They could split the duties of Captain between them, theoretically. Sara would be in charge of the actual operations, strategies in the field and such, while Rip would be in charge of monitoring the timeline, making sure they don't fuck anything up too terribly, and keeping an eye on the bigger picture of temporal…

Gideon ran away with Rip when he left the Time Masters, remember that. She was programmed by the Time Masters to obey them and made the purposeful decision to leave with Rip. She's a sentient A.I., not just their computer, and a sentient A.I. that has always displayed an incredible attachment to Rip Hunter at that.…

That is why he was unable to be in the first part of the season, it was confirmed. And it was the final season of Broadchurch, so there's no reason to worry about that as a future impediment.

Even if he does come back evil, they could show that Sara is clearly heartbroken over having to fight him because she had developed feelings for him when he grew as a person.

Believe me, I'd be eternally happy if they did keep him alive (Arthur Darvill isn't the kind of actor you just let go), but all signs seem to be pointing in that direction. I'd be okay with it if he got to have a really grand exit, but yeah, 'co-captains' is my ideal outcome.

Considering the fact that Snart is coming back soon, I wouldn't mind if they picked up on the thread of Sara's feelings toward him, which had clearly turned romantic by the time he sacrificed himself in "Destiny".

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Hell yes it was! And I couldn't be happier. The higher-ups at the CW reportedly wanted them to just write Sara as a lesbian, and I'm so glad they lost that fight. Bisexual representation is important! Yay for milestones.

Calling something 4chn culture is a pretty serious accusation that I don't think this show's depiction of Gideon deserves. Was there some rape subtext here that I missed?

There is no part of me that isn't grinning all over at Rip's triumphant slow-motion walk onto the bridge. The Captain is back! And before all of you 'Sara is the rightful captain now' people start showing up, let me just say your arguments are probably going to end up being moot when they kill off Rip in the season…

I think they are, but not in a way that makes Angel guilty of any of Angelus' crimes. The soul is presented in the Buffyverse as pretty much the only thing that keeps you from thinking murder is completely okay. Granted, once Liam was sired by Darla and became Angelus he went to like the worst possible extreme, but…

You're thinking of "Empty Places", not "End of Days". But yeah, that whole thing really was foreshadowed by "Dead Man's Party" in a horrifying way.

If they have I'd be first in line to watch.

Whenever they'd do an example of Angelus using his natural Irish accent in a flashback, it never failed to put a smile on my face. That's the go-to voice in my head for bad Irish accents.

You're right. Not to mention the next time Angel lost his soul (on purpose, gotta love how convoluted Angel Season 4 was) it required a hell of a lot more than sex. They put him in a coma fantasy where he reconciled with Wesley and Connor and also defeated the Big Bad. Pure happiness is hard to come by.

Good episode, loved Gellar and Boreanaz acting out those ghosts. But does it have Giles crying? Your argument is invalid if your episode does *not* have Giles going on a rampage/suicide mission.

Spoiler: You're better off stopping at Season 3 anyway to be honest.

Anthony Stewart Head leaving the show in Season 6 was also a really horrid development that the writers could never justify as well as they tried to. They gave him some bullshit rationale about wanting Buffy to live her own life and solve her own problems, but the girl was experiencing untold suffering due to being…

The writers needed a quick return to the status quo so that they could introduce Faith and kick off the new arc, which is understandable, but they did it horribly and created one of the worst episodes of the series. Living with the consequences for a while would have been the more mature narrative choice.

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