There's an episode midway through the first season of "Ted Lasso" in which the team, feeling cursed, decides to remove the spell by gathering in the locker room at night to burn personal items in a flaming trash barrel.
It may be time for the Galaxy to consider a similar exorcism because it seems clear someone has put a spell on them too.
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