Is It a Good Dot?

*Story by :*
Jon Brown &
Armando Iannucci

'Is It a Good Dot?' is the third episode of Avenue 5's second season.

## Synopsis

When the ship crosses paths with an unclassified research station, Ryan and the crew jump at the opportunity to socialize, while Billie angles for help with Avenue 5's mounting eel problem. Then, after Rav discovers the true purpose of Storm Falcon's mission, Ryan must steer his team through a difficult moral quandary.

## Plot Summary

57 more eels in the tank have died overnight and Billie is struggling to come up with a way to fix it. Matt makes an existential remark about what the eels could have been and Ryan snaps at him that they were going to be food. After a dot it noticed on the ship's radar, Spike informs them that it is most likely a military space station. The group is excited to see new people, Billie more-so to get help from their scientists to fix the eel tank.

Ryan radios to the other ship, the Storm Falcon, and they agree to meet. Ryan, Billie, Matt and Spike enter the Storm Falcon and are surprised by the colorful and cheery environment. Johanna, the leader of the Storm Falcon, explains they're actually a science unit not a military facility.

Johanna introduces them to Lyle, a physicist, freethinker, and all around non-conformist. Spike and Lyle hit it off, discussing their similar ponytails and free thinking approach to life. Johanna asks the group to stay for dinner, and invites them to bring some plus ones.

Back on Earth, Iris continues to press Lucas about what's really going on. He finally caves and tells her that Earth is running out of Lithium, an element society is very dependent on. He soon passes out from the coffee Iris drugged him with, and she escapes back to Avenue 5 on a shuttle.

Ryan, Billie, Matt, Rav, Spike, Judd, Karen, and Frank join Johanna and the Storm Falcon for dinner. After hitting it off with Nathan Basic, the Storm Falcon's Frank equivalent, Avenue 5's Frank invites him back to the ship to film a joint episode of Frank's Kitchen. Karen, believing to recognize Nathan from somewhere, asks for Rav's help declassifying files about him. Rav discovers that the Storm Falcon is actually a Black Ops Space Prison for people considered to be "too dangerous to be housed on earth." Nathan is actually the Denver Cannibal, a convicted cannibal who ate 19 people. Lyle, the physicist, is a pedophile.

Ryan tells everyone about their discovery and they escape back to Avenue 5. Soon after getting back to Avenue 5, they remember the eel tank still needs to be fixed and devise a plan to sneak Lyle on board. They take the safety of everyone on the ship into account, and create a hamster run tunnel with an inflatable ball that has Lyle inside. The tunnel leads from the Storm Falcon all the way to the eel tanks. Lyle is released from the ball and fixes the tank quickly.

Lyle refuses to get back in the ball and return to the Storm Falcon, so Ryan grabs him and everyone forces him back in. Mads inflates the ball with Lyle inside it. Still fighting back, they all work together to roll Lyle back to the Storm Falcon entrance. Once he's back to his ship, Avenue 5 closes the doors and retracts its connecting bridge with the Storm Falcon.

With all the commotion of getting Lyle on and off the ship, Nathan the cannibal was overlooked and he is now a stowaway on Avenue 5.

## Quotes

"Avenue 5 is a cultural void. We have a problem with toddler combat. Kids so starved of stimuli that they've started kind of a cage fighting thing in the soft play area." - Matt

"Sad eyes. Phenomenal omelets." - Matt about Frank

"I like your hands. Left and right, classic." - Rav trying to make small talk

"The key to small talk is pretending that you have no sexuality and no aggression." - Matt

"How did I get dumped at the Judas end of The Last Supper, huh?" - Judd

"Sorry I'm just internalizing a lot of panic and fear right now." - Ryan

"You're essentially creating a theme park attraction for a pervert!" - Rav

"The nonce is requesting liquids." - Mads

"You were so focused on the pedo, you forgot all about the cannibal." - Matt