I was a snarler. I prided myself on being a snarler. I would go to great lengths to avoid stereotypical feminine behaviour. I thought that in being outrageous or out of control, which I viewed as synonymous, I was thumbing my nose at the patriarchy. My biggest fear about AA was that I would lose my edge. Turn into blancmange.

The actress's gracious acceptance of being named only in the end credits allowed her character's appearance in the episode to remain a surprise.

You're fun to be around.

However, both the function of that transthalamic pathway and the nature of the messages that are relayed through the POm from one cortical area to another remain unclear.