Fun is fun. And there's nothing wrong with having fun with material even when you know its problematic (i.e. "turn your brain off"). And violence in entertainment often means something beyond the sublimation of our feelings for hurting something. But it is important that we acknowledge when material might suggest…

More textual support for Stormtroopers not being clones: eventually in a subsequent rerelease of Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett was overdubbed by Temuera Morrison, who played Jango Fett, because Boba Fett is a clone. No such change was made to any of the Stormtrooper voices.

All of the EU stuff is non-canon so Han's backstory will likely be rewritten, although he does know a thing or two about imperial standard procedure in Empire Strikes Back. Still, there are imperial officers who aren't Stormtroopers.

Actually, it's this one: http://starwars.wikia.com/w…. We've seen it on Clone Wars. They're both named after the same abandoned relic of the original Star Wars script. They're both force-sensitive crystals but these ones are used for weapons, like lightsabers.

I'll concede that it's possible that it's Clara's hand, there are ways to make sense of the angles, but in defense of a fun idea Clara's rings are not all that consistent (save maybe for her mother's ring but I couldn't tell you which one that was) and Missy wears rings too. As for the rest, clothes change and maybe…

Speculative Spoiler Warning:

We didn't see Grant Ward kill those guards, just hit them really hard and then point a gun. That ambiguity was intentional; Ward is on-the-level the level about his brother, else we wouldn't have wasted all that time last season showing his unwillingness to hurt friends except at a distance (the dog, Fitz/Simmons).…

On the father-son dynamic, did anyone else see that last scene and think "baseball"?

Ward's long look at Victoria Hand's (probably) dead body, followed by a quick camera glance (all while the strings reach a crescendo) really does suggest something not-so-straightforward about Ward's betrayal. Throwing my hat in with the Manchurian Candidate crowd.

I can understand the desire to avoid spoilers, but regarding "The Fisher King" it seems like you're purposefully ignoring Robin Williams' healing arc at the service of your thesis statement. I felt like Michael Jeter's presence in the film, in particular, led to some pretty harsh, accusatory messages about our social…

I can understand the desire to avoid spoilers, but regarding "The Fisher King" it seems like you're purposefully ignoring Robin Williams' healing arc at the service of your thesis statement. I felt like Michael Jeter's presence in the film, in particular, led to some pretty harsh, accusatory messages about our social…