1. Marla shares Scheherazade's story
Marla McGivers shared the tale of Scheherazade with Khan and the hunting party in episode 2 of the podcast. In the story, the king infamously married and executed his new virgin brides day after day, but Scheherazade discovered a way to save her own life and eventually become his queen once her turn to be killed came.
Scheherazade told the king a different story for 1,001 nights, making sure to leave each tale unfinished before going to sleep, so he would want to hear the rest of the tale the next evening. The king was so taken with her stories that he kept sparing her life night after night, and that’s where we get The Arabian Nights, aka One Thousand and One Nights, from.
Telling Scheherazade's tale arguably also seems to fit Marla’s character, as she believes she’s only useful to the Augments because she's "Khan's woman." This scene happens around a campfire where both Marla and Khan invoke the myth and discuss how Khan is seen in Earth history.
It’s a wonderful character dynamic, and Khan is actually more upset over being remembered as defeated than hated. He also argues against Marla and others who painted him as being flawed, and the whole scene would have played out beautifully in a live-action streaming series.
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