No problem, and thank you for all your service. :) It’s 1.0.287.

Can’t wait to see all y’alls bingo cards leading up to this show?

• Character with dark secret past hinted at in Ep 1 and revealed/confirmed in ep 2 or 5.(Maybe a youthful thug, killed someone / accidental death, or related to a legendary character)
• Pregnancy scare
• classroom or messhall inspirational speech by the underdog (teachable moment)
• cameos, verbatim quotes or callouts to major characters or moments in the first 15 mins
• bad teacher is good / exceedingly nice teacher is season end villain

No, it’s Woof. He didn’t like using that name because he thought it brought shame and dishonor to his family, so he opted for “Worf, son of Mogh”. Lwaxana knew what she was doing when she called him Mr. Woof.

I would have laughed equally hard if this made reference to Shatner and the stolen toupées 😄

9 through the 80s & 90s, then my parents graduated to 8 after the remaining 9s broke one by one

One half this: https://youtu.be/cmlCAhrAWYw

One half this: https://youtu.be/p2PL5u3RA18 😄

Netanyahu thinks THIS has caused significant reputational damage?Somebody have a time machine to show him this is just more of the same / expected BS in the past 2+ years?

Given the title of the final episode (“The Real Monsters”), assuming it has to do with the corporations and not the hybrid creations, I get where you are coming from.

I think Hermit stands as the last vestige or connection to Wendy’s humanity, and we can see where that’s leading.

I’ve seen other online chatter comment about the look of the xenomorph, particularly how it looks on Earth/out in the wild - specifically its shape and coloring. This has made me wonder a few things: 1) are the xenomorphs, aside from shape morphing (contorting) also chameleonic in nature? (They usually seem to be in dark and damp environments) and 2) given that the xenomorphs we have seen develop been on different worlds (albeit gestating in humans), could they derive nutrient from those environments that causes them to develop differently?

Kirsh’s motivations and actions continue to simultaneously perplex and amuse me to no end. 😄

Boy Kavalier is going to end up getting royally spanked for thinking he is top dog in all these interactions, whether they be between the aliens or the other corporations.

With Wendy grinning menacingly at its side? 😅

You know the likes of Facebook, X and LinkedIn like it because traffic explodes by people trying to see if they know the person, or know of people who know them, or any of their digital footprint.

Guess I will take the opportunity to post the first item as well as the first comment!

I’m sure people are stressed about this, many conversations having taken place with colleagues and on social media, etc etc. Even though there was a recent message from TBS saying no (immediate) plans to do RTO4 or 5, the thought I want to put in your head is: do your senior officials, in almost any scenario, ask “What are our partners doing?” The GoC is not a leader, tries not to be a follower, but walk abreast with both domestic and international counterparts to play it safe. I fully expect, and have told others, be prepared for a call by Xmas, for RTO4 minimum.

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Relationship building in this city = the contents of your wallet --> someone else’s

I am more leaning to the idea that a split personality is developing, to deal with the “sudden onset of adultization”, a meaner, more decisive personality that will take over as needed until safe to return to child mode.

So brave! 😲🙄🥱

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If we alter the paradigm slightly, he is in essence the techno Alien King (counter to an as of yet Alien Queen): his creations are new and “alien” to the Earth (hence the xeno aspect), and morph means to change in form or character, which he seems to be trying to do at some level with the kids - suppress the child (wonderment and innocence) aspects while exposing them to things that even adults would struggle or be horrified to deal with (Example - death and letting go - “Here, lie beside your now dead body/empty husk”)

Too, he is watching through their eyes from his safe abode, extending the hive mind to an extent as you suggest.

While the others have largely been companions/props, Wendy has at least paid off in a few instances for him:

1. her hearing going beyond what they seemed to have accounted for, and now seemingly attuned on some level to the xenomorph eggs,
2. the ability to affect/manipulate other machines, including lower level AGI, and (maybe most importantly)
3. her initiative and possibly resourcefulness, even if she is mainly focused on her brother as the carrot. I think BK intentionally dangled access to him (from a distance) to see what he could get out of her. The other children seem rather blasé about their past lives and attachments. In coming episodes, we may learn something about her, her connection to Hermit, and Hermit himself that may indicate why BK was so interested in her. (Ie what makes her special)

Valid point. Imagine getting into a fight with yourself - normal and upgraded version. Red Dwarf covered this a few times with both its AI and hologram Rimmer.

I imagine BK would try something along the lines of Omnius from the Dune prequel novels - a core awareness and synchronizing other versions to it on other worlds.

I’m going to expand on your last point with a thought. The title for the last episode “The Real Monsters” will likely see additional motivations of Boy (which I’ll get to later). We’ve thus far only seen him in robes, not leaving his compound (which is far away from his territory). Maybe that’s just his eccentric side/youth, but I suspect despite his supposed genius, he is ill with something he cannot cure, hence going the route he has in hybrid development. He wants a body for himself, free of age, disease, etc, and with a supercomputer mind that can propel him even further than he currently is. While he stated he wants to have a conversation with something smarter than him, I believe he wants to then become that thing. Therefore, I believe the bodies that the children inhabit are test subjects for him and his investors. He probably has a body in storage or development, and sending the 5 out is his ultimate test to see if his gambit has paid off. Wendy and Hermit will likely discover this body at a critical juncture, to which will be denied to Hermit. Further, should the children survive this encounter with both the aliens and hostile corporate forces, Boy will probably be ready to serve the host bodies up to his investors, wiping the personalities and memories from them. Finding these aliens will probably alter Boy’s thoughts/intents on trying to go even further with hybridization (non-human hybrids, fusions, etc).