I agree that they made a smart move downplaying the changeling threat and confining it to a couple key episodes, because that level of paranoia can just be exhausting to watch. It works in small bursts, but think how much it would suck to have even one season have that be the main thrust in every episode. People would…

@avclub-04d524031f29c89d78cae864bd6f0de7:disqus "Practically everyone does it right on the window, and if you don't clean it right away it'll streak."

All "yes please"s, all the time!

So, holodeck episodes are the sort of thing I always assume I'm going to get sick of (and sometimes they legitimately suck) but sometimes that magic door to a different genre can be a hell of a lot of fun. Garak in a spy movie where the only way to win is to burn the world? Yes please.

Is that meant to be "genital?" Because right now I'm trying to picture herpes shushing me and storking my head lovingly as I fall asleep.

I would like to say all my cynicism melted away, but there's a dark corner of my heart filled with contempt for any television show that uses "viral video" as a plot point. Looking at you, Good Wife

We should all take a moment and consider the children. They have no idea how terrible they are, but one day they will, and that is the real tragedy.

@avclub-7485b644403627612cc11d3e80ffa907:disqus Okay, you're right. Killing him was nbd yo.

@avclub-7485b644403627612cc11d3e80ffa907:disqus Okay, you're right. Killing him was nbd yo.

That's fair, that was a poor descriptor . Highest profile terrorist? Man who masterminded the largest attack on the States since Pearl Harbor, and inadvertently created an environment where policy is dictated by fear?

That's fair, that was a poor descriptor . Highest profile terrorist? Man who masterminded the largest attack on the States since Pearl Harbor, and inadvertently created an environment where policy is dictated by fear?

Also, I think it's tough to do anything but… hagiografy the CIA. This is a movie about the tracking down and killing of one the greatest terror war criminal of the generation. It seems that the use of torture is supposed to provide that nuance, but at the end of the day, you gotta give the audience what they want, and…

Also, I think it's tough to do anything but… hagiografy the CIA. This is a movie about the tracking down and killing of one the greatest terror war criminal of the generation. It seems that the use of torture is supposed to provide that nuance, but at the end of the day, you gotta give the audience what they want, and…

They got him!

They got him!

Set your phasers to "Spank."

Set your phasers to "Spank."

I think they're fun. I mean, Worf's dourness on Next Gen is usually played off as this big joke. Any time a shitload of Klingons hang out in a bar, they're having a rowdy good time. They're an interespting concept, a warlike race forced to deal with other races that tend to be more peaceful, but are strong enough to…

I think they're fun. I mean, Worf's dourness on Next Gen is usually played off as this big joke. Any time a shitload of Klingons hang out in a bar, they're having a rowdy good time. They're an interespting concept, a warlike race forced to deal with other races that tend to be more peaceful, but are strong enough to…

Love love the focus on the cultural impacts of what's happening. That the Klingon's have been brought in serves dual purpose of making the events on the show more important and making the universe seem bigger. DS9 has been good up to this point, but it's really coming into its own here.