I finally fanwanked the lock, by deciding that Mercer made Moe install it, so he could lock him in, whenever they wanted to get in touch with their prison experiment psychoses.

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Um, we were able to lock our dorm room doors from the outside at NYU. Because when no one was in the room, our stuff was otherwise fair game, you know?

That said, the dorm I was in was a renovated hotel, and it obviously had locking doors already, so maybe my experience was different.

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I want Clemmons to replace the dean, and I don't care how contrived it is.

That would be so entirely awesome.

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Kristin Veitch (Wanda) at e.online has a post-finale interview with Rob posted. There aren't any *real* spoilers in it. He does 'clarify' something about the Dean's plot, last night, that will incidentally answer a question for you, but it wasn't a question he intended us to have, in the first place. Also, she asks him about the future of V/L and he gives an answer, but it's vague, what you would expect (and vague), and shouldn't surprise anyone.

The interesting part of the interview, is that he is considering changing the mystery arc format, yet again. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Today's probably not the best day to judge.

The interview is here: [link] It's two pages. CAVEAT LECTOR: There's a non-character-specific Scrubs season 6 spoiler in the links sidebar, on the righthand side, and an even more vague Heroes reference (I don't even know if it's a spoiler, and I watch Heroes).

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Um, we were able to lock our dorm room doors from the outside at NYU. Because when no one was in the room, our stuff was otherwise fair game, you know?

Sure, you can lock every door from the outside. You usually can't lock someone in when you're doing that, though. For instance, if you went out, when your roomie was asleep, and you locked the door, your roomie wasn't stuck, was she?

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For instance, if you went out, when your roomie was asleep, and you locked the door, your roomie wasn't stuck, was she?

::cringes::

When do I get my brains back again? When all three children are grown and gone? Because that's a long time to wait...

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I am not psyched about the idea of scrapping longer mysteries in favor of standalone eps.

an even more vague Heroes reference

It's not a spoiler if you've heard any of the promos.

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Okay, Rob makes a reference to [about perceptions of the show, not the plot] the awful Entertainment Weekly review. What review is this? I thought the show was still adored by the critics . Anyone?

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Hee. Yeah, that was fun times. It's mostly notable for being a major publication that steadfastly complained about the resolution to the rape mystery. Yes, this professional critic who writes television reviews thought the arc was over last week.

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It is adored, but the asshat thought 3.08 was the last episode in the rape arc, in other words--thought the resolution was Chip getting raped and the fems shrugging.

eta...

Off what Jon said, I'd like to see short mysteries, but not weekly ones, because honestly, I don't think the writers are that good with coming up with the stand alones.

I'm thinking I'd enjoy a lot of two and three parters, with maybe the occasional 4 parter. It doesn't sound like that's on the menu, but I think it's time to bring back the old, "To be continued..."

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