True - it just seems to be a method he enjoys using, and his shows seem to lend well to (whether he's still writing on them or not by the time they get used). Even the new Star Wars featured a brief…vision, of sorts (I think for the first time ever in that series).

You say Whedon, I say Abrams. The "let's have a dream episode to explore the character" is totally his go-to. He (or rather, Breen and Schapker) actually did this two episodes in a row in Alias' fourth season.

After an outstanding episode last week, this episode was terribly scripted. Every interaction felt…off.

Um, wow - I totally missed the bunny ears on Seth Green.

That's pretty much how I read it - following on their impromptu hug from a few episodes prior, it seemed like he finally took the advice seriously coming from his friend, despite hating every minute of it. But I like Cuniraya's take on it - no reason why there can't be shades of both.

Very interesting point. I could see that Cary hated her advice even as he was thanking her for it, but this was not an interpretation that had occurred to me.

Do you know what surreal comedy is?

Do you know what surreal comedy is?

Yup! Peter Stormare does a brilliant Peter Stormare accent.

You know, I think you may be right. Guess she died never knowing about it. That makes Mark's "She loves you!" comment even more bewildering in my mind. "Shut up" indeed!

*Aaron Pierce lands on top of Jack's helicopter*
*and is promptly splattered into a fine red mist by the propeller*

I just assumed Cheng brought it on board with him

It’s a theme that could, in lesser hands, seem flatly melodramatic and manipulative, and if you’d asked me before watching this episode, I would’ve said that killing Audrey was exactly that; a needlessly cruel plot twist that uses one of the show’s few remaining emotional relationships for a cheap and ultimately…