In honor of Alex I made vegan lasagna. Yum.

Let's just call them all "servicemember".

I thought they were tattoos, and after the gunfight Naomi was healing the injuries she had received.

Allow me to recommend a cookbook for you: "Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give a Fuck". It's written like your post. Also the food isn't bad.

And here I was thinking they could be painting, or writing, or studying languages, or taking long walks in nature.

Oops - I looked at imdb but the photos were really small.

Arjun is Avarasala's husband's name. You mean Martens.

I wouldn't call his deception regarding Doris's death as cowardice. Telling someone that their loved one died naturally instead of being murdered doesn't just soften the blow: Meng is already up to his neck in trouble and danger and I can see how he wouldn't want to further jeopardize himself and other people.

I wouldn't want her to do any more swearing than she already does. A foul-mouthed beautifully dressed woman is a bit off-putting to me.

Yes, I've been wondering about 30 billion people on Earth. It seems that there should have been a population crash at some point. At any rate the non-dystopian state of New York City and Montana, which is about all we've seen of Earth so far, suggests that they have managed to stabilize the environment. It's not just…

Clearly, in the future profanity has become embedded in speech at all levels. Bobbie even uses it with her commander, with no repercussions. I remember 50 years ago when they finally allowed "hell" and "damn" on TV.

I freely admit that I had never watched the show until last night, and I was very impressed. It didn't matter that I had never met any of these characters before.

That makes sense. I figured that since people can't actually land on Jupiter and Saturn that the Outer Planets would in effect refer to the their colonized moons.

A good thing he's easy on the eyes.

How many of the asteroids are supposed to be inhabited? I've heard Ceres, Eros, and Pallas - any others? And what is the distinction between the Belt and the Outer Planets (as in Outer Planets Alliance)?

Getting shot can make you pretty cranky.

It keeps reminding me of Tyco Toys.

When he returned from whatever he was doing on Tycho he looked at if he'd gotten into a fight and was high to boot.

I wondered if she and Naomi had a little fling, but apparently not.

I agree. The creepy monster you don't see is more intriguing than the one you see ripping things up. it's why I quickly stopped watching The Magicians.