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I promise I had a plan. I was going to walk through a bunch of sports, and we were going to try to fix them. But, when Michael Felder is on the show, any plan is a mere suggestion. We cover it all, from hockey to MTV's The Challenge, to the NFL Draft and the NBA Playoffs. Hell, since Felder isn't the typical regional baseball fan, we even get to talk a little about America's former pastime.

Topics:

• This Vegas thing is CRAZY.
• The Challenge was actually pretty good this year.
• Baseball SAYS they want to grow.
• Parting ways with Dez.
• Dawgs playing on Sundays.
• PLAYOFFS.
• Anthony Davis is terrifying.
• The King.

Felder - @inthebleachers - Instagram

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This show.

Make us think Ruby is the Destroyer of Worlds only to kill her (graphically). Since the agents have made it back to their time they've been running from one crisis to another and it's keeping us off guard for what really brings about the end of the world.

There's a lot to like in this episode:

* Two bad ass Asian women taking on the role using reserved for men

* The men dealing wtih their emotions by talking while the women deal with it by beating up bad guys

* Coulson & Mack setting Deke up (lemons)

* Daisy trying to connect with Ruby; Yo-Yo having none of it

* Damn it...they're really making us care about Talbot

* Fitz & Simmons are the first to finally get it: in order to break the cycle they could have just died...

This show.

Make us think Ruby is the Destroyer of Worlds only to kill her (graphically). Since the agents have made it back to their time they've been running from one crisis to another and it's keeping us off guard for what really brings about the end of the world.

There's a lot to like in this episode:

• Two bad ass Asian women taking on the role using reserved for men
• The men dealing wtih their emotions by talking while the women deal with it by beating up bad guys
• Coulson & Mack setting Deke up (lemons)
• Daisy trying to connect with Ruby; Yo-Yo having none of it
• Damn it...they're really making us care about Talbot
• Fitz & Simmons are the first to finally get it: in order to break the cycle they could have just died...

The team must find a way to stop Ruby before the prophesied chain reaction that can destroy the earth is put into motion.

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This week's episode of Arrow isn't a bad episode but the problem is, because of the weird way this season has been laid out, we just don't care. Look, this episode digs into what motivates and drives Diaz and in that context is good. We see why he's a good villain to go up again Oliver. The problem is, the Cayden James distraction from earlier in the season really burned up good real estate and took away from time to really care about Diaz. However, outside of that, there are good things to like about this episode and we break those down.

Looking to expand his empire, Diaz meets with a group The Quadrant, a coalition of mafia families; after Oliver's recent decision, Felicity and Curtis double their efforts to build Helix Dynamics.

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Winn's mom comes to town in the wake of his father's death.

Mon El reveals that the third World Killer Pestilence evolves into Blight, who destroyed his future.

Papa J'onzz is still working to adapt to life on Earth while suffering from Martian Alzheimer's.

So here's the deal...the Toyman show was interesting...until it came out that the copycat was just the maintenance woman.  It would have been more interesting if it had been a lost family member like a daughter or a mistress.   I think this episode probably should have been moved elsewhere in the season-coming back off a near three month hiatus made this feel less lackluster for it's first run back.

This was a solid episode, but we are just worried that the CW chose this episode to come back off of hiatus for.  It is no fault of the show-they probably didn't realize when filming they needed to plan for a hiatus.  However, the network probably should have aired this one prior to the hiatus, and then brought us back with the World Killers episode we appear to be getting next week.

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Fifty-Two.

That's how many people were listed on the about page for Universal FanCon. A lot of them (not all) are silent as to why a fan convention that took in almost $57,000, has been planned for two years and was scheduled to start NEXT WEEK was suddenly canceled leaving fans, guests, vendors and others wondering how this got to this point. Kriss is joined by Justin from 3FifsPodcast (who was going to have a panel at Universal FanCon) to discuss the audacity and complete bullshit behind this clusterfuck.

Topics:

• Coates reigniting the Storm/T'Challa relationship is the root of all evil
• Universal FanCon got cancelled a week from the start date
• The absolutely appalling official statement from Universal FanCon
• Smallville's Allison Mack arrested for sex trafficking
• Trump wants focus on abstinence only programs
• Do You Even Sci-Fi Bro
  • SAG Actors guild fight fake porn
  • CG Instagram models hack each other
• Great Moments in White Privilege
  • Texas Bar Owner takes down "Shut Up Nigger" sign

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We finish up the Dark Knight himself with what might be the greatest and longest streak of great stories for a solo character. From the time Grant Morrison takes over Batman to today’s Tom King Run, we have what is arguably the best storytelling at DC. It gets weird, it gets crazy and it brings in things all the way from the 50’s & 60’s. If you want to truly understand Bruce Wayne and Batman, pick up the Grant Morrison Batman omnibus and strap in, you’re going to be in for a ride.

 

Issues:

• Batman: Knightfall
  • Knightfall
  • Knightquest
  • KnightsEnd
• Batman: Year One (Frank Miller)
• Batman: The Long Halloween
• Batman: No Man’s Land
• Batman: Hush
• Batman: Under the Hood
  • Batman: Red Hood - The Lost Days
• Batman: War Games
• JLA: Tower of Babel (Mark Waid)
• Grant Morrison’s Batman (Reading Order)
  • The Black Case Book (Not by Morrison but a collection of earlier Batman stories that lay the groundwork)
  • JLA Rock of Ages
  • Batman and Son
  • Batman R.I.P.
  • Batman & Robin
    • Volume 1
    • Volume 2
    • Volume 3
  • The Return of Bruce Wayne
  • Batman Incorporated
  • Grant Morrison Ombnibus Vol 1
• Scott Snyder
  • Court of Owls
  • City of Owls
  • Death of the Family
  • Zero Year Secret City
  • Zero Year Dark City
  • Grave Yardshift
  • End Game
  • Superheavy
  • Bloom
  • Epilogue 
• Tom King
  • I am Gotham
  • I am Suicide
  • I am Bane
  • The War of Jokes & Riddles

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Fine, we can be convinced that Ralph & Barry, two cops, were under the influence of bad luck powers and so they didn't know how the meta-cuffs worked. Fine. But what we can't accept is having most of the episode with Barry telling Ralph "killing is wrong" with no sense of self reflection when the last 3 seasons the solution has been to kill the villain. Ralph will take a lot of blame for this episode and where this season went wrong but it's not his fault.

• They shouldn't have put the character in this position by giving Wally's arc to him. People liked Wally and Wally deserved better. To bring in another character and give them the story Wally should have had makes it hard to like Ralph
• Even more important, Ralph wasn't wrong this episode. Barry & Iris keep coming up with the same plan and that plan has led to 7 (actually 8) Metas dying. If Ralph had killed Devoe, this would have been over and the show offers no real counterpoint.

We wish this show was written smarter. We wish Barry got back to being smart and a detective and figuring things out. This show still has some great moments, we wish it was just more consistent and felt like the show we loved in Season 1.

Barry and the team find a way into the Thinker's lair; Ralph considers crossing a dangerous line to defeat him; Joe is concerned by Harry's recent behavior.

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This week Kriss is joined by Dalbin Osorio who is running for Montgomery County Councilperson District 1 here in Maryland. Obviously this is going to be a politics heavy episode so strap in.

Topics:

• [Political] Reality has become stranger than fiction
• WE the people are part of the problem
• There are no good solutions for Syria (or US foreign policy in general)
• 10 Louisianna senators voted against banning sex with animals
• Let's arm teachers with mini-baseball bats to protect against school shooters...because...why not...
• Alabama Teen gets 65 years for death of friend killed by police
• Do You Even Sci-Fi Bro?
  • AI isn't good for women
• Great Moments in White Privilege
  • Nurse fired for saying Stephon Clark deserved to be shot raises 15k
• Black Woman Shoutout
  • Keisha Bottoms cleans house in Atlanta

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Gotta love this show. They handle their ensemble cast better than anyone else. This season makes it even better by doing really good callbacks to previous seasons. There's a lot to cover this episode:

* Fitz & Simmons growth as characters 

* May confronting Coulson and telling him she loves him

* They made us care about Talbot only to use that to hurt us more

* Daisy vs Ruby Round 1

* Ruby confronting Hale and Hale realizing too late she's made a mistake

* Coulson's reckless behavior

* and more

While this show could end this season just fine, we're really hoping it gets a season 6 because its just so damn good.

When an agents life hangs in the balance, Fitz, Simmons and Yo-Yo attempt to neutralise a weapon that could play a role in Earth's destruction.