Interesting portrait of half a man, half a machine. It all holds together well, the front half setting up why he might do such a thing as the false alarm.

Gloria must not be in his personal space. Hmmm.

Great stuff: Schwartz continuing to fascinate and repel in equal measure. Like all the greatest megalomaniacs, he has a seemingly endless list of secret protocols to initiate.

Schwartz = Shwartz of course. I knew that.

Gloria is his virtual assistant, mentioned not by name in PONY 1.