# Drive 04/13 - "The Starting Line" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-04-13-the-starting-line/400070 "2007-04-14T05:33:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-04-13-the-starting-line/400070/21 "2007-04-16T14:00:49Z")
[QUOTE=running piglet cheese] Is it just me, or does the teen daughter look an awfully lot like Lindsey Lohan? [/QUOTE] I thought so, too. Except that there was something about her that looked like a 25 year old botoxed and pretending to be 17. _Checking…_ Nope, only 18. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-04-13-the-starting-line/400070/22 "2007-04-16T14:40:49Z")
[QUOTE=Flutterby] Oh, I somehow missed that. And Aes, I know. Mine was started before that one, on the 13th. [/QUOTE] I know. I was just sharing it since it was much more active at the time. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-04-13-the-starting-line/400070/23 "2007-04-16T14:48:00Z")
Anyone else notice that the detective that is questioning Alex in one of the first scenes was the guy who played [Jubal Early](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_characters_in_Firefly#Jubal_Early) in the _Firefly_ ep “Objects in Space”? Kind of neat that they opened _Drive_ with two characters from _Firefly_. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-04-13-the-starting-line/400070/24 "2007-04-16T14:52:24Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] the social worker, who, as it turns out, is one of “them.” She was given the cell phone as a way of contacting the social worker, who is taking care of the baby. [/QUOTE] THanks, tdn, I missed that. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-04-13-the-starting-line/400070/25 "2007-04-16T15:16:57Z")
I was watching this with a lot of anticipation- on a professional level. Back in the fall, a writing partner and I had a pilot script very briefly considered by a Fox production wing. Its plot was just similar enough to raise our eyebrows when we heard about this show. 20 minutes into the pilot for “Drive” I called my partner and said “Yeaaaah… I don’t think they stole it… because I think this might be better.” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-04-13-the-starting-line/400070/26 "2007-04-16T15:20:44Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] When she gave birth, she was confronted about her bruises by the social worker, who, as it turns out, is one of “them.” [/QUOTE] I’m not sure about that. I paid enough attention to the preview to catch this:Battered mom gets a call telling her that “the house is being watched” then tells her partner that her baby’s in danger. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-04-13-the-starting-line/400070/27 "2007-04-16T15:23:06Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] As far as I can tell, abusive hubby got her pregnant. When she gave birth, she was confronted about her bruises by the social worker, who, as it turns out, is one of “them.” She was given the cell phone as a way of contacting the social worker, who is taking care of the baby. Abusive hubby apparently cares enough to wonder why she’s not in Minnesota, but not enough to see his own son being born. And apparently every single person in the universe not actually in the race is one of “them.” Abusive hubby and newborn son are probably in on it. [/QUOTE] In vitro indoctrination? Maybe the husband doesn’t actually know the kid exists. All sorts of possibilities, really. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-04-13-the-starting-line/400070/28 "2007-04-16T16:19:34Z")
I enjoyed it. I need to look up all of the actors. Everyone looked familiar, but it was only Winston I could definitely peg. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-04-13-the-starting-line/400070.md?page=1)