You will never rise from the ashes of your shame and humiliation!

By the time he became the face of A&E in the eighties, he genuinely seemed as endearingly nutty as his portrayal on MST.

Until I saw this clip, I'd forgotten how patronizing Perkins could be during his Today Show era. "Wookies? That's a thing you kids know about, right? I can't be bothered to do even a minimal amount of research."

The presence of Jack Perkins in that Today Show clip gives me a chance to point out that I dressed as Perkins for the costume contest at the second MST3K convention, and I didn't even win the fucking "Jack Perkins Really Good" Award.

Oh, I definitely have faith in them to wrap things up well. And the non-CG animation has been fantastic this season, so the physical production is as good as ever, maybe better. I just hope Nick's budget cutting and general assholiness didn't force them to compromise.

You could tell they were trying to do an Ember Island Players without having the resources to do it properly. But now I'm wondering if Nick's budget-slashing had anything to do with some of the more dire elements of this season—reuse of old music cues, sometimes dire CGI, even the sometimes erratic pacing. Did Bryke…

Four episodes with Korra incapacitated is nearly a third of the season. Given the length of the season, I actually think it was pretty ballsy of them to prolong it for as long as they did. But having said that…yeah, it felt a little abrupt. I'm willing to believe it will play better when the season is viewed as a…

That was the moment when I realized Kuvira is basically Joni Ernst.

Of the many, many, many great things about these episodes, my favorite may have been the cut back to Naga and Pabu. It's the kind of perfectly introduced moment of levity at a time of darkness this show does so well.

Limitations?

Kurt Russell can do anything he damn well wants.

Ah, I like Kai well enough, and his gentle "Yip yip" before riding into the unknown was genuinely sweet.

Just watched this episode a second time and I've got to say, that fight scene was absolutely one of the cleanest, most eloquently staged action sequences I've ever seen, in animation or live action. An absolutely perfect episode of television.

I thought (okay, hoped) Kai was going to be the sacrificial lamb. No such luck.

I would guess Tenzin's OK because it gains them no leverage with Korra if they kill him. Most likely they're just trying to beat him into submission.

There have been times when his line readings have seemed like, well, someone reading lines, but yeah, his delivery of his speech as he killed the queen—and dear God what a great scene!—was absolutely chilling.

Yeah, and daytime programming on Comedy Central consists mostly of movies that you could probably be watching on every other cable channel.

That lack of reruns is the weirdest thing. They'll play episodes of Spongebob or Sam & Cat all times of day or night, but they never gave Korra a chance to be seen by anyone other than hardcore fans.

I think it's partly the curse of the shorter seasons. They only have so much time to get the characters where they need to be, so sometimes the actions feel too abrupt. Yeah, she should have shown more respect, and the way they handled it felt pretty clumsy, but as we learned from Original Airbenders, sooner or…

I love how Tenzin is always having some sort of revelation and vows to change, then goes right back to his old habits. It may seem like lazy writing at first, but it's true to his character. He's very hidebound and overly cautious. Whatever else Aang taught him, he never learned that airbending can be fun.