I thought it was a pretty weak premiere. Angela's affirmation scene was well-done, but there was a lot of awful dialogue crammed into the episode, including Darlene's speech (lampshaded with the followup), Price's rant, and Robinson stoned-sophomore meditation on the nature of perception and reality. I don't mind…

I mean, that would clearly have been a better way to proceed. But he was acting from blind panic. That's a super credible response to an extremely bizarre and stressful situation. There are certainly some people who would sit down and think through their next move, but it's probably not the most common reaction.

I think a lot more people tell themselves that they're working within the system to make it better than are actually doing it.

This is only faux reasonable. The legal system and police departments are structured to shield police from consequences. Working exclusively within those systems is a call to endorse the status quo.

I support the basic premise—sports matter, especially to cities without much else to unite around. But I do think that the effort to tie it to economic revival is a bit strained. Okay, so millenials are moving to downtown Cleveland—obviously that doesn't have anything to do with a championship won a few weeks ago. As…

I think it's deliberately ambiguous. He'll torture her in some way.

"She dies from delivering Jon, but not before she whispers to Ned that someone (Rhaegar? Robert?) “must not find out,” and what sounds like Jon’s true name."

Wonder if Varys and Arya sat next to each other on the MegaBus to Westeros.

The Toast is always relevant: http://the-toast.net/2015/0…

Do they just take some time to come back, or do they disappear into the ether?

Disqus is losing comments. Annoying.

Man, that was a grim episode. I had never understood claustrophobia until that scene where Jon is drowning in a sea of bodies.

It's not even a gray area: there are official sites (Ticketmaster) for resale. I would guess that the Hamilton folks see some of that money in some way, although the bulk of the markup goes to the resale site and the person selling the ticket.

They release new blocks of tickets for future dates at face value every so often, where you can get tickets for the rear mezzanine for perhaps as low as $150. The face value tickets sell out almost instantly, so the primary means of availability is resale, with large markups. I got two great seats (middle of center…

Yes, they do film every show for that purpose, so if this was just for the Lincoln Center library, I doubt it would have been announced this way.

Only Sunday matinees. This is a Wednesday matinee, so it'll be Miranda.

I would definitely agree that his greatest strengths are composition and lyrics. But since he seems to be headed for once-in-a-generation composer and lyricist status, that leaves a lot of room to fall and still be a hell of an actor. Which he is, so I'm glad I've gotten to see him play the role.

Muñoz is certainly a better singer than LMM, but I don't think there's any consensus that he's overall better in the role. LMM has serious acting chops, he fully inhabits the role, and I've been told by those who know such things that he has the best "flow" of anyone in the cast, including even Daveed Diggs.

I'm going to the matinee on July 6. Wonder if they'll be filming that performance?

I agree LMM isn't a great singer, but he brings a lot to the role anyway, and I think the version of the show recorded for posterity should definitely include him. (So I'm glad it will.)