About this episode

The episode explores the tension between two lifelong friends, a human and an alien, as they face an impending war and a humorous phone call from a mother on Mother's Day.

Two commanders, one human, one alien, have been best friends for a lifetime but now find their empires at war and with five minutes left in an ultimatum, five minutes before they blow each other to smithereens, a phone call? "Raymond?" "Mom?" "It's mother's day, you're too busy to call your mother?"

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