Very cool!

How did they use to pronounce "eye"? More than one syllable?

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I agree, but then I would also miss her; are there any organic ways to have her pop up otherwise? Maybe via the gun expert, McVeigh, or maybe the ethics stuff (which is sure to blow up). Maybe Diane, rather than Kalinda, ends up becoming Alicia's drinking buddy, though that would probably be a no-no for judges.

Is anyone "MARGARET!!!"?

I'm trying to imagine what the show would look like if the producers do indeed pull the trigger on this. Do we just see Diane when she happens to be the judge on a case that Alicia/Cary or Will (and company) are trying? Does she get little subplots with Peter and Eli?

I have to agree: It's awful that this huge change, Diane and Will falling out, has to hinge on that cheap device, one predicated on farce-adjacent timing and cheap irony. All the same, it's a big step for the show to take, the separation of Will and Diane, and I'm glad it has the nerve to do it. (And at least it was…

I hope I'm not making this up, but isn't there a word that ends in "-es" (or something very similar) and which only changes *pronunciation* when it's pluralized? (If not, it'd be cool.)

That "come on, guys" had the effect of skipping over the part that I actually would have wanted to read. You can't yadda-yadda over that!

Now that they've used the superlative, I wonder what they'll do next? "Die Hard 7: It'll Get Progressively Easier to Die from Here On Out"?

Two-Toed Ping / Twelve-Toed Ping: 12/12

Nice! I love these sorts of demonyms (ones that change a lot, like Liverpudlian, Mancunian, and Monégasque). Also mottos and such where the (non-obvious) Roman name comes into play, like with York and Eboracum.

"Halifax" looks like one of those words that would have an unexpected (etymologically-motivated) plural. No such luck?

The moment when the boat starts to freefall was exhilarating.

Yeah, throwing a mini-tantrum upon encountering the first evasion is not smart OR fun to watch.

He's kind of caught up with her in terms of apparent age, so the age-difference titillation will be gone. But proceed!

Blacklist is a show about a spy!

This is precisely the future that John Connor was sent back to prevent.

He couldn't even get *both* stigmata :)

I also appreciated the way this gave heft to the final image of Miles watching the flag go up. Without our being aware of it at the time, the pipe was being laid for that layering of meaning: This isn't just "Oh goody, the cavalry is here"; there's more nefarious stuff, with black-bagging and a sort of satellite…