Speaking of Keeping It Simple, it often doesn't to do assume that any particular B7 line or plot twist is the product of deep thought and complex implications rather than something stuck in at the last minute because the script was too short...
Jenny Kaye said:
Vila is clearly talking junk. The idea that everyone who passed a test at the testing centre would be immediately promoted to Space Captain is farcical. The implication that he was forced to take the exam, and that he then bribed this convenient "friend" to fail him is just plain laughable. How many secondary school students bribe their teachers to fail them cos they don't want to go out and get a decent job?
Readers of the comic strip Doonesbury may recall that Zonker Harris was a sophomore for six years...hmmm. Surfer Dude Vila, with adrenaline and soma bong hits?
-(Y)