I don't think we ever hear about any restrictions on Kais or Vedeks having a relationship in the show, so…. *shrugs*

Wrong book, but: Goddamnit, Bajorans, you've got to be kind.

I think the wormhole is a convenient way to deflect all such concerns. There are probably people in Starfleet who would LOVE to drop Bajor like a rock and let them sort their own shit out, but with the Wormhole around, it's just too damn important to abandon. Some military admiral at Starfleet is cussing up a storm…

I know! I want to get mad I didn't think of it since it's such a great idea. But I have no flow or skill, so we're all better off this way.

It's more the overt "Last time on Star Trek" and "To Be Continued" screens that make it awkward to me. DS9's serialization becomes much smoother once they just do it every episode, meaning everything has to have some kind of escalation and resolution, instead of this awkward mix of "ongoing story" and "done in one"…

This is definitely an awkward set of episodes. I've never been charmed with overt 3 part story episodes. I have my problem with 2 parters already, and stretching it to 3 usually means we get a soggy middle episode, where things have to go up in tension but don't resolve anything, because that has to wait for Act…

Winn is an amazing villain, and she always elevates a story for me. I hate her so much for what she does, but she's also compelling as hell to watch, to see what she'll do next. That's partly the writing, and partly what Zach touched on here, Louise Fletcher's great acting ability. So yeah, this is a hell of a way to…

I said this on another site's review to Duet, but to me the ending is perfect for one reason: it makes the tragedy worse.

True enough. Bruce Wayne without the loss of his parents would probably be closer to the dream version of his life in "Perchance to Dream" than any of the Terrible Trio.

Oh, they are. But they're also not concocting grand schemes. It's all low brow stuff for kicks, they don't somehow get a grand plan to take over the city that Batman foils. It's unnecessary burglary and assault, and then attempted murder. Very serious for the real world, but in Batman it's very low stakes for a main…

What's funny about this episode is that I think it's much better as an adult than it was as a kid.

I have to say I enjoyed Bashir dealing with Fantasy Dax too. The episode as a whole is a trifle, but it was far less offensive than I expected, and it was nice to have Terry Farrell reacting to herself by deliberately trying to avoid yelling at Siddig.

So, I did want to say thank you to both the AV Club for doing these Cowboy Bebop reviews in general, and to Simon Abrams for doing the actual reviews. I know many of the commenters in here have been…argumentative, to put it politely (I know I made quite a fuss on Jupiter Jazz), but I still appreciate it.

I'd meant to rewatch the movie before this review, but I didn't, so I don't have much to add. All I can say is, the grenade blowtorch as cigarette lighter is pretty amazing, no matter how dangerous it is.

That would be the Gul Dukat addendum to the report.

"The Dal'rok is changing into…..COVER THE CHILDREN'S EYES!"

Yes, but I always assumed part of him being less assertive came from all the work he has to do. For a long time in the show, there's the idea that they're still working on getting the station completely fixed, and that means that O'Brien is both doing regular maintenance things and then, in the remaining work time,…

Now that would have been a very strange and amazing turn.

Considering most of the science stuff on DS9 boils down to "It's about to rip the station apart," it makes sense to put her in the command center, so communication failures wouldn't stop the technobabble flow.

Bajor's religious, but that doesn't mean they'll believe everything.