Jack convinced Stark and Fargo that they were stuck in a time loop, and Stark realized that they had to synch handwavey machine thing with the atomic clock, or they would all be deleted from existence. Fargo volunteered to do the synching, as did Carter, but Stark figured he needed to be the one to do it because... of something. Bravery, skill, plot necessities. You decide. It was clear to all of them that there was risk involved (I guess previous dead body in the machine was the first clue). Fargo said, "I didn't know I had it in me [to volunteer for such a thing]," and Stark responded, "I did."

Stark stepped into the machine and did his synching thing. (ETA: He made a point of telling Jack to be there for Allison) Fargo and Carter were all, "Yay!" when it worked, until they realized that Stark was stuck, frozen in the machine, and they watched him evaporate, more or less, into stardust.

Jack went to the grounds where the wedding was supposed to take place to tell Allison about Stark, which he did without actually saying it. He said, "I'll always be here for you," again and gave here a sad and solemn look, and she said, "Where's Nathan?" realizing the answer even as she asked the question. Allison collapsed onto a (conveniently placed) fainting couch in her prep tent, and the camera pulled back on Carter kneeling in front of her there.

And I was very, very sad.

How sad is that? Very sad.

Stark saved the day!

Crumbling into stardust is just a little cheesy, though.

It was both very sad, and, yeah, a little cheesy with the evaporating, though my description is a tad romanticized, I think (because I love Stark!); he didn't float away all sparkley or anything, really. Nothing like ascension, for example.

Also, I edited the description to add a bit that was kinda sweet between Fargo and Stark and Stark and Carter.

I did like the way Alison slapped him upside the head for kissing her on his wedding day. Way to make it about YOU, dude.

I'm on the fence about the sister. Guess we'll see.

Consuela, both Hulu and Sci-Fi have the episode up on their websites if you want to see the part you missed (which you should, because ouch!).

And I'll stay quiet about Ed's death unless you want some info... he's in Bali right now getting marrried.

CFerg, did you ever post about this? I peeked in the spoiler thread, but didn't find anything. I'm trying not to be too spoiled for anything, so I may have just missed it.

If it's a non-spoiler, i.e. if Ed has left the show, I'm pretty sure you can post about that in this thread. The episode in which he died already aired, so you won't be spoiling anything.

That's great news about the comic. The only TV-show based comic I've read is Buffy season 8. I had to stop because I read the issues too quickly, so it always feels like I'm only getting the teaser. Keep us updated on when the comic will come out.

Also, good for Ed. Getting married in Bali! How romantic is that?

(edited, because I forgot our names aren't emboldened)

i recently ahemmed an old show called Young Americans. it was a semi-spinoff of Dawson's Creek. annnnnnnnnyway.

Oh my goodness! You've just made a friend of mine incredibly happy. She's been wanting to watch that again for years and would look for it occasionally. I just emailed to let her know it is out there in ahem-land. Awesome.

it's not the best quality ever, but it's totally watchable. actually looks like a VHS rip, which would make sense considering the year. let me know if she can't find it and i'll either direct you exactly or upload.

In light of our conversation about the accuracy of the science, I was amused/dismayed to see them screw up the Kelvin numbers. -273 is 0 kelvin in celsius, not fahrenheit. (yes, I am that much of a geek that I went back to check that the freezer was in fahrenheit. I suppose you could handwave that he changed it to celsius in the conversion, tho)

Pushing Daisies: To promote the show their having a "free pie tour" -

To coincide with the second-season premiere of Pushing Daisies, the network is launching a mouthwatering marketing scheme sure to ingratiate itself to hungry fans across the nation—or send them into a diabetic shock trying—by kicking off the Pushing Daisies Touch of Wonder Tour.

And this:

each Pie Hole will be decorated to match the show's set, with episodes playing at the ersatz shops and series paraphernalia aplenty gracing each location—paraphernalia that, of course, will be made available to the pastry patrons for a small price.

Tour dates:

Aug. 31: Anaheim, Calif.
Sept. 7: San Francisco
Sept. 10: Los Angeles
Sept. 12: Las Vegas
Sept. 14: Phoenix
Sept. 17: Denver
Sept. 20: Dallas
Sept. 24: Chicago
Sept. 26: Philadelphia
Sept. 29: New York

From E Online.

Sept. 7: San Francisco

OMG! I must find out where it is. Keep us apprised!