The fifth installment of our Quito season is out now, and as you can see our cast has been busy.  There’s no small amount of adventure in Jet Set Zero, and getting to share it with an audience is what keeps me going.  But it’s not without its frustrations, either, because I know that I’ll never be able to share everything that happens.

No, I’m not talking about that time that Ryan had to outrun the cops who spotted him peeing in Quito’s main plaza in broad daylight (although that’s not in the episodes either.  Sorry).  I’m talking about the realities of story and editing which make it so that certain adventures will never make the cut.  Take this episode, for example.  We see the gang’s hike around the lagunas, but what we don’t see is the night that followed, when Freddie and Ryan met up with a bunch of Otavalo locals and hiked through the woods to a solstice celebration at a waterfall.  I know!  It’s even cooler than it sounds.  So why don’t we show it?

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