Problem is, you can say anything is a metaphor if you want.

I dig "The Field Where I Died." How many other shows would have the balls to start with their hero standing heartbroken in a field, without context, reading poetry in voiceover? It didn't work for a lot of people, but at the time it thrilled me to see the show take that kind of chance. For a while there in the middle…

I dig "The Field Where I Died." How many other shows would have the balls to start with their hero standing heartbroken in a field, without context, reading poetry in voiceover? It didn't work for a lot of people, but at the time it thrilled me to see the show take that kind of chance. For a while there in the middle…

The Mars-face one is "Space" from season one, and you're right — it's awful.

The Mars-face one is "Space" from season one, and you're right — it's awful.

It's weird in the Terminator when Sarah Connor tells the detective played by Paul Winfield, "I'm at Tech Noir," and he responds, "Yeah, I know it."

It's weird in the Terminator when Sarah Connor tells the detective played by Paul Winfield, "I'm at Tech Noir," and he responds, "Yeah, I know it."

Crossover is a fun episode, but it does make a couple of mistakes: First, as the review noted, it turns Garak into a pretty typical power-hungry lackey-type villain; and second, it kills off noble Quark without giving him much to do. I would have liked to see Quark play more of a role in Kira and Bashir's escape and…

Crossover is a fun episode, but it does make a couple of mistakes: First, as the review noted, it turns Garak into a pretty typical power-hungry lackey-type villain; and second, it kills off noble Quark without giving him much to do. I would have liked to see Quark play more of a role in Kira and Bashir's escape and…

That's probably reading too much into it. I doubt the writers' conception of the episode went much beyond, "Hey, you know what might be kind of cool?.."

That's probably reading too much into it. I doubt the writers' conception of the episode went much beyond, "Hey, you know what might be kind of cool?.."

I don't know which of them is in the lead now. Eisenberg started off as Notmichael Cera, but Actualmichael Cera has a Notoscar nomination.

I don't know which of them is in the lead now. Eisenberg started off as Notmichael Cera, but Actualmichael Cera has a Notoscar nomination.

Take that spoiler all the way, @avclub-f0f834b2e7b02e4a74c4c43582026859:disqus . What happens at the end? I doubt I'll ever see this, but I'm curious.

Take that spoiler all the way, @avclub-f0f834b2e7b02e4a74c4c43582026859:disqus . What happens at the end? I doubt I'll ever see this, but I'm curious.

"Je Souhaite" is great, except for how Mulder doesn't use his wish to, you know, prevent the alien apocalypse. Sitting outside at a cafe on a lazy Sunday afternoon, which the genie suggests is what life is really about, loses a bit of its luster when all you have to look at is an alien-ravaged apocalyptic hellscape.

"Je Souhaite" is great, except for how Mulder doesn't use his wish to, you know, prevent the alien apocalypse. Sitting outside at a cafe on a lazy Sunday afternoon, which the genie suggests is what life is really about, loses a bit of its luster when all you have to look at is an alien-ravaged apocalyptic hellscape.

It's the mind-killer.

Terrible. The preferred term is "digiblasts".

Yep, no work of fiction has ever used infidelity to create compelling drama before.