5.1 What Color Is Your Cleansuit? So if you accidentally inhaled some of Doc’s “antidote” and can’t remember what went down, here’s the basic recap: Doc’s got a major deadline looming for Gargantua 2, so he recruits a group of college students to be his interns. As often happens when super science is involved, genetic mutation predictably ensues and the interns form their own society complete with rituals and myths. And then they decide to mutate the entire rest of the world. Gary, who has been left behind by all the former agents of S.P.H.I.N.X. when they all decide to rejoin OSI, saves the day by wrangling everyone into line and running command. And can we just take a minute to appreciate the fact that this character started off as a glorified redshirt whose only notable character traits were his geekiness and complete inability to do his job? When I wrote the 7 reasons you should be watching The Venture Bros article, I talked about how much this show respects and appreciates geeks (we’ll get to the geekiest moments of the episode soon, I promise), the main reason I believe that is because I look at what a three-dimensional, strong character they’ve turned Gary into. The biggest geek on the show is, usually, the Only Sane Man and happens to be one of the most competent characters outside of Brock. It’s a pretty cool feat they’ve accomplished with his character and it’s not something we should overlook. Meanwhile, Billy gets his very own arch in the form of Augustus St. Cloud, and naturally, their rivalry is quizzing-based. St. Cloud’s superpower is having a lot of money, but luckily Billy’s still a better quizboy than him, so for now all is well. I can not wait to see how Billy does with his own arch over the season. Especially since back in season one, Billy and Pete wanted a mutual arch; is Pete going to be bothered that Billy got one but he didn’t? And then there’s the Monarch, who refuses to accept that Gary has truly moved on and spends the entire episode swinging from serious pining over his lost friend (while refusing to admit that they were friends, of course) and being seriously sexually frustrated after his attempt at roleplay fails. Geekiest Moments of the Week! Very few shows are as geek-friendly as this show, so each week I’ll be ending these recaps with the best geeky moments from the episode. Here are the nerdiest bits from the season premiere. “It is not stupid! It’s spectacular!” – The Monarch, going into fanboy mode after Dr. Mrs. The Monarch insults Game of Thrones during a failed attempt at roleplaying Khal Drogo and his Khaleesi. “Come, let us retire to my sunken lounge, as seen in the 1983 cult classic Highlander.’” – Augustus St. Cloud, flaunting his geek knowledge. “You’re talking about a bunch of geeks from State University. You mutate that kind of outcast and it gets all ‘SyFy Channel Original Feature’ real quick.” – a House Tom, pointing out why things have gone completely insane in the E-den. “Star Trek: TOS, episode three, season two, The Changeling. Nomad was referred to as a ‘thinking machine,’ ‘vessel,’ ‘device,’ ‘mechanism,’ and ‘probe.’ You’re flawed, St. Cloud. You must sterilize! Sterilize!” – Billy, making Trekkers everywhere shriek with glee. So those are my favorite geek references of the week…what were yours? And what did you think of the season premiere? Was it worth the long wait? Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
