Throughout the first scene at Jam Pony, Alec is wearing a low-necked t-shirt. Any time the back of his neck is turned to the camera (however briefly), his barcode is not there.
TRIVIA: "Etude in E" by Chopin is the song that Alec plays from memory at Joshua's, and the song that also haunts him later in the episode.
When Alec failed his mission, he's brought back to Manticore to be conditioned to forget it. Since he had Rachel's locket in his hand at the time, it is highly unlikely that he had the chance to hide it, or to have kept it during the conditioning. Still, the locket is in his pocket a few hours after he and Max went to the Berrisford's to deliver a package.
When Rachel's headstone is shown, her birthdate is 1/15/2002 & her date of death is 10/21/2020. This means she was 18. The events leading to her being in a coma purportedly took place 2 years before, which means she was 16. During the show, they explicitly state she was 17. The wording could be vague, but it's more likely a goof.
When Max and Alec stop their bikes at the gate of the house they're delivering a package to, you can see the back of Alec's neck very clearly and his barcode is missing.
Original Cindy: Marina and Little Suki are having an old-fashioned throw-down. Sketchy: Yeah, Normal's back there trying to break it up. Max: Good luck. Either one of those girls can kick his skinny little ass on their own, not to mention a tag team.
Max: You think they encouraged dating within your unit at Manticore? They didn't. Logan: Aside from the whole breeding partner thing. Max: Oh, totally different situation. And also, may I add, disgusting.
Lab Coat (about Alec playing piano): He's picked it up even quicker than we'd hoped. Agent: When did you start the lessons? Lab Coat: Yesterday.
Joshua: You all right? Alec: Yeah. Yeah, I'm always all right.
Normal: Let's go people! These packages aren't going to sprout little feet and walk home by themselves!
Alec (to comatose Rachel): I should have tried harder, Rachel. I should have fought them. I didn't understand. I didn't understand how much I loved you.
Logan (about Alec): He's going to be going through a rough time. Might want to look out for him the next few days. Max: He doesn't want me looking out for him. He wants to be left alone, pretend like it never happened. He's so cut off. Logan: Sounds like this girl I used to know.
Joshua: Nice...nice weather we're having. Logan: And not a lot of rain, which is unusual this time of year. Joshua: Virus bitch going down? Max and Logan gettin' busy? Logan (laughing): Well, we're...you know, we're looking for a...we're...we're hoping. Original Cindy: No sex or politics at the dinner table, boo.
Original Cindy (watching the brooding Alec at the bar): What's up with your boy? Max: He's not my boy... and I don't know. Original Cindy: Never seen him like this - anguished and all Heathcliff-like. No wonder the straight women fall for the tortured types.
Joshua (doing painting, different colors representing Alec): Alec only outsmarts Alec. He doesn't know himself. Look - outside, lots of pretty colors, tricks and treats - inside, darkness, confusion... Alec. Max: What's he all dark and confused about? Joshua: Manticore.
Max (on the way to Joshua's for dinner): Just, you know, remember to act natural. Logan: As opposed to the unnatural way I normally act? Max: You know what I mean, just don't stare. Logan: Oh, okay, don't stare at the genetically engineered part-man, part-dog guy.
Alec: You can't understand; you weren't there. You ran. You and your little rugrat brothers and sisters. You think life was rough when we were ten? A little schooling, a little brainwashing, some maneuvers outside? You think that was tough? Take it from me. Later on, it got a whole lot worse. But you did what you had to do. Then you tried to forget. And when you couldn't forget, they had ways of making you not care. Max: I'm sorry. Alec: I don't want your pity. I want your absence.
Second Agent: Under the impression there's a romantic interest on her part? ... Do you think she likes you?
Original Cindy: Men. Dogs. No difference. (bites into a hot dog)
Logan: Ah, the latest adventures of Alec, the lovable X-5 rogue. I can hardly wait.
Logan: Hey, cut Bessie a little slack. Considering the number of times she's been shot up and put back together, I'm lucky she even runs at all.
Max: Give 'em a chance. From the looks of this place, it probably takes ten minutes just to get from the kitchen to the front door.
Normal: The gentler sex sure can pack a wallop when she has a mind to.
This episode was previously titled "Pain Boy" when it was in production.
Original Cindy: Never seen him like this - anguished and all Heathcliff-like. No wonder the straight women fall for the tortured types.
This is a reference Emily Bronte's novel "Wuthering Heights", about Heathcliff and Catherine's tragic and all-encompassing love. Heathcliff's passion for Catherine is so dark and sinister that he becomes hellbent on destroying the happiness of all people around him.
The jazzy piece that Rachel (Alex's music student) starts playing is called "Linus and Lucy". It was used for the titles and as background for many of the early Peanuts primetime specials starting in the 60s, like A Charlie Brown Christmas. It was originally performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, as was all the music for those early specials.
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