Headscratchers / I Dream of Jeannie

• Okay, here's something that has kind of bothered me a little: we know that Jeannie can blink herself from one place to another, like from Tony's house to his office, or from one location to another, so why exactly can't she blink herself out of a drawer, a filing cabinet, or a safe? Like when they did that four-part story arc where she was locked in a safe and they couldn't get her out? It just didn't make too much sense (and frankly, it was a pretty weak arc anyway). So yeah, like, is there some sort of in-universe explanation for that?
  • My guess is a Genie isn't able or allowed to let herself out of some kind of discreet container until someone lets them out. Someplace like a house or an office isn't meant to contain, but a drawer or a safe is specifically made to keep something from getting in or out without something else opening it.
  • That is how it work; for example, she was stuck in the moon safe because it was meant to seals its contents. However, when a hole was drilled into the side, Nelson told Jeannie that she can come out in smoke-form. Unfortunately, she was knocked out, so the door had to be opened.
• Why are Tony & Roger seemingly nobodies to the general public? They routinely fly space missions. They should be quite famous but we regularly see them either ignored or unrecognized, with only very rare TV appearances by either of them.
  • Kinda understandable for Major Nelson, as he is depicted as a very private man, so he most likely avoided any media appareances beyond what was required for the job. Although I must agree that Roger was 100% the type that would love the attention.
  • They live in a town with a lot of astronauts and NASA people, where they wouldn't stand out so much.