Fredrick Sebastian Talbot

As episode eleven begins, Fred seems to be a relatively mild mannered reporter for the Intergalactic News Network. He is assigned to interview the leader of the cult The Dogs of War at the time called The Songs of Jim. Whatever happened in the course of that interview really seems to have set Fred's life off the rails. On top of that, Fred discovers that his childhood friend Karl has been arrested. His news casting costar calls him out for his erratic behavior and Fred admits live on air to repeated and persistent drug use. It turns out to be Fred's final news broadcast. With little prospects and his only friend Karl imprisoned Fred sets out to join the ranks of a federated star ship and ends up on the Guantopolis. The captain quickly takes him under his wing. During a particularly rambunctious shore leave, the captain comes down with an especially virulent case of Space Syphilis. When the captain dies, Fred is passed over in favor of Steve who quickly makes Fred first officer to secure his loyalty.

As it turns out, Fred has led a... shall we say, an interesting life. Every episode of Against Me, Will seems to point to another sordid chapter of Fred's life. So far we've learned that Fred is not a:


 * Discerning Cannibal


 * Committed Rapist
 * Verdant Necrophiliac

In addition it is rumored that Fred is being considered for Sainthood by the Space Catholics.

After an incident involving fried chicken in a cafeteria in a space port on the planet Nimbus Four, Fred has endured years of psychological pain and suffering. The details are sketchy but this incident seems to be a contributing factor in Fred's distrusting nature of anyone who likes fried-chicken. At least Fred seems to think it is since he's blamed many of his own failures as a news-caster on what the crew of the Guantopolis call "fried-chicken gate".

By the end of season one of Against Me, Will, Fred, having completely lost his memory due to brain injury (which has happened to him twice before), is engaged in a new job: maintenance man for a church belonging to the Space Catholics. Recent intelligence reports suggest Fred is currently undergoing Hypnotic Regression treatment that has uncovered a past "tea-bagging" incident.

Let's hope his memory of fried-chicken gate has also been purged from his mind so Fred can (finally) move on.

First Appearance: Episode 11