Have you ever heard a Golden eagle call? They hae a weak thin call, like a seagull. This isn’t macho enough for the US, so they always play a different call on films, that of a hawk!

When there is no social safety net, and you need money to live you can’t afford to be picky.

Forced to. People are forced into these jobs…

I think the humour in the first few episodes was Mcfarlens way of sneaking the show past the network suits - he sold it as family guy meets star trek, then switched on them once it was established.