Honestly I don't see the "will they/won't they" with Carter and Allison. What I saw with Carter and Allison was Carter worship the ground she walked on UNTIL she went behind his back with Nathan on that dream research with Kevin, and then he got pissed, which actually lasted more than one episode, which I liked. They may not have mentioned it after that 2nd episode, but didn't everyone else notice how much "cooler" he was towards her? Seriously, IMO what they did was similar to the Trip/T'Pol thing in that, what Connor often refers to as his character losing his spine lead into the character treating her like shit to get his own self-respect back, i.e., Trip trying to blow off T'Pol in Bound before she kissed him and still not jumping for joy after she did kiss him. IMO Jack has moved on and away from Allison, and the BIG time move with Allison is to put her back with Stark... The fantastic writing in this show, IMO, is mostly wrapped up in Stark. Initially we hated him, and starting with the "android kid" episode, we were gradually forced to see that he's a good guy... moreso when he was no longer head of GD and got to freelance on his own and really show his genius.
I would be surprised if they put Carter and Allison together, but they might *play with it* when the bombshell hits about the whole previous life... cuz you know it's going to. Like I said, I think Jack's going to start having flashes from it, as we've seen him start to. I guess I'd be surprised because they are so-endearing us to Stark that it would be a hell of a slap in the face to what they are clearly intending to be a well-liked character if Allison did a 180 and went back with Jack. I don't know if the nerdy guy will last... I also see chemistry with Jo and Carter but isn't that kind of like Archer/T'Pol or Picard/Crusher in the command hierarchical sense? Doesn't seem like it would end well.
They're definitely taking the Beverly storyline very slow... but think about it, they kind of have to. The first season only had 13 episodes and the "artifact" story was the big one, the central story, the cliffhanger/finale, and lead into the 2nd season. The 2nd season is going to be 26 episodes, so they have to take it slow because clearly the artifact story is going to take on the same role in season 2, it'll be the season ender and lead into season 3.
Does anyone wonder/think if they'll do anything with ACTUAL aliens in this show? They try to keep the science down-to-earth sorta like Eureka is to Star Trek in a sciency way as Battlestar Galactica was to Star Trek in a militaristic way... more down-to-earth, in most cases more gritty and - not without exception - but usually, more realistic.
Does anyone have any ideas about that last episode of Season 1 when Beverly was talking to someone on the video-phone? Anyone notice that the video conferencing phone belonging to the person she was talking to appeared to be from GD? When it turned off, in the center of it was a rotating "GD" emblem and it was the same Cisco Systems video teleconferencing phone that Nathan was using in the "future episode/finale" of Season 1 when he was at his own company called Stark Industries. Who could it have been? One wouldn't think Nathan is complicit because he was implanted with that subcutaneous chip, but it's a valid inquiry as to the phone thing. Go back and watch it, I thought it seemed very deliberate to show that the two phones were identical.
Also, what the hell happened to Taggert? Jo really dropped him like a hot potato which was sad... my roommate thought he was gross and too old for her but I found it rather refreshingly bizarre. I'm intrigued by anything that diverges from the typical "Hot guy + hot girl" arrangement.
I really liked a few episodes back when they did the whole thing about Carter's HS girlfriend that died in the car accident... that was a really moving scene at the end when Zoe apologized.
All-in-all I thought the last 3 episodes have been better than the first few were of the season... they felt a little drab. We'll have to see how this "Carter's t3h h0tn3ss" thing goes tomorrow
