“And holy women never go bad?” Unusually for Farscape, the cold open of “Vitas Mortis” fails to set up any obvious compelling conflict. D’Argo, Zhaan, and John visit a Luxan priestess (or, I suppose, “orican”), but they don’t need anything … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×02, “Vitas Mortis”
“You want to have a midlife crisis? Fine. Ditch the firm, head off to Maui, shack up with a supermodel. But you do not get to keep the Porsche!” The set-up for “Mind the Baby” is pretty similar to the … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×01, “Mind the Baby”
The people have voted, and the results are in. Your April Madness winner is… KIM WEXLER! It was a fierce competition, but Kim took it by three votes in the end! Sorry, Grover. Maybe next year. Thank you all for … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: The Winner!
HERE WE ARE. The final showdown! The biggest bracket! But first, an acknowledgement of our beloved, fallen competitors: JanetAngela Abar In the first corner, representing Drama: Last year’s runner-up, it’s KIM WEXLER! In the other corner, representing Youth: The monster at … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: The Championship!
With great sadness, we say goodbye to four more contenders: The VisionScrooge McDuckRuth WilderRaymond Holt But we’ve also crowned our four division champions! Representing COMEDY… JANET Representing DRAMA, for the second year running… KIM WEXLER Representing YOUTH… GROVER And representing … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Final Four
Here we are at the Elite Eight, or, to put it another way, the Division Finals! But before we get down to business, a moment of silence for the fallen: Louise BelcherMoira RoseBeth HarmonJohnny LawrenceRapunzelLapis LazuliSteve HarringtonGrogu There were some … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Elite Eight
And so, in one cruel blow, we lose another sixteen. Say a fond farewell to: NoHo HankPoison IvyCharlie KellyJackie DaytonaJohn BrownBill TenchValery LegasovVillanelleMirror TulipClaudia KishiAhsoka TanoEda ClawthorneSara LanceHippolyta FreemanSummer SmithPhil Coulson Your efforts on behalf of them are ended, but … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Sweet Sixteen
Thanks to your dedicated clawing, scraping, and giffing, 32 characters have advanced! Sadly, we bid farewell to 32 others: The TickGretchen CutlerFleabagMr. PeanutbutterSandra KaluiokalaniBertieTed LassoBaby Billy FreemanKeith MarsEloise BridgertonLorne MalvoDella StreetVictor SalazarTom WambsgansQueen Elizabeth IIKorey WiseShaunKelsey PokoleyKipo OakCyborgCatraHildaLemony SnicketCarmen SandiegoRita … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Round of 32
It’s here! Your champions have arrived and they are ready to BATTLE IT OUT. With your help, of course! As a reminder: Campaigning is actively encouraged, and vote-trading is absolutely cool. Do what you gotta do to make sure that … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Round of 64
These 16 characters from the Youth bracket have survived to represent their shows in the tournament proper: Youth Scrooge McDuck — DuckTales Lapis Lazuli — Steven Universe Grover — Sesame Street Catra — She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Claudia … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Character Prelims
Congratulations to the 16 Drama characters who triumphed over their fellows and will represent their shows in the tournament proper. They are: Drama Kim Wexler — Better Call Saul Valery Legasov — Chernobyl Lorne Malvo — Fargo Beth Harmon — … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Youth Character Prelims
Congratulations to the 16 comedy characters who have survived to represent their shows in the bracket tournament! They are: Comedy Janet — The Good Place Raymond Holt — Brooklyn Nine-Nine Jackie Daytona — What We Do in the Shadows Mr. … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Drama Character Prelims
The votes are in, and we have the 64 shows that will be sending a champion into the ring! Those shows are: Drama Better Call Saul Chernobyl Fargo The Queen’s Gambit Mindhunter GLOW Cobra Kai When They See Us The … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Comedy Character Prelims
A year has passed, and now it’s time for the return of Avocado April Madness! If you didn’t participate in the first one, or have forgotten how it works, the original post is here: https://the-avocado.org/2020/03/31/avocado-april-madness-show-nominations/ But basically, this is a … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: The Return
“It’s a Jerry Springer kinda family, but for what it’s worth, Zhaan, you are family.” All season long, the crew of Moya have been growing closer—gradually becoming allies, then friends, and finally, family. The season finale could have been a … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 1×22, “Family Ties”
“There is much cruelty in the universe.” For an ostensible planetside romp episode, there’s a lot going on in “Bone to Be Wild.” The episode has three major throughlines: the A-plot and two heavily serialized subplots. The plots intersect in … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 1×21, “Bone to Be Wild”
Yep, we still haven’t stopped! InnDEEEEEEEEEEED and I (ThoughtsThoughtsThoughts) read My Enemy, My Ally and The Romulan Way (the former by Diane Duane, the latter by Duane and Peter Morwood) and put all our thoughts into a podcast. Let’s talk … Continue reading A Trek Through the Pages: Episode 3
“He thought it was about his doomsday device—about wormholes. It wasn’t. It was only about the time I kissed a girl.” The basic story of “Nerve”/“The Hidden Memory” is pretty simple. John breaks into a Gammak Base to find a … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 1×19, “Nerve” / 1×20, “The Hidden Memory”
“How does a damned virus get to be so smart anyway?” A Note: I tried, but I couldn’t find a way to review this episode entirely without spoilers. They’re minor, but there are references to the next two episodes of … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 1×18, “A Bug’s Life”
“I’ve always wondered what could be beyond the height, depth, width, and time.” “Nausea.” “Through the Looking Glass” is an interestingly vanilla episode, for Farscape. It’s a “ship in trouble” plot with a misunderstood creature at its center, and it … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 1×17, “Through the Looking Glass”
“That’s it. Earth. Minus the sunshine.” “A Human Reaction” is… Aw, fuck. “A Human Reaction” is great. You know it, I know it, the world knows it. A paranoid thriller that deconstructs E.T. way better than the episode that explicitly … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 1×16, “A Human Reaction”
