I think that the basic answer is that while they have altered the timelines the stones were taken from, they have returned the stones to those timelines to be used for good(?). The Ancient One’s worries seemed to be somewhat more focused on loosing a weapon against the forces of evil than altering history, or…

they even got the kid from IM3 for it. Just seems like a disservice that she died to get them to that point and she doesn’t even get an 8x10 photo and fake coffin....

To be fair, Cap did take Mjolnir back with him and when we see him on the bench he only has his shield so it’s safe to assume that Mjolnir was returned to its rightful timeline with the Aether and ensures that the present timeline has no more hammers, only Stormbreaker.

You’re absolutely right but maybe despite changing certain events in the past the future still stays the same regardless (Loki eventually gets recaptured, Peter wakes up, and past Thor gets a new Mjolnir?, etc)...I think that’s what they were trying to say about time travel during the whole explanation part (have to…

Honestly, there’s so much paradox going on, returning the stones is the least of the problems.

Except for the 2012 one, where Loki presumably still has the Cosmic Cube.

Allegedly the show had to work out a deal with Orlando Jones because the cast was rewriting so much dialogue in disgust that they needed Jones since he's the only cast member who's also a writer's guild member. That probably accounts for the increase in Jones monologues. They really will never come close to his…

I never understood the love for Time’s Arrow. I mean yeah it’s cool to have Mark Twain up on the Enterprise but I remember watching it the first time it aired and was like, geez, I think they’re out of ideas. I do always forget that The Inner Light was the episode before though. By far the best TNG ever, and that’s…

Aside from any episodes with the Borg, that three episode run continues to bring me back to re-watching TNG every five years or so. “Family” is so good but when you understand the character arcs it’s just heartbreaking. Still makes me well up 30 years later.

My favorite Community run is also from season 6. Modern Espionage, Wedding Videography, and Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television

The final 3 episodes of The Shield. You can go back as far as the final 6. The most "anything could happen" stretch of TV ever...

Quantum Leap, if we can count episodes that aired across two seasons (but WEREN’T part of a serialized story, per the question requirements...).

thank you. i hate the articles always frame it as an “accusation” rather than an established fact

That would be my pick as well. Rarely did we get so much character development as just that in TNG, character development.

I might go for the three that open Season 4 - See Mr. Peanutbutter Run, The Old Sugarman Place, Hooray! Todd Episode.

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Allison! Plucking the answer right from my head (though “17 People” is extraordinary).

I thought about those same three episodes of The West Wing. The first three episodes of season two are very strong contenders as well: In the Shadow of Two Gunmen parts 1 & 2, and The Midterms. These three episodes give you the arc of the shooting outside the town hall, Josh’s surgery, key flashbacks to the campaign…

Polanski is completely delusional about his crime(s). He honestly believes he served his time — 42 days for psychiatric evaluation prior to sentencing and that was cut down from 90.

Sounds familiar.