The most pressing question the show has to answer is not whether Jack or Alana are alive, but where is Winston?

I have not read them; thanks for the insight.

Oh Italian Will is in big trouble; American Will is not siding with him over his BFF.

But that Botticelli dude is a total pervert - we don't want him corrupting the minds of all the fine young Americans watching Hannibal at 10 PM.

I was very intrigued by the mention of Hannibal's mind palace; I would like to see an entire episode devoted to it - flashbacks galore.

I think that was just a figment of Will's imagine; David Spade couldn't possibly be the lead guest on the Tonight Show in 2015.

For a while I thought the entire episode was going to be a Will dream sequence, so I never thought Abigail was alive. The real giveaway (aside from the fact that her throat was slit last season!) was that she only spoke to Will.

The White Wizard is cunning.

This show is a work of art - there is just nothing else like it on TV.

Next season on Daredevil, brought to you by the NRA, the Punisher shows NYC why an open carry law would increase freedom and save lives!

Not only that - it wasted two of the better actors on the show for the entire season. Making such un-captivating TV with Jaime and Bronn is really quite an achievement.

I am very late to the party, but I wanted to chime in on Stannis and a few other things:

There will soon be a Trump - he will surely add to the credibility of that party. Surely!

Who said anything about him being credible?

So the Night's King is the one that planted a blue rose in the wall for Lyanna Stark?

I think a Valyrian steel sword is trouble for a white walker no matter whom is wielding it. That being said, it certainly can't hurt to be the chosen one.

Yeah, that was my impression as well.

So did the Night's King recognize Jon as Azor Ahai? Or was he just intrigued by the Valyrian steel sword?

Exactly. This season has had a lot of shaky plot, but I'm glad we are where we are in the narrative at this point.

Yeah, I don't totally understand the vote breakdown either. My best guess is that the blue collar vs. white collar structure of the season was prohibitive to Caroline. Somebody mentioned this elsewhere too - I think more often than not that any season based in class warfare is going to have a blue collar type winner.