I love how that’s the part you pick out. It was in reference to, as I said, characters ***literally kneeling*** before a portrait of the man. It was gratuitous, especially given everything else the show had done when it comes to portraying racial relations.

Rose quitting and that entire first episode plot line was basically B99 doing what Boyle was doing with Terry in his plotline. It was almost cowardly.

Compare it to what was meant to be the comic relief plot, where we get the revelation of what Holt’s been going through. That felt real. That felt like real consequence.…

Well next week’s review ought to be interesting...

And if you’re a Voltron fan and/or a Casino/Goodfellas fan, well, have fun!

I can’t call this one awful because the dragon sex episode still exists. Until they can find a way to remove that from the timeline, it will always be the gold standard of awful Rick & Morty.

This was supremely silly, but not so dumb as to be actually bad. I’ve seen people losing their minds over how gross this is, and…

Leverage is a show that almost overstayed its welcome (unlike, say, Burn Notice, which went 2 seasons too long). In fact, during its final season, the episode “The Rundown Job” showed that you could still do the show with just Hardison/Parker/Elliot, and that Sophie and Nate weren’t necessary at all.

I never liked…

“redundant”

Other than setting up next week’s episode, I’d hardly call this redundant. Giving us an episode from a different perspective, and having the Bad Batch cameo in their own show is a bold choice to make. The fact that we get to spend an episode with young Hera, showing part of her history that we don’t know,…

This episode didn’t really have an ending. It just sorta... stopped. It’s like there’s a reel missing or something.

I mean, this show has a singing narrator delivering songs to camera, and that doesn’t get more of a shout-out in the view? That was the funniest part to me.

Also:

“Digg?”
“Yes ma’am, I definitely do dig!”

Fun episode with a good use of (and excuse for) flashbacks. And next episode... John Diggle... for some reason.

“Superman & Lois is taking two weeks off and will be back with a new episode on July 13!”

Oh for fuck’s sake...

Tremendous bit of physical acting from Raffi Barsoumian as the paralytic was kicking in. He was certainly a fun villain, and even if we never see him again the eccentric singing clonemaster was certainly nice to have around.

That person holds different political beliefs than me! Let’s hound him over social media until he’s forced to quit the thing he started, because that’s a totally rational thing to do.

And some people say that cancel culture is a myth...

I am endlessly relieved that the show didn’t pull a “Superman’s mother was actually always secretly evil, is supporting her other son, and now body-snatched Lana is the Big Bad!”.

Nice to see Rex.

And yeah, I think the call to the Empire will see Crosshair and his team come back.

Can we just give another shout out to Natalie Holt and her amazing score for this. We get spooky theremin sci-fi music mixed with more mournful tones, and it just works so well.

One thing I think is worth pointing out is the opening “news reel” voice over by Tom Kane.

Tom Kane has been part of Star Wars for many years, voicing not only Yoda in anything that didn’t have Frank Oz, but as the narrator to every Clone Wars episode, Admiral Yularen, and many others. He’s been voicing SW video game…

“I look forward to the inevitable statement from Disney flatly denying that Omega could possibly be considered the franchise’s first transgender character.”

Sometimes a cigar’s just a cigar (or, really, in this case, pretty much all the time).

Instantly assuming that anyone had a problem with his speech is “anti-woke” is kinda silly.

A simpler way to get people to re-examine the speech is to ask them a single question:

If Steve had given that speech would you have accepted it then?

“It’s hard not to have low expectations for a franchise that dragged its feet for years before Black Panther...”

I’m imagining what the screeching think/hit pieces would be like if it’d been a female character taking off her shirt to that song instead.

“I figure she’s not working for the Power Broker, but I’m curious where her loyalties lie now.”

Assuming she isn’t the Power Broker herself.