I thought it was awfully early in the series to pull the "series regular might be leaving" card, and that was before I looked at some episode trivia and learned that this was filmed as the third in the season. Thank goodness it didn't air as such. Way too early!
A couple of goofs I noticed that weren't mentioned in the sources I found:
1. Wyatt's entrance onto the holodeck from off camera is not accompanied by the sound of the doors opening and closing, but Riker's subsequent exit does come with sound effects.
2. The Tarellians are allegedly trapped on their ship and unable to transport due to the Enterprise's tractor beam. But Wyatt is able to transport over with no issue. Either both ships' transporters should work regardless of the tractor beam being engaged, or neither should.
Lwaxana Troi is a divisive character, I think it's safe to say. Even with myself, I have arguments about whether or not she belongs on Star Trek in general (especially when she shows up on DS9… oy). At times, she's hilariously funny—Gene Roddenberry allegedly described her as "the Auntie Mame of the galaxy" (Star Trek: The Next Generation 365 p. 033)—but the writers seemed to misuse her at times. I'll leave further discussion of that for when I get to the relevant episodes, though. This appearance (her first) was mostly great.
What wasn't so great, though: This story. Unsurprising, then, that the script for this episode (as written by Lan O'Kun) was going to be cut from the series. Tracy Tormé rewrote it and "saved" the episode from getting cut, but he still wasn't very happy with how it turned out. I bet a lot of that came from feeling like a lot of the comedy failed to make it all the way to filming. Goodness knows the episode seems to make plays at seriousness here and there, only to fall flat.
The best parts really are the funny bits with Lwaxana, and Data trying to observe more of the human condition. The worst parts all involve Riker ducking out of the room because he's uncomfortable with the situation for some reason that isn't adequately addressed. Oh, and the central idea of Wyatt and this Tarellian girl connecting across the light-years through their dreams. Star Trek usually stays away from that "woo~" sort of thing…
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@lefthandedguitarist When I think of Lwaxana's DS9 appearances, I think of her crush, I guess you'd call it, on Odo. That never made sense to me, and it felt forced.
> Jeffrey Combs
> and Ethan PhillipsI heard Phillips' voice immediately. Yes, I was a bit excited. Yes, I was later disappointed.
It's so fun seeing recognizable real-life products disguised as futuristic sci-fi props. In this episode, it was two bottles in Sickbay that were clearly SIGG brand (and only very slightly touched up by the props crew). Nothing compared to Quark using my family's picnicware glasses every day in his bar on DS9, but still fun.
So there are only 173 Rules of Acquisition at this point in time? A lot changes in a century.
"There are fourteen weapons lockers on this ship." — And none of them should be accessible without any authentication at all. The key word is locker. They're supposed to be locked. Sigh.
Nice touch that they threw in "Do I look like a Menk to you?" as a reference to "Dear Doctor".
So Porthos wasn't affected by the gas? Does it only work on humanoids?
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@miclaymon Maybe they're really "weapon lockers", as in each locker holds only a single phase pistol!
Waw that's a long episode
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@mounirabbas Long? It's 23 minutes, same as most of the series… Or did some database update happen and you were talking about the next one, which is 37 minutes according to Trakt?
Good, good movie. Ben Foster is great...almost as great as Thomasin. Great actors the both of them. This was a small story told with so much emotion. It might look boring and is only rated PG, but it's solid. Check it out.
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@kurtmoney That's how I read the tone. Maybe that's not how you meant it, but it came across that way. Personally, I don't think a film's rating has anything to do with the quality and would never even think to mention it in a review. MPAA ratings are just a tool some people choose to use when deciding what movies their kids should be allowed to see, after all. They're meaningless otherwise.
If what you meant was, "It might look boring, but it's solid and is only rated PG," then that completely changes things and invalidates my original interpretation. As written, there's an association between "look[s] boring" and "only rated PG" that jumped out at me when reading your initial comment, that's all.
Good, good movie. Ben Foster is great...almost as great as Thomasin. Great actors the both of them. This was a small story told with so much emotion. It might look boring and is only rated PG, but it's solid. Check it out.
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It might look boring and is only rated PG, but it's solid.
I'm sitting here trying to figure out when a PG rating became synonymous with "uninteresting"…
This is a remake of an episode from the original series; like many remakes, it's inferior to the original. While this one has its moments, some disturbing content--especially implied sexual relations between Data and a human woman--messed this up for me. The language was actually rather clean...until the last scene or two; then they fouled it up.
Content Concerns:
Sex: Implied sex between a male-type android and a human woman; Data is stopped short before making a crude joke. 2/5
Nudity: A woman is seen wearing an outfit that displays her midriff, her back, and a bit of the lower part of her chest. 3/5
Language: Four or so d-words; one or two h-words; two or three misuses of God's name. 2/5
Violence: Sci-fi action violence throughout. 3/5
Drugs: It is said that the reactions that the crew has are like being intoxicated. 4/5
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Plenty of emotional intensity; the ship nearly gets destroyed; Geordi is seen without his visor. 3/5Score: 3/5
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@abstractals Hmm, you can export other people's data? I can, in fact, grab a CSV of someone else's comments. @justin is this intended?
This is a remake of an episode from the original series; like many remakes, it's inferior to the original. While this one has its moments, some disturbing content--especially implied sexual relations between Data and a human woman--messed this up for me. The language was actually rather clean...until the last scene or two; then they fouled it up.
Content Concerns:
Sex: Implied sex between a male-type android and a human woman; Data is stopped short before making a crude joke. 2/5
Nudity: A woman is seen wearing an outfit that displays her midriff, her back, and a bit of the lower part of her chest. 3/5
Language: Four or so d-words; one or two h-words; two or three misuses of God's name. 2/5
Violence: Sci-fi action violence throughout. 3/5
Drugs: It is said that the reactions that the crew has are like being intoxicated. 4/5
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Plenty of emotional intensity; the ship nearly gets destroyed; Geordi is seen without his visor. 3/5Score: 3/5
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@abstractals (OK, now you have to tell me how you're getting these stats lol)
This is a remake of an episode from the original series; like many remakes, it's inferior to the original. While this one has its moments, some disturbing content--especially implied sexual relations between Data and a human woman--messed this up for me. The language was actually rather clean...until the last scene or two; then they fouled it up.
Content Concerns:
Sex: Implied sex between a male-type android and a human woman; Data is stopped short before making a crude joke. 2/5
Nudity: A woman is seen wearing an outfit that displays her midriff, her back, and a bit of the lower part of her chest. 3/5
Language: Four or so d-words; one or two h-words; two or three misuses of God's name. 2/5
Violence: Sci-fi action violence throughout. 3/5
Drugs: It is said that the reactions that the crew has are like being intoxicated. 4/5
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Plenty of emotional intensity; the ship nearly gets destroyed; Geordi is seen without his visor. 3/5Score: 3/5
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@abstractals Man, I don't even know how many Likes my reviews get. They're mostly for my future self to refer to at some point. But if people do like them then that's cool I guess.
This is a remake of an episode from the original series; like many remakes, it's inferior to the original. While this one has its moments, some disturbing content--especially implied sexual relations between Data and a human woman--messed this up for me. The language was actually rather clean...until the last scene or two; then they fouled it up.
Content Concerns:
Sex: Implied sex between a male-type android and a human woman; Data is stopped short before making a crude joke. 2/5
Nudity: A woman is seen wearing an outfit that displays her midriff, her back, and a bit of the lower part of her chest. 3/5
Language: Four or so d-words; one or two h-words; two or three misuses of God's name. 2/5
Violence: Sci-fi action violence throughout. 3/5
Drugs: It is said that the reactions that the crew has are like being intoxicated. 4/5
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Plenty of emotional intensity; the ship nearly gets destroyed; Geordi is seen without his visor. 3/5Score: 3/5
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@abstractals I ran out of palms months ago, personally. Just have to accept that people like this exist and move on… lol
This is a remake of an episode from the original series; like many remakes, it's inferior to the original. While this one has its moments, some disturbing content--especially implied sexual relations between Data and a human woman--messed this up for me. The language was actually rather clean...until the last scene or two; then they fouled it up.
Content Concerns:
Sex: Implied sex between a male-type android and a human woman; Data is stopped short before making a crude joke. 2/5
Nudity: A woman is seen wearing an outfit that displays her midriff, her back, and a bit of the lower part of her chest. 3/5
Language: Four or so d-words; one or two h-words; two or three misuses of God's name. 2/5
Violence: Sci-fi action violence throughout. 3/5
Drugs: It is said that the reactions that the crew has are like being intoxicated. 4/5
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Plenty of emotional intensity; the ship nearly gets destroyed; Geordi is seen without his visor. 3/5Score: 3/5
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@abstractals Between the "Content Concerns" left here on Trakt and the stuff called out in his reviews on Blogger (https://reading-rebel.blogspot.com/)… all you need to do is look at his Blogger profile to know why.
This is a remake of an episode from the original series; like many remakes, it's inferior to the original. While this one has its moments, some disturbing content--especially implied sexual relations between Data and a human woman--messed this up for me. The language was actually rather clean...until the last scene or two; then they fouled it up.
Content Concerns:
Sex: Implied sex between a male-type android and a human woman; Data is stopped short before making a crude joke. 2/5
Nudity: A woman is seen wearing an outfit that displays her midriff, her back, and a bit of the lower part of her chest. 3/5
Language: Four or so d-words; one or two h-words; two or three misuses of God's name. 2/5
Violence: Sci-fi action violence throughout. 3/5
Drugs: It is said that the reactions that the crew has are like being intoxicated. 4/5
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Plenty of emotional intensity; the ship nearly gets destroyed; Geordi is seen without his visor. 3/5Score: 3/5
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@abstractals You should read his comments on classic Disney sitcoms like Lizzie McGuire. For example, "Sex: The whole episode is about two teenage girls buying bras for the first time. 3/5" — https://trakt.tv/comments/96331
I fairly enjoyed this show. It was very different from what I expected. It did however kind of feel like Netflix tries to recycle the idea of another 80’s, Strangers Things inspired group of kids. But it’s fun and I didn’t mind it too much, it’s worth the watch. And with the way this ended it better get a second season!
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@sophievdw Too bad it was canceled. No season two. Ugh. I'm rationing the remaining episodes to make it last as long as possible…
Worst episode far. Not once but he met him twice? Really? What the fuck?
What kind of laptop is that? Having delete key in the top right corner of the keyboard layout. Even if it did, it ain't some notepad code that could be erased. And they managed to delete terabytes of data in a couple of minutes? lol
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@sunny_senpai It's a MacBook Pro. The "Delete" key functions as "Backspace"; it just has a funny name because Apple's hardware designers like to "Think Different." This episode's believability is the lowest of the whole series (so far, at least).
Some of the drifts, stunts, gunfights, etc. are a little too much (-1 ) and the soundtrack is mostly shitty (- a second *) IMHO. Man, think about how great this flick would be with solid rock&roll tracks instead of those mainly annoying bepedy-bop rap and pop sh*!
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@drnkmnky If you want a literal * you have to use \* so it won't be turned into italics. :)
I was sure Tom was about to be killed, but no, he lives on.
Red always has an angle; how does he remember all the alliances, the deceit.. I know I wouldn't
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@danio-1972 "High-functioning sociopath" might have something to do with it, lol. There's also a savant element.
The end car scene was so incredibly heart breakingly beautiful. To see Liz finally admit she cares for Red was beautiful - even after she's tried to limit their relations to purely work, has tried to flee frm him or not talk to him and at times purely hated him; ultimately she would risk her life for him. And to see Red completely vulnerable, even if it was only for a few seconds, was incredible. GREAT performances
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@yapyap92 I thought you might like to know that there are multiple duplicates of this comment. Trakt seems to occasionally flake out when posting. :/
Doris Roberts is always a joy, and this episode was fun and cute, as usual.
Content Concerns:
Sex: None. 5/5
Nudity: Lizzie wears an outfit that shows some slight midriff. 4/5
Language: None. 5/5
Violence: Comedic pratfalls. 4/5
Drugs: None. 5/5
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Slight emotional intensity. 4/5
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Why is a reference to feng shui even worth mentioning, let alone enough to pull down the "Other" rating?
Oh dear Q; these are always my least favourite. 6 is a kind score. You'd think Q would have pushed them homewards a bit quicker.. why wouldn't Janeway even ask??
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@danio1972 She didn't ask because it was offered—as a bribe for making the "correct" decision in her asylum deliberations—but she didn't like those terms.
Why would you bring your dog down to an alien planet inhabited by a species that found the simple act of eating offensive. Why even ask them if the dog could visit the planet. Why take the risk? Archer, why.
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@splenda Because Archer is not a logical man.
Kimi no Na wa.
Kimi no Na wa es excelente en lo que quiere conseguir aunque se pone algunos obstáculos voluntariamente en el camino.
Esta película hace muchas cosas bien. Una de ellas es el poder comprimir en 30 minutos toda la trama sobre Cambio de Cuerpos y de esos 30 minutos en los primeros 15 concretamente hay algo muy interesante al momento de pasar de la zona rural a la cuidad. Antes de pasar a la cuidad la protagonista dice "Quiero ser un chico guapo de Tokio en mi siguiente vida", de primeras no puede significar nada y hasta pude llegar a sonar extraño e incoherente si se analiza un poco, pero bueno el objetivo en este caso es lo que se consigue cuando la protagonista dice eso. Esa frase consigue que el espectador espere que la protagonista amanezca en el cuerpo de un hombre o que ocurra algo alrededor de el cuerpo del hombre, y así cuando pasamos a la siguiente escena el espectador puede asimilar de una manera mucho mas rápida lo que esta ocurriendo en pantalla. En este caso que la "mente" de la protagonista esta en el cuerpo de un hombre y así no esperar a que se planteé como tal esto. Esta forma tan sutil de presentarlo lo vuelve mas natural y por ende mas sorprendente.
Los "Viajes en el tiempo" en esta película están bien expuestos, aunque si se les analiza se pueden llegar encontrar fallos, el objetivo primordial que es hacer un guion en el que la primera vez que el espectador vea la película no se encuentre con ningún fallo y con ello no se vea perjudicada la inmersión se consigue de muy buena manera.
A lo que me refiero conque la película se pone obstáculos al intentar hacer un buen guion fuera de los "Viajes en el Tiempo", es en que varias situaciones son incoherentes porque se les da muy poco o nulo desarrollo. Una de estas situaciones puede ser cuando le cortan la falda a la compañera del protagonista, esa situación es tan incoherente porque no hay una razón por la cual el cliente quisiera cortarle la falda mas allá de hacerlo por deseo propio, lo cual no tiene sentido en un guion. Los guionistas hacen esto varias veces a lo largo de la película, este tipo de situaciones realmente no tienen ningún tipo de justificación y por lo tanto son errores graves por lo sencillos que son de arreglar sin afectar a la trama.
Independientemente de todos los errores, es una película tremendamente hermosa que logra contar una trama de cierta manera compleja de una muy buena forma.
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@diego-b FYI, Trakt comment rules state "English only". If you can append an English translation of your review, that would be amazing :)
"I analyzed the typing speed and patterns on the hard drive." You WHAT? I so hate meaningless technobabble.
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@katu93 Definitely… but none that can be installed and retroactively analyze them.
The fake husband is revealed
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@aajohn Trakt glitched and duplicated your comment. Past experience taught me that you can delete the other one to clean it up if you want, but not this one, because the site won't allow deleting a comment that has replies.
I'm quickly learning that episodes which give Kes a lot to do generally benefit from Jennifer Lien's good acting abilities. I also enjoyed this one due to the continuity of picking up plot threads from the pilot episode - the opening montage actually got me excited that something big was going to happen here. Ultimately, it doesn't, but that doesn't detract from proceedings too much.
When all is said and done, it does fall right into the standard Trek storytelling template. The Ocampa which we meet turn out to be evil and manipulative, and the possibility of getting home by means of Suspira goes nowhere. And yet, the episode focuses on Kes' character and manages to make the whole thing mostly interesting. There's also some surprisingly strong moments of horror when Tuvok's blood begins to boil, and we see people strung up in engineering (where are the rest of the engineering crew and Tuvok's security team, though?). I find myself quite interested in what Kes is really capable of.
The most problematic and annoying part for me is that it ends exactly where it begins, with nothing really changed. Gotta make sure to hit that reset button before the credits roll.
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where are the rest of the engineering crew and Tuvok's security team, though?
Literally the same question! It's like they ran out of budget for extras in that one scene or something.
This episode has some great moments but also highlights some of the worst things of this series. Basic internal logic is forgotten, it goes from one thing to another not resolving the first thing. too many different ideas are crammed in without resolving them giving little room to breathe. lacklustre episode that had more potential. this must have been known as it is evident audio is added after the live recording (characters speak without moving lips) to help explain. overall very amateur hour.
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@aztele WRT your other comments on this episode, posted just a few minutes apart, you can edit comments and [spoiler]spoiler-tag[/spoiler] things inline. (I frequently do an edit or two in the minutes following publish, because I invariably forget something the first time.)
The very first line of the episode is a Family Guy reference? Please, Stewie's "mom" gag has no place here.
Nice to hear that TCAS survived into the 25th century and is equipped on spacefaring shuttlecraft.
Actually, I cracked up a bit when the shuttle's computer started chanting, "Too low, terrain."I wonder if Dr. Finn is a distant descendant of Kevin (of Kevin (Probably) Saves the World)…
The character concept for Isaac is fine enough, but every time they show him walking around his costume messes with it. An artificial life form of Isaac's type just doesn't look right with a fabric outer garment, especially because his garment is clearly designed to look like a metal exterior.
Also, continuity issue: When the Orville detects the aliens approaching the shuttle, Bortus reports "two dozen" unidentified life forms. From when Isaac begins stunning the approaching attackers to when Marcus joins him, Isaac has already fired at least 22 shots (yes, I went back and counted them). Yet, there is still a large number of aliens for them to deter. So many that they are nearly overwhelmed before the shuttle from the Orville bombards the aliens with weapons fire from the air. Something's not right there…
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@snydez What do you mean? The TCAS in a modern-day aircraft will say "Too low, terrain" repeatedly if the plane is too low and in danger of hitting terrain—they inserted the same behavior into the Orville shuttlecraft used in this episode, probably as a gag/nod.
Frankie Muniz? Malcolm in the Middle? I'm just trying to figure out what the connection is, here. Why is a Disney show referencing a rival network's series and bringing on its star as a guest? (FOX is a rival of ABC, which Disney acquired in 1995.)
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Oh, @luckynumber78, your dishes are in this one too.
It seems like all of the iconic episodes--such as this one--are in the second season.
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@ithinkdifferent With 31 episodes in season one and 34 episodes in season two (and no third season)… It's better than a 50/50 chance that any random episode will be from the second season.
Average episode rating: 5.923
That feels about right. I could be talked into
Math.floor()ing that, too. Oops, I just did.The season got off to a pretty underwhelming and off-putting start, then got pretty good for a couple episodes before dropping back into the trap of overly sexualizing every situation possible.
Hollywood writers—especially any who work for Syfy—say it with me: Not everything is about sex.
Again.
Say it again.
Repeat until you actually understand the words.
I call out Syfy writers specifically because one need only look at the other shows on their slate recently to find examples of characters being put in bed with each other for no particular reason other than "sex sells". It happens in Killjoys a lot, too—another Syfy Original. Based on just the two, I'm not inclined to give any other Syfy original shows a chance. (I haven't watched enough of Wynonna Earp to know if it also falls into this trap, but the likelihood that I will ever watch another episode of that show has just dropped even further.)
Between characters screwing each other at every possible opportunity and the sheer amount of gratuitous blood & gore, I'm downright resentful that I still want to know what happens next. This show wasn't fun to watch, and it's not even using the sex and violence to make a worthwhile point. The real surprise for me, at this point, is that I managed to get through the whole season in just under 9 months.
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@annismckenzie Oooh, yeah the network activity feature only shows plays for now, but I believe there are long-term plans to put more stuff in the activity feed. Comments would be good to include, as would ratings. Those could be stacked on the "Play" entries if added soon after a play, rather than taking up multiple feed slots… Sometimes I wish I was part of trakt somehow so I could get more directly involved with this stuff, but afaik they're not hiring (small team of friends).
An alternative idea would be imitating Last.fm's "Now Playing" page, which displays info about whatever track your player is currently playing (if NP notifications are supported) or the last track played (if not supported). Trakt's version could be a live dashboard of sorts that shows the basic item info (poster, title, episode/season/number if applicable) and also presents relevant comments. Shouts and reviews for the currently playing episode, pulling in season-level and series-level comments near their respective ends, stuff like that. (For movies, just that film's comments, of course.)
@justin, is this kind of thing worth an idea thread on UserVoice? I wasn't able to find anything relevant in a quick search.
Average episode rating: 5.923
That feels about right. I could be talked into
Math.floor()ing that, too. Oops, I just did.The season got off to a pretty underwhelming and off-putting start, then got pretty good for a couple episodes before dropping back into the trap of overly sexualizing every situation possible.
Hollywood writers—especially any who work for Syfy—say it with me: Not everything is about sex.
Again.
Say it again.
Repeat until you actually understand the words.
I call out Syfy writers specifically because one need only look at the other shows on their slate recently to find examples of characters being put in bed with each other for no particular reason other than "sex sells". It happens in Killjoys a lot, too—another Syfy Original. Based on just the two, I'm not inclined to give any other Syfy original shows a chance. (I haven't watched enough of Wynonna Earp to know if it also falls into this trap, but the likelihood that I will ever watch another episode of that show has just dropped even further.)
Between characters screwing each other at every possible opportunity and the sheer amount of gratuitous blood & gore, I'm downright resentful that I still want to know what happens next. This show wasn't fun to watch, and it's not even using the sex and violence to make a worthwhile point. The real surprise for me, at this point, is that I managed to get through the whole season in just under 9 months.
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@annismckenzie It's so much clearer to express the idea of rounding something down that way, haha. I'm not involved with trakt, just a slightly "younger" VIP member, but I do agree that the commenting functionality could use some building-out. Could be useful to index comments, too, and add them to the search feature. (Speaking of search, the VIP forum is kind of useless because you can't search for threads.) At least that duplicate comment's sorted—thanks for helping me learn about the block on deleting comments with replies, by the way!
As far as second-screening specifically goes, I already do usually keep the episode page open on a second monitor while I watch something on the primary. Were you looking for more of a live-chat kind of thing?
More old-school fun featuring my old flame, Lizzie McGuire. The one thing I object to is Kate's wardrobe during gym class.
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She's wearing the same gym uniform as all the other girls…?
