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[last lines]
[Franklin and Marcus are on their way to Mars, in a cargo shuttle]
Dr. Stephen Franklin : Is this really the best ship you could find?
Marcus Cole : Yes.
[he flicks his pike open, then closes it just as quickly]
Dr. Stephen Franklin : Smells like the inside of a Martian pleasure dome on Sunday morning.
Marcus Cole : Wouldn't know about that.
Dr. Stephen Franklin : Don't make me come over there and take that thing from you.
Marcus Cole : Helps me relax.
Dr. Stephen Franklin : Marcus, this is the kind of conversation that can only end with a gunshot!
Marcus Cole : Would you like me to sing instead?
Dr. Stephen Franklin : No.
Marcus Cole : You haven't heard me!
Dr. Stephen Franklin : Marcus, please!
[the episode ends with Marcus singing the Major-General's Song by Gilbert and Sullivan, and Dr. Franklin screaming]
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Marcus Cole : [singing] I am the very model of a modern major general / I've information vegetable, animal and mineral / I know the kings of England and I quote the facts historical / From Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical / I'm very well acquainted, too with matters mathematical / I understand equations both the simple and the quadratical / About binomial theorem / I'm teeming with a lot of news with many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse / Many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse / Many cheerful facts...
Dr. Stephen Franklin : AAH!
Marcus Cole : ...about the square of the hypotenuse
[director calls out "Take it back"]
Marcus Cole : I'm very well acquainted to - with - what?
[beep, beep]
Marcus Cole : [laughter]
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Dr. Stephen Franklin : Marcus, this is the kind of conversation that can only end in a gunshot.
