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[Anja]

I haven't read those stories but I can imagine that they appear very clumsy.

[Nirude]

I only saw the short version but this ties up the Anubis plotline really well for me. I had actually forgotten Jim was Anubis on my rewatch, very nice surprise

[Tyrathraxus]

It only just occurred to me that 2 ascended ancients gave up their existence to fight someone on behalf of Earth for all eternity. First here with Oma and then later with Morgana Le fey.

[garhkal]

And both did so cause of being persuaded by Daniel!

Man what a dude!

[Tyrathraxus]

I also liked the fact Oma pointed out that only a few of the ascended in the Diner WERE Ancients. We have to assume that many other human form people did so since the original Ancients.

[garhkal]

It also makes you wonder. Were some of those other 'ascended' even humans?

[Tyrathraxus]

Garhkal:

My theory on this:

Daniels mentions very early on in the Diner scene to Oma that the place reminds him of a place his Grandfather took him'.

I speculate that the Diner is simply how .. the Ascended realm appears to him. It would appear quite different to Jim: Perhaps a prison camp where he is the guard, and perhaps differently to Oma where it could be a Garden with people reading books on garden furniture.

Daniel simply sees everyone else as Human because that's who he remembers being in the Diner.

[garhkal]

That is a point. OR the diner is more of a place the ancients create FOR humans who ascend.

[Tyrathraxus]

Look at the clothing on the people IN the diner. Does it seem modern era for the show or something that would of worn in the past?

[Anja]

What else could have been shown - some foggy, misty surrounding with whisps floating around or sth like that? The audience expects sth and the diner fulfils our expectations.

[Tyrathraxus]

Oh .. they could easily of gone more High Concept that what they did. They could of shown the original Temple from Maternal Instinct!.. or... maybe a movie theatre... I simply think they did it because of the story about the grandfather... perhaps Daniel remembered Nick right there and then and how he was still with the Aliens!

[Seaboe Muffinchucker]

IIRC, the diner was a tribute to a different show/movie (one that I'm not familiar with, so I can't tell you what it was).

Seaboe

[Nirude]

IIRC, the diner was a tribute to a different show/movie (one that I'm not familiar with, so I can't tell you what it was).

Seaboe

Dead Like Me. It wasn't bad, but I remember the diner scenes were particularly awesome. Always made me hungry haha.

[BethHG]

This is one of my top ten episodes, in fact I have been looking forward to it since I started season 8.

I love the setting of the diner, and how Jim at first seems like a nice unassuming fellow. Slowly, you start to realize that he is not as nice as he seems, and then it is revealed that he is Anubis! Brilliant!

I am a bit sad that Jacob dies, but it was a good way to say farewell to the character.

I do like that Jack and Sam both acknowledge their feelings for each other without actually outright confessing it to each other.

[AleksisMi]

yea the anubis reveal was really crazy.... feels like how george lucas meant to reveal jarjar to be a sithe lord was meant to go :/