Well, there's the part of "Who thought Crichton should try leather pants, and why?" and "How do they know to look for that base?" and "How does Crichton have any idea how to act like a PK specialist, much less what kinds of protocols to follow?" and, most importantly for the characters, I should think, "Why do both Crichton and Aeryn blame themselves for Aeryn's injury?"

I suppose, if you really had to, you could squeeze an episode in between them, but they are sequential and not freestanding of each other. (Though you're right that it makes even less sense for Nerve and HM to be broken up. They're pretty explicitly a pair.)

"Why do both Crichton and Aeryn blame themselves for Aeryn's injury?"

I don't see a lot of blame going around, actually. I see Crichton taking action, because he cares about her and can't come up with another way to save her. In part because she has saved his life in the past. I don't really see much in the way of guilt, and if there were any it should be laid at Rygel and Chiana's door.

Aeryn has no guilt. She's dying, she's weak, and she wants to go hide from the pain, the way an injured animal does.

On the upside, I discovered this when channel surfing by clicking right into an interview with Michael Rosenbaum. Mmmmm, that man has a lovely voice.

I think my favorite part of the Smallville Backstage Special (on the set of The Talon, and I didn't think that it was possible for it to look more garish, but somehow . . .) was when MR clowned Brooke Burke's tan. She acted as if it were a compliment (and she might have been stupid enough to realize that "interesting/facinating" is rarely a compliment). She was ORANGE, yo.

Brooke Burke seemed to have trouble telling the actors and their characters apart. So I pretty much ignored everything she said and watched and listened to the pretty (ie MR and TW) instead.

Brooke Burke seemed to have trouble telling the actors and their characters apart.

That didn't bother me so much because it seemed like the point of the special was to introduce new viewers to the show (even if it wasn't promoted that way). But her tan?! Yikes! MR almost made me believe he was serious.

Brooke Burke seemed to have trouble telling the actors and their characters apart.

that drove me nuts. Asking 'how did you feel when Chloe . . ." made me crazy. Actors. Characters. Get it straight. And it was clear that she didn't watch the show. She was more engaging on the Gilmore Girls special.

Asking 'how did you feel when Chloe . . ." made me crazy. Actors. Characters.

Actors do that too, though. It seems pervasive.

From what I watched, I would have enjoyed it more if Rosenbaum had hosted the special. He's vastly more entertaining and personable than the vapid orangesicle.

I wanted to pack up wee Allison Mack and take her home with me.

Yeah, but what the hell did they dress her in? It was horrendous.

I wanted to pack up wee Allison Mack and take her home with me.

Stop by my place on the way, 'kay?