I realized that I really want to see a scene with Gyp Rosetti where he's trying to be inconspicuous for some reason and some random guy just keeps deliberately, overtly insulting him.

@avclub-61938d93498e7f0ed5e6527b1cee656a:disqus The way my Dad explained it, the Mafia was a bit problematic in NJ.  The cops didn't like them but you better have a pretty iron clad strategy for bringing them down before you went after them.

@avclub-61938d93498e7f0ed5e6527b1cee656a:disqus The way my Dad explained it, the Mafia was a bit problematic in NJ.  The cops didn't like them but you better have a pretty iron clad strategy for bringing them down before you went after them.

Here's where you run into a problem.  What do you suppose commoners had to say when Henry the 8th had someone killed?  Especially if that someone was also a commoner?  I expect it was something like, "Well, he must have had a good reason, he's the king!"  (Even if they were privately appalled.)  I expect Fairy Tale…

Here's where you run into a problem.  What do you suppose commoners had to say when Henry the 8th had someone killed?  Especially if that someone was also a commoner?  I expect it was something like, "Well, he must have had a good reason, he's the king!"  (Even if they were privately appalled.)  I expect Fairy Tale…

I said when I saw it, "Hey, that's cheating! Two of those are the same thing!"

I said when I saw it, "Hey, that's cheating! Two of those are the same thing!"

In Storybrooke Mayor is a hereditary title.  Henry will inherit it if Regina dies. (God forbid!)

In Storybrooke Mayor is a hereditary title.  Henry will inherit it if Regina dies. (God forbid!)

I was telling my Dad that King George had obviously been making torches since he woke up so he could hand them out for just such an occasion.

I was telling my Dad that King George had obviously been making torches since he woke up so he could hand them out for just such an occasion.

"And for that matter, if she really wanted to give herself to the angry
mob and not kill anyone else, why not do it in daylight, in human form?"

"And for that matter, if she really wanted to give herself to the angry
mob and not kill anyone else, why not do it in daylight, in human form?"

Let's be honest, Regina is always right about everything and we should all just do whatever she says.   Now to find a mirror to live in.

Let's be honest, Regina is always right about everything and we should all just do whatever she says.   Now to find a mirror to live in.

Lost was really quite a good show.  When it first started I thought it was a gritty re-imagining of Land of the Lost. (It sort of was, but I thought it actually was.)

Lost was really quite a good show.  When it first started I thought it was a gritty re-imagining of Land of the Lost. (It sort of was, but I thought it actually was.)

@avclub-e57dbebc740250d2c4a370cf6ccb35f0:disqus This reminds me of The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.  Douglas Adams wanted one character to have a secret sadness about him so he gave him the name Slartibartfast.

@avclub-e57dbebc740250d2c4a370cf6ccb35f0:disqus This reminds me of The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.  Douglas Adams wanted one character to have a secret sadness about him so he gave him the name Slartibartfast.

I'm surprised this episode wasn't an elaborate excuse to introduce a mixed race half-brother for Homer.