O’Brien: All right. But don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.
Nog: Chief, I can’t operate under those kinds of restrictions.
Miles O’Brien: At least promise me you won’t do anything to get us court-martialed.
Nog: I’ll try.
Miles O’Brien: Nog!
Nog: Just kidding, Chief.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Episode 6 – “Treachery, Faith, and the Great River”
He was not afraid for his skin, not afraid for himself: but presently his climbing body, now half-way up the shrouds, let him know that for its own part it was in a state of rapidly increasing terror. Forty feet is no very great height, but it seems far more lofty, aerial and precarious when there is nothing but an insubstantial yielding ladder of moving ropes underfoot; and when Stephen was three parts of the way up cries of ‘Belay’ on deck showed that the staysails were set and their sheets hauled aft. They filled, and the Sophie heeled over another strake or two; this coincided with her leeward roll, and the rail passed slowly under Stephen’s downward gaze, to be followed by the sea — a wide expanse of glittering water, very far below, and directly underneath. His grip on the ratlines tightened with cataleptic strength and his upward progress ceased: he remained there spreadeagled, while the varying forces of gravity, centrifugal motion, irrational panic and reasonable dread acted upon his motionless, tight-cramped person, now pressing him forward so that the checkered pattern of the shrouds and their crossing ratlines were imprinted on his front, and now plucking him backwards so that he bellied out like a shirt hung out to dry.
Master and Commander – Patrick O’Brian
Willow: I can’t believe she lied to Giles. My world is all askew.
Xander: Buffy’s lying, Buffy’s going to frat parties… That’s not askew, that’s cockeyed.
Willow: Askew means cockeyed.
Xander: Oh.
Willow: Well, there’s nothing we can do about it. We’ll help Giles.
Xander: I’m goin’ to the party.
Willow: What?
Xander: I gotta keep an eye on Buffy. Those frat guys creep me.
Willow: You wanna protect her?
Xander: Mm-hm.
Willow: And prove that you’re just as good as those rich, snotty guys?
Xander: Mm-hm.
Willow: Maybe catch an orgy?
Xander: If it’s on early.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 2: Episode 5 – “Reptile Boy”
The pieces were all in position, the stakes were set, and the drama had reached a fever pitch. Everything was ready for a dramatic showdown in the midseason finale, and that’s just what we got. The rules have been changed, and going forward nothing will be the same. Characters died, mysteries were solved, new questions were asked, and things set off in entirely new directions for the rest of the season. In short, this was a big, exciting, important episode for SHIELD, one that delivered on the promise of season two thus far in almost every way imaginable. So without any further ado, let’s find out “What They Become”, written by Jeffrey Bell and directed by Michael Zinberg.
There was silence in the room, broken only by gentle thuds as Hermione continued to throw books onto one pile or the other. Ron sat watching her, and Harry looked from one to the other, unable to say anything. The measures they had taken to protect their families made him realize, more than anything else could have done, that they really were going to come with him and that they knew exactly how dangerous that would be. He wanted to tell them what that meant to him, but he simply could not find words important enough.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
*Update: My full recap of “What They Become” is now live. Read it here!
Theories were confirmed! Mysteries were solved! Questions were answered! Many more questions were asked! Characters died! Tonight’s episode of Agents of SHIELD wrapped up the first half of season two with action, excitement, drama, and emotion. It also potentially changed the MCU permanently, and could potentially have as large an impact on the show as Captain America: The Winter Soldier did last season. We won’t see SHIELD again until March, with Agent Carter to fill the gap, so we’ve got plenty of time to theorize and speculate. Also, I’ve got plenty of comic book research to do just to keep up the appearance that I actually know what I’m talking about. But for now, read on for my instant reactions to the episode and the new developments for the show, and check back tomorrow for my full recap!
Benjamin Sisko: Hey, Jake that was a hell of a game! A hell of a game!
Jake Sisko: I gave up ten runs.
Benjamin Sisko: They’re Vulcans. If they were humans you’d have held them to just two or three.
Jake Sisko:When you put it that way.
Benjamin Sisko: Yes. Now, pardon me. I owe you an apology.
Rom: No. Unless you really want to.
Benjamin Sisko: I’m sorry.
Rom: Apology accepted.
Benjamin Sisko: If you have some time one day, maybe you can teach me how to bunt.
Rom: Sure… What’s a bunt?
Nog: That’s my dad.
Solok: I fail to see why you are celebrating. The Ferengi’s bunt was an accident. And you still lost the game.
Benjamin Sisko: You are absolutely right. And I couldn’t be happier. Quark, a round of drinks for the house on my tab.
Quark: I’m way ahead of you, Captain.
Solok: You are attempting to manufacture a triumph where none exists.
Kasidy Yates: I’d say he succeeded.
Julian Bashir: To manufactured triumphs.
Benjamin Sisko: Manufactured triumph. Hear, hear!
Niners: Hear, hear!
Solok: This is a typical human reaction, based on emotionalism and illogic.
Benjamin Sisko: Did I hear irritation in that voice?
Solok: Certainly not.
Julian Bashir: That sounded positively defensive to me.
Miles O’Brien: With a hint of anger.
Quark: And just a touch of jealousy.
Kasidy Yates: And a lot of bitterness.
Ezri Dax: Are you always this emotional?
Solok:I refuse to engage in this human game of taunting.
Ezri Dax: Human? Did I forget to wear my spots today?
Quark: All that intelligence and he still doesn’t know what a human looks like.
Kira Nerys: Captain. Here’s something else for your desk.
(She throws him a baseball signed by the team.)
Benjamin Sisko: Well, will you look at that. Would you like to sign it?
(Solok leaves.)
Benjamin Sisko: No.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7: Episode 4 – “Take Me Out to the Holosuite”
‘I said, “Did you bump your head, sir?” ‘
‘Yes,’ said Stephen, looking at his hand: astonishingly it was not covered with blood — there was not even so much as a smear.
‘It’s these old beams, sir’ — in the unusually distinct, didactic voice used at sea for the landsmen and on land for half-wits — ‘You want to take care of them; for — they — are — very — low.’ Stephen’s look of pure malevolence recalled the steward to a sense of his message and he said, ‘Could you fancy a chop or two for breakfast, sir?’
Master and Commander – J.K. Rowling
The Love Pirate 