Carol, is that you?

I get what you're saying. But Tandy was the one that greeted Mike with a punch to the nuts. And when Mike threw that beach party, it wasn't to get "at Tandy" that I could see, but Tandy's party was definitely all about being jealous of Mike's successful party. The "Skidmark" thing was a dick move, I'll grant you.

That's the stated reason, I think, but I also think that we're supposed to see them as always having had a painful sibling rivalry.

I thought there was at least an arc to season one; Phil's journey of sexual frustration and poorly thought out strategies to relieve the same.

The people who like the character also seem to find him sympathetic (e.g., the term "sad sack" is often used). I just find him to be just another boring asshole.

Shrapnel was a British officer who designed anti-personnel artillery shells.

Dennis seems determined to blame Crowe for everything wrong with this episode, including stuff he wasn't in, like the Update correspondents dragging on (which they did, especially Mooney's bit).

That actually would have made more sense, but it seemed pretty clear the FBI was out to frame Jake regardless. (e.g., they admitted they knew it was Oswald's rifle.)

As far as I could tell, the Secret Service wasn't in on the whole "Hang Jake out to dry" plan. They told JFK that Jake saved him, and that was good enough for JFK. (JFK mentions this in the phone call).

If one is a JFK fan(*), one could imagine that by accomplishing more in the direction of civil rights, etc., JFK led to a bigger backlash. Instead of Nixon, Wallace.

FWIW, I don't think the folks at home get to hear the good parts.

Fewer connections to other characters drags Dany down a bit, I think. That's a potential problem with their approach. It probably hurts Arya a bit too as she is off doing her own thing most of the time as well.

Most people don't know that meaning of the word graph, but are vaguely familiar with the graph of a function, so I suspect they went with Network instead for that reason.

Kor also complains, "You've tried to hem us in, cut off vital supplies, strangle our trade!" which could imply the Federation has been pursuing some sort of "containment" towards the Klingons.

Nothing fits perfectly, but Romulans of TOS seem most like the Chinese to the Klingon's Russians, including their prickly alliance (which was mostly an excuse to reuse the Klingon model for Romulan ships).

I blame that episode on writers that didn't really understand the Prime Directive, or what it was supposed to prevent.

You may find "A Taste of Armageddon" methods of nondestructive war a stretch, but in a way it prefigured the debate over the Neutron Bomb, which was supposed to kill people but leave buildings standing.

It's not clear to me that the folks are Summerisle are murdering children. IIRC, Rowan's picture is the only one missing. The crops on Summerisle only just started failing, and I had the impression that Howie is the first real human sacrifice.

Thanks for replying. This is a pet peeve of mine, I'll admit. I had a similar complaint recently when a writer (on another site) said a story took an "epigenetic turn". I asked what they meant by that, and never got a response, so I appreciate your response.

Sorry to nitpick, but what is a "logistical fight sequence"?