Good Bot

Good Bot

June 14, 2026 · 12 min · Episode 325

About this episode

An 80-year-old man battles dehydration and hallucinations during a heat wave while his loyal collie tries to save him.

During a deadly heat wave, unwilling to abandon his aging collie or give up his independence, 80-year-old Ryker refuses to leave his subsidized apartment. He soon becomes delirious from dehydration and heat, hallucinating that he is alone on a doomed alien world with a loyal robot. But when he collapses, the old collie must save him.

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