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My thoughts too when I first saw the episode. I was like: "This is like someone is purposely trying to come out." Because you know in the late 90s and early 00s we had to bring in people who wanted to come out because the writers or producers were gay themselves. (Dawson's Creek anyone?)

Anne Marie, Chuck and even the brief appearances of Chuck Jr. were so welcome on the show and the dynamic was great with all of them. It was like old friends reuniting and realizing they still are good friends. It was real nice and I was not a fan when they dumped them all of a sudden. Same with Roseanne's rotating neighbors over the years. I felt like when the neighbors served the writers' purpose they ran out of the ideas. They moved away. Found that annoying.

Right and that's what I like about this version of Ducktales, the characters are all unique. I grew up a Disney fan and watched Ducktales in the late 80s to early 90s from beginning to end. Leading to my love of Darkwing Duck. Though I thought Quack Pack was horrendous. But at with Quack Pack they were trying to get Huey, Dewey and Louie different personalities and they said in past interviews: "When you hit your teens, how much do you act like your siblings?" However,they went too far and made them unlikeable and I felt bad for Daisy when they brought her back in the series. I hope we see her here, especially if they are going to expand and bring in the Darkwing Duck cast and rumor that we will see Bubba towards the end of the first season.

Yeah, that is another thing. Reason they got into such financial problems was because of the second mortgage and the bike shop failing. In my opinion, the bike shop should have been something Ziggy and Dan should have done right out of high school. Ziggy was working line and optics right out of high school and Dan was doing dry wall and construction early on. Almost 20 years later and at that point in the early 90s, just equaled back and add in the second mortgage and Dan even leaving the garage for the prison bid. It was like once things were even, the Connors wanted to purposely screw things up.

The very final scene gets me with Jake and Kira looking at the worm hole gets me every time, but I am happy with how people moved on, there were endings and so forth. I do agree, I feel that there needed to be one last bit with Dukat with Worf and Kira. Things with Dukat were going on since before the series even began and he killed Jadzir, that was Worf's wife. He lost two makes to his enemies at least he got his justice with Duras back in season 4 of TNG. However, the end really did show what was wrong with the Dominion and why they failed. They didn't think things through. Even when the female changeling was dying she rather go down with everything done. Even if it meant not one trace left of the Dominion in the Alpha Quadrant and the entire Great Link but Odo and the 100 alive. If it wouldn't have been Odo offering to save their race and lead them. She wouldn't have stopped the war.

I think it was a time constraint. Even in Redemption part 2 they later said they wanted the final scene with Lorsa and B'tor escaping to be more of a fight through to the emergency beam out but didn't have the time. Instead it came out as: "We are like Romulans, good luck nephew!" Speaking of TNG villains, I really think they should have found a way for Sela to go out in a blaze of glory or had useer as the main villain Nemesis. Denise Crosby said she was very free in the final season and they had told her early on she would be in the final episode. Yet, they never got to it. Felt all the build up with the character, and then her final piece of getting the neck pinch from Data in Unification part 2 and that was it.

Same here. Leading to more equal rights for females and then when the change happened for the next Negus they would be: "Well, that Rom, he really steered us in the right direction."

Oh no kidding! That was just painful episode, I loved how they made it into a big joke when LaForge was telling Scotty about it. I know they were trying to say: "How you see someone and how they really are, are two different things." But it's just painful. Something that bothered me with Worf's story line with the Klingon Empire and the House of Duras, I felt the conspiracy in the High Council was a joke because when Worf claimed vengeance on him and killed him in disgrace. Duras for being such a back stabber seem to have no problem realizing: "Well crap, I killed his mate and we have to fight to the death." Even his men were like: "You should have known better." So, then go with the twin sisters of evil and it became a joke with them even to their deaths in Generations. I think with Duras's son in Deep Space Nine showing up, it made sense and it also showed how he was the vengeful son still trying to do his family proud when they were just a bunch of backstabbers and what was the point by then?

Something that proved inconsistent through the series was the Dominion's ships. In the season 2 finale when they had the ones taking hits and not even inflicting damaging and then being caught by surprise in season 3 when the Defiant used its advanced phaser and quantum torpedos the Dominion's ships were usually getting destroyed in one or two hits. Even at the end of season 5 when Wyumm went: "No Federation base or ship has lasted this long against our weapons." I wanted to go: "Usually if it was Sisko doing the shooting, your ships were being destroyed left and right. We also didn't see as many suicide runs after season 2. Yet, here, we see the Valiant using its weapons and the war cruiser pretty much looking like it was destroyed and then: "HA! I'm fine!" Followed a few episodes later and those war ships were taking hits, but were getting destroyed after a little while. So, Dominion ships were only easy to destroy when the plot demanded it.

Then you add in the entire Indian situation in Journey's End and most of Voyager.

In Tapestry when Q was pretending he was God, Picard said it perfectly: "You are certainly not, God! The universe isn't that poorly constructed." Showing that Picard had some beliefs and as he pointed out in the Watches the Watchers.

True and even that, you also had experience officers with them. Valiant had to really push believability to the limit. Having all senior officers dead. The entire Red Squad be that full of themselves and even at the end, to have Robin still believe it was their fault and not their captain was even more delusional.

Exactly, Rom was never considered an idiot. Even during the first season, they showed the guy was pretty smart and a few other things. However, as Nog said: "He had to be a good Ferengi and go into business!" Because other wise he would have been shunned. Quark even tried to keep Nog from joining Starfleet because: "It wasn't Ferengi." The problem with Eddington's POV, he did except that: "We all have to get along." You have to know when to fight and when to tell others: "Screw you! What you are doing is wrong!" As he learned, the Maquis direction while making sense, in the long wrong, made things worst. Even in the last season of Voyager when one of their former members used mind control to bring the Maquis crew members back to their original ideals and take over Voyager. Janeway said it best: "The Maquis view wasn't wrong, it was they went about it wrong."

Plus, when Webby was wondering who the boys were at first. She was naming off all of Scrooges enemies. We know that the Beagle Boys show up in the third episode and Magica is meant to show up midway too. Starting with Flintheart was a very smart idea. Showing how they differ and how Flintheart has been trying to 1-up Scrooge forever.

Tenant saying the classic lines such as: "Curse my kilts!" or "Bless me bagpipes!" Just had me smiling. Especially when he said: "I had to be smarter than the smarties and tougher than the toughies." i

Same here, in fact the way Rory was explaining what had happened to a few of them in the last few years. Sounded like they were pretty busy with other things and they rarely do anything crazy anymore except in cheering each other up because "life is hard".

Right and many reviewers said that as a very good thing. As that was the problem in the original series. As much as they tried to give them their own stories, the boys did sound alike and had similar personalities outside of different colors. Webby was a breath of fresh air then since she was new and a good foil for the boys then, but in the end, she was the girl trying to play with the boys up to season 2 when they did the shift to her being more of her own person. This Webby I actually like more, she has spunk, a bit worried about scaring her grandma but actually scares the boys. Once again, Launchpad is Launchpad. I look forward to see Darkwing and seeing Launchpad being his #1 fan.

Especially during war time. I mean there is shore leave and if you look at the days of WW II and Vietnam soldiers were out at bars enjoying themselves and then going back to battle the next day. However, this in my opinion was where both Rick Berman and Micahel Piller's distaste for the Vulcans started. More evident in Enterprise a few years later. However, even in the original series we didn't get this kind of arrogance. Plus, even if you look at the reboot with the young Spock being bullied by the other Vulcan boys. At least it made sense and was JJ Abrams trying to establish more why Spock embraced his Vulcan side to avoid feeling like an outcast. Let unless you were Spock or Tuvok or the Vulcan nurse I can't remember from TNG you were an asshole.

Understand, different for everyone, but I agree they were trying to duplicate the masterbation episode, just not as effectivfe. Especially when Mark didn't get the references the other guys were saying, plus Mark's solution was a big backfire.

From early reviews, it' seems that some of Danny's unwanted pieces still go through into Defenders, but they say that building the friendship with Luke and more the comical Danny that fans are use too shine through. Not as much as they want them too, but a step in the right direction. I'm hoping after Defenders they get Danny right all the way.

My wife and I were cracking up at a lot of the jokes and our almost 7 year old was really enjoying it. It was the cliffhanger that got me when Dewey realized there was more to the painting and then went: "Mom?" We know Donald had a fall out of Scrooge and that fallout is what lead to where Scrooge is now. I loved when he said not to get into trouble and the boys said: "We promise Uncle Donald." then: "I didn't mean you!"

I agree and it wasn't like they were swimming in large debt at that point either. Sure having another kid was an adjustment, but they had two out of the house, David was technically paying his own way and it wasn't like DJ was in massive sports or clubs at that point. The bike shop was long buried by then and IL wasn't having the problems they do no with health coverage costs and coverage. So it made little sense in 94 and especially today. Of course, not like show writers get confused with how much a person makes and having an excuse they have no money. I mean look at TAHM, The Middle and back in the day of: 8 Simple Rules.

I think you perfectly explained the shift in the show. Lecy was the trick and when she left they had to change the dynamic because a lot of was missing. Even with DJ and Darlene, the dynamic wasn't the same as with Darlene and Becky. Reasons why they added in David and actually putting in his and Mark's homelife as why Mark ended up the way he did. I also agree on DJ's mix, I mean he was masterbating before he was having erection problems in class. Unless he had the hots for the teacher or certain girls in the classroom. They didn't really explain it well. I got Dan's solution to things, but I think after a while the teacher and his classmates would be wondering what the hell he was doing. Plus, at that age, you get so focused on being in front of the class, I don't think you subconscious drifts enough to think with the other head.

How very true, it's funny. I see the pilot episode and how there was emotion, humor and fun. Then the following episodes, there is that dryness again. Something that really bothered me in the first season finale with The Neutral Zone. Was here were 3 people from the late 20th century, who were emotional, who were out of time and the Enterprise was: "Well gee, we have moved on from that." Head over to season 2 and you see the big difference in direction and writing. I do know it was also because the cast was telling Gene Rodenbery they wanted to stop being so try too and he started moving that. Though you see the real change in season 3 after the writer's strike was over in the writing and acting.

We were in a major discussion about this for a while. Many who have had experience knew where the episode was coming from. As they had a parent or relative or even first hand experience with this same situation. Since I don't want to go down that road again. I will say this about the laundry/mud room. It was only used a handful of times as a direct piece outside movement or a few other things. However, yes, it could have been used for storage for a few pieces. There was room.