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One fun bit that I forgot to mention: the "Albion Channel" being one of the disinformation outlets.
Very clever tie-in with "73 Yards".
Oh, that's a shame. A "meet the parents" scene could have been fun.
Probably cut for time.
Yeah, the outcome was...acceptable, under the circumstances.
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Additional Thought The First: if Conrad and his group return in the finale, it could give a very different meaning to "The Reality War"...
Totally fair...though competence isn't what one expects from the right-wing reactionaries.
Conrad and Ruby’s relationship had been seeded as a subplot over a few episodes maybe it would have worked better?
The thing that worked really well for me is that I was naturally inclined not to trust him from the start - I have seen an episode of television before, after all - but they seeded just enough misdirection through Conrad's "desire" to be like the Doctor (which carried through to the promotional interviews) to retain some surprise in the reveal.
I did like the scenes with Ruby’s homefront matriarchy
As much as I think Belinda has been a step up from Ruby, it was very nice to see the whole family again.
What can you do when compassion and empathy simply bounces off the person you’re trying to reach? That is a very real and current question, and I’m sort of glad that the show didn’t try to answer that neatly for the sake of a feelgood ending.
It managed to handle things very deftly, while still being very blunt in its messaging (which I don't think is a bad thing). Honestly, coming off of an election in Canada less than a week ago, the whole thing kind of turned my stomach. Really visceral stuff. I can see this being an episode that I return to throughout the week, and I might have more thoughts to share later on.
One thing I really appreciated was the ambiguity of Kate, and how far she's willing to go when the Doctor's not around. They have a fine line to walk in the department, but I think they did it really well here.
One thing I don't appreciate is the inconsistent handling of UNIT over the years. They've got helicarriers, then they're gone, then they're back, then their budget has been slashed, now they're back again...I really hope this episode (and the upcoming spinoff) marks a final commitment to keeping them around as a player. We don't need to see them repeatedly destroyed and resurrected like some kind of Gallifrey.
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"Governor" was capitalized in the subtitles, so I think we've got a name, along with a pretty solid indication that she's a Time Lord.
Episode Discussion | Doctor Who | 2x04 "Lucky Day"
I don't see any glaring incompatibilities with Kinew's agenda. The "build, baby, build" attitude is something they've shared as of late.
Another thing to consider is that many people simply aren't that engaged, and the news ecosystem on both sides of the border has deteriorated to the point where it's very easy to go through life with bad information, or no information at all.
It's probably not that hard for a low-information voter to be swayed by big talk, even if they're not a cultist.
I think it's a nuanced question - I've heard that the Cuban community in Florida is very Republican because they're seen as stronger against the Cuban regime.
In other cases, I think people are very willing to vote for people who promise to help them with their most immediate problems (regardless of how credible those promises are), and overlook the rest.
And we should never underestimate the willingness of people to close a door behind them once they've gotten through it.
One thing he doesn't touch on (much) is that a significant number of NDP supporters - probably "working class" supporters - seemed to flip to the Conservatives, and not the Liberals.
The party is going to have to reckon with that, too.
It's probably another move to distance himself from Trudeau's choices.
That's up to the CPC.
Carney said a byelection should be held as quickly as possible to give Poilievre an opportunity to win a seat in the House of Commons, if that’s what the Conservative Party wants.
Carney's message is that he's not interested in playing Parliamentary games. I'm not convinced it's a good idea, but it's an interesting move.
Everything I've read says it's a pretty comprehensive overhaul, except maybe the routes along the major arterials.
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No sitting PM wants to be seen spending millions on "their" house, and costs have skyrocketed thanks to decades of neglect.
On top of that, the house itself doesn't really meet the needs of the role, and both the house and grounds are considered inadequate from a security perspective.
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That is definitely an assumption you could make.
Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and blame a technical glitch, and totally not human error.
Fixed.
I like the Circle trilogy - the Bajoran government being unstable is a fun element to those early seasons.
It's a shame Shakaar was such a dud of a character, and the series sort of lost interest in the Bajoran civilian government as the Dominion and Kai Winn started to take up all the oxygen in the series.
politics favors short-term thinking
So does biology. Immediate gratification wins out over delayed gratification almost every single time.
Singling out the bit that's most interesting to me:
When Cryptic passed the mantle to us folks here at DECA, one of the things we discussed internally and something we felt, and continue to feel, very strongly about was the importance of continuing their legacy - and this means concluding the current story arc in such a way as to remain true to Al Rivera and Paul Reed’s vision of what that story was about. Fortunately, we’ve benefitted from a continuing collaboration with the remaining Cryptic staff, utter professionals like Thomas Marrone and Jeremy Randall (and many others!), who have been indispensable in ensuring we understood what that previous vision was and the primary beats required to do it justice.
The fundamental challenge here was, of course, to get our heads around a game with such a deep, intricate and long-lived history, with so much STO-specific lore. So lots of research and lots of discussions to tease out the nuanced detail. The only significant change we made was to introduce one additional episode into the current arc, which we felt was required to fully explore the epic story arc that we have inherited.