I think you're maybe overthinking the connection to Miles? I think it might just be an Aaron thing. *shrug*

Interesting that Aaron's firefly view was depicted as a cluster of fireflies. That might mean that the cluster at the start of the season — the one that was watching him, and brought him back to life — could have been controlled by someone else. Grace, maybe? Or could be anyone.

I wonder if there aren't some redundancies in the party, in terms of the analogy. You've got a healer, in Rachel's dad, though he's not officially part of the troupe really. Aaron's the mage, sure, but Miles, Rachel and the rest of the cast fulfil the same general role (excepting Neville's son, who's probably a ranger…

Echoing the other commenters here: this season's gotten really, really good.

"Having these two become besties could be a promising path for the season to take, and your humble columnist already likes this relationship better than the one Zoe has with Miss Madison. "

I read an interview somewhere where Murphy talked about Bewitched being the inspiration for Paulson's character this season.

Ah, but does Akela blink? I don't think she does — which gives a slightly different significance to that final shot when she shuts her eyes, or when she asks permission to sleep.

Joss wasn't the showrunner on either season. First was Sarah Fain and her writing partner, and the second was either Tim Minear or Jed and Mo — can't remember who exactly.

I found it kind of amusing, and yeah, endearing.

I think you misheard. She definitely said 'Rising Tide'.

Ten to one that scene was inserted at a later date. (There's something slightly funky about the way that scene is shot and cut). I assume he'll regain prominence in later episodes though.

I enjoyed this a lot more than previous episodes.

Yeah, it was Lucifer first, then the others sort of clustered beneath him.

In the sense that the gays love Disney?

It's a Jane Espenson episode. She's got a base level of competence that's beyond a lot of other writers, though her work here has been somewhat variable. (Likely down to the showrunners and what plots they tend to give her).

Blue Fairy was written slightly differently as well, though I liked her here best of her appearances. She had a sense of humour, but she was still a dick.

God that was just badly judged. Individual scenes worked, as they always do in Glee, but the show needed to bend its fabric in two to consolidate the Glee-verse (where Sue is a bitch, where Tina is bitter, where Finn would never die under contentious circumstances) with the real world (where Lynch is deeply…

She does consistently produce the weirdest dialogue, though. Both 'Whores get nothing", and "Lights! I'm off to find the Mexican!" are hers, IIRC, as is the montage of James Cromwell covering a Virgin Mary statue with lipstick.

Respect. And she was great in Beautiful Kate.

Oh and some of the lighting was just bad. The pink gels for the Mello Marsh set? Actively painful.