I've been looking at the names in FMP. The organization Sousuke works for is Mithril: the precious metal mined in Moria. The submarine Tessa captains is the Tuatha de Danaan: a possibly Irish name for elves. Getting a bit paranoid here, there's an extremely minor character named Dr. Goldberry: Goldberry is Tom Bombadil's, uh, wife, though it doesn't seem to fit her, also from Middle Earth. And Gauron's name is very similar to Sauron. The first two are indisputable references. I won't fight for the other two, though.

Doug and I have finished Season 1 and are trying to find a reliable source for Season 3. Nobody seems to have the vids. Veoh has two or three, and they're very available in, say, Italian, but not English. Strange.

Oh, yes, and Gauron the Immortal finally died. I think he was insane. Certainly a creepy weirdo.