Don't worry, @chuckthewriter:disqus - I'm sure Ellison's got his attorney filing the lawsuit right now….

Like Doctor Who's "Fixed Points in Time", @avclub-6eff75e7ea1e4eaecc24df1ca043de61:disqus ? Largely I agree with you (well, except about Abigail Spencer, because I can't quite see it myself).

Maybe when Conviction fails, as it very likely will, they can cast Haley Atwell as an ancestor of Lucy Preston that they keep running into?

No he won't, @eric_siry:disqus !

Okay, @rbatty024:disqus - that's a fair cop.

Better idea, @sumogrip:disqus - she's a historical romance writer (a la Dorothy Dunnett, Antonia Fraser or Georgette Heyer), who's known for obsessively researching the periods she writes books in!

@Jobo - hey, I liked Riley!

Oh, every chance they get, @watchthesky:disqus !

Rufus is the best-defined character right now, @avclub-2d99b6c8fb59b536983c3a623972cfe6:disqus , partially by virtue of the fact he's a brilliant Man of Color…time-travelling, and very well aware of what the past holds in store for him. Malcolm Barrett's performance is also nicely transcending any worries I had about…

If the first episode played like Fringe's, @disqus_bzJvLXhrgx:disqus , we wouldn't be having this conversation. Well, we might in the case of the female lead (it took Anna Torv a while to settle in as Olivia - and then, watch out!), but we'd still want to keep Walter, Broyles, Astrid, probably Nina and maybe even…

@sigrid28:disqus - "organically" does not mean "magically". (What do you think I am, a Literature Major?) It means "Rising from the characters and the circumstances as they've been designed to, rather than imposed from the writer/producer/network to fulfill some perceived need for 'depth' or 'serialization'."

Only if they get to do a number together.

Brilliant, @disqus_IBNltfhZEd:disqus .

"From the day they arrive on this planet and blinking, step into the sun, there is more to see than can ever be seen, more to do… no, hold on… sorry, that's the Lion King… but the point still stands! "

Doctor Lucador, @jonfw2:disqus ?

Liking where you're going with this, @stevebruun:disqus .

I did not know that, @adamfrey:disqus !

@avclub-7d640ca825f963b9fc36e0857c0b39e5:disqus - sadly no, "Homosexuals are Child Molesters" was a very common anti-gay prejudice of my parents' and my own generation. The widespread assumption was that those pedophiles who assault young boys were indicative of gay men in general, rather than facing the fact most of…

The creepy bald guy reminds me of a theory concerning the original Exorcist—that Burke Dennings actually molested Regan, thus putting her in an emotionally vulnerable place that attracted the attention of Pazuzu.

Too late, @avclub-d6eab33032ebeb4e1f8a5891a29427df:disqus ! Charles McGraw and David Soul both beat you to it!