5D

Guest Stars: Dan O'Herlihy, George DeLoy (Boothe), Kimberly Cullum (Young Samantha), Jim Holmes, Keith Mills, Kaci Williams (Young Sydney), Matthew Koruba (Young Duncan).

Synopsis: Sydney gets a new contact, Oliver Sampson, who pushes her into pursuing Boothe. She conducts her own investigation into what has happened to the body of Dr. Morgan, and discovers that he has been cryogenically preserved. She also discovers her father's blueprint for an organic/molecular computer.

Observed Data

VR: Sydney's hardware isn't unique--it can be smashed and replaced; Joseph Bloom taught Sydney, Samantha, and Duncan "brain games"--a possible mental preparation for VR; while in VR.5 with her mother, Sydney sees herself, Samantha, Duncan, and Nora all wearing VR headsets; the Other can become consciously aware of information obtained subconsciously in VR.5--this may be a result of multiple contacts; Sydney hears her father's voice while in VR.5 with her mother ("Nora, tell her, tell her now!").

The Committee: TC's charter is something like "the unrestricted pursuit of knowledge for the betterment of Man--alternative solutions to social problems".

Miscellaneous: Samantha and Sydney may have had fundamentally different weltanschauungen (world views)--Sam saw Buddha as a god, Syd saw him as a man; in general, Samantha seems to have been more aggressive than Sydney.