I think Judith is going to get killed and the juxtaposition of red-eyed Rick praying (or whatever) with the dippy fantasy of their future together is depicting this.

They’ll never patent it, since they have to keep it hidden — it’ll remain a trade secret like the formula for Coke or the Google ranking algorithm. It’s too valuable to patent. That was a bluff.

It also calls back their rivalry from that conference: creative types vs. business types...and how what she needs is something only Cameron can provide.

Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit.

Hang on — what happened to my AVC Disqus identity and all my old comments and discussions?

It reminded me very strongly of the "Thus Spake Zarathustra" sequence at the beginning of 2001 where the ape starts clonking the animal bones around, before inventing the tool.

It was interesting seeing Bobby and James right next to each other — in the sheriff's station jail — given our memory of the two of them right there (with Mike Nelson) at the end of the series premiere.

I was imagining the parallel-universe version of the conference room scene with Michael Ontkean seated at the table, and it was even more moving.

They can be hot! Look at Gozer in Ghostbusters.

That whole sequence was so good! Damn.

I think it's Sarah, but I wouldn't bet real money on it. The new cosmos doesn't seem like it's necessarily that tightly plotted.

Watching it again. Just that image of Sarah Palmer emerging out of the darkness to approach the bar (with that buzzing neon sign) is terrifying.

That occurred to me, too.
It's like, Who are all these pretty randos with their stupid problems and their casual lawbreaking and their flippant "whatever" attitudes and their petty internecine resentments?

I knew the scene in the holding cells was reminding me of something deeply scary — and I finally remembered what it is: the woman's bizarre noises and the bloody drunk repeating them are reminiscent of The Silence of the Lambs, where Buffalo Bill's prisoner starts screaming in terror (when she sees the torn-off…

I had the same thought, and I agree with your conclusions.

I'm pretty sure it's her.

It suddenly occurred to me that, if Showtime asks for more (which is plausible; they're getting a lot of new subscriptions), Michael Ontkean — who reportedly regrets declining to appear — could come back as the recovered Harry Truman.

I'd agree except for all the retro phones, the vintage furniture motif in the supernatural sequences etc. (all of which picks up on the original show's vibe).

Agreed. Like that window washer who suddenly, frantically enters the frame as starts desperately squeegeeing — both of them were like community-theater novices racing eagerly to hit their marks. And, somehow, it's amazing.

"WILSON, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU" [*pound* *pound*] "THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN THE FBI!"