#when murph was like 'caldwell you and i worry'

[chompe-diem]

ok moving on from parasocialising murph and emily so i'm just gonna circle round to caldwell and murph now bc yeah theyre like soulmates or something i'm so glad they found each other in this life

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Transcript:

Murph: But, eventually, fatigue overtakes you, and you fall into a deep sleep. And you have a strange dream. Fia: What? Murph: Fia, you are standing in the middle of a barren landscape. And, after a bit… you feel a warmth behind you, as someone stands back to back with you. You look down, and see the back of her hand against yours, [The Prodigal Sister begins playing.] Murph: But you can't turn around to look. Fia: I know this is just a dream, and you are just a figment of my mind, but-- Irina? Irina: Have you come to save me again, Fi? Fia: I-- I mean, I don't want to say I'm saving you, right, because that's kind of like a loaded thing, but I'm-- I just. The Guardians, they asked me to take care of you, and-- ah, to take care of you, that sounds patronizing to, I-- I'm just… I'm just worried about you. Murph: You hear Irina laugh, um, and she goes-- Irina: I have been worried about you, too, Fi. Fia: Really? Irina: Of course. I think about you all the time. Fia: Wh-- Where are you. I'm in Endoterra. Irina: I'm right here with you. You and I, we have a connection, and it's easier to reach in our subconscious and when we're within physical proximity of each other. I'm… in the castle. Fia: Is this real? Is this like… really real? Is this you or me? Irina: This is… both of us. I have had prophetic dreams that you and I would meet again.

Murph: She-- she grabs you and she goes-- Irina: Fi! It is so good to see you! Fia: You're real! Irina: Of course I'm real! Fia: You're actually really real! Irina: I'm right here! Fia: I-- Oh, my goodness gracious! Emily (narrating as Fia): Um, I-- I hug her. I like, put my little hands through her hair, I am just like-- Oh my g-- I touch her all over being like-- You're real. You're not a fiction of my dream! And I just say-- Fia: Oh my god, you're real.

Emily (narrating as Fia): I look up to Mister Hank. [Gunvar plays in the background.] Emily (narrating): and I look down at Irina, and I say-- Fia, crying: God, you were my fucking dream for so fucking long, but these people are my reality. And it is by your actions that one of them has died. And you tried to kill more of them. And I-- [sobs] will miss you so much. [Caldwell sobs in the background.] Fia, sobbing: But I-- [sobs] I cannot support this. Mister Henry, kill her.

Murph: You see, uh, she looks at Zirk. And her hands hit the grass, and she starts like-- spider crawling away. Irina: Nononononono. Fia: No! Stay here! Irina: Nononononono. Nonononono. Fia: What are you running away from? Irina, distressed: I did not do this! I am nn--! (breathes heavily) Fia, seriously: Irina. Your actions, or rather your sister's actions, led to this. At least stick around to try to right it. Irina: Fi, it was as if-- it was as if I was... outside of my own body. Fia: I know. I know it wasn't yo-- Irina, with increasing intensity: And everything made sense. I was angry, and I was right. I was just right. Someone was mad at me, and they were wrong, and they deserved to die. And they were just wrong, Fi. But it wasn't real, Fi. Fia: I know. Irina: It was a dream, Fi. Fia: It wasn't a dream! Irina: It was like a dream. Fia: Irina, it may have felt like a dream to you but it had very real repercussions to us! Anger is a fucking drug! You took a fucking drug, and now there are fucking consequences to deal with!

[purplecladmerchant]

"I'm worried i'll never truly be capable of loving another person"

Ok. Ok but. That phrase. I know that (same issue than when yo analyze Sol or bev) caldwel just like to say words. Unhinged stuff.

But.

Ok but.

He was on a truth serum. That doesn't sound like his usual mommy issues. That sounds like he had a lover. That really really hurt him. Hell. Even a very close friend that he emotionally attached himself to and had a very very bad breaking.

And. Man. What. When. What happened. Zirk. What's your story. Did you meet someone. Did someone help you leave your abusive household? Or did you find someone on the way? Did you stablished somewhere? Did you adventurer together? Did you tought you were in love after a first date? Did you fell in love after years? Are you aro as fuck and it was a strange situationship that you didn't knew the type of love it jnvolved and everyone end up hurt?

I need to bite Zirk like a chewtoy and throw him around the room. And I need to yell with anyone. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ZIRK.

Did caldy and Murph had different plans for Zirk's backstory? Is it still part of his story?

What do YOU MEAN WITH LOVING ANOTHER PERSON. WHAT WAS THE PERSON YOU LOVED THAT BROKE YOUR HEART. THATS NOT A MOMMY ISSUE PHRASE. ZIRK. ZIRK I NEED TO KNOW. CALDWELL TANNER I LIVE ON YOUR WALLS.

[crickwater]

omg i love what caldwell is doing with the nullar being tired of the sillyness of the world! it's such a fun concept and the idea of a gd killing themselves cause they're tired of the world they created..... its just all so smart cause the main fun of trinyvale is that sillyness and having someone suddenly acknowledge and dislike that in the world is such a cool twist. generally it's incredible to see caldwell's progression as a dm, going from struggling to balance combat and asking murph how to roll initiative for enemies and overly railroading in the first couple of episodes to making some of the most unique and cool encounters and items and letting the players really shape his world!

[vethbrenatto]

beverly toegold v!

First impression: this is my son. legally, i HAVE adopted him. he's naive and and he's a boy scout who just wants to earn badges. a Fancy Lad.

Impression now: this is my son. legally, i HAVE adopted him. fantastic progression arc and really fascinating case of interparty age gaps- so often adventuring parties are just early 20s-30s adventurers or the equivalent of 20s and 30s for other races, but caldwell (and emily and jake) really did it well with having beverly be a teen, still having a lot of clearly teen experiences, but also not feeling like he was ever out of place in the party.

Favorite moment: i'm not sure i can pick just one, but i am partial to the original bullywug mating call moment.

Idea for a story: bev as a green teen leader... scoutmaster bev... bev & erlin's kids as green teens and bev is leading the troop ;-;

Unpopular opinion: i honestly would've liked the green teen bit to go further. it feels pretty early in the campaign that caldwell drops that, and for the sake of character progression, i get it, i do. worrying about badges when the stakes are SO high seems trivial, but i just really liked the green teen bit.

Favorite relationship: i mean i don't feel like i can pick between moonshine & hardwon, they're i love the bahumia trio so much, so i'm gonna copout and say an NPC relationship, and you KNOW it's gotta be beverlin. caldwell and murph really said "bev has a crush :3" within the first like 10 episodes and then had the entire campaign chock full of amazing bev/erlin moments. the arc where bev kisses another boy? the ANGST. oof, love it. WAIT. i just remembered bev and balnor. i lied, it's a tie. bev & balnor are so good <3 bev's fantasy dads <3

Favorite headcanon: despite having so many dads, bev still slips up and refers to moonshine and hardwon as his parents sometimes, like in that embarassing way you do when you're in elementary school and you accidentally call your babysitter mom.

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Transcript:

[Bahumia theme fades out.] Murph: WELcome back to (laughing) Bahumia, everybody! Emily, Jake, and Caldwell, while audibly smiling: Ba-hu-mia! [Emily and Caldwell laughing] Murph: Right before we stared recording, Emily started saying "yaaaw, king"? [Jake and Caldwell laugh.] Emily: Well, I was like "yaw", what's that from? And then everyone said it's yaas queen. Or something. Murph: Yeah, it's half of yaas queen, I guess. [Emily laughs.] Caldwell: Right, but this one's for the kings. Emily: Sounds like something else. Yaaw. Jake: Yeah. Murph: And then it morphed into "yaaw, king." Caldwell: Yaw, king, yaw! Emily: Are you sure this isn't it's own thing? Yaw. Murph: I'm sure! Yes, somebody, saying "yeah" in a funny way? [Emily laughs.] Jake: Yaw? Murph: I'm sure it's been done a billion times in a-- Jake: Yaw, I've heard it befoaw. [Emily laughs harder. Caldwell also laughs.] Caldwell: It's kind of like, yeah, when you are like, getting a horse to gallop or something, you go "yaw! yaw!" like that? Emily: Ohhh. Caldwell: So maybe it's like when you're gassing up your king, you're like: "yaw, king!" Emily: Yaaw. Murph: There's definitely a very famous comedy bit I'm sure (laughing) that we're not thinking of right now. [Everyone laughs.] But it's-- Emily: Forgive me! I was trying to get this out before we recorded. Caldwell: Oh, yeah. Murph: Yeah, but then everyone kept laughing while I was trying to do the intro! [Emily and Caldwell laugh.] Jake: It bled in. Yaw. Murph: And it had to be addressed! 'Cause everyone was smiling and laughing as I started. Jake: Yaw. It did. Yaw. Murph: Yeah. I could hear the smile in your Bahumias. [Emily laughs harder.] I could hear it. And the audience needs things explained, okay? We can't just do things out of context. Caldwell: I can't believe that everyone's forgetting about Dane Cook's famous "yaw" bit. Murph: Yeah. Emily: I-- It honestly could be. Murph: Who knows. Literally who knows. Murph: Yeah, I don't know which one's right. Caldwell: Yeah. Oh, wow. Murph: I don't know which one's right. Emily: Do we really want to open this can of worms? Murph: Do we want to get into this? Emily: No, let's keep the-- [Indistinct from crosstalk] Murph: Yaw. Yaw. Jake: Yeah, strike this from the record! Emily: Naw. Caldwell: Naw king, naw. Murph: And then of course we've got Emily Axford-- Murph: And then of course we've got Caldwell Tanner! Caldwell: (crescendoing) Oooh, very worried about Calder's bro, don't want to do the intro no mo', it's Sol Bufo, let's fuckin' go! Murph: Okay! Jake and Emily: Wooow! Emily, quietly: Yaw. [Caldwell cackles.] Emily: Sorry, sorry. Murph, baffled: Your reaction was like that came out of you unintentionally. Emily: It really did. Murph: It--it was like a cough! Emily: It really did. Jake: It escaped. Murph: It escaped. Emily: It was like carbonation surfacing. Caldwell: It's fuckin'… innate to your being. Murph: Alright. Everybody control themselves we haven't even started-- Emily: I super apologize, I'm sure it's from something so obvious. Murph: Who knows? Caldwell: (laughs) it does sound like something that a video game character would say when you hit them. "Yaw." Emily: Ooooh. (laughs) Murph: (laughs) Sure. Alright, let's go ahead and do a little recap! Jake: Yaw. Murph: So last time-- (laughs) Emily: (laughs) That was Jake, not me! Murph: Sh-- Everybody shut the fuck up! [Caldwell cackles.] Emily: Jake has done a couple! Jake has had a couple! Jake, defensive: I just wanna do the recap! I was yes-anding! I was yaw-anding the recap! [Emily and Caldwell laugh.] Murph, over them: Everyone… Everyone… Everyone shut the fuck up. Alright? [A pause, the others laughing.] Last time, we began with Sol dreaming-- [fades out]

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Transcript:

[Bird sounds play in the background. When Balnor's letter starts, Greener Shades plays behind it.] Murph: Hardwon, take your hand-axe, you cut Balnor's envelope, and you open his letter. And you read it out loud to the group around the fire. [Hardwon (Jake) clears his throat.] Balnor (Murph): If you’re reading this I’m dead. Or... in a gem? or something? Maybe? I don’t know, that seems to happen a lot. [Everyone laughs.] Balnor: Anyway, I’m writing this before we face Thiala, and I wanted to thank you. Thank you for... giving me a second chance. My world used to be very small. I cared for my family, I cared for my friends, but… I didn’t worry about the world at large-- it took me losing everything to join the fight. And then I met you guys. And you weren’t like that at all. You fix things because they need to be fixed, you don’t wait until you need it. It isn’t about need, you just… help because it’s right. You taught me that we can’t "have saved" the world. That we have to constantly be saving it. Me after you; you after me. I am so proud of you, but I am proud of myself for the first time too. Thank you for revivifying my gosh dang soul! And know that I will always be there with you. Whenever you’ve left a Bud Heavy out in the sun-- [Caldwell laughs.] Balnor: --and it stays cold, that’s me pulling a fresh one from the cooler in the bag. Whenever a gentle breeze swings a rocking-chair, that’s cuz I passed out while you were reading Ulfgar Goes Punch. [Emily and Caldwell laugh.] Balnor: Whenever you look up and see a shooting star, that might just be one of the shits I took in space catching fire and hurdling through the galaxy. [Emily and Caldwell laugh harder.] Balnor: I hope that you all get to leave this world with the same comfort I had; knowing that it’s in good hands. I love you. Murph: "Your knight, Balnor." You guys all… finish reading, and then join your friends for a drink at the Hungry Trout tavern. Moonshine (Emily): Well how 'bout that? Murph: And everything ends where it began.

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happy 6th anniversary to the podcast that regularly makes me cry

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[Emily laughing] Caldwell: How do you tell, uh, a lady dragon from a male dragon? Murph: She has a big pussy. Emily (at the same time): Huge tits. [Everyone laughs.] Murph: Instead of a big dick. Jake: Woah! Huge dragon pussy! Murph: Just a huge dragon pussy. Emily: Just-- yeah, fire comes out of it also. That's how you know when she's ready! Jake: Yeah! The fire queef! (makes a queef noise) [Caldwell laughs.] Murph: A male dragon has enormous, human-like testicles and a giant, thick penis. Caldwell: Right. Just swinging. Jake: It's like-- that's the crap that you don't see in Lord of the Rings. Murph: So she didn't have-- she didn't have one of those. Emily: 'cause they're always sitting on gold, so you can't see. Jake: That's right, they're always fucking their gold. Murph: This is the truth that Tolkein won't tell you. Caldwell: Uh-huh Murph: Is that dragons have dicks and pussies. [Caldwell and Emily laugh] Jake: Really-- y'know-- I just wanna take-- you know like those, uh, the movie where you just see the shadow of the dragon flying? Caldwell: Yeah. Jake: (laughs) take it-- it's like a flapping dick behind it. Murph: (laughs) just like a-- a dick waving in the air. Emily: But it's just-- first it's like-- slowly comes in, you see the flapping wings, and then behind it a flapping dick. Jake: God, I would love to see just somebody recutting this. Adding dicks on dragons would be really fun. Caldwell: (laughs) I think on the journey-- On the journey to Moonstone Beverly is reading a book about dragons, 'cause he's probably interested in like, the lore of Shadowfang, and he's copying-- he's like underlining that passage. Emily: Ooh. What is--? Murph: (laughs) It's funny as-- as I was prepping for this, I was worried, I was like-- they're gonna ask stupid questions like "how do dragons breed?" or something. [Caldwell: uh-huh] And I'm gonna need something. And I'm like "y'know what, no, it'll be safe." But no. Now dragons have dicks and pussies, okay? [Caldwell laughs] Jake: (laughing) Yeah, that's right! Murph: You fuckin stumped me, they have dicks.

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murph was so fucked up for this. reveal of all time.

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[The sounds of a storm in the background.] Beverly (Caldwell): What have you learned? Murph: He sits back down at his desk. Um, and you see he pulls out an old tome, and he begins flipping through it. And he goes-- Erdan (Murph): Okay, so. Apparently, there are multiple components to the Wraith's plague. It's not just a disease. It's something-- it's something more subtle than that. When you and I talked about it you described seeing the Wraith bounce from corpse to corpse when you first fought it. Beverly: Corpse stride, yes. Erdan: Right. [Emily laughs.] Well, what if the creature didn't have to be dead for the Wraith to be able to possess it? What if it merely had to be… asleep, or incapacitated? Beverly: So you're saying that… anyone that's infected could be possessed by the Wraith? Erdan: I-- I think that's possible. And if that were the case, then someone like you could hand an infected sword to someone like me. I'd be incapacitated by the initial disease, and you could cure me of it. But then, theoretically, the Wraith could still have possessed me while I was out. Not controlling me at first, but lying dormant in my body until an opportune moment-- [Emily: Mmmm.] -- Like when you and your friends left Gladeholm. Do you hear what I'm saying, Beverly? [The Purge begins playing.] Murph: You see Erdan's face begins to sprout bubbling cysts. [Emily gasps] That pop thick, dark green goo. Erdan: Someone like me would have access to the All-Caster. Someone like me would be able to cast a powerful Dominate Person spell on it, and turn the whole city against you. I know you felt guilty about endangering your friends, Beverly, but don't worry. It is they who are endangering you. Caldwell: My sword is already at his throat. Murph: You see three arrows fly through the window from an unseen attacker. [Emily gasps.] Jake: What?! Murph: You see Cran and Derlin-- Caldwell: No! Murph: --wielding rapiers with glazed eyes burst from a closed wardrobe [Emily gasps] and stab into you. We cut to Moonshine. Jake: (quietly) Fuck. Fuck! Murph: Um-- Beverly: (gasps, then yells) Fuck, guys! What the hell, I didn't do anything!

Emily: Okay, well, I gotta be hon-- I gotta be truthful to how I feel. Moonshine (Emily): Pee Paw, I-- I've been wanting to tell you, when you taught me Counterspell? I… I acted like it was really annoying and I didn't wanna learn it, and I just keep regretting that I didn't live in that moment a little more. Murph: Uh, you see he puts his hand on your shoulder, and he goes-- Lucanus (Murph): My daughter, I'm glad that you're embracing this side of yourself. Moonshine: Thank you. Lucanus: You know, your mother and I have been talking about you a lot. Murph: Um, and you see he opens the doors to his quarters, um, and you see Mee Maw is in the center of the room. Moonshine: Mee Maw, this is also so wonderful because I've been wanting to talk to you, because, I've… been getting stronger, and I think I-- you know the druid change, where you suddenly live super long? Mee Maw (Murph): Oh. Moonshine: And I just-- it just feels really complicated. It's just really nice to have my mom and dad around right now. Mee Maw: Well it's so nice to have you around, Moonshine. Moonshine: Yeah. Mee Maw: Tell me, do you know the Shapechange spell yet? Murph: And you see she sticks out her tongue, and it appears forked. [Hisses] Then, the rest of her body turns into a giant snake. Moonshine: Um, actually I did just learn it, Mee Maw. I-- I could probly change into that too, if I wanted. [Laughs nervously] I didn't know you knew-- Lucanus: That won't be necessary. Freeze, right where you are. Murph: You see Lucanus holds his hand up and shoots a 9th level Cone of Cold at you. [Emily laughs in shock.] Murph: We cut over to-- Caldwell: Augh. Murph: Hardwon. Caldwell: Hey man, it's been a while since I said this, but fuck you! [Murph laughs. So does Jake.] Emily: (yelling) Oh my god! I like, literally was like-- I literally was like, "oh, like, I can't wait to see Lucanus and Mee Maw again," and that shit happened with Beverly, but I was like "well, gotta be truthful to exactly what Moonshine would want to have said to them!” Caldwell: Anyway, I'm excited for this Ol' Cobb reunion!

Murph: Hardwon. You follow Cobb back, he's kinda shooting the shit. Um, he takes you to the house that Cobb was sharing with Red and Gunther and Egwene and stuff. And he takes you into the house, and you see that Jaina and Maw Maw are there waiting for you. Jake: Aw, fuck off. [Caldwell laughs.] Jake: I-- I bend the knee to Maw Maw. [Murph laughs.] Maw Maw (Murph): Welcome home, my champion. Hardwon (Jake): My queen. My sister. And my best friend. What could be better? [Murph and Emily laugh.] Murph: Uh, you see Ol' Cobb walks over, and he pulls out a long case, and he goes-- Cobb (Murph): I got somethin' for you here, brother. Hardwon: For me? Cobb! You shouldn't have, uh-- but shit, I got you-- Jake: I pat my pockets. Hardwon: --I also got you a gift. Uh, you go first. Cobb: Alright. I got you… a belly fulla lead. Murph: You see he opens it up, pulls out a blunderbuss, and blasts you in the stomach Caldwell: Fuck. Murph: As Maw Maw goes for your neck and Jaina swings her hammer. Everybody roll initiative. Jake: Okay. Fuck this. [Caldwell laughs.] Emily: Owh…. [A dice rolls.]

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I edited together the clips of the NADDPod cast talking about fan reactions/backseat gaming from fans on the short rest this week because I feel like it’s something more people should hear.

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Murph: So I don’t- I don’t venture into the comments very often-- Caldwell: Oooh, shit Murph: --because I try to, um, y’know, stay sane. [Emily laughs] But I thought-- I was like, you know what? The characters have joined the rebellion, there’s gonna be lots of fun discussion about, y’know, like-- oh, so cool that they’re about Mothership and all this stuff, like... things are picking up!

[The audio cuts forward-- Emily is in the middle of laughing as it picks back up, and continues to laugh in the background as Murph speaks] Murph: The top discussion of the episode, by far, is how bullshit the Callie Finale is. How unbalanced it is. That is the TOP thing. And-- Caldwell, quietly: What the fuck? Emily: Well, the funny thing is, I-- Callie Finale hadn’t come out yet, but I had seen how people were already complaining about Doom Blade, and I got rid of all my-- I got rid of my two homebrew spells. [All overlapping] Murph: Yeah, Emily threw out her christmas present Emily: No more fucking-- Murph: So you guys won. Caldwell: Are you fucking happy? Jake: You guys ruined fucking christmas. Murph: You ruined christmas. You ruined christmas. Emily: I mean Jake gets to-- Jake-- [The others stop talking, and it’s just Emily.] Jake still has access to them because I know that you will not hold him to the same fuckin standard that you hold me. Murph: It’s true. Yeah. 1,000 points of damage Hardwon is fine. Emily: And in fact, if there had been a Calder finale, you all would’ve been like-- Murph: It would’ve been fine. [Overlapping, sarcastically.] Emily: Aww, so much growth. Caldwell: Such growth. Murph: Such growth. So powerful. Emily: I’m so proud of this boy who has literally been playing as much [laughs] D&D as the girl. Murph: Lemme continue my beef of the week-- Emily: So it’s all gone. No more-- Caldwell: Oh we’re halfway through the fillet. Murph: They’re all gone. They’re all gone. The beef of the week will continue though. The beef continues. [Murph on his own, more seriously.] So I agree that getting 30 HP from it was too much. I would not have done that again. ‘Cause that’s what happens. You make judgement calls. Caldwell: Are you saying that a DM can... change rulings? After an episode? Murph: I’m saying that just ‘cause I said it the one time does not mean we’re going to cheese and fucking break the game fo-- like, I have a hundred and forty some odd episodes out there. And people somehow, still, I need to prove myself every week that I’m not a dumbass. Every week people are like “this is the end of the show I guess. I guess he just gave her something where she just gets 40 HP for free!” No. No. What are you talking about? [Caldwell, Emily, and Jake laugh in the background as Murph speaks.] Caldwell: I’m wondering if I could join the beef real quick?

[The audio cuts again, once again picking up as Emily is in the middle of laughing. She continues to laugh as Caldwell speaks.] Caldwell: There were people like-- criticizing Callie for like-- sexualizing Sol? And like, speculating that I was uncomfortable with it?? [Everyone laughs.] Murph, incredulous: Speculating that you were uncomfortable?! [Overlapping; Murph’s following lines are said at a yell, distant from the microphone so it’s not overwhelmingly loud.] Murph: You got fucked through a bag?! You have had sex. On this show. Through a BAG. Caldwell: Dog, I-- Let me just say right now, I am 35. I have a mortgage. Murph: This is a FROG. Caldwell: I own a RAV-4. I’m fine. You don’t need to worry about me. Murph, more quietly: Oh my god. Jake: Woah you own that RAV-4?

[The audio cuts forward again.] Jake: --The idea that like, we’re suffering at the table when we record, the four of us, and it’s up to the audience at the end of the week to be like-- Murph: --to decide if-- Emily: --to protect Jake and Caldwell? Jake: --”hey I noticed, actually”-- like, we’re totally good. Caldwell: We’re fine. Murph: Yeah, this is an edited-- Jake: I’m having the time of my life. The happiest I am is after-- is like-- either right after or during our recording sessions. Murph: Yeah, we’re just buds, guys. Emily: We are just really good friends having a lot of fun with like, a deep mutual respect. And that’s why the show is fun to make. And that’s why you don’t need to protect them. Murph: The beef-- Caldwell: I feel like all the comments should just be like-- “Wow, check out these buds!” Murph: Yeah: check out the buds!

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