Roman from Party Down, is that you?

No question marks; it must always be "VICKKIIIIIIEEEEE!"

I respect your opinion on Whedon while simultaneously completely disagreeing with it.

Oh my…could he show-run the proposed live-action project on FOX? 😳

Well, considering the effectiveness in which they've divided up, delegated franchises, make us believe decisions are motivated creatively and then we buy the toys anyway, and seem to have two major subdivisions (Marvel, Pixar) with near-perfect track records (with Disney Animation rapidly catching up), I'd be…

Can't wait to see him adapt the unadaptable American Gods, and make it look easy in the process.

Bryan Fuller and Joss Whedon. I can always count on things from their pipeline to be, if not objectively "good", then landing right in my pleasure zone anyway.

So I was … right?

I'm expecting Thea to become such a beloved badass on the show, that the producers quickly realize she is once again usurping Laurel's destiny, and they end up killing her off "as a step on Laurel's journey to Black Canary." Or something.

Yes, much much agreed. Great look for her.

Did you teleport here from the season 1 comments, Jay? We all started to like her during season 2. "Heart of the show" and all that. :)

Whereas Ayn L. Probe was too juvenile and capitalistic for liberal America.

True, the situation was engineered that way. Let's now offer alternate scenarios that allow the body-swapping trope while simultaneously preserve the timeline of the plot.

Fitz subplot didn't bother me, mostly because the conflict was so airless that it was basically "excuse for bantering/joking". Fitz basically borrowing Hunter for his no-brain was pretty funny, and the writing in general was sharp in a scenario where a year ago I'd have been rolling my eyes at all of it.

They literally tied her up after they took her clothes. In your scenario, the only opportunity to re-clothe May would be if her captors decided to dress her before tying her up, or she breaks out of the chair and calls, "time out…gotta put on some pants."

Agent Referenced Inalineofdialogue.

Praise be to Na-Notek!

I think the HYDRA logo-uniforms are a nice reminder that we're in what is, essentially, a pretty straight-up comic book reality. Years of Marvel movies have allowed for a sense of comfort in that heightened quality.

What made it work ultimately was the show once again treating it as rote. "Ugh, he finally turned around, time to easily escape!"

(A la a dying Kirk in Generations)