Babylon 5 vs. Deep Space Nine- "Grail" vs. "Playing God"

Grail S1E14 (6 Jul 94) vs. Playing God S2E17 (27 Feb 94)

-Matt commences his ritual of torturing Bob by reminding him of Friends: The Reunion (2021)

-Bob has been reading the Thanos v2 (2017-8) series, which has story arcs by Jeff Lemire/Mike Deodato & Donny Cates/Geoff Shaw & includes the conceit that Thanos tortures random people on earth, confident the Avengers won’t notice

-Blowback S2 (2021) about US-Cuba relations is the best podcast of the year

-Richard Poe did the audiobook for one of the great US novels, Cormac McCarthy Blood Meridian (1985)

-Diane Duane’s excellent Star Trek novels include Wounded Sky (1983), My Enemy, My Ally (1984), Spock’s World (1988), & Dark Mirror (1993)

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