How refreshing (and if you appreciate that as a water pun, we’re on the same wavelength)! An episode with well-drawn characters (including the female ones), an engaging mystery, character drama, and A and B stories that are well integrated. The tone was well played: the light moments were honest, the tougher moments were sincere. As always, there was humor, and good story/scene pacing.

We see the arrival of a neural networking specialist (a Dr. Manlius) to deal with accessing data in the computer-Kim; and the dissolving of Kim plus successful download of her data – which surely point to future discoveries (what will GD find in that outer-space intelligence?). We see Sheriff Carter navigating between his friendship with Allison and his attraction to Tess … and romance wins, as we witness the first Jack-Tess kiss. The mysterious “drowning” of several folks from a sudden boost of internal water volume ties right into the Kim storyline (nice dovetail!), and of course Jack’s insight is key to solving the puzzle. Overall, I’m delighted to report that this episode lives up to my high standards for this series. What else can I say? This one’s a keeper.

Reviewer rating: 4 out of 5 S.A.R.A.H.s