But Jack and Will are NOT right. We already know that Hannibal can be caught without this ridiculous "fishing" game, because Beverly already did it. If Beverly had had a search warrant (like the FBI has now) and had had backup, Hannibal would be in prison right now. As much as the writers tried to sell Hannibal as…

Agree to disagree, then. When people say "this is justified" they're generally not adding the caveat "but it wouldn't be if this was real life!"

I was berating the reviewer for thinking this was some sort of justice, not Shae for perjuring herself. You're absolutely correct that it's nowhere near the worst thing a character has done on the show, but it's possibly the worst thing that a reviewer has touted as being somehow justified.

Okay, now I know I must be a curmudgeon, because while this episode was incredibly well filmed and beautiful to see, it gave me incredibly strong Prometheus vibes: how can I enjoy it when every human character involved is an ABSOLUTE MORON?

Er, no he isn't. His very next statement about her calls her a "lying whore". Which, to be frank, she absolutely is.

The two are inextricably linked. She is using that line to make clear "Hey, remember that thing you just said? Yeah, that's why I'm doing this now." You can't take it away from the perjury and probable execution to follow, because that is specifically what she did as his "just desserts". He does not deserve this…

Uh, she could leave too? In fact, she is offered the chance multiple times. He did not force her to stay.

For someone who believes that insults and breaking up with someone deserve perjury and attempts to get your former lover killed?

That may be the case, although if it was, it still makes that particular statement by the reviewer idiotic. But again: they added a line and a look from her that make clear that even if she's being coerced, she views this as vengeance.

"Let’s not forget that Tyrion turned his back on Shae first—it may have been under the guise of trying to protect the woman he loves, but he’s getting his just deserts in the trial’s most tragic moments."

So correct me if I'm wrong, but … didn't the northern army capture the Lannister gold mines in the 2nd or 3rd season? Wouldn't the fact that they're empty have been something Robb Stark would want trumpeted from the mountaintops in order to damage Tywin's image?

Lords which will receive ravens and who have historically taken deserters very, very seriously, yes. It amounts to the same thing. In the books, faced with the chance to kill a deserter AND a Bolton man, after the Red Wedding? At least half the houses we see Stannis deal with in ADWD (and probably closer to all)…

Ditto. So they speak Valyrian, but for some reason Valyrian's written form is modern day English. Uh, what? Clumsy.

The Night's Watch will, for one. And it's a long way south to the Dreadfort, through lands ruled by people who may not be quite as gung-ho about Bolton backstabbery.

So … this is the first episode that had me actually rolling my eyes at how obvious the filler was. And not only obvious, but ham-fisted. Why would Bran and co. happen to stumble across Craster's, a single longhouse in what is literally hundreds of miles of snow-covered forest? Why does the show treat this as though…

So all in all, the back half of this season was a huge step up and this episode in particular was a decent season finale. Which is why I feel kind of bad for being a nitpicker, but that's who I am, I guess.

Maybe I'm being unfair, but the outbreak inside the prison this time felt even more unrealistic than the last one.

The two are coextensive when the person in survival mode is acting like a moron. Perhaps they were both in the wrong, but the matter of degree is kind of important, here: Rick made a unilateral decision to exile a murderer, and Carol made a unilateral decision to MURDER TWO PEOPLE.

Honestly, I read this review and I was like, " 'the episode doesn't make it easy to pick a side'? Really? Who actually thinks Carol made the right call?"

Yeah, I'm kinda annoyed by that as well. Really ruins Carol for me; not because she's willing to kill the few to save the many, but because her judgment is so poor she thought this particular choice was justified by the circumstances. This was some cracker-jack BS on her part.