I agree this would have been much better early on. We are given some backstory and personality for the main characters, which have been sorely lacking despite being halfway through the series. And it gives us more information about SHIELD, which probably should have been done in the first three episodes.

If you read again, I never equated ambition with consciousness. I was pointing out that having interests outside of core programming was one symptom of consciousness. I was trying to point out that there is a huge difference between something like Moriarty (who pondered what it meant to be a sentient program) versus…

The problem isn't programs passing the Turing Test, but of people failing the Turing Test. We already have stories of customer support reps being accused of being programs.

(I would suggest changing two lines.)

I've always had the view that Winn actually had zero faith. She is a religious figure because of the political power, and she had the skills to do the rituals and speeches well.

Hmm… Going to argue the opposing view. (By the way, this is *way* more thought than I've previously put to this episode.)

There is no way that Odo would talk to Quark, or a councilor, or ANYBODY, about his relationship issues. The only "person" that he would risk being vulnerable to would be an insightful program like Vic.

According to "Measure of a Man", sentience requires: intelligence, self awareness, consciousness.

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Considering what happened to them in the second half of season 7, and especially in the series finale, I think it was worth it to get them together.

This was mentioned in a different discussion (don't remember which show review). I figured it explained why so much of Voyager was bland: to save Seven, the audience cannot experience any type of emotions from the stories.

When a hole the size of a queen bed is blasted in the side of a plane, how long does it take for the pressure to equalize? According to "0-8-4", more than several minutes.

Unless you are punching them with the badge.
(They need to have Coulson claim that a sock full of pennies is his badge, and then have him use it.)

Sorry, the menu of the annual agency picnic is level 69 classified.

You just tip-toed on my biggest problem with this series: what are the capabilities and limits of SHIELD? This is something that should have been established in the pilot, and they still haven't answered it.

Coulson was dead for minutes, but the (evil) Council (from the Avengers movie) stole his body. They get him on life support, and eventually back to life. Coulson was brainwashed to be their agent (like Winter Soldier in the comics). Fury and SHIELD eventually get him back, but gave him false memories so his tortured…

That's going to be a problem, after all these episodes.
If more credible threats appear in the future, and the heroes actually do something cool and exciting, it will be out of character. :-b

I made the same comment on another web site. It is far more efficient to do a regular turn, especially for a trip of hundreds of miles. If the producers really had their hearts set on showing VTOL jets, they should have come up with a better excuse. (For example, in the Firefly pilot, Serenity had to outmaneuver a…

Now that you mention it, that's another lost opportunity to be interesting.

Right after the opening teaser, Simmons was re-patching Chunky Stumpman's shoulder, and saying he re-opened his stitches. And that it has only been a few days since the bridge incident.

I assume you mean season six.
But it started as early as the season two opener. When I saw that Mutant Enemy was willing to have longer term trauma and consequences, the show had me hooked.