I read and enjoyed this book. I interpreted it as a vision that the author had. There was nothing whatsoever about anyone poisoning anyone's dad! Yikes. That's terrible.

You know, I wonder, with all the boozing that goes on, if invoking the zombie analogy is a metaphor?

So, on Trevor Noah, they said they actually called the school in Wyoming, and they said that they have fences and bear spray to combat any bears. No guns needed.

Poor Lestrade! It's like, "Yay! Sherlock got my name right!" and "Woo hoo! He answered my text!" and all of a sudden Sherlock is catapulted meteorically into Mary's Finest Human Being Ever award category.

I did assume it was Irene Adler, since they directly mentioned her texts in the previous episode, but good memory! Lestrade is definitely possible, and more interesting, in a way.

Yes, I've read some of the Doyle stories, and even though Doyle's Holmes isn't a compassionate/touchy-feely guy, he's not who Moffat/Gatiss carve out Holmes to be: an unrepentant jerk, at best.

Also, if Long-Lost sister (why, why, why!!!) is so dang manipulative just by talking, why would they ever let her talk to anyone at any time ever?

Yes, the young girl that Helga adopts did hearken the Athelstan dynamic. Since Athelstan was such a wonderful part of Vikings, I'm hoping the girl's story will bear fruit… that doesn't involve killing people.

Either drowned, or died of an illness.

I've enjoyed these past two episodes very much - it felt like, despite the absence of Ragnar - Vikings was back.

We didn't get to see who was driving until she got out.

If only the tickets were at 1987 prices.

And the thing about "Clear," too, was that it reintroduced a popular character we hadn't seen in several seasons. Huge payoff. They already chased that check, though.

The one guy left the door open on purpose, and so they just waited for him to leave. I believe if he hadn't tried to escape, despite the unlocked door, he would have shown himself as broken.

I was also wondering that — is that what Working for Points looks like? Or, maybe it hasn't been explained yet?

They weren't happy, though - just drugged: by soma and by porn. Action in the novel is instigated by some of the citizens who are actively unhappy, too.

Buffy/Angel 2020!

^THAT

I believe Jimmy wrote though, too.

Genetic engineering, though, to breed sub-human serfs?