My interest is piqued. For the visitor in the forest, I was glad that they were able to get the same actor back, after all these years; I recognized his voice almost instantly.
It's interesting to hear them broach that subject so plainly with Mrs. Randolph, stated in the way that fans have thought but only an elder lady could get away with in real life. ;-) I'm curious if their policy remains the same as it always has been, or if we're about to see a shift. So many other drastic things are happening, it seems anything is possible.
Although Jules has reached and crossed a milestone, I don't know that Connie's role with her is exactly over just yet; she seems likely to continue to need support going forward. But I suppose that is taken for granted.
It's interesting to hear them broach that subject so plainly with Mrs. Randolph, stated in the way that fans have thought but only an elder lady could get away with in real life. ;-) I'm curious if their policy remains the same as it always has been, or if we're about to see a shift. So many other drastic things are happening, it seems anything is possible.
Although Jules has reached and crossed a milestone, I don't know that Connie's role with her is exactly over just yet; she seems likely to continue to need support going forward. But I suppose that is taken for granted.
Jules recounts that she heard that Mr. Whittaker created an 'Imagination Station program that shows you what heaven's like'. She, and then Renee, are mistaken on one very important detail - it's a 'life after death' program, not a 'heaven' program, and there's a big difference between those! Renee apparently didn't pick up on this, even though the disk was properly labelled.
I was wondering how they were going to swing this, since Tom emphatically insisted that it should be erased, and it's stated that Jason did. But it makes sense that he might have erased it from the Imagination Station, not knowing about a disk Whit had left in the archive somewhere, apparently harmless... until now.
The program as it is so far doesn't seem to be much like the glimpses we saw in "The Mortal Coil", but this can be explained by two different factors. Firstly, the experience may be somewhat different for everyone, as they speculated back then. Secondly, that program was made for the original Imagination Station, which is long gone; I forget how many new iterations there's been since then, but it's possible that it works differently now than it did when it was originally developed and used.
Now, here's some wild speculation: Maybe it doesn't work at all! Leonid (as we see from Olivia's adventure, the form preferred by a certain spirit) appeared instantly. Perhaps the machine malfunctioned, and Renee is now not experiencing Whit's old program, but, in a state of unawareness, is now receiving an evil parallel to Connie's experience...
I was wondering how they were going to swing this, since Tom emphatically insisted that it should be erased, and it's stated that Jason did. But it makes sense that he might have erased it from the Imagination Station, not knowing about a disk Whit had left in the archive somewhere, apparently harmless... until now.
The program as it is so far doesn't seem to be much like the glimpses we saw in "The Mortal Coil", but this can be explained by two different factors. Firstly, the experience may be somewhat different for everyone, as they speculated back then. Secondly, that program was made for the original Imagination Station, which is long gone; I forget how many new iterations there's been since then, but it's possible that it works differently now than it did when it was originally developed and used.
Now, here's some wild speculation: Maybe it doesn't work at all! Leonid (as we see from Olivia's adventure, the form preferred by a certain spirit) appeared instantly. Perhaps the machine malfunctioned, and Renee is now not experiencing Whit's old program, but, in a state of unawareness, is now receiving an evil parallel to Connie's experience...
I had anticipated, as we discussed in a previous thread, that album 80 would be filled with these kinds of episodes, but that prediction being validated, I admit I'm still surprised. They don't seem to be leaving anything in reserve for this album - a suitable closeout, I hope, for the era.
This 3-parter is unusual in that the episodes have different names, although coming in numbered parts. I don't recall if any other set besides "Plan B" does the same.
This 3-parter is unusual in that the episodes have different names, although coming in numbered parts. I don't recall if any other set besides "Plan B" does the same.