Originally posted by Darth Michael:
So, you’re now dealing with 5 cats? Oh my.
Four actually. But, also that saying 'herding cats' should really be revised to 'herding kittens'. Man, they're fast.
/chooses to interpret this as the staff hiding the for-hire nature of Lex’s dates from their employer/
ASABI / NIGEL: <happy that they have a satisfied employer without needing to satisfy him personally>
LEX: I’m THE *man*! [Shows women his disappearing pants trick]
HIRED WOMEN:
NIGEL & ASABI: /counting money/ As long as the BossTM stays happy.
ASABI: Are you saying clones of other people wouldn't be as soulless? Hmmmm. Interesting theory.
ER: Would require some experimentation, huh?
Not in this story.
Clois: [Falls quickly in love]
I'm terribly sorry. With whom is Clois in love? Asabi or Lex-C?
ER: Lex-C, of course. Unless she’s like Lois, then she’d never be able to live with a guy who likes the same treats as her.
CLOIS: Well, I'm not sharing the chocolate frogs with him, that's for sure!
ASABI: How about another elevator ride, Lex-c?
LEX-C: [Eek!] No! Anything but that!
ASABI: /Draws knife/ Anything?
ER: Yes, he’s certainly not a psyochopath.
ASABI: /cleans his fingernails with a knife/
Isn't that what those things men wear on their ties so they don't blow over their shoulders in a draft are called? Tie clips?
ER: /admits he likes his ties to blow over his shoulder like Clark Kent/
Makes sense.
Has cloning been illegal before their viability has been public record?
Depends on whether this is pre or post Dolly.
ASABI: Okay, I've blinded both the Lex-C and Mr. Luthor, what is the next step.
NIGEL: - That's not what a 'double-blind' study is.
ER: That’s what you get for hiring foreign help?
ASABI: I will let you know that I am a 3rd generation American citizen. My last two previous incarnations all where US citizens.

/also, wouldn't Nigel be counted as "foreign help" as well?/
And yet, Clark still manages to muck things up.
CLARK:

It's a gift really, and a curse.
BUFFY: Hey! That's my life!
EW: Um... except Lois is supposed to be writing about her 'belly of the beast' experience. She's already written about being shot last August.
ER: Oops?
LOIS: Oops? Oops? Do you want to know how long I have slaved over that article?
PERRY: 5 Minutes?
LOIS: 2. But who’s counting? I’m never going to get those back. In like, *ever*!
CLARK: I can slow down time so it feels like you have.
LOIS: /scoffs/ Oh, really. How?
CLARK:
![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/smilie/liebe/d045.gif)
LOIS: tee-hee. That's nice, Clark, but how's that going to...
CLARK:
![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/smilie/liebe/f020.gif)
LOIS: /stumbling to regain her balance/ As I was saying, how is that going to slow down time?
CLARK: I didn't say it would.
![[Linked Image]](http://cosgan.de/images/smilie/liebe/d055.gif)
LOIS: Oh, God! Will this torture ever end?
PERRY: /nudges Lois/ He's only been singing for 30 seconds, Lois.
LOIS: Really? I was sure it had been a hour.
Doesn’t like to be on the helpless-damsel side of things, huh?
LEX:
EW: Anybody here in this dimension have a time machine? Nope. Don't see one. Moving on.
ER: /takes EW by hand and leads her to shed behind Daily Planet./ And what do you call this contraption here?
[picture of used time-machine left back in the 80s]
Oh, that. That's nothing. I'm saving that for later on in the story.
True. Probably why they never stop doing it. Simple misunderstanding.
Yep.
EW: Is *that* what happened to King Kong? [Sad]
ER: You mean, he suddenly felt the urge to use both hands for protection and then fell off the tower?
EW: Blood stains on jacket. Plus original hole from first shot should be visible.
ER: Still, very good shot.
NIGEL: Thank you.
LEX-C: I can have sex! [Dance] What's sex?
ER: /has a little conversation with Lex-C and draws him a diagram/ But with Lois only if there’s no more Lex.
LEX-C: Why would I want to limit myself to just one woman?
It was used to make sure the audience understand just how dangerous the away mission is and that, yes, Captain Kirk really could die this episode. Later TV shows simply went ahead and killed the lead character in the last couple of episodes of the season to make the audience understand that yes, people really do die.

That Tommy died. I liked him.
NIGEL: Clean his bedpan?
Doc: And give him sponge baths.
NIGEL: We'll have the physicist do it. Oh, wait. Ooops.
ER: Don’t shoot the help if there’s still dirty bedpans to clean?
Good advice, don't you think?
Well… it was. Now, it’s just over 7.
We're down to 3?

really, should be surfing the net for Christmas gifts. Ohhh.... Part 158 is calling me.
Me, too. It’s like you’re stuck in an underground facility without real network access to the outside world
KIRK: Tell me about it.