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And the episode is pretty clear that he hasn't premeditated taking only his work in to the client pitch, it's a last-second, go-with-the-gut decision of the kind that Don's taken plenty of times (and for which, as also in this case, we usually see him rewarded)."

Karen Allen wasn't the worst thing in Crystal Skull, but I hated what that movie did to her character more than I hated anything else in that shit-stain of a film.

Yeah, the more I think about it, the more childish Don seems.

Probably because Roger initiated the divorce, now Roger wants her back in his life to help him, and then they have sex in her new place after a nice evening together—it's not really a matter of her being forced into anything, so much as it is Roger casually and unthinkingly exploiting her feelings for him to make…

Eh, his vengeance was slightly undercut by the scene immediately following, as we got to see Don walking by himself and realized, from his facial expression, that he thinks about Ginsberg a _lot_.

Agreed. And it's really weird, because for the first half of the episode, I was thinking, "Man, I really like Betty now. She's sympathetic!" And then the claws came out, and she's using her kid for revenge plays, and then she has a super-villain line. Ugh.

My major problem with this episode was how obvious it was, which isn't necessarily the same thing as being powerful. We have Howard giving us the theme at the end ("The grass is always greener…"), but it's hardly necessary; every thread here was based on some kind of jealousy, and it all played out roughly as you'd…

The little I saw of it, it seemed like Law & Order: Special Monsters Unit. Which, I dunno, sounds like it would catch on.

It's problematic when she could've given the exact same performance, said, "I have cancer," and it would've made perfect sense. I'm also not a huge fan of one of TV's great bad-asses getting bogged down by mommy-hod, but made that's just me.

Kyle Killen just said on Twitter that it'll make a good end to the show—doesn't necessarily mean "conclusive," but I assume it'll be satisfying enough.

"Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? …eh? GET IT?"

This seems like an odd choice to me. The entire movie is about building to Batman's final decision to sacrifice his image for the sake of Gotham, and the way his faith in the people of the city has emboldened them to become better than the Joker believes possible. Super-heroes are _always_ reactive, but Batman's…

I considered "Oh what a world," but decided that was a little too obvious.

I was waiting for someone to bring up Q—I wanted to mention him in the review, but my asides tend to be ridiculously long as is. Yes, if you go a simple step further, very little of what we see in Star Trek actually "works" in any real world sense. The difference is (and again, this is a fine line), is that everyone…

I respectfully disagree. Very little of what anyone does in that movie after the monster shows up has anything to do with who they are, apart from generic, "I'm scared of being eaten" and "I'm going to be a hero" stuff. It's cool that the protagonist goes to rescue the girl he loves, but everything else is kind of a…

I thought that might have been the case, but given her willingness to admit to Karen that she'd known there was peanut in the smoothy and drank it anyway—I dunno. I think if she'd completely done it to herself, she wouldn't have told Karen a half-lie, but I could be completely wrong.

If you would pay my rent and give me money for food, I would definitely do that.

SPOILER:

I'm sorry I came off that way. I'll admit to taking the occasional cheap shot against the character (mainly because she and Wesley were easy targets, and Wesley eventually left the show; also, I'm weak), but those few times Troi had a chance to shine were terrific.

@avclub-1847d3ff22c6d88ad2a047c90bfa5ed8:disqus "…but you're starting to miss the big picture as to what these final episodes are about."