Interestingly, back when you guys did a one-off group review of the finale, someone (with no prior Blackadder experience) commented on "an asthmatic ant with some very heavy shopping" as an excellent line — whereas I have always cringed at it as the peak example of what you mention here about Blackadder's quips…

Also Sam is right: the glowing egg in the woods in the 80s and the glowing egg today are totally unrelated. Just a coincidence.

"I think there are answers there for us."
"Answers to what?"

"Technically two events are a coincidence, it takes three to make a pattern."

You know how people say Downton Abbey has a timeline problem, since sometimes years pass in the broader plot while character relationships seem to have only advanced a few days?

Okay, that's it. I'm going back to believing the "no body, no death" rule no matter what. This is the third time I've let myself believe I was seeing an exception, only to find out I wasn't.

Why? They can just limit it and warp it with whatever semi-mystical sci-fi mumbo jumbo. It'll be a one-way portal, or only one person can go through it a week, or it kills you and Zenith is actually the afterlife, or it transports you to an alien planet where Zenith is a human habitat they constructed (I'm betting on…

You know what the weirdest thing about skater kid's scene was, apart from the fact that he appeared out of nowhere after a long absence?

Yes, the one big upside to Angie's death (or temporary disappearance, as may turn out to be the case) is that we don't have to sit through any more scenes of her not hating Junior.

Maybe. But that seems TOO straightforward. I kind of think the pit is going to be a portal to Zenith, and that's going to become *painfully* obvious to everyone watching, but it's going to take the people on the show until the end of the season to figure it out.

"Joe, I'm sorry I didn't give you a chance, like you did after my mom died"

I was only 11 in 1996, but I distinctly recall the double-airing of Homerpalooza and this on the same Sunday. At the time, Homerpalooza was heavily promoted as a big deal, and this episode felt a little bit lost as an afterthought, despite later establishing itself as a classic. We weren't going to be home that night,…

It seems to be established as fact that the device was put inside Irisa as a child (and, more generally, that she was in fact a child recently) — so I assume they must be some kind of reincarnation. It's also possibly that the original people aren't them at all, and they are simply seeing themselves in the roles while…

Are we really "going there" when discussing an episode that, clearly and unambiguously, had questions of cultural appropriation as a primary theme?

I'm not sure he has to have intel — one of the things the show doesn't do a great job of reinforcing is that the "we gotta get along" situation in towns isn't (as far as I understand) representative of the broader political situation. There are two world governments still reeling from an incredibly brutal war and most…

The dinosaur was clearly humans… He just gave a whole speech about how the Castis are stronger and better than us, born conquerers who have arrived to usher out humanity. Then she asked him why he goes to the club if he believes that, and he says the thing about the dinosaur admiring the asteroid…

What about the implications of the fact that Big Bad E-Rep Man is secretly a defeatist who believes he's just overseeing humanity's last days? That's not what I expected last week — I figured he'd be more in the "I hate Castis but I secretly and shamefully find them beautiful" vein — but taking it a step further could…

Just rewatched the opening and… it's true, the "socks" exchange is magnificent. Despite having only just been introduced to these characters, just the look on Blackadder's face immediately tells the entire story of him stealing the socks and his overall relationship with the prince in the span of less than two seconds.

The Third has always struck me as the tightest series.

But that's kind of my point — he didn't respond to that distastefully at all, he weakly said "oh that's good to know" because he seemed sincerely and completely flustered by Stahma.