Bingo. This wasn't a referendum on reporter abuse. Most of the vote was done early.

I finally finished Batman: Arkham Knight, got the true "Knightfall" ending, and played all of the "Arkham Episodes."

Bingo. He's run, essentially, a close corporation that he controls, which is basically all about him. Most of his money these days comes from leveraging his name and identity itself. There's no distinction between him and his business. So, loyalty to the business = loyalty to him, personally.

Right, I don't disagree with that. He has a certain animal cunning to him in his ability to ingratiate himself with people in smaller settings. And he will say literally whatever it takes to "close a deal" or "make the sale." And he's really good at that stuff, because, well, he'd have to be to get people to part…

I see it as more a matter of competing aspects of his personality: on the one hand, the consummate bullshit artiste; on the other, the unhinged narcissist who cannot stop himself from saying stupid shit.

Yeah, the "Norman = aristocratic; Anglo-Saxon = common" distinction survives to this day.

The better to fit his tiny, tiny hands.

It's almost got you all in check.

I thought it was "Do not talk about Robotics."

I'm sure his dad, Dablone, approves.

Irish, actually.

To be fair, they did lampshade it at one point when Bill inevitably gets one of his "Oh no! Sookie!" outbursts, and Eric looks at him and, speaking for the entire audience, says "Fuck Sookie!"

Absolutely. I think that, in a way, the show is based on a kind of….hmm…not exactly juvenile, but at least very specific-stage-of-life approach to looking at relationships, dating, and marriage. By its very nature, it's focused on a single moment in time: the titular meeting of the mother. Robin in Season 7 tells…

YUP.

That's what he wanted you to think. In truth, the Goa'uld had kidnapped him, and it was up to Jack, Sam, Teal'c, and Daniel to go rescue him.

Yeah, see, my "head canon" is basically the alternate ending. I do agree that a S5 ending would've been the perfect place, but…well…you can wish in one hand…

Sorry, two things about my response there, both of which stem from the general response to the finale (nothing in response to your specific comments).

When people say "It's the journey that matters, not the destination," I like to ask them how they'd feel if they drove across the country in a car with their kids to go visit Disneyland, only to find out that it had burned to the ground.

See also, The X-Files.

Well, I've already suggested "The Newhart" (also known as "The Bobby Ewing") as the play that gets them out of this…