A failing Portland music venue with an ant infestation bringsin Jon Taffer to motivate an inattentive owner, and amp uptheir business before the stage goes dark for good.
Betty Grissom attempts to deal with the loss of Gus as shearranges his funeral. After finding out that his death mighthave been preventable, she is determined to get some answers.
Incredible strength... Superior intelligence... And even theability to reproduce. In the 21st century, robots are beingprogrammed to do everything from performing surgery onhumans--to exploring other planets. And humanoid robots arerapidly reaching a level of sophistication that was thought toexist only in science fiction. But what are the implications ofcreating robots that are increasingly intelligent andindependent? Is the obsession with creating counterfeit humansreally pointing the way to mankind's future... or to its past?Greek stories dating to 2000 B.C. tell of the god Hephaestuscreating robots to build weapons, as well as the bronze giantTalos. In Egypt, the Pyramid Texts say that the god Osiris wasdismembered, then reassembled and brought back to life justlike a machine. If sophisticated robots really did exist in theancient world--what function did they serve? Who built them?And what happened to them?
Four leaves the ship to take part in a reckless mission toreclaim his past. The crew wonder whether they should rescuehim or let fate decide his future.