So … I'm disappointed by the arc of the last season and feel it's not up to the standards of the previous ones, but I'll refrain from ranting.

You're not wrong that Alison storming out of the sermon is absolutely triggered by her memories of her father and her lingering grief and desire to see him again … but that doesn't make what she says untrue in the slightest. Cal really did just out and say "we're special, and anyone who doesn't join us is gonna…

Also mostly agreed, but: "But earlier this sarcophag thing was supposed to be some weapon to be offset in New York rather than being a resurrection device, as Nobu commanded random Red Hair Lady to? Something about 20 targets?"

So am I off in getting the feeling that Daredevil season 2 ends on the note that "Hey, it's okay to kill your enemies so long as you really, really don't want to go through the trouble of actually building cases against them"?

What's the problem? "You have both a literally negative client base and the ire of a NY supervillain whose whole shtick is business connections" is a GREAT pitch for partnership at a law firm that is as completely non-image focused as … um … never mind.

I don't really agree, but I can see why you would think so. Regardless, "Sansa is abused but gets a little back by pushing emotional buttons" is kind of tired for me by now, and also makes it seem even more like Ramsay is just intentionally the show's new Joffrey.

Fine, then portray the Sparrows like that — it'd be a slight change from the books but I can get behind it. But at least have one of these supposedly intelligent characters, who are apparently surprised by this fanaticism, point out how incredibly flimsy the evidence is.

While Joffrey didn't rape her, we've otherwise seen that exact thing already.

I have an issue with no one even making a halfhearted attempt to point this fact out, yes. Because it's an incredibly obvious thing to do. If it's one person's word against the other's, then a priest of the seven should reasonably be expected to believe the word of an anointed knight over that of a prostitute.

The problem with that, though, is that (at least so far) the character has been 100% truly about following the faith of the Seven, and is being used to introduce true fanaticism into the cynical den of backstabbing politicians that is King's Landing. His characterization doesn't make much sense if he doesn't actually…

Which he would know (or at least could very reasonably know) from being his squire.

Eventually, but apparently not before they're held in isolation for days if not weeks. On the word of a prostitute. A single prostitute. Yes, they are absolutely "guilty" of the "crimes" they committed (sure, let's call them crimes), but there is all of no actual evidence here whatsoever. At least when Margaery…

Okay, perhaps "using as a plot device" is harsh, at least until we see where it goes. But Sansa knows nothing of his scheme beyond "marry this guy", and is obviously not interested in acquiescence to Ramsay, since she's already trying to get rescued. Honestly I don't see where they would be going, other than rape as…

Ugh. B+ from the expert's review? I'm sorry, some show changes have been good but by and large this season's are getting absolutely ridiculous.

This ending is a scene almost straight out of the comics and was done pretty damn well, IMO. In the comics it's less transparently Rick deciding "this woman is mine" and using his position to find a way to rationalize getting her husband out of the way (there is of course also the element of the wife-beating, but the…

I'm sure I'm not the first nor will I be the last, but Christ I had to log in to say this was stupid. The rest of the episode largely worked for me, but yeah, I have to agree with Mr. Handlen up there: Beth's death was clearly, obviously, because they just wanted a "shocker" to end the half-season on. It made no…

At least with that reveal the rest of it would make sense as a fictional universe. It would be lame but the story would be coherent. As it is, the story is coasting on writer fiat.

Well, the original plan was apparently that Jack would go in, Hannibal would declare his intent to murder him, and then the SWAT team would burst in to stop Hannibal. Who would then have taken Jack and Will down with him for entrapment and being accessories to murder and attempted murder, and which would still not…

But that's the thing: I can't accept that as the conceit of any show, let alone one which didn't subscribe to it in its first season. More power to people who can, I guess, but when things get too stupid it becomes impossible for me to take a show seriously, because it's no longer presenting a believable story. …

I believe Hannibal opened his house to FBI when Will was in prison and pointed the finger at him. The FBI found nothing, which is probably why Alana (and Jack and Will) stubbornly believe there is nothing to find, despite knowing that Beverly MUST have found something.