There are still roots of this with Nixon. He was able to walk away with his indiscretions. Then we got Fox News.

It’s incremental. We’re now at the TOS s2e25 “Bread and Circuses” stage:

Everything old is new.

Reminds me of the wedding scene during the credits to The Birdcage where each side of the aisle is seated likewise.

The other Riker Maneuver.

The Animated Series variant was brilliantly voiced by Star Trek alum Michael Ansara.

Properly captured the pain and conviction of that character.

I was thinking that it can’t possibly end well, brave though it may appear.

she lacerated herself in her confusion

Were they… hive-bernating?

Damn. Play me off, Johnny!

Pleasant though they may be, still seems kinda foreboding.

I prefer a Milford Man, myself, but one makes do.

I’ve seen this one.

Thanks for the info. Couldn’t imagine having to fend off a leopard.

“…he bare-handedly strangled a leopard to death after the animal attacked his family”

Anyone with some real world context?