Are we supposed to assume that Auggie's preternaturally sharpened senses can't tell she's on the verge of crying every time he mentions Eritrea because he's just soooo in love or whatever? It's kinda overdone, the way she's tearing up and giving all the visual tells.

And I'm still assuming Mohinder is alive, because I need that.

I got stuck on that too. Auggie and Annie are such good...such close...friends. How would he not hear the tension in her voice? He certainly has done in the past, for lesser emotional content.

I did really buy Auggie's need to prove himself in the field though I question Joan's seemingly petty reason for sending him.

I'm veering toward Jai Wilcox having escaped as well...I think his da orchestrated it.

The thing I don't like about the beginning of this season is the grim chasm between Joan and Arthur. They've always had their issues, but now, it's not enjoyable for me to watch.

So: second episode of Perception - is faceblindness REALLY as bad as that?

Percpetion! That's the one I wanted to catch up on while I'm at my sister's and can do On Demand. Um, so I don't know the answer to your question, but thank you?

Jen,

don't get your hopes up...

Sumi, according to Oliver Sacks, yes. It can be completely mystifying.

Okay, that's just weird. I went to the wiki page, to be sure: [link] and apparently Oliver Sacks is face blind, and didn't actually realise it until after he'd studied it. Like, after after.

I have this weird panic that I'm face blind, that a family member will pick me up at the airport and I won't recognise them--like, a parent.

I have no idea why this has bothered me for years, but it does, every Christmas, like clockwork.

No, I've never actually had any difficulty with facial recognition, especially with immediate family. It's kinda fucked up,really.

Me, too, ita! I thought I was the only one.

Yeah, I've heard Oliver Sacks talk about it before, and there was a TAL or Radio LabI show about a couple, and the guy was face blind, and it was kind of wild.

The show is not thrilling, but I like Whatshisname. Where have I seen the woman who plays the FBI agent?

(edited for one too many "yeah"s)

I think she was the chick whose brain was on drugs, which means she was in one of those teen movies where there's a bet and a girl does from quirky to hottie, and everyone learns the real meaning of hormones! Yay!

Seriously, Scrappy, how do I make it go away? I hate arriving at the airport in case they're going to get all the way right up to me and I won't notice or something. My father used to meet me at the plane door, which was good, because he was alone, so I never had to think about it. But now, he's like normal, and stuff.

Yet...never actually happened.

I freak out all the time that I can't call up faces perfectly in memory. But in person, it's never happened. Although NOW I AM SCARED IT WILL, THANKS.

Was Perception at all worth watching? I like Eric Whatshisname (well, maybe not that much, I guess) but I'm tired of the "socially maladjusted genius solves crimes" thing. Is it more than that? Is he worth it?