I also loved The Fades, and it has the best masturbation scene ever (if only because it's  a character defining moment).

I'm also surprised to not see Prisoners of War on this (the inspiration for Homeland).

Les Revenants is a masterpiece, and a more worthy contender for this list than some of the other cited programs I've seen.

I'm not sure the editing is MTV style, but the way the show is edited remains constant - although scenes vary in length and play out in different ways. Once you get use to its comic rhtymns - which the editing reflects - its barely discernible.

I could be wrong, but you're probably thinking of Australia's comedy panel show the Gruen transfer and/or Gruen Planet

Green Wing is also an instant classic - it's a tv comedy that is utterly unique and has some remarkable characters, performances and situations.

Black Mirror might be required viewing, but it is not an unqualified success. Each season has at least one great episode while the others are vary variable - and the second season of three episodes is generally crap.

I know that the North always remembers, but do the Houses of Frey and Bolton get their just desserts?

I'm pretty sure AVClub members will love Utopia, a show tailer made for them. The show is an instant cult classic, and it does the unthinkable: convinces that you that a conspiracy might actually be a good idea. 

I just read an interview with Martin, and there is a vague reference to the possibility of characters changing the past. http://www.vulture.com/2011…

To those that have read the books: what is the nature of the relationship between Frey and Bolton? Why did they conspire to kill Robb et al?

While I'm aware that the Red Wedding was inspired by real historical events, what about the actual characters?

If they can find a reason to bring back Danny, why can't they find a reason to bring back Sal?

what's the sentence/cliff hanger?

To those that have read the books.

To play what? A corpse on a slab in a morgue?

Poor Ellen Muth - she gets a chance to act again, and the job requires her to do little more than be a reference to her previous work with Fuller.

Yeah, the show keeps putting him in situations that are at odds with his 'situation' in life.

Marc should try and find the situations in his comedy, instead of finding the comedy in his situations.

An excellent - and more sympathetic - overview of season 4