I also wanted to mention that in the scene where Hawk, Andy, and Lucy are discussing the importance of "heritage" and that something is missing, we cut to Dr. Jacoby painting golden shovels afterward. Not all cuts are meaningful, but I think this one is: at the very least, thematically, s...

Rami Airola wrote: There's also some image warping effect used.

That's really weird, I hadn't noticed that the wall and door frame images warp as well. It's almost like someone held a magnet up next to an old CRT set.

I always read that the owl ring bings the wearer to MFAP and MIKE. In other words, BOB wanted to inhabit Laura/possibly inherit her garmonbozia, but the ring "thee weds" her to MFAP so he can no longer have her.

A quick note: When Bad Dale shoots Phyllis Hastings, the blood spray looks very odd. I thought it was just the episode delivery streaming quality messing with me the first time I saw it, but then re-watched it in HD on Amazon. I'm not being overly critical either way, but was that just dodgy special...