Its this dynamic and the fact that Inara makes an excellent in-character decision that I don't dislike this episode as many do (also I happend to appreciate a good Melinda Clarke cameo in my stories).  Inara/Mal doesn't work.  Because she's a companion by choice.  With Mal, where does that leave her?  Captain's wife? …

"Conan the Barbarian".  A gorgeous synthesis of sex and death of which I never tire.  I loathe that I now have to qualify that I mean the 1982 version. 

"Conan the Barbarian".  A gorgeous synthesis of sex and death of which I never tire.  I loathe that I now have to qualify that I mean the 1982 version. 

Also the directors, writers, et al confusing Puritans with Quakers is rather annoying.  Scratch that- its extremely fucking annoying.  Puritans weren't pacificts.  Kane was never written as such- he was an absolute with no qualms about taking up the sword to end evil- and as far as how religious he was… Howard, whose…

Also the directors, writers, et al confusing Puritans with Quakers is rather annoying.  Scratch that- its extremely fucking annoying.  Puritans weren't pacificts.  Kane was never written as such- he was an absolute with no qualms about taking up the sword to end evil- and as far as how religious he was… Howard, whose…

If (God forbid) AV Club ever does review the "Voyager" series, all reviews should consist of the following:  "Voyager could be crippled by cheese".
That's it.  Ok, any season with Seven of Nine can also include the line "Jeri Ryan would make a bishop kick in a stained glass window."  There.

If (God forbid) AV Club ever does review the "Voyager" series, all reviews should consist of the following:  "Voyager could be crippled by cheese".
That's it.  Ok, any season with Seven of Nine can also include the line "Jeri Ryan would make a bishop kick in a stained glass window."  There.

Oh I enjoy the hell out of that episode- don't get me wrong- but even though I know they need to complicate matters to enhance the drama (SPOILERS)- I want to beat the tv in every time GL creates giant unweildy tweezers to clumsily and loudly try and pluck Mordred's amulet off him- JUST ENVELOP THE DAMN AMULET IN…

Oh I enjoy the hell out of that episode- don't get me wrong- but even though I know they need to complicate matters to enhance the drama (SPOILERS)- I want to beat the tv in every time GL creates giant unweildy tweezers to clumsily and loudly try and pluck Mordred's amulet off him- JUST ENVELOP THE DAMN AMULET IN…

In a season or two from now we'll have the episode "Kids Stuff" which will let you see how "effective" a Jon Stewart is that makes all sorts of crazy shit with his ring- even stuff you'd think would be useful.

In a season or two from now we'll have the episode "Kids Stuff" which will let you see how "effective" a Jon Stewart is that makes all sorts of crazy shit with his ring- even stuff you'd think would be useful.

Check out Wil Wheaton's reviews of most of Season 1 TNG- its… somewhere on the internets. I'll let you Google that out.  The cast was very good to him, it was some of the directors that really didn't like him, and he's the first one to call out the questionable material that they gave Wesley to work around (his…

Check out Wil Wheaton's reviews of most of Season 1 TNG- its… somewhere on the internets. I'll let you Google that out.  The cast was very good to him, it was some of the directors that really didn't like him, and he's the first one to call out the questionable material that they gave Wesley to work around (his…

It also helps that Jake wasn't some halfass starchild which was the Sci-Fi trope at the time.  Instead they smartly played a character who (SPOILY SPOILY)- was a normal kid and perhaps not that into following in his father's footsteps, which actually ended up making Nog a superb character who became a good Starfleet…

It also helps that Jake wasn't some halfass starchild which was the Sci-Fi trope at the time.  Instead they smartly played a character who (SPOILY SPOILY)- was a normal kid and perhaps not that into following in his father's footsteps, which actually ended up making Nog a superb character who became a good Starfleet…

Because there really wasn't much family to speak of in TOS other than… speaking about it and in TNG most of the interactions ended up flat and wooden (though to be fair Gates McFadden did the best she could)- its ironic that this much darker world has the warmest, most realized family relationships versus the…

Because there really wasn't much family to speak of in TOS other than… speaking about it and in TNG most of the interactions ended up flat and wooden (though to be fair Gates McFadden did the best she could)- its ironic that this much darker world has the warmest, most realized family relationships versus the…

Also this carefully fostered relationship results in "The Visitor", one of my favorite hours of television, a stunning, transcendent moment of Bradburian/Ellisonian sci-fi perfection delivered note-perfect by two strong performers.  Ahrhem… Excuse me… must've gotten some Tribble dander in my eye…

Also this carefully fostered relationship results in "The Visitor", one of my favorite hours of television, a stunning, transcendent moment of Bradburian/Ellisonian sci-fi perfection delivered note-perfect by two strong performers.  Ahrhem… Excuse me… must've gotten some Tribble dander in my eye…

Gotta say Lurk, I never got any sexual tension between the two of them.  SPOILERS:  The closest Kira gets to any sort of positive groove with Dukat is wry amusement that he would be so brazen as to even attempt to flirt with her and later (and very, very temporarily) develop a grudging respect with regard to his…