Even worse than Contra was Life Force, another Konami game that was tangentially related to Galaga. At the end of the game you have to maneuver your spaceship through a crazy post-final Boss obstacle course that was basically impossible to navigate. Would have been impossible without the Konami code.

The concert space is cool, but the actual store leaves me cold. Sure, they now have the largest selection in the five boroughs, but it feels overly curated, like going to a museum instead of a store. I might have to start going more often, now that the options are getting more and more limited.

I thought I remembered something about candy. That's really literal. He might as well just dress up like a clown.

I think I always thought there was more to Varys and the Little Birds because all the other characters always seemed to be insinuating something. But that's just how they treated Varys, not what was actually going on. He does seem to be possibly the best intentioned of any character on the show.

I get the feeling a lot of Dany's fleet will be decimated by Euron, but she'll emerge victorious, but weakened. Things have been going a little too well for her of late.

I never thought of it like that. I've always seen them as somehow bewitched and/or coerced in some way. But yeah, I can see that Varys might actually be treating them well.

Exactly. Cersei is a cancer on Jaime's life. Once removed, he'll be free to be his own man.

To be honest, I've never really understood what's going on with the Little Birds. Are they in thrall, or something?

I don't think there's any way Dany's fleet gets across the Narrow Sea without running afoul of Euron.

People say a lot of things during a prolonged siege. Who knows if he'd have actually followed through on it? I like to see Jaime as struggling between his true nature (which is generally good) and his Lannister conditioning. And if we're accepting the proposed narrative that Jaime is finally thoroughly done with…

Considering that she never even knew her father, I feel like he's more of a concept than anything else. Sure, she bristles when it's mentioned that he was crazy, but I think that's because being reminded of his insanity makes her fear that there might be something of his madness in herself. I mean, they both do like…

Doesn't Dany already have a Red Priestess? That one who looked like Rachel Weisz? Where's she at?

She marries for power; she keeps Podrick around for the D.

I mean, it's a long shot, sure. But Jaime seems to be on a redemptive journey, and depending on his future actions re: Cersei, he might be an attractive prospect. Plus Jaime's biggest crime as far as Dany's concerned is murdering her father, something that everybody on either side of the Narrow Sea seems to agree was…

Hmm. She seemed to indicate that it would be a mostly strategic marriage, so it would have to be with someone that would solidify her place in Westeros. Jon might be too close a relation…

Maybe there was a drought? They were on the border of Dorne.

I see what you mean, but I just took that as Cersei saying "Hey, Unella, look at how our roles have reversed!" and rubbing it in the Septa's face.

I'm still not convinced. We don't really know how much of The Mountain's personality is left in the monster that Qybern made. All we really know is that he shares The Mountain's freaky strength. Other than that, he does what Cersei tells him to do. If she wants him kill the Septa in increments over the course of a…

Ok, true. I mean, whatever's going to happen to the Septa is going to be horrible, and I'm not discounting the possibility that rape might be part of his torture repertoire. But there didn't seem to be anything in the scene that specifically telegraphed rape. The Mountain didn't, like, undo his belt, or something.…

I mean, in a medieval society, when childbirth goes bad, there wasn't a whole lot they could do.