Book 4 spoilers.

Davos seems like a character in his own Noir story. Just a guy trying to keep it together while he's buffeted on all sides by forces greater than he. Count me amongst those who love that character.

Book 4 spoilers:

I caught a glimpse of episode titles last week and completely marked out when I saw one titled "Ghost of Harrenhal". Glee!

Jean-Luc, I think that's probably a wise way to go. You are likely to get spoilers for stuff beyond book 2, if only because so much happens it seems sometimes folks forget what happened in which books.

I did, but I'll still be starting my review recaps with the Newbies reviews and discussions. I see now why it was so fun for the Experts to watch the Newbies watch/react the to show last season. I'll be doing the same this season.

I was hoping there'd be a thread like this here, so I'm planting my flag.

That great old quote from somebody at ESPN comes readily to mind, "[Keith] didn't just burn bridges here, he napalmed them."

Fuck the homeless teens in California! Just looking for their next bottle of Manic Panic.

I look forward to the day, long after the series has finished being dicked around and canceled, that the at-the-time network head admits on a DVD commentary track how badly, in retrospect, he fucked the show. [/NewsRadio]

You know how to make that shit fly? Put it between two pie tins and smash the hell out of it with a huge rubber mallet.

Yeah, Mark has already done that in at least one other episode this season. Bopper mentioned it then, and I think tonight, that anytime Mark is the back seat of a car for any length of time, expect him to vomit.

BM, yeah, that's his defense for the movie. That it's deliberately amoral to somehow bring America's film-based blood-lust into stark relief.

Bloody Mary, it sure seemed all downhill for me. That film is bereft, imo. You just watch two douchebags engage in remorseless douchebaggery.

I'll be honest, it's been years since I've seen it, and I actively disliked as I was watching it, so I haven't retained much detail. What I do recall, though, is thinking that the goal of the director was to often test your endurance as a viewer, either with sound, or image.

Clean, Shaven.

Jon Benjamin makes my meatballs taste awesome.

A History of Violence fits in this category also, no? Ending spoilers, obviously. I remember thinking at the end, after she finally looks up at the table and he looks into her eyes, that he recognizes (and can't believe) she still loves him.

No he does not! But then…he is off-stage for much of the play, too, so one can't say for sure.

It was most jarring for me to see George Gaynes in this, as up to this point my only exposure to him had been his many, many wonderful appearances in the Police Academy films. :P