The Lynch allusion here only hit me on a subconscious level when I read this on Pateron, but that stage is very Mulholland Drive. And on a ridiculous pun level, perhaps it is appropriate that it appears at a time when Glerm is MULLing over HOLLAND as a future abode. I don’t suppose that pun was on purpose, but future literary scholars may mine its depths.

Seems there are a few Lynchian characters onboard in Panel 3.

I loved the pacing here, as between panels 2 and 3, Glung’s internal monologue takes a turn into hard-boiled, terribly-calibrated self-talk unbecoming of a careers counselor, and he is instantly beckoned into a hypnotically seedy ferry nightlight to rival any Amsterdam fever dream.