This is the aspect that makes this episode disturbingly prescient to me, and overcomes any awkwardness (or the tidiness of the resolution). You can very, very easily map all this onto the fallout from a Romney presidency.

This is the aspect that makes this episode disturbingly prescient to me, and overcomes any awkwardness (or the tidiness of the resolution). You can very, very easily map all this onto the fallout from a Romney presidency.

"Kids. Ya gotta be foim."

"Kids. Ya gotta be foim."

I'm not going to debate you, Jerry.

I'm not going to debate you, Jerry.

I remember some asshole troll critic at Entertainment Weekly calling O Brother Where Art Thou the worst movie of that year…a year which included Battlefield Earth.

I remember some asshole troll critic at Entertainment Weekly calling O Brother Where Art Thou the worst movie of that year…a year which included Battlefield Earth.

Thing is, she's British. I think that's a slightly less bizarre name in England, land of silly names.

Thing is, she's British. I think that's a slightly less bizarre name in England, land of silly names.

Humanity still had to get to the point where they'd invent warp drive to get the Vulcans to notice them, so they had to at the very least keep their shit together until then. While the timeline doesn't really scan coherently, I do like that, even in ST: First Contact, humans have done something to earn their…

Humanity still had to get to the point where they'd invent warp drive to get the Vulcans to notice them, so they had to at the very least keep their shit together until then. While the timeline doesn't really scan coherently, I do like that, even in ST: First Contact, humans have done something to earn their…

The thing is, Kahler-Jex was pretty obviously being used as a metaphor for how the Doctor had started to see himself, as a monster with good intentions—the scene with him in the prison practically spells this out. They've even hit on the idea that the Doctor turns his friends into killers, which ties in with the…

The thing is, Kahler-Jex was pretty obviously being used as a metaphor for how the Doctor had started to see himself, as a monster with good intentions—the scene with him in the prison practically spells this out. They've even hit on the idea that the Doctor turns his friends into killers, which ties in with the…

Nixon's policies weren't so bad, but he was such a monstrous slimebag. The dude actually committed TREASON to get into power (going behind LBJ's back to convince the Vietnamese not to negotiate, so that he'd give them a better deal once he got into office). It's hard to wave shit like that away.

Nixon's policies weren't so bad, but he was such a monstrous slimebag. The dude actually committed TREASON to get into power (going behind LBJ's back to convince the Vietnamese not to negotiate, so that he'd give them a better deal once he got into office). It's hard to wave shit like that away.

You don't like "Arcadia"? I thought that one was a lot of fun.

You don't like "Arcadia"? I thought that one was a lot of fun.

Equilibrium was a REAL disappointment after the very strong start to the season. Fortunately the season recovers shortly after that.

Equilibrium was a REAL disappointment after the very strong start to the season. Fortunately the season recovers shortly after that.