Oh, uh, I dunno how to tactfully explain this, but, due to Mr. Mink's sudden death, I presumed that his bladder and bowels emptied themselves. (⊙‿⊙) ノ*: ･ﾟ✧✿

Yes, I'm not sure about the SSR's international status in the post-war year. Maybe everyone went back home following the end of WWII? Being largely dominated by US personnel probably paved the way for SSR's absorption/transformation into SHIELD.

I'm not clear on the timeline, but wasn't Peggy already with the SSR during The First Avenger? I was under the impression that the SSR was a multinational effort by the Allies, so it wasn't strictly an American intelligence agency. I figured that the SSR's location in NY is similar to how the UN's location is in NY,…

Peggy should make some side money by buying stuff out of the automat and selling them at a markup at work! She gets the lunch money anyway; buy coffee cheap and sub it for whatever the SSR agents are paying for!

I once brought a bucket of fried chicken to an office party, and someone walked away with the entire thing less than 5 minutes after I left it! It was so rude. A whole bucket!

OMG stashing food from open tables is so tacky … I picked up the habit from my mom. I'm so glad this episode made me feel less embarrassed about it. How about that Stan cameo? Was it a marvel, or was it Battleworld? Also, that corpse is gonna stink up Dottie's room real bad.

I looked up a serious fan review of the show, to see if it sounds as fun as your hate-watch, but … yeah. Are they at least still juxtaposing jaunty music against grim events?

Oh my godless! When @avclub-2bfea0e462ce8eb5d35e5087c65cad7e:disqus gave this a D+, I awaited your input with baited breath. That was glorious!

Hah! Yes, it actually brought to mind the Blueberry Hill scene from the movie. Those singing scientists were totally trolling Cole.

I understand what you're saying. It feels like the show is pushing to get mythology out to the audience, rather than building character dynamics. That might be due to only having 13 episodes to tell their story, but I'm hoping the writing team can balance that out as the season progresses.

I feel it has positive potential. It has a sense of adventure to it, because as the review points out, they're actually integrating the mechanics of time travel into how the plot unfolds (the North Korea segue brought Cassie back into Cole's orbit). If this show pursues those kinds of repercussions, I feel it can be…

Mmh, so much potential… You guys should really make a subthread in the 12 Monkeys reviews. I'll look forward to it tonight. Be there, or be square (or a penis clone, whichever you prefer)!

Ooh, what if they do use that twist? Like, in order for them to avert whatever biological calamity has befallen them in the future, they start cloning healthy versions of themselves! So, future Julia is a clone who is now succumbing to the ailment, and she'll soon have to create a new clone into which she can…

ROFL sorry! I must have had Marvel's reboot announcement on my mind.

Sadly, Conquest really does live down to the other two movies in terms of quality. …But "energy bow with multishot", mang (and naked woman with metal face, if you're into that sort of thing): trailer!

I wanted that triple-bladed sword from "The Sword and the Sorcerer", the energy bow from "Conquest", and this glaive from "Skrull Krull". That covered my ranged, thrown, and melee weapons requirement as a kid. I didn't think up shields and armor at the time, because Conan never needed them, so neither did I!

Well, there's still a glimmer of hope: they pulled the immortals through to this season, so perhaps that might be going somewhere. Now that Julia's story is decades into the future, immortality is not likely to be dropped. Whatever happens in the future also won't change Sarah's status in the present, so there'll be…

Hah! You're talking about Julia's regenerated finger? Yeah, the episode made a point of zooming into that, so I'm guessing that might be explained as the season progresses.

Yes, it would be nice if the creative team has an actual umbrella plot in mind. The show's structure (one day per episode) and character setup (outbreak response team) allows each season to take on a new plague each time. That seems so open-ended, so I wonder if the series was pitched as a self-restarting procedural…

Yep, the relationship between the two viral strains was never clarified. I know Narvik-A was meant to liquefy people, but it's not clear why the immortals were trying to "cull the herd". Narvik-B was … Hatake's project; and that one's purpose was never clear. The show just cut off that entire Narvik-B subplot by…