Chosen to do jack squat. Impressions: Christ, this episode was a steaming mess of crap that reeked of assuming they'd have two seasons, but after spending an entire season on padding, had to throw in every single plot twist brainstormed without any editing or thought in one long five minute infodump. You see, the […]
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