Given that I haven't yet gone back and listened to/read any UD besides "Send in the Clowns", my picture of the Union might be a little darker... but I thought that the Union would quietly assist Tim's mom on her way.
I have to say, I liked Dani Cutler's reading of Megaton better than Steve's. I almost think this one could've been played straight, with only a minor inflection, rather than the I AM MEGATON voice.
As a genesis story, this wasn't half-bad, but it didn't stand out to me as amazing. It's kind of like when a comic series takes a short detour to focus on one character -- I haven't read comics in a while (at least, not ones I can easily find online and for free), so I can't really compare it. I guess the closest analogue might be the ST:TNG episode "Lower Decks", where they focused more on the four ensigns than the main characters.
The roundness of Tim as a character I don't think made up for the flatness of Scott, and I think we should've gotten a little more thought before he told Loreen to bring Scott out of the store with her.
Really, the whole thing in the drugstore kind of bothered me. It made me think too much -- has Tim experienced enough violence to not lose his lunch when he rips off the dude's fingers? But more than that, I think there might have been a more internal way for Tim to come to terms with his abilities than having to use them like that.
I don't know... I guess I came away mixed on this one. Not bad, not awesome. I liked "Clowns" better. Maybe it was the title; with a title like that, I kind of expected a little more.