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Cast Captain Robert Smith -- Bruce Campbell Guest Stars Lt. McGinnis - Production Writer: D. M. Jeftinija Chronology |
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Trading Faces
Plot Synopsis
A spy is revealed and Captain Smith is held hostage.
Plot Summary
Captain Smith passed Lt. McGinnis in the hall and they greeted each other, but Bob notices that Angus's accent slipped and when he called him out on it, Angus pulls out a familiar knife. When Bob woke up he found himself tied to a chair in an isolated part of the Muffin and that Angus was not really Angus, but a Changeling who admitted to being the assassin who killed the kravio psychic Ka'a'sen and had since been on the ship hiding in plain sight. The Changeling then turns himself into Bob and tells the real Bob that he is going to take his place on the ship but leave Bob alive to avoid any possible questions if the body is discovered. He instructed Bob to stay silent because if he did not, the Changeling would kill his crew.
When the Changeling returned he marveled at how the crew accepted anything that Bob did, even if it was out of the ordinary. He informs Bob that they are on course to meet up with a ship that will take him off the Muffin and that the crew were none the wiser. He also informed Bob that after he got off the ship, the ship would be exploding, and that everyone would die, aside from Dr. Notio who was locked in a janitor's closet on the planet where he had come on board. The Changeling continued to brag about how easy it was to infiltrate the Muffin at which point Bob informs him that he had united himself and sneaked up behind him.
The third Bob attacked the Changeling and in the tussle the Changeling tried to escape only to find Belinda was waiting in the hall and she used the Force to pin him to the wall.
The third Bob reveals herself to be Ha'at Bell and Bob explains that he knew the entire time the Changeling was around and had been trying to set up a situation exactly like what happened. Ha'at informed them that Jeff, Stan, and Mitch had been sent to intercept the ship the Changeling was meeting and the explosives that had been planted on the Muffin had been taken care off. Bob informed the Changeling a prison ship was on its way to pick him up.
Tyler Rose came to pick up the Changeling and take him to Happy Valley for incarceration only to be predictably intercepted by another ship. The tracking device they had put on the Changeling was only able to record one useful piece of audio: "All Hail the Yellow King."
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