Season 5 Episode 10: Lucy and Ethel set up a fake charity and collect donations from the neighborhood.

Season 2 Episode 5: Lucy has been stealing money from the Ladies’ Club treasury.

Season 5 Episode 25: Lucy accidentally breaks the bank at the Monte Carlo casino

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Sudden death elimination round

What are the CO2 canisters for?

Grandma knows what she’s doing.

Premarital gay sex on a burning flag while smoking pot in the Oval Office.

In a fully-automated luxury communist utopia, the Maquis are selfish assholes. Clinging to a planet because of the inconvenience of having to relocate. A planet which was never theirs to give or take in the first place. They talk a big talk about being “farmers who made something of the land,” and maybe that’s true. But they have replicators; farming is a hobby, not a livelihood.

Human, Vulcan, Bolian, etc. Maquis could lead happy, safe lives if only they were willing to lead happy, safe lives. They are not oppressed; they are not fighting in a righteous cause.

Bajorans, such as Ro, have different motivations. Bajor is not a party to the Federation-Cardassian Treaty, and Bajoran colonies were not sacrificed. Ro’s motivations are sympathy for the Maquis and hatred for Cardassians. Understandable and relatable motivations, but not heroic.

“Spock, ship’s stores can produce as many shirts as we need on demand.”

“I wasn’t referring to garments, captain.”

“A keyboard? How quaint.”

I like TOS Operation: Annihilate! because it presents a situation where a starship captain would be justified in issuing General Order 24. I’m disappointed that they didn’t actually mention GO24 in the episode, but my headcanon is that the crew were all reluctant to mention it by name.

I think GO24 is deeply misunderstood. It’s only ever been presented as a thing that a bad, crazy captain would order; as grounds for mutiny. So why would Starfleet even have such an order on the books? I think it’s actually designed for situations like the one in this episode: to prevent the spread of dangerous life forms.

This interpretation also enhances my enjoyment of another TOS episode, A Taste of Armageddon. In this episode, Kirk actually invokes General Order 24. Scotty understands that Kirk needs leverage to bluff with, and plays along. Bluffing the bad guys by citing a public health ordinance is classic Kirk. See also Corbomite and Fizzbin

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I wonder what a Ferengi End-User License Agreement says.

This looks uncomfortable and humiliating. Now if they were to make it in the form of a suppository…

Little Johnny took a drink but now will drink no more

For what he thought was H2O was H2SO4

Noo-clee-ar… wessels

DEATH!

I won’t be available, but I’ll send along a nice note expressing my approval.