That's one of the reasons I enjoyed Scott Pilgrim, it was more than a half step away from the goofy insecure guy role.

Obamacare DID put the Doctor out of a job, why do you think he's living in a police box?

Well, and because it's Uzbekistan. I mean, how many people have heard of the Bishkek riots in neighboring Kyrgyzstan? Though Uzibekistan is worth knowing about just for the madness that is Gulnara Karimova.

Yeah, and then walking off as he realized how far he'd sunk.

I really feel like this show has come into it's own this season. It's gotten considerably better at aping the foibles of the American political process and media as opposed to attempting a direct transplant of The Thick of It. The Veep may not have much power, and can be a joke at times, but over the last 20 years…

@avclub-be0f8833e0c38be119979a949a2da1cf:disqus The man knows what he likes. And some of the recipes they have on that site sound awesome.

I sing this in the shower.

Not even worth zombifying. It's not like this is Left 4 Dead.

I THINK, and this is only an estimate, that about 2 years have passed based upon the following:

Godswoods are mini-forests inside castles and fortresses that have a face-tree, which is called a Heart Tree. They're all over the place north of the wall, and virtually unheard of outside of Godswoods in the south. (Note Sansa praying to the stump of one in Kings Landing a few episodes ago).

They're like the Cylons! They have a Plan!

Eh, they're also only 2000 cavalry against 8000+ super disciplined spearmen. Those aren't very good odds, especially when you could keep the gold you've already been paid, sign a new contract, and not risk getting killed.

The Titan of Braavos is just a big statue standing over the entrance to the harbor, the real world parallel was the Colossus of Rhodes. It's a symbol of the city. So calling himself The Titan's Bastard is just a name.

There's room for diversity in Dorne too, at least according to the descriptions of "salt" "sand" and "stone" Dornishmen.

Well, not really. She was basically treated as an amusing curiosity in Qarth, and got nowhere until the Warlocks stole her dragons. She's really only had two big victories so far, over the Warlocks/Xaro and over the Astapori, and she didn't have an army until after the last one.

I was so proud of myself when living in China when I looked out a cab window one night and read the Chinese characters for "First Bank of China" after 4 months of being pretty much illiterate. I totally get Davos's reaction.

@avclub-f121d09285898f1c66d66f1e6f0455a6:disqus YER A BASTARD, 'ARRY!

And we're also ignoring the amount of time it takes for armies to move, and how much easier travel across roadways and even paths are than cross country travel. It's entirely believable that Melisandre and a few people could get to the Brotherhood somewhere southwest of Harrenhal in a few weeks by going up the…

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Really, he's just Victorian in a High Middle Ages world.