Doctor Strangechild

Guest Stars: Elya Baskin, Tom Towles, Nicholas Casconna, Erik Avari, Aaron Michael Metchik, Kate Zentall, Kimberly Cullum (Young Samantha), Danny Goldring, Jason Azikiwe, Cully Fredrickson.

Synopsis: "The Committee" gives Sydney her first assignment: discover the whereabouts of a teenage genius who has run away from a top secret installation after having made a momentous discovery. In doing so, Sydney has to come to terms with her own sense of solitude. Observed Data:

VR: VR.5 can be "conference-called"; although Sydney picks the locale, the Other seems to control the events that take place in that landscape--this may, however, be a question of the Other's will and/or intelligence (if one contrasts the VR.5 experiences of Stuart Fisher and Kravitz, for example).

The Committee: "Jimmy Lewis" was the mutual contact between Dr. Morgan and Parkens-Hart security; TC would like to appear at least partially benevolent (tough but tender), as seen in the character of "Mr. Bland" at the end of the episode.

Miscellaneous: Sydney moves into a bigger, more "TV-ish" apartment--Duncan is now "next-door"; Duncan knows a lot about new-age spiritualism; Sydney seems to have consciously or unconsciously forgotten some parts of her past, particularly the events surrounding the crash.