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Tales and Lost Days in one post…time to hide the sharp objects and stock up on kleenex.

These guys are from England and who gives a shit?

Much as I hate the song, nothing about it is stupid enough to merit a Train comparison.

This episode + sleep deprivation thanks to my roommate's wedding this weekend + a red bull so I could make sure I stayed awake for the episode itself = palpitations.

Well she did just have a baby not that long ago in the show's timeline…

Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand

"Soul Meets Body" is still all over the shitty piped in radio station at my job. Odd bit of respite between Nickelback songs at least.

The whole 'oh, they just randomly arrested your stalker' resolution never really worked for me either, same as the 'we just cornered the signal kid in a diner' thing in "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen." Actually more so, because that just made it obvious that the whole stalker plot was little more than a means to an end…

Any time two presenters make it through their patter without obviously reading the prompter, finish your drink

Edge to "Zuko Alone," but they're probably my two favorite eps of the series so it's not like there's a huge gap in quality between 'em.

One moment in "The Chase" that I always remember is how Sokka keeps going after Ty Lee even as she gradually takes away the use of all but one of his legs. It's amazing that in what was pretty much a straight Katara/Toph episode in terms of deepening characterization still throws Sokka one of the best examples of his…

Yeah, this is one of my least favorite things about season 3. Lord knows I love me some CJ but putting in a barely warmed over Bodyguard rehash is highly unnecessary.

He's ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it.

Freedom costs a buck-o-five.

I love the touch of the bugs being people food in the swamp while their gators get "real" meat.

The Packers were in Jayma Mays?

The whole family chicken dance scene in S3 is probably my favorite moment of the show…until I think of another moment…but still, ace scene even before GOB's late entry (and Tobias' glee at seeing him).

The essentials, in order:

Um, spoilers.