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    In Defense Of Romo Lampkin — And His "Mitochondrial Dog"

    Discover The Final Fate Of The Middleman, With The Season Finale Reenactment Emergency!

    The Middleman Returned, And Our Heads Exploded!

    Dollhouse's Mysterious Alpha May Be The Person We Least Suspect

    It's A Romo Lampkin Universe! (We Just Visit It.)
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    Image of MISS MERCY STREET MISS MERCY STREET
    08/13/09

    In reply to In Defense Of Romo Lampkin — And His "Mitochondrial Dog"
    Every actor who considers "getting a gig" on a SF show as low rent - and there are those who do - needs to follow Mark Sheppard's example.

    He treats fans with such respect, and has a genuine enthusiasm (and patience) for the series he has appeared in.

    I'll admit to being one of the BSG fans who desperately wanted Romo to be the "5th". The character seemed so much more fascinating and complicated compared to Cavil. No offense to Dean Stockwell - but Cavil may as well had a mustache to twirl.
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    08/14/09

    @MISS MERCY STREET: Yeah. I just don't know if Dean Stockwell showed up on the set one day with the mustache, or someone from wardrobe just pasted it on him one day.
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    08/13/09

    In reply to In Defense Of Romo Lampkin — And His "Mitochondrial Dog"
    Here's my theory about Romo's dead cat. Romo had been playing with quantum mechanics and tried the Schrodinger's cat experiment. But when he opened the box, he found the cat dead. He was on the wrong side of the 50-50 chance.
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    08/13/09

    @Roklimber: I can understand that; carrying out practical versions of quantum mechanic thought experiments makes for a great stress relief during a high stakes trial.
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    Image of Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
    08/13/09

    In reply to In Defense Of Romo Lampkin — And His "Mitochondrial Dog"
    I'll give him that. Romo was a lawyer, sure, so he was bound to be a bit cunning, but I always got the sense that this was more out of practicality than actual deviousness.

    Contrast him with Lee, who was idealistic to the point of being naive. Romo was just much more of a realist, and more of a cynic.
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    Image of nutmeag nutmeag
    08/13/09

    @Anekanta: Some cunning aside, Romo always came off as a pretty upfront character. And upfront people have troubles being devious.

    I always liked Romo (dead cat aside).
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    08/13/09

    @Anekanta: Im a lawyer so I love Romo. Im still hoping for the spin off.
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    08/13/09

    In reply to In Defense Of Romo Lampkin — And His "Mitochondrial Dog"
    I could never stop myself from yelling "He's badgering the witness!" during his courtroom scenes.
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    Image of salthegeek salthegeek
    08/13/09

    In reply to In Defense Of Romo Lampkin — And His "Mitochondrial Dog"
    He is one of the best actors out there, I hope he gets to play a normal guy for once. ( normal being defined as not a villein, jerk, or really really odd.)((Romo Lampkin donesnt count cuz of the dead cat thing ))
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment salthegeek was starred salthegeek was unstarred
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    08/13/09

    @salthegeek: Him and Summar Glau could do something together where they both get to be normal, relatively happy people for a change.
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    Image of zerofritz zerofritz
    08/13/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: do you really think the geek community ever wants summer glau to be normal?
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    Image of salthegeek salthegeek
    08/13/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: Yep, look at Alyson Hannigan and Cap. Nathan Fillion doing really well on non- scifi shows. tho Cap. Nathan Fillion should be a bigger star than he is now.
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    08/13/09

    In reply to In Defense Of Romo Lampkin — And His "Mitochondrial Dog"
    Male dogs cannot possibly be the "mitochondrial dog"; mitochondria only get inherited through egg cells.

    Well, technically there's a male equivalent to that, the "Y-chromosome marker" thing....but you can't be a male "Mitochondrial Eve", males like Jake the Dog are "Y-chromosomal Adam"
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    08/13/09

    @CodenameV:
    You are forgetting the central problem - only one dog.

    Clearly this proto-canine was able to reprosuce asexually.
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    Image of mordicai mordicai
    08/13/09

    @Belabras: They evolved. They look...& feel...canine. There are many copies. &...they have a Plan.
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    08/13/09

    @Belabras: Good old fungus dogs. Reliable. Friendly. Tasty.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    08/13/09

    @mordicai: If the plan lives on it's "love me, feed me, walk me, play with me, let me lie on your lap."

    At least that's my dog's plan.

    And I liked the dead cat. Sort of a descent into madness thing.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    08/13/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Dog plan
    Step one: Beg for chips
    Step two: Get chips
    Step three: repeat
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    PostMarque promoted this comment OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was starred OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear was unstarred
    Image of Briareosdx Briareosdx
    08/03/09

    In reply to Discover The Final Fate Of The Middleman, With The Season Finale Reenactment Emergency!
    Thank you, Middle-cast. Thank you, Middle-internets. That single tear you see at the corner of my eye? It's one part sorrow, and one part joy. It is a Middle-Tear.
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    Image of VartanCurvus VartanCurvus
    08/03/09

    In reply to Discover The Final Fate Of The Middleman, With The Season Finale Reenactment Emergency!
    Does anybody know what's going on with the comic book? It was supposed to be out before Comic Con but I'm not seeing it anywhere. :(
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment VartanCurvus was starred VartanCurvus was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    08/04/09

    @VartanCurvus: I am lucky enough to have a copy of it... we'll be posting a review soon. And I'm betting you can order it online although I am too exhausted to search just now...
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    Image of bibulb bibulb
    08/04/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: trying to find it online has been as difficult as a contrary lobster. It's made me ... cranky.
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    Image of javiergrillomarxuach javiergrillomarxuach
    08/04/09

    @VartanCurvus: there was a little delay thanks to the vagaries of comic book distribution - the book has shipped to diamond and should be at finer comic book stores either tomorrow or a week from tomorrow. the viper website is currently under repairs, but they should have it for mail order in their shop shortly.
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    08/03/09

    In reply to Discover The Final Fate Of The Middleman, With The Season Finale Reenactment Emergency!
    I loved it all. And you get to find out MM's name!

    Big thanks to the cast for all getting together and bringing us this. It's some closure, at least.
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    08/03/09

    In reply to Discover The Final Fate Of The Middleman, With The Season Finale Reenactment Emergency!
    There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area we call the Twilight Zone.
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    Image of Alessar Alessar
    08/04/09

    @twophrasebark: Oh, I thought you were talking about fanfiction-dot-net.
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    Image of malo-ji malo-ji
    08/04/09

    @twophrasebark:
    It is an area we call the Twilight Zone ... but is commonly known as New Jersey.
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    Image of Mortimer Gray Mortimer Gray
    07/23/09

    In reply to The Middleman Returned, And Our Heads Exploded!
    I've never seen Middleman, but now you've officially convinced me to give it a chance. There goes some precious time that I just would have spent wasting it on other time wasters.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/23/09

    @Mortimer Gray: Here too. Was the writing on the regular episodes this cRaZy? I've got to check this out!
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    07/23/09

    In reply to The Middleman Returned, And Our Heads Exploded!
    My head would explode too if I was there. Sadly not.

    One of two things i have been waiting for from this year's Comic Con. Please say somebody made a video...
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    MISS MERCY STREET promoted this comment CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) was starred CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) was unstarred
    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    07/23/09

    In reply to The Middleman Returned, And Our Heads Exploded!
    Is there any reason why you, or some other io9 staffer, didn't record this? I would have thought it would be the logical conclusion to all the wonderful Middleman Recaps you did.
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    Image of ♠ Final ♠ ♠ Final ♠
    07/23/09

    In reply to The Middleman Returned, And Our Heads Exploded!
    And with only 5 days before the dvd comes out it more then likely didn't make the extras.
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    07/23/09

    @♠ Final ♠: It's confirmed it didn't - first thing I did when I learned Shout! has a Twitter feed was to ask.
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    Image of knyne knyne
    07/23/09

    In reply to The Middleman Returned, And Our Heads Exploded!
    Gaad damm those ratbastard SOB demented goat-rapists at ABC for canceling this.
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    Belabras promoted this comment knyne was starred knyne was unstarred
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