I don't think he'll get lung cancer, if for no other reason than the lead in AMC's other critical darling has lung cancer.

It's only been two weeks. Maybe they didn't have one last Sunday.

Hell to the no. But I hope at least he likes Jim Rash's body-swapping episode. That was pretty great.

For the first time, I find myself growing weary of Don's unending self-destructive bullshit. The CA stuff was easily the weakest part of the episode for me. I found Cutler and Chaough's scheming far more interesting, as well as Peggy, Pete, and Joan's storyline. I'm also really dying to know what the fuck is up with…

@avclub-e4a4b9fd3156c8e7a1c6452e9ac3b09a:disqus It didn't seem remotely ambiguous to me. It was just one episode ago that we had the leech curse, and now Robb's dead. And Stannis' girlfriend has proven she's proficient at magic in the past. I think Joffrey and Balon Greyjoy are toast, maybe even next week. I only hope…

Yeah, but this seems very reckless, ultimately. Like something Joffrey or Cersi would do, not Tywin.

I come here every week, and I never feel like I've been spoiled. I had no idea this was going to happen.

What's interesting is that GoT is willing to kill "major" characters…sort of. When you think about it, the shows big deaths (Ned, Renly, Robb, Catelyn) have been characters that are a big part of the plot, but not really in the actual story that much. Robb and Catelyn specifically have spent three seasons doing jack…

How do we know Tywin did this?

Oh, cool. Question: who the fuck is Balon Greyjoy?

Damn, I really thought the Stark kids and their wolves were bullet proof. Or sword-proof, or whatever. This really takes a chunk out of the story.The only possible good news is that the witch curse must be real, which means fucking Joffrey is doomed. Of course, so is Daenerys, then. Dammit!

What happened to the Cheers reviews?  I miss those.

Movies "work" however the the writer and director want them to work. And Hurwitz has already said that Season Four was meant to lead us into the movie.

Interesting take. I have to say, I didn't expect anyone to watch who hadn't watched the first three seasons. I'm curious to see how many people did that. I'd be shocked if it were more than 5% of the viewers, especially given that all three previous seasons are available on Netflix as well. 
At any rate, you'll have to…

I think it was a huge mistake for you to watch it, then. Surely you realized going in that it wasn't going to be the same, no? The actors are all very busy. A new season like the old ones was never a possibility. 
And I disagree with the "a whole new idea of what is and isn't funny" bit. This season has the exact same…

That's an extremely odd opinion to have, given that Brian made like three appearances and didn't impact the show at all. Ditto his brief appearance on one episode of Community, which had zero to do with the bad quality of Season Four. 
To actually fast-forward through an episode of  AD because of the appearance of an…

Riiight. Everyone knows The Office was an excellent show up until the tail end of the final season.

That's an odd and very unfunny "joke". I think it's far more likely that Rogan just sucked at playing George.

That was the whole point of Season 4. To explain what's happened to everyone in the intervening years and to get us to a point where the movie plotline can happen. While I enjoyed Season 4, I would definitely prefer a movie now, because another season where the characters rarely interact would not be nearly as…

I feel like she's always been exactly that cartoonishly evil.