The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: Episode #97 "Special Delivery": AKA: The Day an Entire Fandom Squealed in Unison

For those of you who haven't seen today's episode of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, GO DO IT NOW! Then come back and sqwee along.

I knew it was coming. It had to be coming, I mean I saw the still of the video and yet...I still did a giddy little squeal at the reveal.




We all knew once Lizzie left the message that Darcy would have to respond, and I think it's safe to say that it is not exactly William Darcy's style to just pick up a phone a call back. Oh, no, we all knew our favorite CEO was going to appear on the Bennet's doorstep, the only question was when.

I have to say the Charlotte fake out at the beginning of the episode was a good one, and it was absolutely perfect that she be present when Darcy appears. Now I know, more than a few of those following the webisode also let out a scream of frustration at the fact that today's episode ended with Darcy entering the room, but fear not, this is why the social media aspect of this show is so brilliant, because if you were paying attention to Twitter this morning, we can deduce a few simple, and awesome facts.

This morning Charlotte and Lizzie took to twitter, well I say morning, because in New York time it was 12:45am.

So apparently, Lizzie didn't get any of that honey, walnut shrimp. Which means she was occupied by something, or shall we say someone else. Also the fact that Charlotte is slightly incredulous over Lizzie tweeting at her, and wants the footage of what went down to edit, leans heavily in the happy Dizzie lovers favor.

I have to say though, they brought Darcy back a bit earlier than I thought, after all this was only episode #97, and we know that there are supposed to be 100 episodes. So you figure, the joint Darcy/Lizzie feelings confession will take place in #98 and most likely #100 will be a wrap up from or dear Lizzie, so what does that leave for #99?

Doctor Horrible: AKA: Whedon's Time to Shine

Illustration by CLIFF CHIANG

I think we can all agree that it has been a FANTASTIC year, and I think we can all agree it's about time!  Cabin in the Woods  finally saw the day, and was, for many, a surprise hit. Couple that with the HUGE success of The Avengers, and the 10th Anniversary of the beloved Firefly, which let's face it owned SDCC and is getting it's own tv special in November. S.H.I.E.L.D. is now casting, and it appears that Marvel has handed the keys to the superhero kingdom to our favorite nerd.

Tonight though the star of the Whedonverse was Doctor Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog, which had it's television debut tonight on the CW. Doctor Horrible, came to life during the writer's strike in 2008. While most of the networks turned to reality/unscripted shows, yep you can blame a good deal of the mindless drivel on tv back to that strike, Joss turned to a newer/less explored medium, The Internet.

He gathered together an AWESOME cast, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day and Neil Patrick Harris, and did what he did best, create a moving story. The story itself is simple, an evil scientist wanting to take over the world and his struggle with his arch nemesis  except we need to throw in a love triangle and singing. Then you have the brilliant hodgepog that is a creature of Joss Whedon. Watching the show tonight and seeing the frenzy that took over tumblr, twitter and facebook put forth the idea that with hardwork and good material anything is possible. Also that Joss Whedon's fans are loyal as all hell. So accept it