Episode 5 - Je Suis Tanner

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> ### Season
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> 1
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> ### Episode
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> 5
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> July 28, 2023
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> ### Writer
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> Jon Iver Helgaker and Jonas Torgersen
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> "*Liza convinces Jonathan to offer a free cruise to an underserved group, but her motives are less than charitable. Tanner, however, could use some help.*"
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The episode opens up with a scene in outer space, where two astronauts are making repairs to what appears to be the International Space Station (ISS). The female astronaut is passing the male astronaut some tools, one of which is a 7-foot (2.1336 meter) crowbar. The male astronaut fails to catch the crowbar and sends it into orbit around the Earth, where it will finally enter the atmosphere and fall approximately 2.5 years later.

The scene transitions to Tanzania, two and a half years after the crowbar event (present time), where a group of friends are enjoying a drink outside a cafe. A friend of the group, Mamadou, is walking down the street and spots them, so he approaches their table to greet them. Mamadou questions his friends' new necklaces, made from the finger's of albino people. After a conversation with the group, one of the friends stands up and places his necklace on Mamadou also swapping places with him. As his friend asks if Mamadou is "feeling lucky yet," the crowbar from two and a half years prior comes raining down at terminal velocity and incinerates the friend who took off his necklace on impact. This scene establishes the idea of *The Caribbean Queen*'s next criminal venture.

The focus of the episode then shifts to Jonathan's older brother Tanner. The following scenes emphasize Tanner's inappropriate sexual innuendos and harassment of coworkers in the workplace, where he is a captain of what appears to be a luxury mega yaht. At the end of the voyage, the crew of Tanner's ship surprise him with an intervention to confront his inappropriate behaviour and attempt to change his ways for the better. After the intervention, it seems that Tanner takes the crews' words seriously and leaves to reflect on his actions; gifting the crew permission to use the ship's spa as long as they'd like. Though all seemed to go well, Tanner makes a bold move on the female crew member's, who document the harassment and get him fired. Tanner then contacts Jonathan in the middle of the night and begs him for a job. Jonathan manages to deny his request even though it is extremely difficult for him to do.

While Tanner's situation unfolds, The crew of *The Caribbean Queen* prepare for a sham cruise dedicated to select albino people. Liza convinces Jonathan to record a personal invitation to select passengers. As the selected passengers arrive at the airport, they are unknowingly corralled into a shuttle bus operated by the cartel operatives. The episode closes with Jonathan to ranting Liza, Nico, Gunther, and Pedro about the passengers not showing up where he storms off back to the ship. Liza and Pedro approach a black SUV where a man hands them a duffel bag of cash and thanks them for the fingers, stating that that "those fingers will spread luck and wealth throughout the region." Liza begins to question the morals of what they just did and Pedro ends the episode by convincing himself that their service was "like going back in time and shanking baby Hitler 80 times to save millions of lives."