I also believe that, on some level, O'Brien and Kira "get" each other in ways few others on the station do.  For example, O'Brien is the one who goes with her to rescue Li Nalas, and they do their bit where he's pretending to be her… sales advocate.  So this plotline worked for me along the lines of a connection…

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Another possibility: Donna Noble's mother?

Not Tarantii?

I know I shouldn't eat you, oh lord.

I have to admit, between "A Spider in the Web"", "Soul Mates" and "A Race Through Dark Places", it all becomes a blur in my head of "Talia goes through some bad stuff."

No, it was Erica Gimpel.  Who also played Coco on the Fame TV show (which was the part Irene Cara played in the movie.)

I think Corwin got some sort of main billing for "River of Souls".  And he's got the very strange bit there where he hits himself with a padded stick, and Lochley thinks he's a loon.

The most telling thing in his description of LOST is comparing it to "Myst".  There was something fascinating about the aspect of the fandom who kept expecting the character to treat the island like a video game that needed to be "won" or "solved" or something.

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 I think the timing of it works just fine, as S31 probably designed the virus to be slow-burn— long dormancy period to increase infectation, so all the Founders have it before they start showing symptoms.  So Odo gets it in "Homefront", gets the Founder's disease in "To The Death", then returns to the…

And DeadGirl. 

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That's clearly a Sondheim sort of activity.

Actually, I now remember this bit (despite not having seen this since the 80s).  The Time Travel Thing was a whole platform with the monkey in a cage, and sensors and cameras and everything.  And Ward is pretty much just cruising through the desert and stops on the platform as it zaps back in time.  But the platform…

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I'll give you that one thing: the movie devolves into a Crazy Party Night for a long time, which Molly Ringwald's character essentially sleeps through.

So the "A" designation was for trusted associates and support personnel?

One of the few new-new Twilight Zones (the UPN one) that was worth a damn revisited Anthony as an adult, now with a similarly powered daughter (played by Muny's daughter).  

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@avclub-285910f5ff9f9eddf129c46fc2bc5982:disqus There is something to be admired in the glorious failure.