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Did he also find 9 episodes of The Daleks' Master Plan? Please?

Since people seem to have forgotten about this hole/mystery from the start of the season, I'll go ahead and bring it up:

Vat Vould Real Petra Do?

Right! Throughout that entire sequence I was just thinking 'So?'. Who does it affect? Ford's the only one who worked with him, and while it perhaps says something about his character that he chose/needed to work with someone who looked like Arnold, it doesn't actually change the stakes or the characters one iota.

I am right there with you. With all these 'twists' they throw out, I find myself really struggling to care. So, Bernard was based on Arnold… so? He's not Arnold, doesn't have the same memories, so why is does it matter to anyone except Ford (who doesn't have anything to react to) that he looks the same? And Maeve went

'Charity shop" sounds much nicer than 'Thrift store'.

There's no excuse for being a dick, not religion, not upbringing, not peer pressure nor aspects of your identity. If you're a dick, then you're a dick. You can't blame someone or something else for that.

I wouldn't call it bad, but it's definitely the show's weakest episode to date. I think it was juggling too much (it seemed like every active character had at least two storylines to contend with), which led to the unfocused feel. I didn't mind the parents' storyline, since I buy how upset they would be on Michael's

I think that, for the first time, an episode of Jane the Virgin had too many plots to handle:
Rogelio being freed from his captivity leading to…
Rogelio dealing with having been kidnapped by Paola
Jane trying to please Michael's parents
Rafael trying to engage with his half-brother
The Curse of Pablo Alonso Segura
Rafael

I'm impressed at how this show is becoming just as comic-book-y as Legends of Tomorrow and yet completely different (and it's also better, I hasten to add). When DD and Punisher were fighting in a hail of bullets I could just picture how it would look in comic book format (it might have actually been based on a comic

Yeah, using the term 'mansplaining' (which does have its uses when referring to misogynistic condescension) in this context came across pretty dumb, and kind of sexist. There didn't seem to be any gender bias implied by Chuck's actions, as he would have explained it the same to Jimmy, or possibly even Howard or Kim.

I really liked this episode. I'm not sure it was gender stereotyping as much as, say, gender focusing, to tee up the difference between Marge and Lisa's relationship compared to any of the other relationships on the show. After all, I can't think of many other episodes which really explore how they respond to each

But that's based on what Magnussen knew, not what he did. We're told that he can destroy lives (and by threatening to, arguably he did), but what exactly was the extent of his power? We never even saw him use his information in his media empire!

He was certainly slimy. My issue was, he wasn't threatening. We hear what he can do (destroy people's lives, drag them through the mud, etc) but we never actually see it. Last season Moriarty destroyed Sherlock in the press, what could Magnussen have done that was worse? Could he have done worse? We see his power to

Really? I know she often got irritated by assumptions made by UNIT and Harry, but it never seemed like the jealousy-ridden teenager she devolved into here.

…woah. I've never known the phrase 'be grateful for "Boom Town"' used sincerely. That would have been a fascinating episode… but it is probably a good thing it was scrapped.

But she was never hung up on the Doctor, she was never in love with him. Adding some emotional fallout is one thing, but it was done better by Jo Jones née Grant in The Death of the Doctor; she did move on with her life, but that didn't stop her questioning where the Doctor was, why he hadn't come back. They needed to

Exactly. The show can't praise the fact that she's ordinary and go out of its way to make her special.

I wouldn't say I have a problem with the Doctor having a sexual nature, but I objected to his relationship with Rose, because I never saw anything in her that would have attracted him so (particularly after 26 years travelling with smarter, braver, and more charismatic people he showed no interest towards). I have a

I hated School Reunion when I first saw it. I've forgiven it slightly since, but I still think it's pretty awful. Aside from betraying Sarah Jane's character, the plot is so goddamn stupid. Seriously, you can rewrite the universe if you get 20 kids and some chips? SERIOUSLY? Head's character is campy in concept and