The Dead Chewie and Amnesiac Threepio plots might have worked on an hourly TV show, with a week in between for us to imagine something serious was going on. As it is, they have absolutely no impact and could have been cut right out.

My inner (and outer) child clapped with glee when the Kenner Troop Transport slid into frame, all-is-lost second-act curtain be damned.

“Daddy issues! Why didn’t you say so?”

They’re doing a really good job threading humor into this so it doesn’t become unbearably grim. Unlike, um, Black Lightning.

We already got Linda Carter, two years back on “Supergirl,” and she still can’t act.

Bruce’s exo-skeleton is from Kingdom Come.

Is this the first year that the TV noms have completely shut out broadcast? Eh, probably not

That’s one of his contradictory origins. According to Wiki, he’s also been identified with Lori Morning and Superboy Prime.

Did they even need a pod? Harbinger was collecting significant others along with the heroes, so maybe if Los and Kal had waited five damn seconds they’d still have Jonathan with them.

The comics eventually addressed this with a “future history ripple effect” scenario that was finally neutralized by a standoff between the Time Trapper and the Infinite Man.

Best Western touch: Mando negotiating with the Tuskens via sign language, and doing it very much in the John Wayne style.

Scanning the comments for War of the Worlds here. Thank you.

It’s also worth hunting down the original issue LP, for the full-size fold-out newspaper.

Even Lex is the hero in his own story. I continue to be amazed at what a great choice Cryer has been for the role.

Off-topic, but that’s one of my absolute favorite “Friends” moments. “Beth’s sick...”

The overkill part was “I gotta get one of those,” and I’m totally fine with that too.

Yogurt

She totally read the note in his glasses.

It’s definitely a must on the biggest screen you can get.

Have either Stephen or Conan gone sock-sliding through the halls of Versailles with Kristen Bell? I think not: