Faith: A kid. Angel's got a kid. Wesley: Connor. Faith: A teenage kid born last year. Wesley: I told you, he grew up in a hell dimension. Faith: Right. And what, Cordelia spent her last summer as… Wesley: A divine being. Faith: Uh-huh. Can I just ask--What the hell are you people doing?

'Why We Fight'


Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon  

A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.

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Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.

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This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.


lisah - Feb 11, 2008 9:43:02 am PST #139 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate

I think there's a fatal flaw in that line of reasoning, which is that Tommy didn't live linearly. That Tommy-after-he-went-back always had memories of Torchwood.

But he didn't remember. He didn't remember what to do with the key thingy and he didn't know who Tosh was.


Emily - Feb 11, 2008 10:27:45 am PST #140 of 30001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Which was weird, since (after what Jack said) I was expecting Past Torchwood to DO something to his memories -- instead, they seemed to just get replaced automatically once he stepped through the barrier.


Vortex - Feb 11, 2008 10:29:06 am PST #141 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

She left him thinking he'd die in battle. Did he try to avoid that?

perhaps that's what caused the court marshal. He thought that he was going to die in battle, so he tried to avoid it, and got dinged for cowardice.

But he didn't remember. He didn't remember what to do with the key thingy and he didn't know who Tosh was.

Jack said something about losing his short term memory in the rift.


Dana - Feb 11, 2008 10:29:33 am PST #142 of 30001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

instead, they seemed to just get replaced automatically once he stepped through the barrier.

Maybe because he was in the right time, and he had technically never lived through the 20th century?

Ow. That makes my head hurt. Especially since the real reason is probably "He forgot because we needed him to."

Jack's line about the British soldiers who were shot for cowardice is really painful, though.


sumi - Feb 11, 2008 11:17:57 am PST #143 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Today ABC Entertainment announced pickups for nine of its most popular shows, returning broadcast television's most successful fall series. ABC Entertainment ordered episodes of "Brothers & Sisters," "Desperate Housewives," "Dirty Sexy Money," "Grey's Anatomy," "Lost," "Private Practice," "Pushing Daisies," "Samantha Who?" and "Ugly Betty."

From the Futon Critic.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 11, 2008 11:19:33 am PST #144 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Whew, that takes care of two of my three appointment network TV shows.


sarameg - Feb 11, 2008 4:14:03 pm PST #145 of 30001

I momentarily had thoughts about the weird quasi-religious parallels in SCC. Something somewhat blasphemous about the protectiveness of both Marys to Jesus and how that sort of parallels Sarah and Cameron to John-as-prophet. But it probably breaks down horribly, because I never get very far with these sorts of things and my biblical knowledge is crap. Plus, killing. Lots of it. And robots. And time travel.

Oh well, it sounded interesting when I started.


tommyrot - Feb 11, 2008 4:15:42 pm PST #146 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I wonder how good Cameron is at chess. Maybe she'll help the Japanese team.


Laura - Feb 11, 2008 4:17:00 pm PST #147 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

SCC - I haven't a clue what ex-boyfriend's take on the visit from John might be. Hope we find out more there.


tommyrot - Feb 11, 2008 4:22:45 pm PST #148 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I didn't like Andy much anyway....