Thank you! (And I'll check whether there is a problem with eye injection, though I don't think so - she loved "Blade Runner" and "Minority Report", after all.*g*)

You're right about A Human Reaction as an essential turning point, of course, and your essay rocks. Had some related thoughts when rewatching season 1 on DVD some months ago here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/selenak/9566.html#cutid1).