It’s one of the best shows currently streaming, imho. I hope HBO gives it another chance and picks up a third season.

I think “Industry” is one of the best shows currently streaming on TV, but agreed, Harper is the worst. She screwed over a number of people (including attempting to stick it to Rishi twice, the latter instance occurring after attending his wedding and having a tryst with him the night before his nuptials). She’s just…

Sure, it’s definitely a more straightforward set of facts, although it does seem a bit odd that the kid could pull out a sword in the presence of the crown princess, and nobody (including her guards) would bat an eyelash. One would have thought that all petitioners would be disarmed before being allowed into…

Good point. And yet more evidence that Viserys, for all that he seems a generally decent sort in the context of that world, is not a very effective ruler.

Except that it isn’t quite the same. Being killed in a tournament is much more plausible than having your face bashed in (at a royal wedding, no less) for doing nothing that would reasonably provoke such a response. I mean, one could argue that at the end of the day, it’s Westeros and nearly everyone on screen comes…

Sure, they’re powerful, but I cannot imagine that they have so much power that they can straight up murder members of the nobility for no good reason. My guess is that Cole is going to have to concoct a plausible cover story and/or seek protection from Alicent or other highly placed individuals. Not to mention that in…

It might be, oddly enough. If you recall, in last week’s episode the young lordling who presented himself as a candidate for Rhaenyra’s hand ran another guy straight through with his sword, and nobody blinked an eyelash. Although it does seem rather odd that King Viserys would not have had his guards intervene to stop…

You’ve articulated my issue with the show. They are jumping forward in time so frequently that they aren’t properly setting up the chessboard. Criston and Rhaenyra slept together in last week’s installment, and this week, Criston goes postal, without much set-up other than one scene in which he asks Rhaenyra to run…

That’s Dany in a nutshell. Great at conquering, not so great at (or even interested in) ruling. This is generally one of the overarching questions with which Martin is preoccupied - i.e., what makes a good ruler? As we’ve seen, he presents a number of different candidates, most of whom are terrible at governing…

Exactly this. You can see it coming a mile away. I have no idea why some people think otherwise - bringing in a character known and loved by casual fans is a no brainer from the producers’ perspective, even if it means taking liberties with Tolkien’s work.

Agreed. What happened with Dany had nothing to do with her being a woman. Heck, the show held up Sansa, who [checks notes] is a woman, as an example of a very good ruler. Arguably, Sansa was also a winner of the game of thrones, despite her gender.

Yep. And the irony is that she’ll never be head of the company. She should just walk away from this toxic stew, already.

I had a similar thought. Cutting a deal on the premise that Mattson would never have to deal directly with Logan is likely to go over like a lead balloon when Logan learns about it. Roman’s been flying high lately, but I think he’s getting too close to the sun.

You watched that entire episode, and your takeaway from Kendall’s birthday party was that Rava was the worst?

I had the same reaction. I turned to my husband and said that if Kendall wasn’t such a narcissistic, selfish git, he’d be celebrating his birthday the way that most normal, loving parents with children do - sitting with his kids at the dinner table, enjoying a nice birthday cake.

Yup. So good. And only Shiv seems to have any inkling of the potential threat that relationship poses.

Sure, but it will still be fun to watch the fireworks.

Isn’t the point in part that the Roy siblings’ relationships with Logan are screwed up because Logan was (and is) abusive? In that case, it makes sense that they would continue to go in circles and find it impossible to break the cycle.

Brutal. Just brutal.

Do people really not understand what Josh was doing here? He was flexing, making Kendall and Logan come onto his turf because he knows he has leverage with his four percent stake. It doesn’t sound like a big piece of the pie but is actually crucial when control over the company is hanging on a knife edge. He also…