I figure the Old Gods were the CoF greenseers.

Well, I don't think the show STARTED out that way. But everything I've read about the episodes I haven't seen isn't making me reconsider my decision to quit.

I'd say he's batting 1.000, though.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a performance where angry Malkovich didn't seem to be, to some degree, incredulous at the circumstances enraging him, whereas I think Dafoe has communicated more pure, unselfconscious rage.

I'm not willing to say Kit Harrington could never act, but he was better in the tennis mockumentary than he was in any of the five seasons of this show I watched. Hell, he was also better parodying Jon Snow as a dour dinner guest on some late night show than he actually was on the show.

Yes, it's very clear that Dern's character, against her will, is aroused. As a movie, I thought Wild at Heart had a lot less to offer than Blue Velvet, but that one scene might have been more electric and disturbing to me than anything in the "superior" film.

DAFOE AND BUSCEMI IN:

Cersei had better believe in the prophecy, since it's been coming true step by step most of her life. I can't remember whether the show included the most important detail from the books, but it's clear in the books that among other things, Cersei's actions have been powerfully shaped by her belief that Tyrion will…

Not that I think the timing was calculated for this effect anyway, but it's interesting how the traditional "Friday news dump" think basically doesn't work anymore, because all of a sudden whatever the last new item is gets looked at by everybody on their devices when they leave work. If you want to bury something,…

Rein might be one of the leakiest, and there's no way the people I'm about to name are behind the bad investigative leak types, but someday someone is going to have to sit Donald down and ask him why, really, does he think Jared and Ivanka get such consistently good press?

He was a fund of fund of funds guy - honestly, his business model was pretty clever in its amoral cynicism. Find "run of the mill" rich guys who like the idea of investing in hedge funds but don't have anywhere near the capital to make those guys give you the time of day - partners at law firms, surgeons, you get the…

It's a truism in sports - hiring the coach before you hire the general manager is a rookie owner's mistake.

Somewhat lost in the drumbeat of hysterical accusations leveled against him, Obama had the most leak-proof and scandal free administration of my lifetime (going back to Reagan). Depending on what your parameters for "leak proof and scandal free" are, you might be able to push that back further.

DHS doesn't know, apparently.

Rhaegar didn't think Dany or Viserys were in the group; he thought it would be his kids, Aegon, Rhaella, and the one who turned out to be Jon Snow (bet Rhaegar was expecting a girl!). Of course, those two are dead (definitely on the show, Aegon might or might not be alive in the books). It's not about only having a…

Aegon the Conqueror, not the Mad King her father.

It's a routine siege tactic to post archers to shoot down any ravens.

"Hey, you never actually had a scene together, right? Well, how do you feel about … having a scene together now?"

There is no need for the third dragon rider to have Targaryen blood. Martin himself has said so. We know - by frustrating design - very little about dragons or how the Valyrians did what they did. There is clearly blood magic involved in the bonding of the Valyrians with their dragons. But it's also heavily suggested…

Of course, Bran himself should be able to dispatch a raven, since that's almost certainly the origin of Westeros' messenger-raven practice; wargs and greenseers using ravens to carry messages over long distances.