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CigarDoug

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  1. Who play's Dre's Mother in this episode? IMDb.com is no help. They list Tina, his baby momma, but not his actual MOTHER, the one who pulls a gun on him. She looks familiar, but I can't find a credit for her. UPDATE: Never mind, just saw MrsRafaelBarba's comment. She is Ami Brabson, listed as "Vanessa". They chose a younger picture for IMDb, that's why I didn't recognize her.
  2. I would say, no. I guess the examples I am thinking of, from shows that pulled this trope off, is where we are shown a real-world explanation for something that the person in question thinks can't be explained. If that makes sense. Like someone has schizophrenia and is talking to an imaginary person, and another character proves that person doesn't exist: No one lives in that house, no one was assigned as his roommate, etc. In A Beautiful Mind, Dr. Nash is talking to people who aren't real. One by one, we the audience are shown that each person is not real. I remember being shocked when If someone is speaking to a demon or a witch or some other supernatural being, it's a given that no one else can see them. I guess it's a distinction between "everyone else thinks you are talking to yourself, so THEY think you are crazy" and "You really ARE crazy, and the audience can see it now".
  3. I have seen several comments suggesting this episode was one of those "Is she crazy or is this really happening?" kind of shows. Those shows are great. But this show was NOT one of them. There was zero evidence, ZERO, that she was simply imagining the demon and just decided she wanted to go on a killing spree. Other people can't see the demon. Well, that's pretty standard. The cop assuming she IS crazy because of the story she is telling. Everyone else's reaction to her is perfectly normal. But she's not crazy. The story is real. I just wish there was some explanation about what the domino, er, TALISMAN meant. I was halfway thinking the politician died of his injuries, and she met her quota anyway, so the talisman changed. I wonder, did the detective, when he saw the nuclear bombs hit, think to himself, "Maybe she wasn't crazy?"
  4. Agreed. There was nothing futuristic, or tech-related, or Twilight Zone about this episode at all. It could have been a Law & Order episode. Oh, sorry. I mean it could have been a Bergerac episode.
  5. I love all the comments here, you guys asked all the questions I was going to ask, except one: In the summary, they say, "In an alternative 1969..." Normally, everything mentioned in the summary is shown or explained within the show. So, instead of going to the moon, we have a deep space mission, and we have this replica technology. But nowhere in the SHOW does it communicate that idea. Other than the fact it's happening in the 1960s, there is nothing that clearly states it's a different timeline, other than the replica tech. I would think there would have been some lines of dialog about where they were going, how we abandoned the idea of going to the moon, or maybe someone watching a reworked version of JFK's speech: "We choose to go to Saturn in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." Now, if they REALLY wanted to mess with our minds, show footage of LBJ, or maybe a 1960s President Nixon, making that speech. THAT would be a mind-blower.
  6. Just finished the show, binged over a few days. I had some thoughts about the alternate dimension that Kaelego lives in. I love the idea of alternate dimensions/universes, but shows spend so much time breaking into them, they don't put a lot of thought into how those universes should look or be set up. It doesn't make sense that this is a mirror universe, or an alternate timeline, with only minor differences. The compound where Dan is working... why would that compound be built, if the Vos Mansion and Visser Hotel were never burned in the other universe? But it appears that every place we see in the other dimension is pivotal to our story: The Vos Mansion, the Visser, the compound, Dan's childhood home. My answer is, this is a pocket universe. It only contains bit and pieces of places relevant to the people looking in/visiting. Now, that makes sense, that Kaelego would simply construct spaces, illusions if you will, to trick the people he wants to keep there. We may have no idea of what the actual dimension looks like, it's just what Dan and Melodi see. Kind of like a holodeck of sorts, run by Kaelego. I know the writers can't explore every single aspect, they are trying to tell a story. But what is Kaelego's goal? Does he want to break into our dimension? Does he want to draw people into his dimension? What does he get from it? If he kills people in our dimension, are their souls drawn into his? Lucas mentioned "batteries", as if everyone at the Vos Mansion was going to die in the fire as a result of the ceremony. He could see it, his sister could not, apparently. Or she didn't care. Plenty of stuff to chew on, but honestly a second season would have less to work with after these reveals.
  7. So, when Marc/Steven's mother died, that's when Marc was no longer able to control their body, and Steven started noticing things, right? That happened just a few months ago? So Steven is just leaving voice messages for his mother, because her phone is still active? Or is he imagining he is actually talking to her? If Marc/Steven grew up in London, how did Marc develop an American accent?
  8. So, to bind an Egyptian god to stone requires five avatars and a fancy magical ceremony you must commit to memory... But any old person can pick up a statue and smash it on the ground to release them again?
  9. She drove off of a pier in the middle of the day, there were people standing around when it happened. It didn't happen in the dark in a secluded place. I didn't even realize that until I saw you post, it certainly SHOULD have attracted some attention, but I guess it helped the plot to just have Nathan's family wonder what happened to Fran.
  10. It's funny, I also remember Adriyan Rae from Vagrant Queen who was on Chicago Fire. It's like Chicago Fire is the next stop for sci-fi actresses after one-season shows (although Upload was renewed).
  11. Remember, this is a light-hearted comedy. You shouldn't overthink it. A serious sci-fi drama would be held to a higher standard, where they would need to account for the valid points you bring up. I wondered about the money aspect as well. Even the super-rich don't have unlimited funds.
  12. They do explain it in story, I think shortly into Season 2 (not a spoiler). It's not fair to living people to have to compete for jobs with Uploads. It makes sense, especially for older people who worked at a career for forty years. They would have a distinct advantage over someone with less experience, applying for the same job. Especially since they are not going to die or retire anytime soon.
  13. Maybe I misheard it, I thought she left with Jamie AFTER Nathan died, which is why he was ghosting him, he just felt guilty.
  14. I think you misread that scene. Nora's dad made it clear, there were two choices: Either Upload, in which case you never die, so you never get to heaven; or die, and your soul goes to heaven. He knows his wife is already in heaven (since Upload was not an option at the time), and if he gets Uploaded, his soul/consciousness lives on, and he will never be with his wife (assuming they can afford Upload forever). He said, explicitly, that the only way the three of them would be together was in heaven and all three had to die. It was absolutely an either/or, and he chose to be with his wife, and hoped Nora would make the same decision.
  15. Just started watching this show, it has a real BSG feel, even several cast members have had cameos, and Alessandro Juliani is a regular. My question is, what is with the suit the President of Mount Weather is wearing? It looks like they have tailor markings, like you are getting a suit fitted. Is that meant to look old? Some kind of fashion trend?
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