Sounds like you’re a friend of De Soto’s.

DS9 managed it best I think because the arcs were built up to a mostly satisfying ending and also felt more natural. We learn early that something is on the horizon but we don’t know exactly what or what the scope of it is and we learn more and more as the season went on. At the same time, the show allowed us to get…

Came for the obligatory “Pee Wee Masturbation” joke... Definitely a happy ending to my search. 

I heard all he did was put Clarence Carter’s “Strokin’” on repeat.

I can always hope that Tilly leaves to start a mirror universe show starring Captain Killy. Evil Tilly is so superior to this Tilly its ridiculous at this point.

I also thought that this episode did a very good job in exploring the different ways of processing grief — the guilt you can feel when you are happy around people who are sad — the numbness and the distraction you can sometimes feel — the desire to feel nothing at all rather than feeling pain.

Like too much air in a balloon!

I wonder if they’re setting her up to leave the show? (I haven’t heard any behind the scenes info, this is pure speculation.)

LOL this reminds me of a former coworker who fancied herself also a freelance writer and on her business card she had written “stellar writing—penultimate results.” I’ll never forget explaining to her what “penultimate” meant (she thought it meant “better than the ultimate” (and not “next to last”)) and I was just…

Well, there’s a reason why they said “ostensible” range. At a certain point, making yourself as dowdy and hardened and un-vain as possible is another kind of vanity.

The shows I never bothered with, or only watched the first episode of, are all at the crappy end of the list. Life choices affirmed!

Ridley really isn’t an auteur. He’s a visual stylist and director for hire and while he has a fairly good eye for picking scripts, he’s not a writer. His worst movies tend to be the ones where he has input on developing the story, like his awful Alien sequels. So not all his movies will be winners. He’s the kind of…

Am I out of touch because kids don’t want to see a historical epic based on an obscure French incident set against the backdrop of Charles VI and the Caroline War?

Being a Gen X’er, I generally blame all the generations before and after me for everything. Why not throw this on the pile?

That’s funny because I blame Ridley Scott and the fact that he’s been making movies ranging from mid to bad for decades for making his movie a flop.

Speed!

Al Pacino eating all of the scenery every time he’s on film in that flick is a sight to behold.

What, no Chain Reaction?

I think ‘Point Break’ and ‘The Matrix’ are spot on for easy-to-watch early Keanu, but ‘The Devil’s Advocate’ shouldn’t be on that list, and not just because it’s batshit and not very good, but because it’s a rough watch thematically, and his ‘Point Break’ stuff isn’t too different, acting-wise (ditto for ‘Speed’).

Point Break is definitely definitive for what it is, good for him for not running (or skydiving) away from it