This was fantastic.

So, is Rick hallucinating regular ole' Lori as we saw her or some grotesque zombified version of Lori?

To echo Scott's comment, I think The New Pornographers' Mass Romantic could be included as well (Mass Romantic/The Fake Headlines).

The thing that bothered me so much about that storyline is that, no matter how Juice thought the club might react to learning that his father was black, there's no chance in Hell that that worried him more than what would happen to him if you he got caught both stealing their drug supply AND ratting on them to the…

The thing that bothered me so much about that storyline is that, no matter how Juice thought the club might react to learning that his father was black, there's no chance in Hell that that worried him more than what would happen to him if you he got caught both stealing their drug supply AND ratting on them to the…

You guys really should change the movie poster you have for The Genesis Code to the Wikipedia has.

You guys really should change the movie poster you have for The Genesis Code to the Wikipedia has.

Girls is practically Do the Right Thing next to Arrested Development, Mad Men, and the films of Wes Anderson.

Girls is practically Do the Right Thing next to Arrested Development, Mad Men, and the films of Wes Anderson.

I understand that, of course, Martin must have put some strong restrictions on doing this or else that would have been the end of the series right there, but theoretically, if there were not, there would be no reason not to send it after Joffrey.

I love Game of Thrones, but I really really hate this whole shadow baby stuff. It followed through on all the stuff I feared. I feared that when Renly and the Starks teamed up that their alliance was so powerful that they'd need to come up with a contrivance to stop it and that the shadow baby would swoop in and kill…

I don't know how I feel about the smoke monster. It worries me.

When it comes to defending the show against backlash, supporters aren't aided by the fact that this seems to be one of those issues that racists have latched onto in order to cry about reverse racism against white people, using just another version of the "Hey, I'm white, I should be allowed to use the n-word if black…

I'm conflicted.

I thought the contrast between King's Landing and the Night's Watch was great, especially in showing just how sad and pathetic the Night's Watch is.

Well that's my point. He's King as long as people recognize him as King and defend him as King.

In the first season/book, Viserys mentions it directly, saying something to Jorah like "I know the way you look at my sister."

I don't know if they mentioned it in the letters, but it's a pretty easy conclusion to make on its own:

I realize that Joffrey's douchbaggery is so deep that it can cloud any hint of logic or rationality, but maybe someone should explain to him that when the vast majority of the world is against you, pissing off the few that are actually for you is probably not the best idea.

I'm trying the "watch the season then read the book" strategy for the first two seasons/books, but I'll probably flip those for the third book/season.