Hmmm? Oh no, not at all. I'm sure they're staying. But it'd be a real drag if we got to this point and the next thing we do with John Hurt and Matt Smith on screen is get bogged down with the Silence being annoyed that this shouldn't have happened against prophecy, or whatever. I want the main focus to be the Doctor…

I see how that fits in a clinical sense, but to me it doesn't really pay off what prior episodes were emotionally/tonally hinting at and what this episode's big idea ended up being.

The implication I got was that John Hurt's going to be running around either with or opposed to or neutrally to Matt Smith over the course of a few specials or a couple episodes in season 8.

Agreed.

That's the only way I'm saying it now.

I'd rate Time Bobby 2 as the best of that bunch, and having Fourvel come back to shoot the shit with a bandolier and Jaye Davidson's penis was fun (just that description…), but the back half where we learned Fourvel was Scott from another universe began to lose me a bit.

I think the CBB "sequels" are 0-3 so far (FP 2, 3, and TB 2). They're all ok listens, but they're walking over the same ground they did before only being more self-consciously bigger!!!! this time. (KNIFEGRAB —> INTERDIMENSIONAL FRYVAULT GRAB, Carl Sjunior —-> Dogs barking at windows in an Inception hellscape).

Vulture did a several thousand word interview with Steven Soderberg, and at the end of a paragraph long answer about what TV shows he watched he added "oh, and I watch Girls". So of course, NYMag literally emblazoned "Steven Soderberg on his love of Girls" in the headline.

It doesn't really work as a single quote, but the cross talk between Schmidt and Nick on that was great.

And I just found that the New Republic did a long piece about her

Puppy

yeah, didn't think Taylor was on screen long enough for anyone to dredge up passionate emotions about it, but sure.

As always AV Club, thanks for doing this, and these kinds of interviews.

Actual execution of that plot aside, my take was that's exactly the point-building off what someone in an earlier New Girl review said, Cece and Jess likely had the same white-bread life growing up in Portland. So turning 30 and being insecure about where she's going in life, Cece's turning to her family's background…

Over 100 likes for well-timed reference humor on the internet? I have truly peaked as an individual.

@avclub-74bf902800fe567d1d30d1d1e8c5a8b8:disqus , I think THAT might be skirting too close to "otherwise we don't have a story". The biggest problem from me about how Gaiman handled it is that the episode clearly telegraphed just how close the kids were to leaving safely, and then the Doctor arbitrarily pulls them…

@avclub-55ab1e0836b46cc575ee502254e68ea9:disqus eh, I really dislike those options. I feel like Moffat's used It's Part Of The Mystery!!! before to paper over problems writing characters, so while it's not impossible, I don't feel any reason to give the writing crew the benefit of the doubt.

Yup. Early on in Moffat's run it felt impressive that the episodes cram packed so much plot and so many ideas in, until enough time passed it became clear that density was more of a coping mechanism to dazzle and cover over lapses in basic character arcs.

Yeah, what on earth was up with that? They have bunk beds in the TARDIS. I'm not willing to give it the "otherwise we don't have a story" pass because everything about the kids felt contrived as a way to cause the problems and create Stakes!!!!

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