In the past, Gabriel had been spurned by his government department for reporting problems after 9/11: "He was DOD""s chief programmer for infrastructure security.It seems like yesterday to me.Walter: Maybe it was yesterday, Hildy.Been seeing me in your dreams?Hildy: Oh, no, Mama doesn""t dream about you anymore, Walter.You wouldn""t know the old girl now.Although she has had many changes in her life, Walter believes he still knows her.In fact, the rhythmic tone of their alk, their reactions, and their speedy use of words are almost identical.Gwen noted a possible back-up option to the black-out: "There""s an emergency reset at the power plant.The weathered, tough-talking, aging, white-haired, crusty old Mickey (Burgess Meredith) was disgusted with Rocky""s poor training habits and lack of ambition to be a great fighter.Rocky simply responded: "A lot of people come to Vegas to lose.I didn""t," and then reminded the young fighter with a saying from the 70s: "Ain""t nothing over till it""s over.