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May 6, 2009

#579: The Race: Part 3 explain

The Race: Part 3

[Nathan, Cueball, and Summer Glau standing around with electric skateboards.]

Nathan: Meet a few of my friends. This is-

Cueball: Summer Glau! You were the best part of Chronicles.

Summer: I eat my bodyweight in food every 31 days. That’s slightly faster than the human average.

[Summer stares off into space.]

Nathan: Yeah, there’s a reason she only plays strange roles.

Cueball: Ah.

Summer (from below): I’m part of the floor now.

[They find Jewel Staite working on a skateboard’s engine.]

Nathan: And this is Kaylee.

Jewel: My name is Jewel, Nathan.

Nathan: Kaylee—

Jewel: Jewel.

Nathan: —Jewel is fixin’ up my new board.

Jewel: Almost done!

Cueball: So wait. Summer’s actually weird, Jewel’s actually a mechanical whiz…

Cueball: …will Morena Baccarin be here? Is she really a—

Nathan and Jewel: No.

The racers set up

[Nathan and Jewel are to the far left of a full-width panel. Nathan is standing on his skateboard holding a controller. Cueball is on his skateboard which is careening out of control on the far right of the panel.]

Nathan: Kaylee, I’ve been gunnin’ the radio hand throttle thingy for a while, but it ain’t movin'.

Jewel: Oh, I must’ve set it to the wrong frequency!

Cueball (riding around on haywire board): AAAAAAAA