You know, I had occasion to re-watch the Enterprise episode "Civilization" recently, which is largely dependent on the universal translator because Archer and crew are trying to blend in with a primitive alien civilization. But at one point Archer is talking to one of the natives, and asks her a question, and she nods…

Traveling for long distances is one thing. you have a destination and a progress in getting there. You know the trip will take that long, and prepare for it. That's a lot different than being out for a joyride, and then making the unplanned decision to go to one spot in the middle of nowhere for two weeks and stop…

Maybe, but I can't imagine why they would venture so deeply away from the wormhole at this point with such a small survey team, and why that survey team would consist of three of DS9's senior officers and no specialists. It would be one thing if they sent a small science ship with an appropriate crew for a month to…

Yeah, but would Bashir and Dax have been able to contact her that far away?

I love 'The Quickening,' but the plot point that always nagged at me was how Kira so casually mentions she'll fly off and hide in a nearby nebula for I think it was 2 weeks? I kept thinking about Kira alone in that Runabout for two weeks doing … what, exactly? I was always fuzzy on the details about why she just…

Just a terrific episode that really takes advantage of the series' premise. I was especially struck by how well the flashbacks tied into the present storyline to present the beginning and end of a tragic love story. The girl, driven by revenge, tempted by power, only to succumb to an alliance of those she wronged.

Maybe I've seen too many machiavellian storylines in my day, but Frank's ultimate ambition to become VP was pretty obvious to me pretty quickly, probably when the VP started complaining about lack of influence after the education bill signing during episode 7 I think. For a show called House of Cards it doesn't do a…

The brick thing was pretty obviously Frank's doing almost as soon as it happened. The way Claire got the officer to abandon his post should have been a dead giveaway.

The only thing missing from Five-Timers Club really was Conan O'Brien at the door. Damn logistics

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people who can pay $25000 a year to be a member, or people who know such a person

You can get beer and wine at California Adventure, but the only place to get booze at Disneyland is at Club 33, which is very exclusive (as in I doubt the girls could get in) and I don't think you can leave with it.

That one they actually talked about. Cora, Hook, August, Baelfire and anyone else who wandered into our world independently of the curse aren't affected by its limitations, which includes the memory thing. Regina also wouldn't be affected because she exempted herself from its effects.

SPOILERS Easily retconned with the genetic engineering angle, to suggest Eris was given those abilities specifically for her task (or perhaps the Founders were experimenting with new gene techniques and she was a prototype).

and a nice running gag

About the artifact of doom scenario, I got to thinking recently about how it applies to the Indiana Jones movies. How in the first one the Nazis only find the ark because Indy discovers it. But in the other movies Indy is basically extorted into the search for the artifact to save a loved one. And in almost all his…

Good thing the Blue Fairy didn't notice anyone else impersonating her.

Wasn't it Glamorous Godfrey?

The spell was fading away because he wasn't being a good boy because he abandoned Emma. He was cured once Emma broke the curse, I think. But Gold restored magic independently of the curse breaking. Of course, since the curse itself was magic, I'm not sure what exactly Gold was restoring, unless he was simply breaking…

So, was Cora's plan to have Hook poison Gold so he would have to tell Emma where the dagger was so Snow could retrieve it? It seemed obvious that as soon as Snow and David found the dagger Cora would steal it from them. It's like rule number 1 in movies like this, when the bad guys want an artifact and the good guys…