Comedy

Today’s infomercial poses the question, “Do the things in our kitchens really have to be so sharp, hard, and magnets for knees and funny bones?” The answer is clearly “yes,” but the sketch goes on anyway.

While Gretchen Munch struggles to persuade Lt. Commander Chesterfield to expel Sparky McClean from their shared cabin, Lt. Fawna and Cadet Neddy malinger in the engine room, deliberating about whether or not to release Lt. Schicklegruber from a ventilation tube.

Physics romance author Dr. Eleanor Galsworthy faces her greatest scientific challenge ever: a bookstore signing gone horribly wrong for her new physics romance, The Spacetime Between Us.

The description for episode 9 is actually the description for this episode! We made a mistake! Read last week's description for this week's episode! You'll be glad you did...

Trapped in a hideous sitcom (the terror comes from the laugh-track), the hosts of Trapped Like Rats! (and Cornered Like Lemmings!) come to a startling realization:

The android, Eugene 2000, treats Lt. Linley's abdominal wound with an electro-laser blast, and Commander Train and former Acting Captain Casey become ominous...

The android, Eugene 2000, treats Lt. Linley's abdominal wound with an electro-laser blast, and Commander Train and former Acting Captain Casey become ominous...

The traps are all new, but the being trapped like rats is the old familiar. Your favorite impenetrable prison drama/talk show is back, and somebody is most certainly going to get MASERed!

Since we left on the hand of your "literal" seat weeks ago with Trapped Like Rats! 2, we thought we'd issue this searing follow-up!

Eugene 2000, the rocket ship Vanguard's unconvincing android, explains the ethical framework behind "the four suggestions of robotics" while Cadet Billy frets about the future of humanity at the mercy of these "suggestions," and also whether he has enough cathode ray tubes.