Thinking on it, I feel like a lot of these plot issues come down to (primarily) the show lacking confidence in its own storytelling devices and (secondarily) needing to service several plotlines.

Honestly thought the last episode was a mess, and a lot of that has to do with the decision to have Danny open up the tomb last episode so we could see what’s in it - the more effective, classic comic book / thriller plot structure would have the tomb opening concurrently with the rest of the team showing up to fight,…

That was honestly a real dick move by JJ. You couldn’t spring for cab fare and then you steal a homeless man’s beverages?

TBH I don’t think it’s a portal to K’un L’un at the bottom of the hole, it’s just a mausoleum for a local dragon. Powdered dragonbone is the substance behind the Hand’s resurrections (they show it getting mixed into the blood used to revive Elektra a few episodes back). That’s why dudes come in with saws next episode.

As someone who was recently in New York, the idea that the subway is the quickest mode of transport is by far the season’s best joke

<I>he was weirder than anything else on Saturday mornings by a country mile</I>

A lot of original Baldur’s Gate assets were destroyed too. 90's game development was a lot like 60's television. You wouldn’t know it but most of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show run and the old Dr. Whos are lost, probably irrevocably. Same’s true for a lot of old games. Before terabyte hard drives, storage was no cheap…

It's got his spirit

NXT was a developmental show at one time but it's now an indisputable third brand that's meant to draw. There's no other rhyme or reason to buying up the TNA high card of guys headed into their 40s except for them to stay put - Samoa Joe could have a good few years on the main roster, and everyone wants to see…

By all accounts, the WWE would not survive without TV deals. NXT, the only product of theirs that is streaming-exclusive, is a proven cash drain even when Takeovers draw big (though not as much of a sink as WWE Films, the existence of which is truly bizarre), and Meltzer suspects that the true cost of the Network is…

NJPW already swallowed a foundering promotion in NOAH, why would they look for other parisitic twins.

Quick, nobody ever show Philip a Swans album

Nikki's back is pretty fucked up now and they're definitely going to have her change her offense, who knows if she'll adjust well.

The way NXT's ticketing works lends itself to a semi-permanent crowd (which will soon change, apparently). An Orlando arena isn't going to be that smarky, even with people traveling to attend.

James Storm is gone

It doesn't really matter, someone who isn't Reigns is going to win (probably Brock) and Reigns will chase, because chasing titles is what faces are supposed to do. Not that Vince won't sabotage himself somehow.

Vince McMahon is insane but he's not "waste the entire conceit of the Royal Rumble and leave Wrestlemania without a main event match" insane. The stip is a means to get Roman Reigns into a title chase again.

Is it a pilot or a series order?

As an acquaintance pointed out to me, the Becky Lynch steampunk aesthetic is dumb til you realize that little kids will think it's cool and different, the same way we thought the Undertaker and Kane and Mankind were cool and different way back when, when all those gimmicks were incredibly goofy. Lynch retweets kids'…

If you watch how Rollins and Triple H hit pedigrees it's as safe, if not moreso - they jump up and as they do so they let go of the arms and make like they're pushing down. The person taking it very nearly always has their hands out to catch the fall when they bump. Triple H hasn't performed an actual spiking pedigree…