"but a reminder that even in the future, we need to be vigilant against those would claim authority and have none"

This would actually be a nice thematic dovetail with how important the 25th Amendment is in the show.

Sorkin's original rule was No References to Anyone After Ike. I know the subsequent show runners broke that rule, and Sorkin probably did, too, at some point.

David Lee thinks David Lee is the only awesome lawyer in Chicago (…the world?). I mean, he doesn't change his mind on her until she articulates his exact strategy, in his exact words.

Well, no- the scandal with Ben and the leave of absence are season 4, the Eagleton plot with the architect was season 5 (the other big Eagleton ep, Leslie was in the right on). Plus there's the porno plot, the semi-bribery of Jamm, planting the Indian artifacts, all in Season 5.

I think there's been a good few times that Leslie has professionally "lost", or been wrong; the stakeout for Greg Pikitis, filling in the pit on her own, going up against Sweetums, trying to save that mansion, sneaking around with Ben, not taking a leave of absense, petty fueding with Eagleton…usually, she gets out of…

I think Ayn Rand would shudder to see herself slashed with libertarians.

Which doesn't really make sense, because we've heard Ted's list 'o things he wants in a woman a hundred times, and Robin matches precious few of them.

1. Network TV season is ending, Mad Men's on, upfronts this week- TV's making news right now.

Well wasn't the one regarding the book clearly an in joke? "I'm on chapter TEN, I really like it."

I'm not quite picking up that Series-Clara is particularly less intelligent than Dalek-Clara. Remember, the things Dalek-Clara did that impressed The Doctor so much were standard-issue Dalek abilities. Meanwhile, Series-Clara had the Facebook bit, the leaf bit, and reminded the Ice Warrior about his daughter.

Yeah, but the Defiant was specifically built to fight the Borg. I mean, maybe it wouldn't have been successful, maybe Sisko and Starfleet miscalculated somewhere, but that would kinda warrant an explanation.

I'll fully admit to not knowing much about the man, but is Castro really recognized as a particularly great mind? He's obviously a capable politician, and hardly the demon we made him out to be in the 60s, but I don't see how he's particularly visionary, or whatever.

I dunno- I think we have to count Martha and Amy. The sine qua non of the complaint probably isn't whether or not the Doctor and the companion actually kissed.

Yeah, but the time paradoxes they did have- multiple doctors running around, Jaggeroths, etc.- were awesome.

Well, different strokes and all, but I consider the lack of timey-wimey a demerit. Kinda feels like it's letting the concept down when the TARDIS is just a means to convey the cast from one English manor in period dress to another.

It's also confusing because there's something of an "informal" structure. Sisko and Kira are formally 1 and 2 on the station, but in practice, Sisko spends a lot more time on broad-strokes strategy- where Dax is his top counsel- and Kira and Odo really run the station.

"It is absolute hypocrisy to say that some thing is OK for group A to do but not OK for Group B to do."

What's not to buy? All of language is predicated on the relationship between the speaker and the listener. I can call my wife "baby", but you should not. This is the same thing.

I think Ron's libertarian-esque ideology has been pretty well fleshed out, actually. Granted, there's never been a moment where anyone says "Oh! THAT'S why you're libertarian!", but that would be too on the nose, anyway. We know he grew up in a small, insular community, we know his first ex wife, who really messed him…