Sanctuary, Season Two: Thoughts, Feelings, and Jello

Now that the second season of Sanctuary aired last Friday, allow me to ramble a bit about my thoughts and questions for the season.

The season premier "End of Nights, Part 1" takes place a few months after the events of last season's finale, "Revelations, Part 2," which ended with quite the cliffhanger. I rather enjoyed the episode, which involved quite a bit of action, many different settings, the introduction of a new character, and more. Viewers new to the series may find themselves lost and wondering who all these people are, why they can do so many weird things, and did they seriously call that guy Jack the Ripper? so I would recommend watching some of the last season (Hulu's still got the last four episodes up) and/ or reading up on the characters before diving into this season.

And now comes the section with SPOILERS:

After watching this newest episode twice, there are some questions that I think have the potential to be expanded on:

• The Funny Evil Doctor Lady: Why does she have a limp? The way one scene is done seems to emphasize it, so was it caused by some significant event in her past? What happened to her daughter? "She didn't survive" really isn't a normal way to talk about a loved one's death and implies a violent death to me.
• The Project: Is the Montana Project subject who got away (the one Druitt got to) going to have a significant role, or was accelerating the operation her only significance?
• Ashley: How will the acceleration of Phase 2 effect its results? Will Ashley's brainwashing and new abilities be effected by the rush-job? Will Ashley be able to return to the Sanctuary when this is all over?
  
• Will and the Invisible Girl: Was Tesla's comment foreshadowing? Is Will doomed to forever be called "huggy-bear"? Why have there been no Susan Storm jokes?
• Lazarus: Has the out-break been effectively quelled, or will it continue to cause problems?

Some things I'll be watching for in the season as a whole:

• What are the Big Cabal Lady's personal motivations? What are her real reasons for doing anything?
• The season starts with an intense, three episode arc, the last episode of which is called "Eulogy." Is this a symbolic eulogy, or does a character die, and if it's the latter, who is it? I have a few theories who it might be, but I hope I'm wrong, so I won't say anything.
  
• Syfy's promo cast photo for the season (on the right) does not have a certain prominent character. Whether this is intentionally miss-leading or a clue about the story arc, only time (or spoilers) will tell.
• In the premier, Kate asks for jello. This is the second mention of jello in Sanctuary I've noticed so far. Coincidence, or Easter-egg for SG-1 fans aware of Samantha Carter (played by Amanda Tapping)'s taste for blue jello? Of course, the fact that that's the first place my mind went when jello was mentioned probably says more about me than the show, but still...
• Will Zimmerman (played by Robin Dunne) has a Bollywood Dance scene near the end of the season. And this apparently makes sense in context (at least, according to the Press Day). I really want to know about that!
• Henry Foss (played by Ryan Robbins) is now a regular. Nothing else, that news just fills me with joy...
• There is a new character: Kate Freelander (played by Agam Darshi). So far she seems to be an interesting character. What we've seen of her so far really reminds me of Faith in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, sense of humor-wise. I'm interested in whether or not this mercenary character has any past issues with abnormals, and in how her character will grow and develop over the season.
  

And, to end this rant, a link to video of Sanctuary's Press Day, from Wormhole Riders: Part Two has a clip of Robin Dunne's Bollywood Dance!