So the Artifact is... Green rocks. Right?

They found them in a field in Kansas.

Plus, it's brilliantly shot and scored with some of the most awesome '70's music ever recorded.

A list of the music used in the original BBC episodes is here. I heard an interview with Philip Glenister (also on the BBC site, I think), where he mentions that they got special permission to use "Live and Let Die" in the second ep. McCartney doesn't normally license his stuff for things like that but he liked what they were doing so much, he allowed it. Was that piece used in the US version?

Glad to hear LoM is doing so well in the States. It was some of the best telly I saw in ages.

Loved the episode, but not enough Jo. Loved her painting landscapes at the sheriff's office, although I would have thought a combat scene would be more her style.

I would have thought a combat scene would be more her style

I think that's the point. But it's not like weapon nuts don't have other sides.

I wonder if there was so little Jo because of what Colin mentioned about the reordering--this ep was shot before last week's and still had Jo/Jack friction.

Maybe she had to go off and do BSG stuff. . . '

I liked that she paints landscapes when it's slow at work.

Huh, the BBCA LoM site has a Life on Mars playlist that you can download from itunes.

That's the way to get people to allow you to use their music!

(Although, it looks like it's one song per episode.)

I tried to watch the late repeat last night, but a combo of exhaustion and the loathing I feel for Carl-like characters in general kept me from finishing.

Loved the shower caps and booties, though.

Oh, Eureka.

Right.

Is it On Demand? And if not, why not?

I wonder if there was so little Jo because of what Colin mentioned about the reordering--this ep was shot before last week's and still had Jo/Jack friction.

I was thinking this too.

I liked the Jack/Allison dynamic. I was glad that they didn't end up cuddling accidentally after falling asleep on the bed, but that they were still embarrassed about it.

The whole "keeper of ____ " crap, like "keeper of Jack Carter's boots" or "keeper of Daniel's new glasses" or "Sheppard's hair" or whatever-the-fuck. I know we're all about fannish appropriation and all, but whenever I see one of those in a sig-line, I want to bash someone's kneecap with a crowbar

I think my “favorite” keeper was Keeper of Angel’s lies. *retch*

Chemistry trivia: Sulfuric acid doesn't act that way when a small amount like that is spilled on skin. It raises sort of yellowish blisters instead, and is mostly painless (at first). A small amount of nitric acid, OTOH, would burn in the way it was shown. Of course, that assumes the victim isn't mutating.

Yeah, but nitric acid doesn’t raise the same “ack, careful!” hackle that sulfuric does.

At the end? I assumed Carl did it telekinetically.

Me too.

I wonder if Allison resents the fact that Random Lab Tech Pushing The Gurney apparently has a higher security clearance than she does.

Yeah, but she can feel superior because he doesn’t actually understand what he’s seeing :)

I liked the Jack/Allison dynamic. I was glad that they didn't end up cuddling accidentally after falling asleep on the bed, but that they were still embarrassed about it.

Yeah, that was nice. I enjoyed Stark’s face when he realized that she was wearing the same clothing and Carter was moving gingerly with what we know was broken ribs but what he thinks was a sex injury.