This is a little late but I honestly do think she's deeply bothered by what she did. That's what I was trying to get at, in my overly mannered way; she _seems_ fine, but there are cracks, and those cracks indicate she almost certainly isn't. (Also, I was talking about this week's episode, not last week's. She didn't…

@avclub-5d36b15195d38ab67e8aa5fe4241dd03:disqus Re: Bracco, if I'm remembering the lore right, they actually approached her to play Carmela first; she decided she didn't want to get typecast as the mobster's wife, and asked to be considered for Melfi instead.

@avclub-5d36b15195d38ab67e8aa5fe4241dd03:disqus Re: Bracco, if I'm remembering the lore right, they actually approached her to play Carmela first; she decided she didn't want to get typecast as the mobster's wife, and asked to be considered for Melfi instead.

We're very sorry we forced you to make up your own mind. We promise to never do it again.

We're very sorry we forced you to make up your own mind. We promise to never do it again.

"There is a girl in New York City who calls herself the human trampoline"

"There is a girl in New York City who calls herself the human trampoline"

@avclub-a6fdefb2b99177b152b2392b43097665:disqus Well, I wrote "horribly miscast Ben Affleck," but I didn't write the other thing.

@avclub-a6fdefb2b99177b152b2392b43097665:disqus Well, I wrote "horribly miscast Ben Affleck," but I didn't write the other thing.

Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy

Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy

"
It also felt like the Sally storyline—in which she gets her period for the first time—was a fairly glaringly obvious spin on the old, “One life is over, and another begins!” trope that so many fictional works have used to make a character death feel more profound."

"
It also felt like the Sally storyline—in which she gets her period for the first time—was a fairly glaringly obvious spin on the old, “One life is over, and another begins!” trope that so many fictional works have used to make a character death feel more profound."

Less geography, more genre.

Less geography, more genre.

That sounds a lot like "Paper Dove" from the first season: 
http://www.avclub.com/artic…

That sounds a lot like "Paper Dove" from the first season: 
http://www.avclub.com/artic…

I think Meany is a better actor, but it's important to remember that he'd been playing O'Brien for years before DS9 started. He'd already had a chance to get comfortable with the character, whereas Farrell was starting from scratch.

I think Meany is a better actor, but it's important to remember that he'd been playing O'Brien for years before DS9 started. He'd already had a chance to get comfortable with the character, whereas Farrell was starting from scratch.

Having read some Spillane, yeah, I thought it was an odd fit for Odo.