That's what I thought, then Google autocomplete kept pointing to Loki. It sounds like it's just an oft-recycled line.

As a writer, though? All the really memorable Farscape episodes I can think of weren't written by him.

I agree with you about the source of the crappy writing, but the generally agreed-upon crappy writers wrote 1/3 of the season, and Buckner & Mrs. Singer in particular got to do arc stories — angel civil war, Crowley's blood junkie phase, the first blade, showdown with Abaddon — instead of easily compartmentalized and…

The Amy-killing thing was nothing compared to Benny, Amelia, Naomi, the half-dozen angel factions whose motives are never clearly explained before they're killed off…

This whole season has felt like fan fiction, much to its detriment.

I'd think most angels would resent the crap out of Sam and Dean, since they're the ones who scuppered the apocalypse and left the angels with no clear purpose.

I can't tell if it was supposed to be a reference or if the writer was just unconsciously recycling pop culture detritus, but isn't the line, "There are no other men like me" from Loki in The Avengers?

Then SPN is doomed. The nosedive in writing quality this season has been sad to watch. Now that Bloodlines is a no-go, maybe Andrew Dabb will write more of S10, but unless the better writers displace the crappy ones who've written the bulk of the S9 episodes, packing it in at the end of next season is the only…

I'm sure I'm in the minority here, but I liked Dick Roman. Say what you will about S7, at least it had a tight focus and didn't throw out illogical plot twists, only to drop them when they didn't pan out. Dick & the Leviathans had an understandable motivation. Metatron's characterization is inconsistent and his…

Not every human can be a vessel, and the vessel has to consent. It didn't look like Metatron stirred much from his hiding place until Sam and Dean found him, so his choice of vessel was probably limited to whatever consenting human got close enough to him.

My enthusiasm for Tori Amos peaked in the late '90s (Choirgirl-Venus & Back era) and waned through the aughts as she kept putting out albums that were about five songs too long. I might give this a listen, depending on which form she's returning to.

Kefir is basically like probiotic yogurt but has a liquid texture, so it's drinkable. (You can get it in most health food stores or tony supermarkets.) I don't know much about colitis; it sounds like the symptoms of diverticulosis/diverticulitis but much, much worse. If he's taking medications in addition to…

Well, they're all goddamn fictional characters when you get right down to it.

Probiotics might help with the diverticulitis. I developed it a relatively early age, probably due to heredity, and I've found that kefir and Greek yogurt prevent flare-ups to the point where I can eat anything I normally shouldn't if as I've had something probiotic the same day. Intestinal microflora works in…

You're spot on about the carbs. My gym membership did little to counteract the effects of a sedentary job and my over-35 metabolism grinding to a screeching halt, but altering my diet just as you described did help me drop about 20 lbs. I don't know if walking the dog a mile a day counts as exercise, but it's the only…

Cool. I must have missed it wading through the sea of newly-registered trolls weighing in, as it were, on the importance of keeping television safe for conventionally attractive, size 0 women.

Just about everyone on Archer is the subject of constant ridicule, though, and Pam's real defining feature is crudity, not weight. I kept waiting for the fat jokes all through the first season, since it looked like she was being set up as the fat chick punching bag, but the writers must have thought better of it.

Nearly 1000 posts, and nobody asks why Pam Poovey is not held up as an example of a "woman not defined on any level by her size"? Okay, maybe her size does define her an awesome cage fighter, but still…

I think his only hope at this point is the Farscape movie, since Revolution and Cult didn't pan out.

And the guy who did a bang-up job on Angel's final season.