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Not gonna lie, I did tear up a bit when Charli said "I'm here Amanda." Mind you, I did spend the rest of the episode wondering if it was going to somehow be reversed. The Union should have started working on getting the weapon copied and installed on every single ship available. Never mind wiping out the whole species, just have every ship be able to defend itself and make sure that the Kaylon know that and keep away from them.

At least people should be able to spell/pronounce it correctly.

He did claim to be at the base camp every time she called.

I find it rather amusing that Freddy is going down for what was an accidental death, as opposed to all the deliberate murders she'd previously committed.

I think Lazlo meant 'his' back, as he was on top at that point.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and not everybody has the same definition of 'drop dead gorgeous'. Your preference is for TOS Uhuru over SNW Uhura? Good for you. Not everybody will share your opinion. As for 'lacking in confidence'? SNW Uhura is a Cadet who is surrounded by Officers and Starfleet graduates. She's on her first assignment, hell yeah, she's likely to be less confident than Lieutenant Uhura who has another 10+ years experience on her.

The secret passageways must connect to Oliver's apartment as well, otherwise how else the killer have gotten the knife in the first place? Charles can honestly say that he got it from Amy Schumer a few episodes ago. Hiding it now would probably look as if he had even more to hide. A little dig at David Hasselhoff who was apparently very big in Germany before the Berlin Wall came down?

Could you narrow it down a bit? I can't tell who you're insulting.

She wasn't in the episode was she?

IIRC, season 1 ended with Baba pretending that Freddy was his hostage. He committed suicide by cop and in a dying declaration took full responsibility for the crimes and leaving Freddy in the clear.

What information though would be out there? The Moclans have previously insisted that the birth of a female is such a rare occurrence as to only happen once in a hundred years. We know that's a lie. Do you really think the Moclan ruling body is going to allow information about Moclans who feel female to be widely available or are they more likely to double down and pretend that it just doesn't happen.

Yaphit's species don't appear to wear clothing as a rule? Plus I suppose, the naked ensign's bum looked like a humanoid bum, whereas Yaphit just looks like a puddle. Honestly, maybe the simplest solution would be to just arrange the schedules so that Ensign nudie wouldn't be on shift on any day that they weren't going to be wearing clothing.

Not sure if I could pick them out of a line up, but I would love to have the opportunity to try!

@Cloud9Shopper @ESS I've been where both of you are with regard to lacking motivation. And it doesn't help when you're writing in less active fandoms. I know people will say "write for yourself and not other people" and while that's not a bad thing, the truth is that as a fic writer, I crave the feedback and acknowledgment that I get from readers. Are there any other fandoms you feel you might want to write it? I keep thinking that maybe I should pick a new more active fandom and start writing in it, but I just haven't found one yet that appeals to me that much.

BBC did a mini-series with Aidan Turner that had the original ending. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3581932/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_10

The 'get an iceberg for fresh water' was a plot on the TV show Salvage 1 back in 1979.

So they're worried about Sister Andrea talking to things that aren't there. Isn't that just called praying?

I am loving this show so far and I am perfectly happy to suspend disbelief for a lot of things. But you're telling me that the Enterprise with all its scanners and sensors couldn't give them enough advance warning about the ion storm so they could have gotten out of there without rushing?

Going to sign a treaty on a planet where the guy you're signing it with might be out of office before he gets his pen out. Sure, what could possibly go wrong. I thought that was going to be the stupidest thing on the episode and then they had them all standing around in the shuttle. Charley tells them it's going to be bumpy, and they just stand there. Later on during their escape, the president is sitting down, but the rest are just standing around so they can what, get a better look at the viewscreen? Idiots the lot of them.

Late to the party I know, but here goes. Young Gibbs was carjacked by 'Ringo', who had been stabbed by his cousin Johnny. Ducky crashed into the car and tried to save the driver, but couldn't. The body was taken to NIS because the dead guy was a government employee with responsibility for Navy payroll. Gibbs guessed that there was a mole in NIS because when Johnny kidnapped him and Ducky, he quoted from Gibbs's statement to the NIS investigator. Ducky guessed that the mole was one of the painters in the bullpen because he had the same pattern of freckles on his face as the dead guy had - from a genetic condition that ran in the Zucano family. The painter guy saw that Ducky was pointing him out to an NIS agent and did a runner. 40 years later, Johnny caught up with him and made him tell him where he'd hidden the keycard, and when NCIS caught up with him, he spilled the beans immediately.

Wait, was that it? When they had about 5 or 6 minutes to go, I was sure that there was going to be a big cliffhanger because I didn't think they'd get the whole 'police station under siege' dealt with. Plus I figured they'd have Tim and Lucy's undercover op go sour. And a part of me was wishing that I'd held off on watching until closer to the Season 5 premiere, because I hate waiting for resolutions to cliffhangers. But it all just sort of fizzled out. The bad guys got locked up and nobody was left in any peril. Which, while I do appreciate that, it still felt like they rushed things. I'm still meh on Bailey, but I found her winning a fight a lot more plausible than Ellroy.

I'm afraid I agree with you. Rick was my favourite character, in both original and remake, but it just feels like he's been sidelined, especially in S4. IIRC, the only big (non-fatherhood) plot was when his buddy showed up and got killed. But even then, the 'Rick out for revenge' plot felt like the b-plot of the episode.

I thought that Claire was lying about not sleeping well and it was just to cover for her reaction upon hearing that her ex-husband was about to show up.

"Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it's not satire, it's bullying.” Supposedly a Terry Pratchett quote, which sounds accurate.

I'm glad I knew beforehand that it was Mr. Rogers talking to Julia at the end. Otherwise I would have been side-eyeing any random stranger who goes up to a woman he doesn't know and tells her "I like you just the way you are". Yes, I know, it's not that type of show! (In my defense, I've never actually seen his show, and wouldn't recognize the catchphrase)