Til two weeks before the party, Lee

Thanks.

Well, I had a problem with several things in "Totem Mole," but it was the complete about face that Littlefoot went through. I just didn't believe that she would change that completely, near death/death experience or not. I was able to ignore the tribal inaccuracies, mostly because it seemed like a lot of them were contrived for outsiders, to bring in the tourists. Also, the grandmother was quite chatty, wasn't she? It was just a weak episode, in my opinion. And there were many things about it that bugged. But I loved the guy who owned the store. He was awesome.

I really like "Barrel Bear." So there. Themes of identity slay me. Hence my love of "Karma Chameleon."

Not a huge "Totem Mole" fan either, though I think I may like "Safety Canary" more than I thought. "Wound-Up Penguin" used to be at the bottom of my list, but maybe I'll like it more now that I love Aaron.

I hated Totem Mole, but I don't want to rehash all the reasons here.

I didn't hate Safety Canary at all. There was lots of Good Aaron in it.

Also, which episode had the monkey reply with "Because you listen" because that was easily my favorite moment of the show.

Cocktail Bunny, I think.

Any episode with Aaron is retroactively my favourite -- I just like some of those more than others. Oh, except for Barrel Bear. It was just wrong. The Jaye/Eric interaction doesn't fit at any point in their timeline.

Barrel Bear reminds me of the Firefly episode The Message. Mahandra's hardline position on Milly Marcus rang false for me just like Mal not telling Tracey the plan and letting the situation escalate resulting in his death rang false for me in The Message. That said, I do like both episodes but those moments brought them down a bit, in my estimation.

Lilty, when you asked why Totem Mole was necessary because

I thought that by the end of Cocktail Bunny, she could have been on her way to accepting them.

If I remember correctly, Jaye complained that "the monkey lied." He was going to tell her why they talked to her and she was expecting some life-affirming message and just got "because you listen." It wasn't enough for her. There was no purpose behind it and she needed a purpose.

Totem Mole gave her that, sorta.

Pretty pic of The Inside cast

Thanks, Allyson! That is a pretty picture. But it's missing Katie.

"Cocktail Bunny" is sweeeet. I can't imagine it working so much earlier in the series as they'd planned. I love how on rewatching the episodes, you can see what the muses were really talking about, and how consistent it was even though Jaye and the audience always misinterpreted them.