This week’s episode for discussion is S03E05 of Bugs, entitled “Nuclear Family,” which initially aired in August of 1997 and was written by John Stroud.

Hosts Simon and Eugene discuss whether a weapon might be developed to kill the second person in a conga line, why a writer might withdraw their name from their work, and Eugene relates his Ronald Reagan story.

Bugs, High-Level Synopsis (Mild Spoilers)

In a race against time, Beckett and his team safeguard Rostov, a dying president seeking cardiac surgery with an experimental elixir. Conflicts arise as they uncover a plot involving Medusa missiles, and suspicions fall on Rostov’s wife. Facing assassins and bomb threats, they thwart a deadly conspiracy, ultimately preserving world peace and British interests.