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Yup, totally agree. One of my favourite episodes of the entire show.

Beginning a Mahfouz kick: I'm currently on "Palace Walk" (the first book in The Cairo Trilogy) and it is fantastic. He flips perspectives for each member of the family each chapter and you really see the ripple effects one person's actions have on another. Liking it a lot so far.

The writeup on Graduation was fantastic, because I think you did a good job of articulating one of those central questions: how much do I include my own experience/background in the relevant arena when trying to evaluate something objectively? I'm a pretty big fan of a number of these Romanian New Wave films (so your…

I'm sort of disappointed that they didn't leave in Emma Stone and photoshop out Rachel McAdams.

I don't think so: they haven't been hoarding second-round picks for some reason.

I've seen a couple of episodes of this (drunk, of course) and Lil Bow Wow seemed to be having a good time with how ridiculous it was.

Okay, so I haven't seen most of these movies, but I assume that aligns with the line in the piece "For one thing, Elsa is the only Disney princess (er, queen) without a potential love interest." if Merida has a love interest but she doesn't get together with that person?

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"Come on, they weren’t going to kill off Ned Stark in a flashback sequence."

We sort of got that in the Star Wars special, at one point. Ferb, unsurprisingly, was better.

Wasn't this exactly what The Ranch was critically praised for showing?

Yeah, Ellen is a good comparable. That was funny!

Someone please rescue Katie Nolan.

Good. It has grown as the season has progressed and the last few episodes have been thrilling and difficult to watch.

Yep. I also like how it emphasizes how much of the masculine brutality in GoT is performative in nature: the Khal is giving this speech about rape largely because it is what you do, and that's why it's so funny/annoying when it is undercut by a couple of people who find the performative seriousness a little tedious.

Man, Mother Night is one of my all-time favourite books. Nicely done.

Yep, pretty much. The deconstruction of Sansa's vision of being a princess/noblewoman through the reality of what she actually goes through was essentially the thematic purpose of that plotline originally.

This is an excellent comment and helps me explain to myself why I like Book Doran so much.

but does it focus on that sour craft??!!?!!?