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I enjoyed it far too much. It's one of my favorite scenes from the entire series, and I can't give a single, logical reason why.

They're a slippery subject. Not everyone gets the a-peel.

We had two T'Anas in the first episode. They just growled and hissed at each other. I think one chased the other in the background at some point. There was a hand hold with Shax, IIRC. I do like the little details they add to the aliens they create. The little beak eating utensils were a great touch - such a minor thing, but it works for an avian species.

Well, we learned Dr. Miglemoo's first name and species' name. That's something, I guess. Seems a bit unethical to jump to the conclusion that the other Klowahkans were suffering psychologically, rather than from a medical condition. But Miglemoo got gourmet meals out of it, and the others were ... whatever the avian equivalent to "dicks" is. I do like seeing the absurdity of Klingon rituals and honor being poked. It was worth getting Ezri Dax on DS9 just to hear her tell Worf how silly it all was. Boimler's facial hair appears to be sentient. The more developed it gets, the more confident he becomes. There isn't much of a plot so far this season. The space holes really aren't doing a lot. It seems like they're content to put in little Easter eggs to prior seasons - Billup and pet dragons, Klowahkan's fluff and fussy eating, wrapping up Jennifer ... And I don't recall T'Lynn being in this episode.

Curious. Was that a stand-alone tart, or were you in a croquembouche apartment? 😸

Deadline has a couple articles up about the show. In one, the showrunner explains that Agatha used the lure of the Witches' Road to kill other witches out of grief. (I'm not sure that was conveyed well.) It also said Nicky had a father, but who he was wasn't important to the story. Death and dying are two different things. Dying is the act of your life playing out. Death isn't what kills you; it's the state after dying. The MCU hasn't really established much about their Death, but it's something of a literary convention that Death is what ushers you to whatever awaits you. In the Vertigo/DC stories, Death visits everyone when they are born, so she is the first face they see. That way they recognize her as a friend when she comes for them, and they are comforted. Terry Pratchett's Death actually is very fond of humans, even if can't understand them. And his Death collects stray cats to live in his domain because he likes them.

Really sorry to see Nelly go, especially as Dylan was insufferable this week. Hopefully whatever caused his mood will be fleeting, because he was not fun to watch.

No, Agatha was referring to Nick. He just died; she didn't trade him for the Darkhold or any other nefarious stuff. Just like Jen when she was unbound, Billy's quest was done. He wanted to find out what happened to Tommy. Once he did, he was off the road.

And he was a literal rock musician.

Ugh. It's the last season. I wasn't too interested in Jennifer showing up as a major part of an episode, but she's off to Manitoba. Their setting up Boimler as maturing into a decent officer.

She was the High Priestess in Lilia's visions, so that's the vibe I got from it.

No. Billy worried he was killing the boy for Tommy, but Agatha assured him that "sometimes boys just die." He was going to die anyway, but his body would be a vessel for Tommy at least.

I just did a rewatch of the earlier episodes last night. In the first episode, "Agnes the detective" talked about a car crash outside of town. Both front airbags were deployed, and there was blood in the backseat. Obviously - to me, at least - that was William's death scene. But, that was three years before the "current" time frame. So, I'm confused. Do we know when this takes place in regards to MoM? Was Wanda's death what allowed Billy to break her spell on Agatha?

Okay, so I caught a fan video on Youtube that theorized that Billy created the road all along, similar to Wanda creating her version of Westview. I'm leaning into it. If so, it could mean no one has truly died there. And I'm leaning into that, too. I know it's a bit silly to count on continuity in a Marvel project at this point, but in Doctor Strange, the Ancient One couldn't see beyond her death. But Lilia gave Agnes a warning for something that will happen later, but then she "died" with the Seven. We'll see how it turns out!

Out of all the great things in this episode, that line is my favorite. Unexpected and delivered in such a great way. Not giving Patti LuPone a vocal highlight of her own should be a burn-at-the-stake offense for the writers and show runner. Unless she gets one later, or she specifically asked not to have one. Hopefully, she'll at least be considered for some sort of award for her performance.