Yeah, while I loved Lou's speech, it grated on me when he referred to that little shit as a *victim.* He had just murdered three innocent people. Also, for the people saying she should have just called the cops - judging from what we know of the Rye Gerhardt, what do you think would have happened if he had regained…

Same goes for the gas station attendant.

Note that I wrote "uniquely." I don't dispute that betrayal is generally a bad thing, just interested in the disproportionate vitriol directed at her crime by some posters, compared to the straight up brutality and criminality of her family members. Also, Benedict Arnold is reviled because he betrayed his country,…

Yes, I believe murder is, as well. This family's fuck-up son killed three innocent people and they haven't shown the least bit of remorse, it was sheer incompetence that prevented them from killing an innocent high-school girl when they went after Ed, yet some posters are only angry at the girl who betrayed her…

Such selective moral outrage. Is being a 'traitor' such a uniquely awful trait (compared the general criminality of every member of her entire family) only within the moral universe of the show, or do you actually subscribe to such tribalistic notions in real life?

"I go back and forth trying to decide who's more evil, Ramsay or Qyburn"

Yes, I had hoped there would be more discussion about the sheer
recklessness with their kids' safety that Philip + Elizabeth displayed.
They go in search of a trained killer in unfamiliar territory, not only
bringing their kids along so that they will be in close proximity to
this dangerous target, but leaving them…

Yeah, I agree with the larger point, but Paige seems a bit out of place on a list of morally gray anti-heroes who have actually MURDERED people.

Are you aware that his whole show involves him playing a particular character, specifically a right-wing, America-centric, loudmouth, uber-patriotic blowhard? It's all part of his persona. His asking her those questions about "why a Russian spy" is perfectly within character. He wasn't really criticizing the show, he…

I thought her Colbert appearance felt very awkward…it almost seemed like she was intimidated by or wary of him. She just seemed very nervous. Which is weird, because I caught the tail end of her appearance on Fallon a couple of months ago, and she seemed extremely personable. (Also, I hope that she was just playing…

"as if Philip's stated desire to protect her from Tim could be turned into Philip being hard on Paige herself"

Those are all valid points. I certainly don't want to imply argue that the show glamorizes the ideological battle Philip and Elizabeth are fighting for, or completely glosses over the morally problematic actions of their side. I wouldn't love the show so much if it did that. I'm just surprised anybody could view it as…

Huh…I don't know. I'm about as militantly anti-religion as they come, but Philip's treatment of Paige and confrontation with the pastor has me rooting against him much more fiercely than I was an episode before. Not that I might not change my sympathies a couple of episodes down the road…

"I’m sure North’s involvement will only bolster the arguments of those
who refuse to watch (or love to watch) the show because they believe it
to be some sort of Reagan and/or CIA apologia that’s meant to portray
the Soviets as bumbling fools."

I generally agree with this, but I think we should wait and see. Although Cersei is pretty villainous and commits some morally reprehensible acts in the first few books, it isn't until the fourth book that she become Caligula. It will be interesting to see how the show handles it.

And apparently the constant threat of violence that many civilians in war-torn countries around the world face on a regular basis is all academic to you.

The only reason I saw it coming was that I was glancing through the cast credits on IMDB and saw he was only slated for one episode.

Yeah, she was really good. I wasn't quite clear what the reviewer meant when he said that casting her as the sheriff's deputy felt like a mistake.

I don't know about Deadwood. I can see how that final scene made sense on a metaphorical level, but I was disgusted by the act of violence that led Al to scrub that blood from the floor. I love my violent tv shows, and Deadwood was an extraordinarily violent show, but I think what Al did in that final episode was one…

I definitely got a horror movie vibe from that scene, the way they were just carrying on their conversation in the kitchen while he's eavesdropping in the adjacent room.