To borrow a phrase from Stargate...Holy Hannah! I wasn't much fond of the last 10? minutes for the season ender for S2 but I trusted the writers enough to know that how S3 opened would decide for me whether I ultimately thought the weird ending for S2 was good or not.

Some things I'm having a little bit of trouble with, still, but oh my god. That is so the way to open a season. So many very interesting references to current events but all twisted in a way I'd never expect to see on American television. I'll write more when I've watched it again and can wrap my brain around the two hours of dark goodness. Holy Hannah!

*hugs beloved and bedraggled Stargate* So sad to say, but if you want your audience to understand why it's imperative to fight the soul-crushing peril that the Ori theoretically are, THIS is the way to do it.