- The episode kept me interested enough all the way through. And it was better than last week’s. The threat of death is bad, but when a character has a mystery involved, and he or she may suffer a weird transformation instead of just death, things become much more interesting. And a young supermodel becoming an old rag makes things creepy enough. So, even though I normally don’t like procedures, this one worked well for me.
- So it’s a 200-story city. I still would like to know more about the geography and engineering involved. Are there 200-floor buildings from top to bottom, or is it 200 levels with tall buildings on each? Anyway, a city that big would generate a lot of heat, especially on the lower levels. But I suppose the upper levels would be colder and windier, and the air, more rarified. And I don’t think warm, acid, and polluted rain in the end would be of much help. It sure would carry lots of junk and filth from the upper levels to the lower ones. In many aspects, that would be an awful place to live in.
- Hume is dealing with Farve’s “android situation” like he was talking about his partner’s sexual orientation: a private matter. The thing is, it’s not a private matter. Since he doesn’t know anything about Farve, the android could be a danger. Even if Farve seems to be benevolent, what are the intentions of whoever build him and put him there in the first place? Won’t Farve suddenly malfunction and go berserk?
- So, both Rachel Vespers and Marissa Lett were turned into not only super pheromone factories, but also made to look like supermodels. More precisely, just like Monika Schnarre. My guess is that the plastic surgeon who did that had a 1990s supermodels catalogue and picked his favorite. Coincidently, Monika was in an episode of another Canadian sci-fi show, “Earth: Final Conflict”, in the episode “Second Chances” in which an old woman is transformed by a machine created by the Taelons and becomes this perfect example of human female. And becomes totally loyal to the aliens. So, she has experience playing perfect women.
- Things would’ve become so much simpler if Farve had handled Rachel and Marissa all along instead of Hume and Moralez. Farve is obviously immune to human pheromones. What’s the point of having an android in the force if you don’t make use of that situation?
- The EPK 2000 Organizer: don’t leave home without it. (Actually, it's a 1999 Toshiba Libretto 70). Ha! I used to have one like that (also by Toshiba) in the early 1990s. Coolest thing ever. It was a blue-screen laptop with a word processor, address book, and a couple other basic functions. Everybody wanted to buy that from me. The thing with TR 2070 and its technology is that the show uses real working machines (monitors, handheld devices), and because of that, they are more likely to look obsolete now.
- The exception made is the moving photograph Hume finds, and that’s closer to what a future smart phone or tablet would look like since it was paper thin. I just wonder what was the point of having the image move in a loop. Perhaps the writers wanted the “look, it’s a picture, and it moves, how futuristic” reaction. But the fact is that we enjoy pictures, and we enjoy movies. But animated gifs are irritating after a few seconds and we can’t stand to look at them after a little while. A better gadget would have been a paper that displayed holographic images which could be moved to different angles, and which could be zoomed into great detail.
- Is it my impression or was Olivia smoking hot this week? So, we had one more chapter in the complicated marital life of David and Olivia. As usual, a scene of sex in an inappropriate moment is the solution they find to handle an awkward moment. And Olivia “cheating” on David with happier memories of him from a happier moment in their relationship? Weird. Well, things could be much, much worse.
- So we finally see somebody use a pedicab. And Hume followed them in his motor vehicle. What I still want to see in TY 2070 is a low-speed rickshaw chase. “Follow that rickshaw! Don’t let him out of your sight. Now!” By the way, what kind of vehicle was Hume driving? (More like riding in, since these vehicles seem to drive themselves.) Was it an adapted golf cart?
- Marissa Lett’s file says, “EYES: HAZEL” yet her eyes are blue. First I thought it was a goof, and then I realized changing eye color must have been part of the surgical procedure. But in that case, they should have shown the “before” picture, not the “after” one.
- “I have a copy of your phone records if you care to review them,” says Farve showing a bulky floppy disk. OK, enough comments on outdated tech. I think the problem is that they called the show “total Recall 2070” instead of “Total Recall Alternate Universe.” If it were just an alternate universe, it would be easier to accept technological anachronisms in a futuristic world.
- Har, har. Puny futuristic ray gun! Doesn’t kill, and doesn’t affect an android. The cops might as well walk around with BB guns instead. No wonder David wouldn’t let go of that 70mm.
- “David, come home. The fish miss you.” Awwww! Huh? This shows suffers from clunky writing sometimes.
- “How beautiful was she anyway?”
“Not as beautiful as you.”
“Good answer.” And in my mind I completed it:
“No, you don’t get it. I know I’m supposed to say this kind of thing because you’re my wife, but you’re literally supermodel hot. Take my word.”
...And then he would spend the night on the living-room sofa.
- I thought the hot Chinese joint whose owner David knew was out of business… maybe the writers forgot that part.
- Nice episode with an intriguing case and a mysterious guest character. This episode deserves 8 EPK 2000 Organizers, now with a new and exciting monochromatic display and a reduced screen.
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