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Old 10-08-12, 10:28 PM
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Alphas -- "If Memory Serves" -- 10/08/12

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Hicks and Kat find themselves being chased when they hit the road to transport a valuable Parish asset whose memory and gift for gab seem to know no limits. Meanwhile, as Rosen plots against Parish, he faces his own threat with the unexpected arrival of Senator Burton (Lauren Holly)


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The bodyguard gets heavier? Didn't seem to make much sense unless he absorbed the water around him ... Well, less sense that other powers ...
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Dr. Rosen got pretty dark this episode. He jumped right away at the idea of using Stanton Parish's humanity against him. And he seemed to relish threatening the Senator.

Really good episode.

Originally Posted by SmithsGuy
The bodyguard gets heavier? Didn't seem to make much sense unless he absorbed the water around him ... Well, less sense that other powers ...
He drank a lot of milk to heal himself. All that calcium made his bones denser.
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Re: Alphas -- "If Memory Serves" -- 10/08/12

Hope this show gets a 3rd season, it's enjoyable.
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Re: Alphas -- "If Memory Serves" -- 10/08/12

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He drank a lot of milk to heal himself. All that calcium made his bones denser.
There's not much point in trying to explain superheroes scientifically. It almost never holds up beyond the cursory glance. For instance, you can't physically gain more weight from injesting something than the weight of what you injest. A cup of milk is about 244 grams and 102 calories. 1 gallon is 16 cups, so about 3904 grams or 1632 calories. All told, it'll be under a 9lb weight gain per gallon, and not even a lb once it passes through your system. I think he drank about 1.5 gallons (3 half gallons). Suffice it to say, he doesn't go from having the weight of a man to the weight of a car. He's not going to sink and be unable to get elevate.

BTW, there's about 300mg's of calcium in a cup of milk, so about 4.8g in a gallon, or 7.2g in 1.5 gallons. So... 0.25 ounces.

That said... it's "comics". Roll with it.
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Re: Alphas -- "If Memory Serves" -- 10/08/12

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Dr. Rosen got pretty dark this episode. He jumped right away at the idea of using Stanton Parish's humanity against him. And he seemed to relish threatening the Senator.

Really good episode.
That moment in the elevator, when Rosen threatened to leak who financed her early campaign, was much darker than I expected the show to turn. I think they are leading up to Stanton being killed by someone from the Alpha team.
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My guess would be Kat. She wouldn't rememeber it in a few weeks anyway.

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