That's what I immediately thought of, too. I think it was a deliberate reference to that event.

The reason the word "problematic" was created in the first place (and then overused to the point of losing its meaning entirely) was to convey that there are other categories besides "This show is a worthless piece of shit that actively makes you a worse person as you watch it" and "This show is perfect in every…

Me, too. The first time I watched it, I was still laughing from his Trident jingle, but that dead chimp sent me over the edge. I couldn't catch my breath for at least a couple minutes.

"No, I'm afraid she didn't say anything of the kind."

I decided that if I was going to get into Star Trek, I was going to need something that gave me a reason to continue from episode to episode. I've seen several eps of both TOS and TNG — some of which I liked and some of which I didn't — but even the ones I enjoyed didn't inspire me to continue. And from what I had…

I started DS9 this year as well (though I'm much further along) and I think I was a bit more charitable to "Move Along Home" because this show was my first exposure to Star Trek and I desperately wanted to like it. Then I realized that there were enough good and great episodes that I didn't have to pretend like that…

Star Trek. I'd seen a few episodes of the original series and The Next Generation over the years, as well as several of the movies and one episode of Enterprise which was so bad it nearly killed any interest I had. (Looking back, I think it had Ferengi in it? But that species hadn't had contact yet with the…

My intro was "I Accuse My Parents", and it's still one of my favorites. The earnest preachiness of the movie is perfect for mockery, and it starts with a short film, which means you can easily stop there and come back if you're not feeling it. Also, some episodes' scenes on the Satellite of Love are extended comic…

Yeah, exactly. And Jessica knew that, which is why she killed Reva. My point is that, if Jessica had been capable of thinking of alternative ways of fulfilling Kilgrave's orders she would have done so then. But to Kilgrave, nothing is ever his fault, so he prefers to believe that whenever someone obeys a…

It is depressing, but yeah, I think so. It probably contributed to the guilt she struggles with.

Yeah, "satisfied and cheerful" wasn't really what I meant. I blame lack of sleep for my weird word choice. I agree that it's more like a compulsion, but the overall point is that it's a compulsion to do what Kilgrave wants, not necessarily what he literally said (though satisfying the latter does work).

Now that I think about it, Jessica herself is a great example of this. Several times through the series, she interprets other people's orders for them and tries to make them think they've fulfilled the terms of Kilgrave's instructions (for instance, when she drugs Trish to make Simpson think he's killed her). But…

That would work if the victim was really still in control of themselves and just had to follow his commands to the letter. But the really creepy thing about Kilgrave is that he doesn't just make you do something: he makes you *want* to do it. The people he controls seem perfectly satisfied and cheerful as long as…

It was accurate in its depiction of every single generation in the history of humanity, at least in the eyes of the preceding generations. I was reminded of the bit in Plato's Phaedrus where Socrates complains that young people are embracing written language because they're too lazy and cowardly to defend their ideas…