IMF tech team and Q division sparring over who can deliver the best gadgets to their agents.

As the plot unfolds more and more clues suggest the villain & org maybe vampires. At the end the audience is left wondering "was that literally Dracula?"

Big moments:
A reveal where after being unmasked and asked his name he says "Hunt. Ethan Hunt."

Bond completely bypasses/collapses an elaborate IMF ruse by seducing a member of the team, who afterwards is clearly quite bemused.

A vicious 3D "Zoom" call between Kittridge and M.

Those two had a long strange journey. If there's an afterlife I hope they are together again.

No Districts. No redistricting. No questions about the fairness of lines drawn on maps. No gerrymandering. Just direct democracy. First past the post - you're seated. 11th place? No seat.

In a state like Washington with 10 members of the House, the 10 candidates with the most votes would receive seats.

I don't see any reason a State could not make all its Members of the House "at large" positions and award those seats via a ranked list of candidates based on total statewide votes. Each voter would vote for one candidate.

There is precedent rooted in the 14th Amendment that Congress should be elected in a way that each voter's vote has equal weight.

4. Centrist Democrats have no message. Cuomo couldn't find anything to say to New Yorkers other than "don't vote for the Socialist". The Liberal wing of the Democratic party doesn't know how to produce viable candidates and those candidates don't know how to speak to the voters.

3. Staten Island voted for Cuomo and Sliwa. That's the home of firefighters, cops, nurses, and bluecollar tradespeople. The fact that the Democrats lose with those voters tells you something deeply important about American values in the 2000s. McCain won Staten Island in 2008.

2: Once again we see that overwhelming money spent on a campaign doesn't win an election. Billionaires cannot buy elections but they can add a percent or two to the total; if the election is that tight, then the money matters. The problem isn't money, it's a 50/50 electorate.

7: Be honest about the strategy to implement. "Raise taxes on the richest New Yorkers modestly"

6: Clear foundational message not details. "Address the cost of living crisis in New York"

5: Actionable campaign goals. Knock on 1 million doors. Give supporters something simple, concrete, and achievable to do every day of the campaign. (i.e. Knock on some doors)

4: Relentlessly grassroots. His message was about being with the people, not speaking from podiums to TV cameras.

3: Not afraid to make selective, truthful personal attacks against his opponents. Never responds to attacks against his philosophy or religion or ethnicity.

2: Resolutely upbeat. Never talked about saving, restoring, or otherwise making NYC "great again"