Well, part of the reason is legal - Marvel can't use "mutants" because they don't currently own the film rights, and mutants have always been the simplest explanation, never requiring much info beyond "some humans have mutated genes that give them crazy powers". The MCU wanted its own ability to populate the world…

It's not that it doesn't make sense, it's that it just *feels* silly. "Fish oil" even sounds silly when you say it. I'm not sure if there would be a way to present the same idea that works better, but as it stands I just keep thinking it's funny.

The most interesting parts of this episode were the Wikipedia pages I read.

That line was so great, because it came exactly when you were expecting the compulsory "Is he okay?" scene followed by regret turning to acceptance from Morty - but as per usual, this show cuts through the crap.

"wore a mascot suit in front of elementary school kids" seems like an unnecessarily ambiguous way of phrasing that

I guess we are supposed to assume he knows him by name and face - the conversation on the battlefield in the pilot suggests Milos and the Baron were deeply involved in the plan to kill Wilkin off by sending him to fight the Scots. Also during the ambush, the Baron seems to not recognize Wilkin immediately but then…

There's only one weak episode out of seven that exist. I have high hopes that they'll deliver 12 new ones with only a couple weak points.

Watched some more and: when Milos hires Wilkin on as full-time executioner, Wilkin asks him "why are you doing this?" and his answer is "our buried pasts bind us". Basically, the reveal happened twice already in the pilot and none of us noticed :D

Turns out we all just totally failed to pay attention. See my reply to @NephewOfAnarchy:disqus above

OK so, just re-watched some of the pilot, and here's how bad we all are at paying attention:

They definitely did that just to fuck with us. They know perfectly well it's the Prime Minister - it's come up in several episodes before.

Rob Ford is closer to Canadian Trump, but thankfully he's nowhere near that level of government.

I think she will come back or at least be mentioned, because It just dawned on me what they've done - they built a classic trope right under our noses. Butters now has "a girlfriend in Canada!"

Hey… so it is! I have my reasons, I swear. Don't worry about it.

It's those three magic irresistible-curiosity-inducing words: "Don't worry about it!"

Reference to what bit? Been a while since I saw that show. Mostly just happy to see someone else mention it :)

"Most of the support Trump has gotten is from the belief he's speaking his mind riling against pc culture."

Did it ever occur to you that perhaps they don't believe the PC crowd is entirely without merit, and perhaps they do have mixed feelings about Caitlyn Jenner?

Pretty sure she's a pagan masquerading as a Christian and/or adopting a few Christian rituals into her paganism. Sheepfucker boy is a pagan too (we got one scene of him praying to Woden in the pilot).

The presence of a black Muslim is the sort of thing I'd accept and even maybe thoroughly enjoy… in a better show. A show that earns its historical chops can throw in some extremely-unlikely-but-not-necessarily-impossible details, because in truth history IS full of one-off oddities especially at the individual level…