I barely recognized him at first; he looks a bit bloated imo :)

The darkness makes sense, in a way, but the writers - and the audience - have invested so much in his redemption arc... and now it's just gone. It's frustrating. At this point, it's not good story telling anymore, just badly thought through quasi drama for the sake of it (and why does /that/ sounds familiar? :P)

I haven't paid all that much attention to actually notice, to be honest :O Is it different each ep?

Discontinuity and, in a sense, historical inaccuracy. I can't help but think that whores were the only kind of women who wore their hair down in the medieval time period that FTL is loosely based on. Maybe that's the way of the writers to ~imply something about the level of consummation of the Rumbelle relationship? ;)

Merciless, that's me ;) And yes, Depp too (fat, that is, not merciless :P (Althoug, ditching Vanessa for Amber Heart...)) :P Although he looked better in some very recent pics. I didn't think I'd ever say it, but short hair looks much better on him these days :O

*Shallow girl = shallow* :P