I'm catching up on your journey - endlessly fascinating - and wondered if the @weirdfolks had spotted the intersection between #GalaxyQuest (mentioned in one or two of your toots) and 2010s US TV series #PersonOfInterest?
Mob kingpin Carl Elias bears a striking resemblance to Thermina leader Mathesar, don't you think? Perhaps because both were played by Canadian Enrico Colantoni.
This definitely seems the place to come out as loving both film and series