>Beyond that, though, where this week's ep ends is a fairly
>organic place to stop if the next episode follows through.
>It's a quiet moment with the immediate source of tension resolved,
>time for the characters to step back, breathe, and regroup - after
>which they can get on with figuring out what the heck was going on.
>And to be fair, at that particular moment, many of them have things to
>worry about that are higher on their personal priority lists - such as
>whether their commanding officer, their friend, and/or in one or more
>certain particular case(s) the imperfectly-acknowledged love of their
>life is going to make it. If it helps, think of it as a different
>form of cliffhanger.
>
At the risk of sounding like a suckup, I agree more with you than Da Spudster. Sure there are still threads in the air, but with G and da witches having plotz till dey droptz, it seems like the natural spot for the inevitable To be continued card.

to be honest, I personally had a lot more trouble with the beamriding part of it, as my brain seems to keep insisting that the beam was actually providing more steering than just "hold the signal at bearing x azimuth y". Most likely assuming facts not actually in evidence there.

However on to the one point no one has discussed...
VonHammer. From her appearance last week, and on to now. I have to wonder if shes a DC of one (or more) of Martin "PC Hammmer" Rose's ancestors. Or maybe of Eiko's after having seen her in action. Or maybe even some sort of blend of both? Maybe its just seeing her backup weapon, but suddenly I really have this image of a young looking, but clearly mature Eiko, with her hammer's 'flame trail' matching her hair...