The titles borrow somewhat from the liquid-magnet interstitials on the Palladium network (which was recently renamed MTV Live or something, so those may be a thing of the past too). I liked them.

So, wait, the artfully collapsing building from the pilot, seemingly killing dozens, with Richie alone "resurrected" a la Jake and Elwood,WASN'T magic realism? Crap, that was my favorite little twist of the pilot.

The flashback to the back-story on the blues guy was *because* he ran into him.

IIRC this stayed in "This Film Has Not Yet Been Rated" territory until the very, very last minute. So maybe they tried for a PG-13 and just gave it up at some point.