Rob experiences the bitter delight of America for the first time in almost 4 months.  Meanwhile, it’s Christmas eve in Tokyo…

At long last, the episode in question.  Sorry about the delay on this one!  With any luck we’ll have some quicker releases for the next two episodes.

Season 2 kicks off with a bang, and from what’s happened so far in Tokyo I can imagine the story getting pretty interesting over the next few months.  Personally I’m dreading Episode 2 of this season.  I’m in it!  Time to get real comfortable with watching and listening to myself.

Special thanks again to Space Captain for the use of their song “But darling…” in this episode.  Go buy a CD!

I’d like to give a special thanks to Space Captain (or as I like to call them, “Mike Stitsinger and the Stitstones”) for letting us use their awesome song “Adventures in Apprehension” in Episode 9.  I dare you to get the tune out of your head in the next three days.

You should check out their site at www.spacecaptain.net — if you live in the North Eastern United States you stand a good chance of seeing them play, and, as indicated by the above candid, they do a pretty killer live set.  And if you’re out of range from Northampton, MA, order up a copy of their new album Opposite Day.  I have it on my iPod.  Why don’t you?

While Rob flies back to America to finalize his divorce, Brian & Matt embark on a magical journey from Saigon to Tokyo.

And that’s all, folks.  Jet Set Zero Season 1: Saigon is a wrap.

It’s been a bizarre, eye-opening experience from the beginning of the pre-season to this huge milestone for me.  Considering that I had no idea what I was doing when I slapped Episode 1 together four months ago, the following 8 episodes fell in place with such a fluid blur that I hardly even remember assembling them.

Partly that could be the result of the bleary, coffee and beer filled all-nighters which have commonly constituted my Sunday night editing experience since September.  This final episode was no exception: as I watched the sun rise through the dirty frosted glass of our mostly unheated guesthouse common room where I’d spent the past 14 hours, I knew that as Season 1 drew to a close something else had begun:

Season 2: Tokyo.