Fascinatingly, in the opening scene when Earn is staring at the gun, he's also listening on his headphones to a Beach House song - rather far removed from the type of music that might be customary in his surroundings. It's yet another foreshadowing, I'm thinking, of how far removed Earn once was (in Princeton?) from…

BTW, I'm pretty sure Ken Cosgrove's wife was "Alex Mack" from the eponymous Nickelodeon TV show from years ago - or perhaps she would be better known as Julia Stiles younger sister from "10 Things I Hate About You". Without Googling her, I don't remember the actress' name.

I'm with you on that lonely island, rocking out with you to "Undertow".

Has anyone considered the possibility that no silent clock means that somehow President Heller is still alive?