Venture Borthers, this week:

Monarch: "I met her on the LiveJournal, Which I kept in prison." [Proudly] "I have been Blogging!"

But I liked the episode; there was a nice underline of increasing creepiness, from the scientist being 'deleted' to his increasing powers, and increasing knowledge of the nastiness underlying psychologist-spy-chick and obsessed-project-leader.

Hmm, could Carl have been a metaphor for disturbing but powerful emotions that we try to put out of our minds only to have them explode in inconvenient, embarassing, or otherwise painful ways? Could the Eureka writers be hip to the 'monsters as metaphors' Mutant Enemy-style writing?

"Were they using a dummy for Colin in that first shot after he was hit, or was that seriously waxy makeup?"

No, just my face. But they probably sprayed me down.

I'm loving these responses by the way. It's so helpful. I mean, first season is done, but for second season (hopefully) I can throw all this down the pike. Yay! Thank you guys so much.

There are so many things that almost happened that would just make you cringe - that I hesitate to write about for fear of the stain it might leave. But I assume most shows are that way....or not.

I'm loving these responses by the way. It's so helpful. I mean, first season is done, but for second season (hopefully) I can throw all this down the pike. Yay! Thank you guys so much.

We do love the offering of opinions. Part of our, uh... charm?

Oh, and I actually kind of love SARAH, because I've always thought it would be fun to live in auto-house.

I know his autism was an important plot point in the pilot, but it's now bothering me that Allison could just fall asleep and stay away all night with a single throw-away line about picking up her son from a friend's house. If he is as profoundly autistic as they played him, no way is Allison going to have that much free & flexible time in her life (especially as a single parent) to just vanish for a night like that.

Several of the non-profit agencies I have worked for provide respite care for individuals with developmental disabilities. Trained caregivers are available to cover those hours of the day when parents are at work and the child or adult with the disabilities are not in school or other program. Funding often comes from state programs. Respite care also covers vacations and illnesses. I have so far only worked with adults, but there are agencies that handle respite care for children and teens as well. If Allison's job often calls for her to pull unexpected all-nighters, then she may well have a formal arrangement with a friend who might work through an agency, and get paid for the effort. BUT (and that's a big but) as you say Cash, No. Way. In. Hell. Does the parent of a developmentally disabled child get away with not picking him up at something remotely resembling the scheduled time or at least checking in with her son's respite care provider. In real life, Allison's cell phone would have been ringing up a storm - first from the caregiver, then from Child Protective Services after the caregiver couldn't get hold of Allison. (And wouldn't SARAH at least try to wake her up to answer it?)

Yeah, that bugged me too. Think I'll just shut up now.

I'm loving these responses by the way. It's so helpful.

What, Buffistas? Opinionated buttinskys? Say it ain't so!

There are so many things that almost happened that would just make you cringe - that I hesitate to write about for fear of the stain it might leave. But I assume most shows are that way....or not.

Well, I don't want to see how three things are made: sausage, laws or teevee shows. It's probably messy and disturbing.

In real life, Allison's cell phone would have been ringing up a storm - first from the caregiver, then from Child Protective Services after the caregiver couldn't get hold of Allison. (And wouldn't SARAH at least try to wake her up to answer it?)

I totally didn't even consider SARAH--helloooo, smart house! No oversleeping, etc.

I totally didn't even consider SARAH--helloooo, smart house! No oversleeping, etc.

Heh. She must be a Jack/Allison shipper.

You know at TWOP they are doing a slow reveal of which new shows they're going to recap . .. mouse over the boxes with the question marks and read the alt text.