What excuse? That was the explanation. Take it up with Shonda. 

*sigh*

It wasn’t ghost sex. It was a tumor-induced hallucination. 

Super-deep cut with zero visibility by this point I’m sure, but after the obvious choice (“That Thing You Do!”), this is it for me:

That’s not a great headline either. I don’t know why people get so angry when I point out this obvious fact but a headline has to make the reader interested in reading the story (and, yes, acknowledged: here on the web that means clicking).

It’s excellent. But by all means, please watch and judge for yourself. 

This grade is low, too low. I didn’t expect to enjoy this show as much as I did. I didn’t even really get that into Discovery. Picard is something else entirely - deeply entertaining, warm and reassuring without being overly nostalgic and fan-service-y, and just fun. 

I think we’re good here. 

Joining the club. Do we get t-shirts?

Come sit by me, hon. We shall be Instacart buddies forever more.

Jesus. That’s a hell of a cast, though.

Again: He’d have recognized her at the door in that case. Not midway through. It’s clear from the scene that her eyes remind him of Alison, oooh, I mean - c’mon.

It’s astonishing to me that there are so many people here defending that part of this episode. I’m always the one arguing for plausibility and I’m sitting…

I don’t think it was hastily concocted - the episode showing the murder came right after the episode where her death was confirmed, and it all seemed of a piece from the beginning “who’s missing” questions (we all suspected Alison to begin with). I just wish they’d put more thought into this future plot. 

Then why didn’t he recognize her at the door?

I mean, we can contort ourselves into pretzels trying to make sense of this or we can give a nod to ol’ Occam and admit it’s far likelier that they just didn’t think this through very well ... either that, or as Thoughts on Balls said elsewhere, this isn’t supposed to make…

You’re right though - that would at least make some kind of innate sense. 

I sincerely and strongly disagree. And I’m usually the one in your position - defending something others attack as being unrealistic or a bad creative decision. The Ben/Joanie scenes don’t make any sense when you think them through. I can buy Joanie being so worked up about the situation that she didn’t read the form…

The whole Evil Ben plot was honestly like something out of a bad comic book. It was supervillain-levels of trickery mashed up with a boatload of assumptions and blind faith. And we’re supposed to buy that he recognized a kid he met only a few times (if that!) over thirty years ago - based on some supposed resemblance…

To adults? Yes, unquestionably.

To the girl spawn? You don’t. You won’t. (Until, like, her mid-20's. A few years earlier if you’re very lucky as I - KNOCK ALL THE WOOD - apparently have been. To paraphrase an old saw, “I wish I was half as smart as my toddler thought I was and half as dumb as my teen thinks I am.”)

In…

Oh, Gwen.

Ad hominem. That’s a petty, desperate clutch. You went there. I didn’t. Have a great day. 

AHAHAHAHAHA I get it. I know how to Google and don’t think people breaking their bones is particularly funny so I must be her? HIGH-larious.