THE Herald Debate slotted snugly into the busy schedule of Oran Mor's theatre, just ahead of the plays Faster Louder, A Terrible Beauty and I Will Survive.
That just about covers the referendum and its predicted aftermath.
In the Yes vests were SNP culture secretary Fiona Hyslop and Green co-convener Patrick Harvie. The No shorts were filled by Labour's Johann Lamont and Lib Dem Scottish secretary Alistair Carmichael.
In a left-field start, Ms Hyslop was asked about the film industry under independence.
She hinted at bigger tax breaks and a new film studio, and praised the magnificent scenery, citing the example of, er, Cumbernauld.
A noisy Yes crowd let rip when "huge amounts of oil" came up, yet cheered Patrick Harvie damning it as a "threat" best left under the waves.
It then morphed into land reform. Ms Lamont said the issue made her a socialist because her ancestors on Tiree suffered in the clearances.
But the most fascinating point came when Ms Lamont responded to a point about Westminster's absolute power to abolish Holyrood.
If that happened it she would agree with Scotland being out the UK.
After railing against all that volatile oil it was something of a shock.
But then again, who else would employ all those Labour MSPs?
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