow the rules. Now that

34:17

one of them's been killed, the Tedbots will be programmed

34:19

to surround the building and slowly move in. That'll be

34:22

all the time I need. Well, what about me? I

34:24

suggest you tell them you were my hostage. That usually

34:26

works. And if it doesn't? We're not going to let

34:28

anything happen to you, Burt-Burt. Why don't I believe you?

34:31

I know we're going to seem like criminals

34:33

to you, but like I said, what's

34:36

the crime before the

34:39

crime? Hey!

34:45

Your predictions couldn't have included us being

34:47

interrupted by Ted Security Forces? The system

34:49

isn't perfect yet. We're almost

34:51

there. Are you in orbit? Yes. The

34:55

Ted's are going to arrest Burt-Burt. They're not going to believe

34:57

she was a hostage. Tell Tita to be ready then. She's

34:59

ready. You're sure all this business with

35:01

Burt-Burt is necessary? Yes. You'll

35:04

have to trust me. I

35:06

do. This

35:30

is great. This is a great week

35:32

I'm having. Look on the bright side. What's

35:34

the bright side? I have no idea, but

35:36

I'm sure there's one out there somewhere. Uh-huh.

35:39

Anything the prisoner says while being detained will

35:41

be used against them. Oh, shut up. What

35:43

the hell did we just witness in

35:45

there? Is she some sort of metamorph? It

35:48

looks like the super-gross horror show Body

35:50

Transformation we just witnessed was a display

35:52

of body forming. What the hell is

35:55

body forming? Before it was banned in

35:57

the triad. Body forming, or... L'abouza?!

1:40:22

L'abouza you need to eat something! Let her be!

1:40:25

She'll eat when she's ready! I'm

1:40:29

going to try again. For fuck's sake,

1:40:31

dude! Quiet. Three,

1:40:35

four, five,

1:40:39

nine, two, six...

1:40:42

Hey, hey, hey, shut up for a second! What?

1:40:46

They're bringing somebody in. What

1:40:49

do you mean? We've got

1:40:51

a cellmate. That's

1:40:53

new. Shh! You

1:40:56

are to stay in this room until we retrieve you. Hey!

1:41:07

Who's there? What'd

1:41:09

they bring you in for? Hello?

1:41:16

Does anyone in there have a cigarette?

1:41:25

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Brain is Weird. is

2:02:00

suspicious. Is he truly a

2:02:02

friend or a foe? She's

2:02:05

putting herself behind the airport. There's

2:02:07

something more there, and I need to find

2:02:09

her. In the meantime, someone has to run

2:02:12

their money and she's deciding what to do.

2:02:14

You have no power in this case, Tiffany.

2:02:16

In fact, you're a liability. I

2:02:18

will do everything in my power to

2:02:20

get her home safe and sound. Listen

2:02:25

up for season two. Harlem

2:02:28

Queen is a recipient

2:02:30

of the Lower Manhattan Cultural

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2:02:35

once we all get through this safe and

2:02:37

sound, we will have a

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live radio show of Harlem Queen this

2:02:41

fall. More episodes to

2:02:44

come. Take good care

2:02:47

and stay well.