Content Warning: Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150Both a parody of, and homage to, classic series such as Star Trek, Buck Rogers, and Space:1999, Monocyte tells the stories of the intrepid crew of the GMC (Galactic Medical Cruiser) Monocyte as they travel the universe, doing good and aiding the needy. Except their Captain is narcissistic, ignorant, overly-confident, and just possibly clinically depressed. Touching on topics such as toxic masculinity, colonization, and mental health, Monocyte will have you laughing even while you think.  Written byDonaldson Cardenas and Nina KiDirected by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Chris Davis, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Rue Dickey, Andrew Pond*, and Serina Johnston*Sound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

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Content Warning: Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150In the season finale, Chalke is determined to undo the damage he&#39;s done....no matter how many times he has to try, and the true nature of the Monocyte comes to light.Written byDonaldson Cardenas and Nina KiDirected by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, and Rue DickeySound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #15 The End (or "Conversations)

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Content Warning: Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150While the Monocyte attempts to thwart Chalke&#39;s plan, it reaches out to an unlikely ally--Emissary Fralgon...Written byDonaldson Cardenas and Nina KiDirected by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, and Rue DickeySound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #14 The Last Temptation of Fralgon

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Content Warning: Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150Chalke regains consciousness, Fralgon learns the truth about Montana&#39;s death, and the Commander has a plan...Written byDonaldson Cardenas and Nina KiDirected by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, and Rue DickeySound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #13 Unforgivable

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Phineas Q Progress discovers the downside of being a &#34;fan favorite&#34;....Written byNina Ki and Donaldson CardenasDirected by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, and Rue DickeySound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #12 Progress Must Progress

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Content Warning: Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150Trying to find a cure for his nightmares, CHalke has a long talk with Crewman #7...or is it Crewman #7? And the Monocyte makes Doctor Montana an offer she can&#39;t refuse. Or can she?Written byNina Ki and Donaldson Cardenas Directed by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, and Rue DickeySound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #11 “The Curious Case of Dr. Evelyn 'Montana' Trixie”

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Content Warning: Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150The crew of the Monocyte is rocked by a sudden death; Chief Murtaugh and the Monocyte both come to realizations about themselves.Written byDonaldson Cardenas and Nina KiDirected by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, and Rue DickeySound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #10 Time Travel Made Easy

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Content Warning: Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150Phineas Q. Progress returns to the Monocyte with a companion in tow, looking for a favor. Then all hell breaks loose.Written by Nina Ki and Donaldson CardenasDirected by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, and Rue DickeySound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #9 PROGRESS' PILGRIM

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Content Warning: Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150Fralgon invites Chalke to their quarters for drinks and, it turns out, Fralgonese therapy. Meanwhile, The Monocyte has a heart-to-heart with the Auto-Translator. Did we mention there were drinks?Written byDonaldson Cardenas and Nina KiDirected by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, and Rue DickeySound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #8 Maybe It's You (or, "My Dinner with Fralgon")

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Content Warning: Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150Fralgon, Montana, and Chalke all have moments where they remember their first time aboard the Monocyte. With music and everything. And that memory offers up a BIG revelation for Chalke.Written byDonaldson Cardenas and Nina KiDirected by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, and Rue DickeySound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #7 Welcome to the Monocyte (or "Get the Lead Out III")

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Content Warning: Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150Somehow, things get both better AND worse simultaneously. Chalke&#39;s nightmares continue, and the Monocyte ends up in both the film The Black Hole AND Groundhog Day....Written byDonaldson Cardenas and Nina KiDirected by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, and Rue DickeySound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #6 Get the Lead Out II (or, "Everything Else is Unexplainable")

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Content Warning: Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150The crew&#39;s return to Grange doesn&#39;t go well for Ambassador Shala; We learn more about Chief Security Officer Murtaugh, and the influence of Fralgon on Earth entertainment.Written byDonaldson Cardenas and Nina KiDirected by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, and Rue DickeySound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #5 Get the Lead Out, part 1 (or "E.L.V.I.S")

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Content Warning: Transphobic Microagressions, Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150Feeling underappreciated on the Monocyte, Emissary Fralgon makes the decision to go back to Fralgon, where they and Doctor Montana run headlong into the most powerful force in the universe...sibling rivalry!Written byNina Ki and Donaldson CardenasDirected by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, and Rue DickeySound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #4 Homecoming

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Content Warning: Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150Fan Favorite Phineas Q. Progress visits the Galactic Medical Cruiser, Monocyte. There&#39;s nothing we can tell you about that that Phineas can&#39;t tell better himself.Written byNina Ki and Donaldson CardenasDirected by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, and Rue DickeySound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #3 What Price, Progress?

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Content Warning: Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150The crew of the Galactic Medical Cruiser Monocyte, having averted disaster, are tasked with escorting peace delegates back to Grange from Earth. Security Chief Murtaugh gets a lesson in boxing strategy from Commander Chalke that&#39;s a little hard on the old solar plexus.Written byDonaldson Cardenas and Nina KiDirected by Natividad SalgadoStarring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, Rue Dickey, and Andrew Pond*Sound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #2 The Peace Bringers (Or Those Damn Darns)

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Content Warning: Mental Health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is out there. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741 If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues and needs help, contact NAMI at 888-958-7150 The crew of the Galactic Medical Cruiser Monocyte is tasked with an aid mission to the planet Grange (the second g is silent). But tragedy strikes, and the stalwart (yet not overly capable) Captain Paul Allen Chalke, second in command Dr. Evelyn &#34;Trixie&#34; Montana, and Emissary Fralgon, along with the rest of the crew, must avert disaster. Written byDonaldson Cardenas and Nina Ki Directed by Natividad Salgado Starring the voice talents of: Rae Hamilton-Vargo, Chris Davis, Serina Johnston*, Luis Bermudez, Andre Luc Martinez, Aryn Rozelle, Rue Dickey, and Andrew Pond*Sound Design by Andrew Pond*. *Denotes EFCT Company Member

EP #1 How Do we Get Out of This? (or This is Fun)

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A chat with Monocyte director, Natividad Salgado, about her love for science fiction, space, and directing via chat windows Monocyte Launches March 24th!

Oh Director, My Director!

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An interview with the writers of Monocyte, Donaldson Cardenas and Nina ki, as they talk about the process, fan service, and sad poetry...

Countdown to Launch with the Writers!

Both a parody of, and homage to, classic series such as Star Trek, Buck Rogers, and Space:1999, Monocyte tells the stories of the intrepid crew of the GMC (Galactic Medical Cruiser) Monocyte as they travel the universe, doing good and aiding the needy. Except their Captain is narcissistic, ignorant, overly-confident, and just possibly clinically depressed. Touching on topics such as toxic masculinity, colonization, and mental health, Monocyte will have you laughing even while you think.