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Flower mentioned the Grateful Dead, and their soundman who was nicknamed Bear. This was real. One of their early supporters and sound engineers was Owsley "Bear" Stanley. He was responsible for their amazing sound system (the "Wall of Sound"). He was also behind the popularity of LSD in the 60s, primarily by manufacturing millions of hits. The Dead ended up dedicating an album to him, called "Bear's Choice". Flower mentioned the Dead song "Sugar Magnolia" in an earlier episode. Someone on the writing staff is a Deadhead!

Sorry about that. When I saw that post, I replied without realizing my possibility came from a future episode. I went ahead and deleted it, there was no point in leaving it in this thread. Appreciate the reminder!

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I'm this >< close to giving up. And I don't think I've ever said that about a Chuck Lorre show. I like my sitcoms with a little "com" in them. And all I'm getting is bitterness. Last night's episode was 30 22 minutes of angry and resentful people. Hell, I'll watch the news if I want to see that. Lorre's shows have always had unhappy people, but he tempers it with humor and humility, and his characters have always cared for each other. But I'm having trouble finding ANY of that in this show. I keep thinking at some point the writers turn the corner, and take us from spiteful and sullen characters, to people who care about each other. That's the blueprint for 90% of his shows. But we're ten episodes in, and nothing has changed. I'm officially putting the writers on notice. 😁

Tomorrow Thur 1/30.

Keeps getting better and better.

The most interesting part of this show was blown up in the first five minutes. 😁

Is he okay? They said he's in the ICU.

Maybe it's on Disney+ now? Sometimes the Hulu login doesn't show the D+ shows.

North Island, actually

Great start. I don't know how this show keeps getting renewed, but I'll take it!

I liked S1, but didn't love it. When it ended, I was 'meh" whether I even wanted it to return. Or cared. But something changed in S2. It's much funnier, and I find myself enjoying each episode. Not sure what the writers changed, but the stories are better, the writing is sharper, just a much better show overall. This has now become one of my favorite shows.

Am I the only one, when I see the title of this thread, I say it in my head in SM-33's voice.

Holy Moley! So that's who Desmond Hart is.

I think his dad was either Head of IT, or the shadow to Head of IT. There's no way anyone gets in the vault except those two. We've seen that in our Silo. I think his dad got scared because the rebellion was overtaking the silo, and he feared for his son's life, so he put him in the Vault, gave him the code, and told him "don't let anyone in". That's why Solo kept repeating that phrase a couple eps ago. I don't think he has any other big secret other than that, because he was probably a kid when it happened. I have no idea what his real name is, or if there is/was even an actual Solo, or he made that up.