I thought about that too — especially since the girl was turned on (or pretending to be turned on) by him having Skeever beaten. That could have been Stahma's idea, to make Alak realize that being a brutal mob boss has its perks.

Right — I'm not saying they succeeded, or that they even still hope to push the character in that direction (I think Djoneson is right that they may be adjusting, having realized how he comes across) — but I do think they were going for a bit of a Mal thing when they designed the character.

The 3000-year flashback seems to establish that the Irathients mutinied against the other Votan colonists and tried to take over the ship, with the intention of not letting the terraforming plans go forward now that they know earth is inhabited.

Come to think of it — what if it wasn't blackmail bait, but a test set up by Rafe?

Oh, it's clearly happening. No point fighting it now. Just be happy that the Ancient Aliens are residing where they belong, on the SyFy channel, not on motherfucking History.

Interesting, and solid, observation — however, there have still been many moments when the show *clearly* wanted me to laugh or at least smirk at Nolan, but such a reaction was not forthcoming.

Nolan's "I never got to experience high school" line is a major milestone in this series for me: the first time I've sincerely laughed out loud at one of his poor-man's-Nathan-Fillion quips

She also doesn't correct her student who thinks that they just built this electromagnet in order to "generate current"

It is absolutely vital that you don't use your brain at all while watching this show, it seems. I'm not one to demand total realism from science fiction but I mean, come on… Everyone standing next to the magnetized dome that just killed Linda is still wearing metal watches and belt buckles; things in the house got…

Season 3 really surprised me recently too, and got a total "wait a minute…" reaction. Only a couple months ago I had ended up in a conversation about Blackadder and opined that one of his defining characteristics was always losing — but no, S3 ends with him assuming the Prince's identity and leaving with the mad king…

This is why I find it so hard to choose a favourite series. Laurie is incredible, and if Fry had a regular role alongside him, then 3 would be the clear winner — but he doesn't, whereas 4 has them BOTH… And while Lieutenant George might not be quite as wonderful as Prince George, he's still pretty great… Plus we get…

Certainly not — #4 is the favourite of many when they really think about it, it just is rarely the first to come to mind first since its historical period feels more recent, so it's not superficially representative of the series which is best known to most people as "that English show with Mr. Bean and kings and…

It's very hard to say, because overall you did an *excellent job* — it's clearly a matter of those indefinable subtleties that make all great illustration styles really hard to mimic.

the backgrounds are definitely from the game — but that may just be because it was easy to get full-resolution, unobstructed shots of them that way (even without unpacking the game, just using HD screenshots). The models of the mormons look juuuuust slightly off enough that I think they were probably made & animated…

If you've heard Louie tell the story from his life that this is very closely based on, it's interesting to consider the differences…

Indeed. And let's not forget, it started the very same day that he got the cold, hard facts about sex explained to him for the first time, Tywin-style.

They could shock by going way in the other direction too, and have his death happen offscreen. Like this was the last time we'll see him alive and we didn't even know it…. Imagine if the finale opened with Jaime going to Tywin to ask when the execution is, planning on begging him to stop it, and Tywin responds that…

It's true. And it's annoying because from what I understand, these books are *not* amazing pieces of literature or even especially advanced ones. They ARE feats of lore- and world-building and complex storytelling, for sure — but the use of the written word to do that work is more "competent" than "masterful", and is…

I think the Grey Worm / Missandei story is leading up to them abandoning Dany — now made doubly problematic by Jorah's dismissal, as she'll soon find she has nobody left at her side.

It really was — and it's doubly interesting when you consider the earlier conversation about "the look in his eyes when he know's it's over." Turns out you don't need the eyes.