The station she designed (the Scalpel) had such a problem with turnover they had to close it down pretty early on.

@keveek Upgrading the resolution to HD is a helluva trick though.

Yes, at the time, people like Marvin Minsky definitely thought that strong AI was feasible by 2001. Strong AI is one of those technologies that's been 30 years away for the last 50 years.

@avclub-e5e75678d9346d88878b7c95b97eac68:disqus Not to mention dolphins.

Now, at last, Klein has a real motivation for his over the top obsession with Ike. If they play it right, this will solve a lot of problems with that character.

Given that the "judges" were undoubtedly prostitutes with an accomplished repertoire of fake orgasms, I'd say the cunnilingus races are as crooked as the Cuban lottery.

I really don't care for the way "Avalon" portrays mental illness.

Another factor is the experts are often very optimistic and project some of their hopes as likelihoods. So, if you read the speculative nonfiction of the time is also very optimistic. Kubrick consulted NASA folks for 2001. Other than HAL, and maybe cryosleep,  the individual technologies seem realistic, but it also…

I think part of it is that under the strain of confronting the unknown, people and organizations break down.

One mistake Assemble is making so far is that they cram every character into every story.

It was a (football) kicking tee. Which was smart, because he could ditch it right away on the field (and he did).

I thought some of the girl's remarks to Bridget like "my mother would never let me wear Keds" could have been taken as the sort of subtle digs teen girls are so good at, but the direction seemed to indicate that Bridget was right to take them at face value.

7b) Vain

Yes, although he was not all there mentally at that point, and it was a random encounter. Warlow sought out and destroyed the club in the meadow.

Not only doesn't this put him at the top of the list, she doesn't even mention it.

NYC is south of Boston, but I see your point. I doubt this show trusts the audience enough to do this without a final shot of Tom in the machine to close the episode.

Fairies seem to be hard to find, and also so irresistibly tasty that even a single vamp will eat all of them he can find before he thinks to turn one.

I guess this is what he's like without a magic fairy vagina to keep him in line.

Yes, but it's not clear how the gridpoints are placed or spaced. Boston and New York are pretty close together. If the whole grid is that fine-grained there should be lots of towers closer to Charleston than Boston or Chicago.

Why are New York, Boston, Chicago, and Jacksonville the candidate targets? Are those supposed to be the closest to Charleston, or does Karen have some intelligence already?