Yup. I really hope season two has more Dhavernas, because my god was she amazing in Hannibal.

Basically Boardwalk Empire isn't the Sopranos or Mad Men or the Wire or Breaking Bad, but it's also not House of Cards or Downton Abbey, so a bit of respect due our 1920s gangsters.

Honestly? I'm going to say it: Boardwalk Empire is great. Boardwalk Empire is one of the best shows on TV. It is actually a lot better than some TV shows that routinely get trotted out as the best of the year. And Boardwalk Empire has been largely consistently good for four straight seasons, so it's not a case of a…

I'm midway through season four (at episode eight) and she has appeared a handful of times - probably not more than three or four scenes total. To say she's underused this year is certainly fair.

Lance Reddick was even more underused in Fringe… Reddick should just get his own thing that is all Reddick, all the time.

Cynthia Watros would be another one. I felt there was more to that character and they could have got one actual flashback episode out of her besides that tease in the asylum.

Yeah her meeting her doppelganger is a highlight of season four.

Seymour played two different commanders because for some reason they thought her character in "Contagion" died (she did not.)

Was it a jump though? Besides the Next Generation series finale, in which Tomalak has a small role but was shot when Babylon 5 was already on the air, Andreas Katsulas appeared exactly three times on TNG, the last in 1990. The pilot film wouldn't be until 1993.

Riverlanders can't spell for shit. They're not even remotely close in how to spell Caitlin.

TWD has characters who are basically untouchable, though. Ned Stark died in the first season. Rick won't die until Walking Dead concludes or Andrew Lincoln wants to leave, whichever happens first.

I'd say it's more WD has no real status quo to shake up. It's a post-apocalyptic setting where zombies are everywhere and nobody is safe. Nothing that happens on that show at any point will make either fact less true.

It's a particularly good speech because it underlines Jaime's pride. He's a very arrogant man (what right does the wolf have to judge the lion) who wants to be considered a better man than he is. There are layers, man.

I'm not sure why defending the nobility of the divine right of kings would be a way for America to assert a more legitimate narrative.

It's fifteen articles about the best TV shows of the year. I'm not sure if there is a top three.

At the time someone said it was a way to shock book readers out of their complacency as it's something that didn't happen in the novels (Robb's wife isn't even present at the Red Wedding), so I can roll with it for that reason.

'Bittersweet' is actually the exact word Martin has used to describe ASOIAF's ending.

Absolutely agreed on Smaug. That was the best part of the movie, which was a relief as I felt the riddle scene in the first movie was a tad overlong.

For a moment I thought you were discussing the Japanese movie of the same name.

Excellent choice, that is indeed one of the movie's best scenes.