Oh, no need to apologize.  Just injecting some levity into the proceedings.  Your insights are, as usual, top notch, and editing to add more can only be a good thing.

I think it's more a matter of changing circumstances than a shift in character.  I mean, the entire pilot takes place under quite stressful conditions for our heroes; in subsequent episodes they are far less desperate.

I think it's more a matter of changing circumstances than a shift in character.  I mean, the entire pilot takes place under quite stressful conditions for our heroes; in subsequent episodes they are far less desperate.

It seems like this post gets longer every time I read it!

That was exactly my thought when the film was over, that it was basically RotJ to TDK's Empire.  It's not as intense, gripping, or even as well-crafted as the middle installment, but it ties threads from its predecessors together in unexpected and resonant ways.

That was exactly my thought when the film was over, that it was basically RotJ to TDK's Empire.  It's not as intense, gripping, or even as well-crafted as the middle installment, but it ties threads from its predecessors together in unexpected and resonant ways.

That was exactly my thought when the film was over, that it was basically RotJ to TDK's Empire.  It's not as intense, gripping, or even as well-crafted as the middle installment, but it ties threads from its predecessors together in unexpected and resonant ways.

Yeah, I took JGL standing on a rising platform immediately before the words The Dark Knight Rises are plastered on screen to indicate he's just gonna be the new Batman.

Yeah, I took JGL standing on a rising platform immediately before the words The Dark Knight Rises are plastered on screen to indicate he's just gonna be the new Batman.

I agree.  I was very unsatisfied with the "he's dead" ending, to the point of preparing to start loudly proclaiming the film as critically overrated.  But then the second set of twists stepped in and made the film make sense in a completely different and more satisfying way.

I agree.  I was very unsatisfied with the "he's dead" ending, to the point of preparing to start loudly proclaiming the film as critically overrated.  But then the second set of twists stepped in and made the film make sense in a completely different and more satisfying way.

At my behest, my troop did a Python sketch every year at summer camp, with varying degrees of success.

At my behest, my troop did a Python sketch every year at summer camp, with varying degrees of success.

But what if I haven't got a sixteen ton weight?  I mean, how many of those are there?

But what if I haven't got a sixteen ton weight?  I mean, how many of those are there?

What episodes are next week?  I am too lazy to look it up.

What episodes are next week?  I am too lazy to look it up.

I agree with this post to a degree that I feel a Like insufficiently conveys.

I agree with this post to a degree that I feel a Like insufficiently conveys.

I thought they both had the skeleton.  Is that not true?