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I think the Russian girls plight was tragic and could have been very compelling if it had been done better. A lot of the way they portrayed it didn't make sense. I thought it was bad writing and maybe even bad editing. What was the purpose of portraying the first girl as being totally out of control to the point of slashing the father except as a contrived plot point to make you think that father was the bad guy (She was portrayed as out of control in the orphanage, too.) Then they re-home the girl (tragic yes, but she basically tried to kill him) and then suddenly she turns into a potential savior for the 2nd girl. I thought it was a serious subject that they handled very badly. And please do not put Walt and Vic together!

I must be the only one on the planet who was getting really tired of Julia. I'm glad there's a new champ for tomorrow, too.

Gracie, I love when certain characters come back and I always thought it would have been perfect to have that guy come back and meet Donna in a real setting. I thought that ending was heartbreaking. Who knows why they never thought to have him back. Maybe they couldn't get the actor. I'm glad Donna wasn't killed off. Her ending was sad but I'm sure she wouldn't rather be dead. She seemed happy at her wedding and probably even happier when she found out her lottery ticket was a winner. I thought the entire Donna saga was very creative. Much better than anything SM has done since.

I couldn't agree more. Blech! The show has kind of gone off the rails for me. I thought the case of the week was pretty weak (no pun intended) . I didn't find it very interesting and there sure seemed to be something missing at the end. What happened to the dad? I thought Walt was going to take the girl to the first couple who really seemd like they wanted a daughter, but I guess that wouldn't be his call, really. The thing with Henry is really getting dragged out.

I liked 9 and Rose, but I loved 10 and Rose. I also liked Martha and Donna. I just loved 10 with everyone. I like Matt Smith but loathed Amy. And I used to like River Song before Moffat took away all her mystery. The most special snowflake was definitely Amy. She rebooted the universe. She remembered everyone. I HATE the Moffat era. I hope he does better with Capaldi. He gave 11 the worst sendoff ever. He lived for 900 years and we never saw it. It was all a voice over. And after 900 years, the only companion to see him off was little fake Amy (I'm not counting Clara). Moffat was great with the stand-a-lone episodes (blink, the girl in the fireplace) but once he got to do the arcs, he had to do everything bigger and better than ever before. People have complained about that with RTD, but Moffat's stories always had to be a Bigger Bang and Reset. Nothing ever really mattered in the end. RTD had more emotion in his stories. I connected with his characters. I love that he had recurring characters, like Jackie and Pete Tyler, Mickey, Jack and Donna's grandfather. He made me care about those people. Amy just left me cold.

I noticed that, too, and I'm usually oblivious to things like that. That's why I like reading the posts here. You guys always see so much more than I do.

They're going to skip another week and then the finale. I wonder if it will have a real finale. Too bad. I liked the actors.

Didn't it seem like Kiera recognized someone in the hologram? Or was she just so surprised that something popped up?