Hey, we're all leapin' somewhere, man.

I wanted to like it. Didn't hate it, but it was just too cute by half for me. Certainly not bad, but no, I wouldn't call it a great episode.

Isn't there also text at the end indicating that Allen's DNA didn't match the killer's? I realize that wouldn't have as much impact as the actual scene, but it did give me the impression that nothing was really resolved—there was just more information, and you chose which parts to find important. (Obviously the movie…

I think you're misreading my point. I don't mean it's a definitive answer to exactly what happened to Samantha. I mean that Mulder accepts that she's gone, and his quest is over; in order for that acceptance to work, the audience has to believe it isn't just a stalling tactic, or a diversion.

But if it hung around previous victims, why does it jump from the morgue attendant back to Keith? How is it traveling? I'm not saying I needed a monster running around morphing into other monsters via bad special effects, but the creature is just too vague—in the end, it's just random people getting killed by their…

You have to forget all the times the show pretended it was giving you an answer, because in order for "Closure" to work, you need to completely believe that it's the end.

I'm also a really, really soft touch when it comes to grading.

Ooo. I like that. May steal it.

"laying Bashir's one-sided crush on Dax forever to rest by showing how he's matured past that into a sincere, mutual friendship."

There's no way they could hook up _and_ have Dax be exiled from the Trill world. It was too big a decision for a single episode, and given how little either character seemed interested in fighting against customs (Dax's big argument was just following love), there was no way it was going to last. The episode either…

It wasn't necessary, but it _was_ intensely stupid and bereft of imagination. (The Garfield Minus Garfield said something new about the original work. Editing Peanuts is just saying, "Wait, you can get popular doing this shit? I want in!")

Yeah, I remember Jordan saying that, and yes, the very ending is definitely something that he could've written well in advance. (It's actually a not a bad bit at all, although the whole final chapter is unsurprisingly abrupt.)

Everything I said in the review that said it was good?

Hey! Is this a comment, or did your keyboard throw up?

All I've got is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and a bunch of CAPITAL LETTERS.

Or, hey, really good binoculars.

I do 'em in the order they're listed on IMDB, so I'm going with what I listed above.

They specifically say the Vorta are responsible in this episode, and that's what I'm going off. (It's possible I misunderstood, however; I haven't been double-checking myself on Memory Alpha lately.)

Huh. I think that's the first time I've ever vehemently disagreed with The Cookie Monster. I guess I have to eat celery now, or something.

Well, you often get advanced copies for review purposes, but some publishers also send them out to reviewers and various readers to drum up some pre-publication publicity. This is the first time I've got something completely unexpectedly that I really, really wanted to read, though.