There are billions of stars, millions of planets, but there is only one man, Terrance McDoogal. This is his past.
Behind the Scenes - Doog's Past
Doog was abandoned by the crew on a planet full of empathic mind-readers. What did they reveal about his past?
Note: This episode is presented in full screen. The corresponding dialogue is underneath each photo.
Note: This episode is presented in full screen. The corresponding dialogue is underneath each photo.
Oldie: “Hey! He’s back! How was your vacation, Doog?”
Doog: “Screw you guys. I can’t believe you left me on Misericors for two weeks. It’s literally the only hippie convent I’ve been to that doesn’t have drugs.”
Amaya: “It was for the best. You needed to work through some of your issues. They were affecting the rest of the crew.”
Doog: “Yeah, yeah. Whatever. It was a big waste of time, in my opinion. I’d rather have ‘worked through my issues’ by blowing last season’s salary on brothels and drugs.”
Amaya: “So, are you saying that you did work through some issues?”
Doog: “Maybe.”
Doog: “Screw you guys. I can’t believe you left me on Misericors for two weeks. It’s literally the only hippie convent I’ve been to that doesn’t have drugs.”
Amaya: “It was for the best. You needed to work through some of your issues. They were affecting the rest of the crew.”
Doog: “Yeah, yeah. Whatever. It was a big waste of time, in my opinion. I’d rather have ‘worked through my issues’ by blowing last season’s salary on brothels and drugs.”
Amaya: “So, are you saying that you did work through some issues?”
Doog: “Maybe.”
Amaya: “And?”
Doog: “And what?”
Amaya: “Tell us about it!”
Mike: “Start with why you’re not wearing a shirt…”
Doog: “You guys didn’t leave me any of my wardrobe! My only shirt was a biohazard after two days!”
Amaya: “Enough about the shirt. What did you learn?”
Doog: “Well…”
Doog: “And what?”
Amaya: “Tell us about it!”
Mike: “Start with why you’re not wearing a shirt…”
Doog: “You guys didn’t leave me any of my wardrobe! My only shirt was a biohazard after two days!”
Amaya: “Enough about the shirt. What did you learn?”
Doog: “Well…”
Doog: “…the first couple days I just moped around in my room. I figured I wouldn’t give you guys the satisfaction of participating in therapy.
Doog: “But apparently, everyone staying at ‘Camp Heartsoul’ has to work. If you don’t work, you don’t eat…they said. When my hunger kicked in, I went out to the fields. I tried my best to look busy without actually participating, but I forgot those one alien-guys are mind-readers. That backfired.”
Amaya: “Keep going.”
Doog: “It was then that I realized that I could get out of work if I agreed to meet with the mind-reader guys. Therapy supersedes work. People going through therapy still get to eat.”
Amaya: “You only participated in therapy because you were lazy?”
Doog: “Well, yeah. Duh.”
Amaya: “Keep going.”
Doog: “It was then that I realized that I could get out of work if I agreed to meet with the mind-reader guys. Therapy supersedes work. People going through therapy still get to eat.”
Amaya: “You only participated in therapy because you were lazy?”
Doog: “Well, yeah. Duh.”
Doog: “That mind-reader Graal came to my room…”
Doog: “…and did that head-touch-thingy. He helped me see my past.”
Amaya: “What did you see first?”
Doog: “Some of my earliest memories. Stuff I didn’t even remember.”
Doog: “Some of my earliest memories. Stuff I didn’t even remember.”
Doog: “My first memories are of my parents. Actually, of my parents fighting. I couldn’t see my dad’s face in any of the memories. I’m not sure if it’s because I never saw him or because he was always glued to the TV. Graal seems to think that I chose a career in TV because that was the only way I could get my dad to look at me.”
Amaya: “Aw.”
Doog: “But that’s not true.”
Amaya: “Are you sure?”
Doog: “I’m sure.”
Amaya: “Aw.”
Doog: “But that’s not true.”
Amaya: “Are you sure?”
Doog: “I’m sure.”
Doog: “I'm sure because my dad left a few months after I was born. I haven’t seen or heard from him since.”
Mike: “So, your problems are all related to daddy issues?”
Doog: “No! Shut it, Mike! You didn’t have a dad either.”
Mike: “I…uh…maybe I need therapy too.”
Doog: “Probably. Anyway, none of my issues seem to stem from my dad. He was never anything to me. I never knew him. All he ever gave me was my last name.”
Mike: “So, your problems are all related to daddy issues?”
Doog: “No! Shut it, Mike! You didn’t have a dad either.”
Mike: “I…uh…maybe I need therapy too.”
Doog: “Probably. Anyway, none of my issues seem to stem from my dad. He was never anything to me. I never knew him. All he ever gave me was my last name.”
Doog: “After my dad left, my mom and I went to stay with my grandma. She was happy to take us in.”
Doog: “Obviously, none of my problems are related to my grandma. If anyone says otherwise, I’ll punch their lights out.”
Mike: “We all love your grandma, Doog.”
Oldie: “She makes the best pony soup in the galaxy!”
Mike: “We all love your grandma, Doog.”
Oldie: “She makes the best pony soup in the galaxy!”
Amaya: “Ok. What about your adolescent years?”
Doog: “There’s nothing too emotionally damaging for most of it.”
Doog: “There’s nothing too emotionally damaging for most of it.”
Doog: “I did normal kid stuff. I went to school.”
Doog: “I met my best friend, Mike.”
Doog: “I went to jail.”
Amaya: “Whoa, whoa. Going to jail is NOT normal kid stuff.”
Doog: “It was pretty normal for Mike and I. Cunabula was a factory world. Our parents and grandparents had to work. It was just us a lot of the time.”
Mike: “We caused a lot of chaos.”
Amaya: “Being in jail at that early age could account for a lot of your problems.”
Doog: “Nah, it was a kid jail, not a drop-your-soap-and-get-raped-jail.”
Amaya: “Still.”
Mike: “Kid jail on Cunabula was sort of like a daycare.”
Doog: “The fines our parents paid to get us out were cheaper than a babysitter.”
Doog: “It was pretty normal for Mike and I. Cunabula was a factory world. Our parents and grandparents had to work. It was just us a lot of the time.”
Mike: “We caused a lot of chaos.”
Amaya: “Being in jail at that early age could account for a lot of your problems.”
Doog: “Nah, it was a kid jail, not a drop-your-soap-and-get-raped-jail.”
Amaya: “Still.”
Mike: “Kid jail on Cunabula was sort of like a daycare.”
Doog: “The fines our parents paid to get us out were cheaper than a babysitter.”
Doog: “Right before my teenage years, I got some bad news. My mom was promoted.”
Amaya: “Wait, that’s good news, though.”
Doog: “In some respects, yes. But it meant she had to move off-world.”
Amaya: “Oh. So, you had to leave Cunabula, your grandma, and Mike?”
Doog: “No. She wanted me to stay on Cunabula with my grandma. She didn’t want to me to leave my school and my friends. She also said that wherever she was going was no place for a child.”
Amaya: “You don’t know where she went?”
Doog: “No.”
Amaya: “Wait, that’s good news, though.”
Doog: “In some respects, yes. But it meant she had to move off-world.”
Amaya: “Oh. So, you had to leave Cunabula, your grandma, and Mike?”
Doog: “No. She wanted me to stay on Cunabula with my grandma. She didn’t want to me to leave my school and my friends. She also said that wherever she was going was no place for a child.”
Amaya: “You don’t know where she went?”
Doog: “No.”
Amaya: “Sorry. I bet you didn’t take that well, especially since your dad had already left you.”
Doog: “At first, I blamed myself. I figured all the trouble Mike and I had gotten into had forced her to leave. That wasn’t true, of course.”
Doog: “At first, I blamed myself. I figured all the trouble Mike and I had gotten into had forced her to leave. That wasn’t true, of course.”
Doog: “After she left, I might have acted out a bit more as a ploy to get her to come back.”
Mike: “He did some tours in big-boy jail after that. I did NOT participate in that chaos.”
Doog: “Yeah, thanks bud. You abandoned me just like everyone else.”
Mike: “He did some tours in big-boy jail after that. I did NOT participate in that chaos.”
Doog: “Yeah, thanks bud. You abandoned me just like everyone else.”
Mike: “That’s not fair. This is the LIU. There are very few people in this galaxy that would go to jail for their own mothers, let alone their teenage best friend.”
Amaya: “Quit being insensitive Mike! Can’t you see what’s happening here. Doog has been feeling abandoned all his life. His dad left. His mom left. You left him. He’s now projecting his abandonment issues onto his current life. That’s why he always leaves the crew. That’s why he prefers prostitutes and brothels over real connections! He wants to abandon others before he gets abandoned! It’s so clear now!”
Doog: “Yeah! I’m damaged!”
Mike: “That’s some BS. Your mom didn’t even abandon you. Tell her about your microphone.”
Amaya: “The microphone?”
Doog: “Uh…”
Amaya: “Quit being insensitive Mike! Can’t you see what’s happening here. Doog has been feeling abandoned all his life. His dad left. His mom left. You left him. He’s now projecting his abandonment issues onto his current life. That’s why he always leaves the crew. That’s why he prefers prostitutes and brothels over real connections! He wants to abandon others before he gets abandoned! It’s so clear now!”
Doog: “Yeah! I’m damaged!”
Mike: “That’s some BS. Your mom didn’t even abandon you. Tell her about your microphone.”
Amaya: “The microphone?”
Doog: “Uh…”
Doog: “One time when I got back from a month stay in jail, I had a present waiting for me. It was from my mom.”
Doog: “She bought me this microphone.”
Amaya: “The one you never put down?”
Doog: “Yes. She also paid for my first few years of media university. Even though I eventually dropped out, the contacts I made led to this job. She’s the reason I’m here.”
Amaya: “So, she didn’t really abandon you.”
Amaya: “The one you never put down?”
Doog: “Yes. She also paid for my first few years of media university. Even though I eventually dropped out, the contacts I made led to this job. She’s the reason I’m here.”
Amaya: “So, she didn’t really abandon you.”
Doog: “Not really, I guess, but I haven’t seen or heard from her in a decade or so.”
Amaya: “Now that we know what happened, we can try to help. Maybe we can find your mom or something.”
Doog: “Now?”
Amaya: “Well, not right this minute. We still have to shoot episodes, but we’ll work on it. In the meantime, just remember, we won’t abandon you.”
Doog: “Ok.”
Oldie: “In fact, I think we’re contractually obligated to not abandon you.”
Doog: “Gee, thanks, Nards.”
Oldie: “No problem.”
Note: Miseri telepathic empaths are known to be able to pull memories from individuals that they can't even recall themselves, like early-developmental memories.
Amaya: “Now that we know what happened, we can try to help. Maybe we can find your mom or something.”
Doog: “Now?”
Amaya: “Well, not right this minute. We still have to shoot episodes, but we’ll work on it. In the meantime, just remember, we won’t abandon you.”
Doog: “Ok.”
Oldie: “In fact, I think we’re contractually obligated to not abandon you.”
Doog: “Gee, thanks, Nards.”
Oldie: “No problem.”
Note: Miseri telepathic empaths are known to be able to pull memories from individuals that they can't even recall themselves, like early-developmental memories.
