Well, Ms. Summers would agree with you.

The last of these is the best of these.

England. Tea time. Even gear-heads know their British etiquette.

To be fair, that's right out the POTUS speechwriting team playbook. Greatest, best, biggest, worst, most, longest, darkest — and a lot of superlatives ending in "t" are like croutons to politicians (and by extension, thrillers steeped in politics).

Nice reference!

Jack: Also, I'm hungry
Kate: Um…?
Jack: Contact COMMISSARY and send me some LUNCH.
Jack: NOW
Kate: Commissary closes after 4PM.
Jack: DAMMIT
Kate: …
Kate: Vending machine? There's one in your hall.
Jack: Good
[minute passes]
Jack: DAMMIT
Kate: ?
Jack: I HAVE NO CHANGE & IT DOESN'T TAKE U.S. BILLS
Jack: THERE'S NO TIME FOR THIS
Kate…

It's your dime, chum.

Also a fair point.

Yep.

Brilliant! I'll take it.

Narrative theme or musical theme?

"The minuses are made up! The minuses are made up!!"

Well, that's the brilliance of the reference for me. What Alison shares with Dexter is the penchant for meticulousness. Of course she'd watch that show

I counter with this short conversation:

When speaking of the clones, from time to time Tatiana has used the following phrasing in interviews: "I really like spending time with her."

I've read a few very passionate and very moving pieces by actual trans men regarding how much that (admittedly-disposable) character meant to them and, surprisingly, how accurate they found it to be — facial hair and all.

Tatiana Maslany says Alexandre is a great and emotive actress. Therefore Alexandre is a great and emotive actress.

Oh, the internet needs to make this a thing. Someone turn on the Clone-Signal!

For the record, I'm a nerd and I have nerd friends. We nerd shame each other all the time but it's in good fun and no one's feelings are hurt because we all know we're nerds and have no high ground from which look down on each other for being nerds.

Not if you consider the angle of being stir crazy. Once removed from his de facto imprisonment (physical and mental), the psyche can heal.