When Annie looks at the trash in front of the Milgrim building, she finds a Rubik's Cube and tosses it over her shoulder. Owen, arriving behind her, picks it up, and is playing with it in the next scene. This is an early chance connection between the two characters before they really meet.
Written in giant letters along the wall of the waiting room at Neberdine [Pharmaceutical Biotech] is a Japanese sentence meaning "[we/you/it]* can change [your] fate".
-(note: Japanese often doesn't use personal pronouns. The subject is instead determined by the context)
-(note: Japanese often doesn't use personal pronouns. The subject is instead determined by the context)
In the waiting room for the trial, we hear a call for Carol Cuddy over the speaker. Carol Cuddy is a producer on the show.
The poem that Dr. Muramoto recites to the AI is "The Angel" by William Blake and talks about developing personal protections from personal fears.
In order to buy tobacco Annie stole coins from a newspaper vending machine, on which Bladdergate - the scandal the Milgrims are involved in - is showcased. The headline of the newspaper also has two large dollar marks. And from the vending machine, Annie catches actual coins by her hands as if implying that she would also be involved in the Bladdergate scandal. This is the first happenstance of connection between Annie and Owen.