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  1. Anyone else wondering how the writers are going to write Judd now that his Doppelgänger is no longer front-and-center? Will his character still be as interesting without the audience being able to “knowingly” chuckle when he does/says something utterly outrageous?
  2. Another one-of-a-kind baby name to add to the 😖 list: X (first name) AE A-XII (middle name) Of course, I could have edited it into the previous list; but, surely a name that has managed to out-unique them all deserves its own space.
  3. Yeah. When it comes dialogue, some of those lines are real zingers. As for this being the finale, it does seem rather weird having a 9-episode season. But, since shows start, stop, split, and have other varying lengths...why not a 9-episode one? Even so, it still feels strange.
  4. At first I blamed Matt for giving them the code. He may have given them the means; but, yeah, when it came to actually doing-the-deed, the idiocy of their action was all on them.
  5. 1. Judd got bitch-slapped. 2. We lost "in-your-face" Iris from the ship? 3. We gained "revved-up" Rav on the ship. 4.The cruise was unintentionally extended to 8 years. 5. Karen had to face the fact that she is not the "Ms Perfect" she thought herself to be. 6. Billie admitted that maybe, possibly, perhaps she might have been feelings just a tiny bit warm-and-fuzzy where the Comedian is concerned. 8. Judd got bitch-slapped.
  6. I think it's because Karen was tasked with collecting the stuff from the passengers and crew…that’s all. Billie had told Karen earlier (when Karen had hassled her for a contribution to the effort) that, in spite of what she seemed to think, she was not in charge of the operation. I think that Karen…just being Karen…was sure she was in charge despite what Billie thought. So she (with that numbskull husband in tow) took it upon herself to jettison the stuff when it reached the required weight.
  7. Thanks. I had never heard of the "space elevator" concept before. I did some "light" reading and it seems that the "roadblock" turns out to be the need for a material that's both strong enough AND light enough to do the job. So, yeah, considering they have some viable candidates now…and are working on others…you’d think that in 40 years science would have licked the problem. Of course, even if they solved that problem, other obstacles could have popped up somewhere along the way.
  8. Giant transport and cargo space ships...I can see. But, what is and what would the purpose be of a "space elevator"?
  9. And, yet, over the course of the season the rating ticked up from 5.6 to 6.2. Go figure.... No need to deprive yourself of all the other wonderfulness that is HBO...just don't watch this show.
  10. I think because Avenue 5 only would be within earth's orbit for a brief time.
  11. Yes. I was sorry to see Iris go. The Comedian would have been the perfect choice. Or let Mia sit on Doug's lap and send them both. Neither Collin nor that fake Comms Tech deserves to go anywhere near a shuttle...they belong in the airlock! As for the Tech, too bad there is nothing for that kerchief around her neck to get caught on as she is being spaced.
  12. My favorite exchange of the episode is the one between Rav and the Pilot regarding the return trip to Earth on the two-seater Shuttle: Rav: …”I don’t wanna have to fight you for a place home.” Pilot: “…OK, look. I’m the pilot. I’m going home whatever happens. The passenger is either you or Mr. Judd; or both of you if one of you has eaten the other.” ------------ My favorite line of the episode is from Billie to Captain Clark as they try unsuccessfully to convince the passenger that they actually are in space: Billie: “These people are so dumb. I’m just hanging out with pigs and dolphins when we get back.”
  13. Yeah. Probably for Rav it's a case of "no good deed". I was watching a movie the other night based on Jim Jones and the "Jonestown Incident”. It appears human nature is what it is. Be it 40ish years ago…now…40 years from now.
  14. For me, his not being funny would be near the bottom of my Airlock Priority List. I think I’d even put that “Green-Shirt” who would not let Former Fake Captain Ryan eat ahead of the comedian. As for flirting with Billie, I don't know; that may not be a bad thing. Billie looks as if she really could use some stress release. If that's the case, then it's probably good he couldn't do anything. Because, if I remember correctly, Sarah/Sarah said that the Control (whatever it's called) at the Captain's station is just a prop that she moves around as needed.
  15. My Airlock Priority List: 1. VFXette 2. Judd 3. Karen 4. The Astronaut 5. Frank 6. Mia and Doug (with their hands locked around each other's throat) 7. Collins (should have been him instead of Sarah/Sarah) 8. Fake Comms Tech (whatever her name is) 9. TBA 10.TBA
  16. Yeah. But Matt is the one who gave up the code to open the door to the airlock. Without that code, the disgruntled passengers would have been stymied. No code...No opened airlock door...No deaths. It's all on Matt.
  17. Once upon a time Matt was just an annoyance. Now he is a menace; and not too bright if he thought shouting out that code was the way to discourage passengers from going into that airlock. The way he was all balled up in the corner afterward reminded me of what Iris said about suicide, and all of them being willing to swear they didn't see it coming. I would say that Matt would make a great candidate for the next airlock departure; but, I'd miss him too much. Although...I can't see how he'll ever be able to get back that idiotically buoyant persona (his only endearing quality) after being the means for all those deaths. Thanks. That's how it' done now. But, maybe in 40 years they will have worked out that little "explosive effects" kink. Kind of wonder if watching the first up slowly asphyxiate and then freeze would have deterred anyone else from going in.
  18. Yeah. It was a tad on the 😕😱. Interesting how easy it is to work folks into an irrational frenzy; based on someone’s supposedly 'bit of knowledge' without a lick of proof that what being said is true. Anyone ever notice how the security team just materializes out of nowhere. They are never anywhere to be seen; yet when someone mentions security...there they are. I think they are robots. Thanks. Since there seems to be a few questions about the nearness to Earth/shuttle delivery maneuver, it's good you put that out here. I knew they (probably Billie) had given an explanation for the whole set-up; but I couldn't remember which episode(s); so couldn't go back and share. Anyway, despite much finger pointing, it appears that they do not just make things up as they go along...some things they make up beforehand.
  19. How do airlocks work? Same here. I didn't expect anyone to go. But, after the first one, I figured no way was anyone else ever going in there. Have you ever heard of the "Darwin Awards"? Well, that airlock-parade is a prime example of how it got started in the first place. Does Mission Control even know yet that the captain and the bridge crew are fake. Maybe not, since Rav seemed OK trading places with Judd...that is, until the bodies started hitting the shuttle.
  20. I liked Sarah/Sarah. Sorry to see her go. Why are the recent departees not caught in the same "S-obit” around the ship as the earlier departees? If the VFX rabble-rouser was so certain it was all a simulation, why wasn't she the first in line for the airlock?
  21. Yes, It looked like a gusher from an oil well. As for a "Science Thread"...don't know; but wouldn't be surprised. Also, shows usually have subject-matter-experts consulting; so maybe the cargo-drop method works while the S-streaming one (even though it probably would have been funnier); doesn’t. I don't think they know the shuttle is coming either. Avenue 5 probably will have been there and gone by the time Rav and the shuttles shows up. I think it would be a blast if instead of just missing them Rav and the shuttles somehow get drag into Avenue 5’s orbit and have to come aboard. Of course, the downside would be that then we would have no one back at Mission Control to hysterically carry on as if they were permanently hooked up to an upper-Iv.
  22. It wasn’t jettisoned in the first place; it was released as the result of a leak and, then, caught in the ship’s gravitational pull. If it had been in, say, a container and released all-at-once, (instead of coming out in a stream) maybe because of its combined weight...it would have. Assuming, (I guess) it was weighty enough to handle the heaviness of those 500 NEPs.
  23. Even if it were so easy a chimp could do it, no way Team Judd will ever complete the task without fate (or some boo-boo) throwing in a monkey wrench to gum up the works.
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