Thread:Mr B Natural/@comment-1501580-20150417171229/@comment-1501580-20150420134857

Nothing reminds us of an owl about Stan.

The owl is a metaphor - like the two-headed Roman god, Janus.

I'm sorry you think the title is merely generally mysterious. A Google search for "what they seem" reference not what they seem" reference gives you Twin Peaks and Othello (a valid Twin Peaks connection I investigated over a decade ago). I'm sorry that you CHOOSE not to see this as an allusion.

If it isn't an allusion, "Not What He Seems" is a bland and witless phrase.

Consider this season's titles:

- Karaoke, The Gulf War, Rock Opera - all are puns, two ideas in one

- Lars and the Real Girl, Little Shop of Horrors, Ender's Game - puns using names of movies.

- Northwest Mansion Mystery - at least it has alliteration.

- Society of the Blind Eye - seemingly an oxymoron

- Into the Bunker, The Love God are the least interesting titles; literal, with one meaning.

- Not What He Seems - blah. We knew that already about Stan. We learn nothing from that boring title for a most exciting episode.

I will have to wait and hope someday for a creator's commentary to list their intentional Twin Peaks references.