I thought this episode was fantastic.

As a former member of SHIELD and the CIA, I imagine all kinds of people wanted Sharon dead after she was branded an enemy of the state. That’s enough to make anyone bitter. I hadn’t thought about the effect of the blanket pardon, but that’s a good theory. 

Overlooking turning off his phone was definitely a dumb move, but my impression is that he was a soldier, not a spy.

I also think it’s a reflection of the tendency to refer to women in high-profile positions by their first names and men by their last names. For examples, most male politicians are referred to either by their first and last name or just their last name (and often interchangeably). The same thing with…

That was definitely a key card in the book. 

Zemo feels like a real wild card, and I, personally, am into it.

I also think this episode was probably a solid B. I also think the premiere was in the A-/B+ range. I’m just perplexed by these reviews, specifically the article titles. The title of this review is insane to me, mostly because of the way it is worded. “...weakest episode yet” implies that the other episodes have also…

I think it’s definitely tilting toward Sharon being The Broker. For the most part (except for Zemo in the bar, maybe), they’ve avoided gendering the character, just saying “Broker” without using pronouns. 

This reviewer sometimes has the weirdest gripes. 

Yeah, this episode was a weird mix of hand-wave-y explanations (I’m not as offended by the wealthy Zemo reveal [I mean... he is Baron Zemo]) and exposition dumps (although Nagel describing his version of the serum was genuinely upsetting) and the big action set piece was really messy, which was the biggest…

What’s it called when a raving person on the internet uses the correct “they’re” but also somehow forgets the apostrophe?

“yep and i might fuck yours” is... ::chef’s kiss::

Because we are all desperately trying to prove how clever we are. 

Sam Neill’s understudy, then. 

And if Stark was the one running said company, you know they would be all about piercing that corporate veil to take his personal assets, too. Also, there are regulations for how corporations have to behave? Yes, there are loopholes and some of them are laughably lax but, good god, it’s a lot of paperwork. Although…

Nonprofit registration qualifications, while broad, are still not a free-for-all. I’m curious as to how an Avengers outfit would be able to acquire nonprofit designation. And, if they did, I highly doubt it would be as a 501(c)(3), which is the only nonprofit designation for which donations are tax-deductible.

It would have to be, considering how old the twins are, right?? I haven’t watched Supergirl in a bit, but it was not implied that the twins grew up super (ha) fast and Lois was pregnant after Crisis, right?

They don’t read 14 but they also don’t read 27 which is a step in the right direction for the CW. 

Based on the age of the twins, S&L clearly takes place further in the future than Supergirl (last I checked), so that may explain some of the disconnect. I also have a hunch that they are deliberately staying away from Supergirl to avoid any hinting/spoiler-ing of Supergirl’s final season. 

Well, yes. But when the rescheduled date was decided.