I saw only one interesting thing in this thread, a thing that wasn't even noticed by anybody.
"In fact, I'm expecting him to be completely silent for the first fifty seconds that he's on Xen (rather uncharacteristic of the series) as his enfeebled, sleep-deprived mind tries to make sense of what the hell is really going on."
This was posted by MadDogBV
I think this is the solution. Freeman just shutting the fuck up !
That would really really show how bad the situation is. As far as I know, Freeman never stopped speaking for at least twenty seconds.
There, he would suddenly be, for at least 50 seconds, totally voiceless.
It would just be awesome !!