@avclub-54df2368f496d934724b7254b1934721:disqus Minor quibble, but Abrams was only heavily involved in the first two seasons of Felicity and Alias, and the first seven or so episodes of Lost (everything up until the Sayid episode, basically). He'd just turn up to helm the occasional premier, usually when the suits…

I think I know what you mean, but could you be a little more specific? "Go Pro" shots?

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I also think that the scarf is something so associated with Carrie — she wears it in the credits, and the opening episodes to the first two seasons. Fara's likely meant to be a Carrie mirror figure, given her similar relationship with Saul, so perhaps the resemblance irks?

I know very little about fashion, but I've always thought the fairybacks made her look a little shit. I enjoy the blue blazer ensemble she's wearing in the present though.

Oh okay, my mistake.

Most of the choreography and camera work was right from Carrie. Down to the shots of the bucket tipping. It was about as much an "homage" to de Palma's film as the Glee music clips were "homages" to Vogue or whatever. i.e. shot for shot recreations.

Given that Cory Monteith was still alive at this point in production, probably not.

You mean Agent Ward and not Nick Fury, right?

I'm pretty sure they're not married, and I think calling her a zealot is perhaps a little disingenuous?

Thanks Les. I was a little confused. In the aired version, all we see of the past this week is the gang running out of a room that's having some sort of meltdown while Neville seems to maybe be chasing them.

I saw this, and I'm interested in knowing how it went/goes for you.

It's very Carnivale, as was that final scene. Not a bad place to be cribbing from.

"we learn Grace is among those rescued from the Tower by unknown forces."
@LesChappel:disqus  Do we? Was this in the screener and then cut out of the episode? I've seen the episode twice now, and I saw nothing.

I think any genre show would have to be pretty leery to go down that route, given that magic blood was the cure-all of choice for 'Heroes', and thoroughly derided for it.

I'd still bother to check out the final two episodes, just to get some sense of the continuity going on. And some sweet-ass guns.

Which surely suggests good things for the SHIELD cast. :-)

Same same.

I thought that was really great. I'm guessing the sheer weirdness we're seeing in some of the plots is a consequence of letting Ben Edlund take the reigns — similar to his work with the Angels in Season 6 of Supernatural, and the Leviathan in Season 7.

@waxlion:disqus Glad I wasn't the only one seeing it.