There were so many clues, that I gotta think that the big reveal scene was mostly for the Dolores character’s benefit. I mean if they really didn’t want us to figure it out, would they really have given us multiple closeups of that damn photograph?

They always say something like "It was really hard going to all these auditions and not being taken seriously, having to prove myself."

Fun fact: Sean Stone also co-hosts a show (with Jesse Ventura's kid) on the Russia Today network.

I'm thinking that they'll keep him around for one more season and have a bunch of flashbacks that go into greater detail on his "new narrative", basically showing us all the stuff he did offscreen this season.

All true, but it's too late now. The story has already been passed around by too many outlets, so the perception that she was raped on camera will now be around forever.

"This is awful. I haven't seen the movie and now I never will. Because of I haven't seen it, let me get it straight and ask if I got it right: she was told about the rape scene right before, but she wasn't told at all that butter would be used to penetrate her for the lubricant. So Brando violated her with his hand…

Wood, Newton, Wright, Marsden, Harris, and Hopkins are credited for every episode, even if they're absent. Everyone else is only credited when they appear.

And now it's back:

They seem to be trying to keep all Neeson's stuff under wraps. He only appeared in three shots of that trailer.

So how long do you think it would take Norm Macdonald to get fired if he was Update anchor today? I'm thinking six episodes.

Agreed. This whole "They gave the rub away!" argument ignores that there hasn't been any rub for over a year. What this booking does is allow them to chuck a played out storyline and reset.

I'm fine with what they did with Lesnar. Ever since he lost the title, he's basically been an invincible sideshow that they had to constantly contrive reasons to keep out of the title picture. Having him take a major humble like this gives them more room to maneuver in future storylines.

Martin Sheen had the "and" credit on West Wing and he competed as a lead actor every year at the Emmys. Same deal with Alec Baldwin on 30 Rock. That's not to say Hopkins will definitely compete as a lead, just that his billing will have nothing to do with it.

Yeah, the season as a whole has been kind of disappointing, but the member berries have been a truly great running gag.

I think the last time they had a celebrity voice himself was Brad Paisley in "Cartman Finds Love".

I assume they're using some sort of goofy-ass, rolling 30-day average or something to get that 11.7 million figure. In general, I've always been convinced that those grand total numbers HBO uses are finessed to the point of lacking any meaning. But it allows them to get great headlines by claiming GOT is more popular…

His best acting moment was the silent "You are so fucked" look he had throughout the scene where Bernard gets fired.

Whatever room for doubt there might have been after that line was immediately removed by the ominous music cue that accompanied it.

I could see the show rationalizing Ford killing Theresa down the line with something like "I had to do it to fight whatever evil crap Delos is up to."