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You're right; I did miss it. I think I must have started watching, not finished, but moved on to the next episode or something. That gives much more context to things. Thanks!

I think that's the idea, but to me the characters on Buffy had a much less naive innocence to them than the characters on Stargirl do, and that's the disconnect I'm having. Buffy and the Scoobies had a much more worldly, sarcastic demeanor that made it a bit more palatable that they were also dealing with these evil menaces. Plus, even the darkness in Buffy- for the most part- was tinged with humor. The baddies in Stargirl are deadly serious.

Or... dragon eyes... I enjoyed this episode. I think they could do a better job with Wildcat's costume (even after the magical makeover, it looked a little awkward), but I liked the relationship that developed here. I am having a little bit of trouble reconciling the tone of the show. On the one hand, we have some of this wide-eyed, relatively light-hearted coming of age story that is fun to watch. On the other hand, we have this increasingly dark tale of mayhem, murder, and possible genocide that is our super-villainy realm and the two just seem like too much of a contrast for a comfortable fit. I'm also unclear on what the status of the JSA and ISA is in this world. Courtney knew who Starman was in the pilot, and there is a Wikipedia entry on Wildcat. Yet Yolanda- who appears to have grown up in Blue Valley- has no idea who any of these people are, and even Courtney was unfamiliar with the ISA and its members until Pat filled her in.

I didn't really watch Scrubs while it was on, and watched it intermittently while it was in reruns, but always enjoyed it. I've started watching it again while listening to Fake Doctors, Real Friends, and have been loving it. One thing I thought I'd ask, though: I just finished S2, and am starting to watch S3. There is a huge bit of discontinuity between the end of S2E22 and S3E01, IMO. It seems very strange to go from Cox punching out Kelso to apparently everything being okay, Elliot dating Sean again (and having shorter hair), JD pining over Elliot (what happened to Jamie?). Was this something that was commented on at the time, or ever really addressed?

Glad to see that when Pat said "some guy named Ted Knight" created the Cosmic Staff, I wasn't the only one thinking of this Ted Knight: I got the impression her difficulty with sewing was more due to some inherent durability of the Starman costume, but maybe your reading of the scene was more accurate than mine.

I'm with the minority of posters here that thought this episode felt like filler. It had a lot of interesting things going on, but ultimately I thought it just threw a "full stop" right in the middle of the escalating tension and action of the past several episodes, all for the sake of a (slightly amusing, but overplayed) gimmick premise. And it really felt like they had to strangle Charlie's character to make the plot fit. I'm also incredibly biased because I hoped never to see the Mona character again.

Production values were pretty top-notch, even above other DC Universe shows. The script was okay; not great material, but it was enough to keep me interested in seeing more, and was definitely elevated by the cinematic production. I did feel this was a bit slow at times; a hallmark of those same DC Universe shows (Titans, anyone?). Hopefully they can pick up the pace a bit and not suffer some of the same shortcomings of those otherwise good shows. I'll be curious to see why- if the JSA was all killed by the Injustice Society a decade ago- the supervillains aren't out there committing all kinds of terrible deeds, but instead seem to have decided to retire into obscurity?

I believe he was transmitting the code from himself into the computer via his palm. It's a Coluan thing. That explains some of the editing, and that weird shot from behind CGI body double when the rest of the team rushed in to see what all the screaming was about.

Arguably also Mick (aka, Chronos). But, hey, if it means they can get Matt Letscher back on the show, I'm down with it.

Of course Dionysus ended up as a perpetual student and lead party animal of a major fraternity even as all the other gods of Olympus faded away. I don't know why that idea never occurred to me, but kudos to the writers for their cleverness! I actually liked him as the "Big Bad" of the episode. Such a refreshing change: we get a villain who has an understandable and not excessively lofty agenda ("I just want to keep the party going!"); said agenda naturally is at odds with the Legends'- at least on its face; and the only possible solution is to outdo him at his own game and be the baddest partygoers around. No fighting necessary! I kind of hope the writers find a way to bring Dion back again; I think he fits in with this crew, whether as antagonist or ally. All in all, a pretty fun episode, and everyone managed to get in on the act to some extent (with the exception of Constantine, who frankly should have been in his element here, but has gotten quite a bit of airtime in prior episodes, so I'm okay with him being mostly absent).

Was I the only one thinking "Um, Barry. He fell in love with a criminal." #badpeptalks

I didn't realize David Xanatos was on this show.

Westworld Season 3: Attack of the Extras!

The lack of commitment and pathos this season was really summed up by two events in this ep: (Dolores and Caleb run into a group of armed me. Caleb raises his gun...) Useless Guy: "We're here to take you where you need to go." (Five minutes after No Name and his men are shot down, Caleb is approached by a group of not-quite as obviously armed men. He raises his gun...) Useless Guy #2: "We're here to take you where you need to go." (And they proceed to vanish in the crowd shortly thereafter.) The writers clearly didn't care about the characters they introduced this season. Why should the viewers?

I fast forwarded through it. Not so much because it was uncomfortable, but because I just didn't like that particular arrangement of The Animals' "We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place."

They really missed an opportunity for a "Hip to Be Square" musical number...

Didn't Serac also put the glasses on that guy they were torturing several episodes ago? I don't have the energy to go back and check myself. I will say that the hologram thing is also bullshit for another reason- where is the projector? Everywhere he goes there happens to be some kind of device capable of holography? Like the airplane hangar?

So that they can give Prime Dolores a dramatic death in the "finale," only to have it turn out that "shocker!! Remember we said there was another host created after they escaped WW? She's ALIIIIVE!" Can't Maeve control Dolores? Or does she just like keeping her alive so she can fight her personally? (And if not, I echo the previous poster who asked why she didn't take control of D's rifle and/or drone). This season has really just been bad, IMO. It doesn't feel like Nolan or Joy's writing or even vision. The dialogue and plotting is pretty bland and substandard; the concepts are interesting, but not given enough room to develop, much less make me care. It feels like there are a lot of action sequences thrown for eye candy, rather than purpose, and they end up taking valuable time away from the story. The characters I once enjoyed watching, have turned into one-dimensional, well, robots. Dolores doing offers nothing but cryptic utterings; Maeve acts like a mindless Terminator; Bernard and Ashley are just following along two steps behind the plot for not apparent reason; Clem and Hanaryo return for what amounts to a glorified cameo; William... well, he's a character that has overextended his shelf life at this point.

I don't know about the kid, but Charlotte can just rebuild her husband/Dorian, can't she? 😝

Two things: 1) I feel like the "genre" drug was a pretty cheap ploy to insert some "dramatic" music to try and ratchet up the action sequences. Way too meta. 2) There were a lot of other "dramatic" moments that landed really flat for me, because I just don't feel like they actually put the time into developing this AI-Controlled-Human-Destiny plot. I think that was Carl Elias. 😋

Heh. "Something a strip mall lawyer would say." If only you knew, Kim.

He was after Dolores reprogrammed him. The conflict between that and his more protective side could certainly be what these interactions with Charlotte's family are evoking in him. That said, unless is isn't supposed to be Teddy, then it really doesn't make any sense for the writers to play coy about it. I agree with others who wonder what the point is in them playing this out, unless it's going to be some swerve that really probably makes less sense. In any event, pretty bored with this episode. Didn't mind the Caleb/Dolores scenes, kind of liked the story they are telling there, but anything with Tessa Thompson just tunes me out. I've never been impressed with her, as far back as when she was on Veronica Mars. I also found a lot of the dialogue here stale and full of cliched expressions, which seems pretty lazy.

Thank you! Was racking my brain. (And I agree- Weird Al's parody was pretty good.)

This video scared me every time it came on MTV as a kid. This one and "She's a Beauty" would give me nightmares. And one that I can't recall artist/title of right now, but the video was a guy who was supposed to be getting married but was having wedding jitters, and there was a scene where his hand and his bride's were joined in a weird body-horror image. (I had a traumatic experience as a child watching "Son of the Blob." Sue me. Then I got over it, and am pretty unflappable now.)

Singing and dancing at work... doesn't everybody do that? 😐 This was my favorite episode so far. I liked the twist, and the song selection was really good (as was the choreography). I felt this episode took a deeper dive than most of them have so far. I also thought Jane Levy's voice was pretty solid. I laughed, I cried. Loved it. (I wonder if Zoey will develop the ability to project her powers and force others to sing their truths. Like a musical truth serum she can activate at will. Muahahaha!)