On the off chance that anyone reads these who doesn't also read Bahn's trips through classic Who, let me quickly plug one of favorite fan projects at the moment (I have no connection to it, except as a fan): Doing Doctor Who. This is a sort of video blog of a complete series viewing - from 1963 on - put together by…

I've re-watched every episode of DS9, whenever said episode was due to be reviewed next. So, yeah, I did re-watch P&L. For some reason.

"Sometimes there are no bad seeds - just bad influences."

Hey, remember the TNG episode where Barclay uses his co-workers' likenesses as elaborate masturbation fodder, and everyone gets really creeped out and the whole thing is deeply uncomfortable and unpleasant for everyone involved? Well, I just can't buy Odo using Kira that way here, and I can't buy her being okay with…

So a major focus of this episode is taking the characters out of their comfort zone and seeing how they step up. Coulson without his crew, May et al out of their private little empire, Skye into a situation that calls for physical skills, and so on. Skye has arguably the most to prove, and it's striking how…

I know I don't post much (or have much to add), but am still reading every word, every week. And I was one of the many many viewers who've been waiting with bated breath to see your thoughts on this one. Glad you had so many. This is the kind of story that, even though it's a self-contained monologue-filled piece…

We all know that the people we love make us stronger, because we've all seen 50 million SF/F (and other) stories in which someone proves to a scoffing antagonist that his family or friends or friends-turned-family are a source of his strength. Except that this episode doesn't really go that way. "The Bridge" takes…

The mantra we've all heard thousands of times is "show, don't tell." As a believer in the power of one-person shows and, well, of a good monologue in general, I'd contend that a more accurate bit of advice is to show enough in order to be able to tell. For several episodes we've had characters talk in hushed voices…

So, Ward has a backstory and a lot of bundled up rage. Hey, it's more fun than constant stoic heroism. Not only shouts down the yappy supporting cast, but Ward reacts to his anger by adopting a pose of not giving a fuck. "I'm a hero, and I'm damn good at it," he says non-verbally, and the actor's performance…

Was hoping Benny would make an appearance too. And RJS, doing… uh, some kind of '50s style beat poetry or something.

"Trust the System" is kinda Coulson's catchphrase this episode, used whether he's shouting down Skye or having his one-sided pep talk with Mae. Yeah, he's conflicted and all. The thing is, he's our viewpoint character. The show seems to put the viewer on Coulson's side with this. He's our charismatic hero who gets…

This is your bi-weekly reminder that my personal favorite complete series watch continues unabated. Andre and Andrea (Whovian and Not-We, respectively) have made their way to Season Two, and everyone should be interested in their reactions, especially with "Dalek Invasion…" and "The Rescue" coming up in the next few…

So the first twenty minutes or so I was thinking my main takeaway from this episode would be about reversals, perhaps centered around Mae combining a blank stare with cookies. Then we reach a scene in which previously generic firefighter guy whose name I can't remember is being pursued by Colston, radiating calm…

Finally caught up thanks to the week off!

Not really related to the above review, but I may just keep posting this until it finds a bigger audience:

@avclub-b894e4330aeaa46a373292d17c62984d:disqus:  You do (assuming you use a similar handle.  I go by my real name on the BMMB).

@avclub-93b7c511da7dafe2a37bf3546fcc4bd3:disqus :  "Plus, IMAGINE IF WORF AND TROI HAD HAD KIDS- A Klingon with Betazoid
empathy?  "I SENSE YOU ARE BEHIND ME!"  It'd be like a warrior with
fuckin' RADAR.""

@avclub-dc02ec559c780b21ae1754840de36041:disqus :  See the same diminishing effort in set design (along with a steady decline in episode quality) with each flashback to the Terok Nor days.

I'd demand that the writers do it, not the guy who's reporting it.  And demand they not re-cast Ziyal ten times too, while we're at it.
 
(And yeah, can't think of any good reason whatsoever not to include that scene.  Too continuity-heavy maybe?  But being accessible to casual viewers isn't a very realistic goal when…

Thanks.  Every long running show there's that one episode that one feels the need to stick up for, just because everyone else seems to hate it so uniformly…