The Goodbye Dr Rape scene was the sound of the Internet cheering.

I only ever watch the "next week on" Mad Men bits to laugh at how cryptic they are. I think Weiner and Co throw them out there because they have to, so I enjoy them as the comedy they are intended. Don't get too worked up.

They should get around to explaining the Davos fingers thing. It explains a lot about both Davos and Stannis. To have Salladhor Saan offhand mention that Stannis had chopped off Davos' fingers (when we can see five fingers on both gloved hands) is a bit odd without context.

I'm having a hard time with the Reeds being gone, if they really are. I like them both more than Bran most of the time. It's also a bit of a knock to my hope that Greywater Watch eventually plays a part in the story, maybe where Rickon's hiding out before laying waste to everything in his path.

Nope.

He was also mentioned at some point in season 1. Couldn't for the life of me say exactly where. I think it was either Mormont or Osha, or both.

I wish they'd've shown the difficult nature of moving between the outer three keeps. All we see is in the opening credits (but nicely animated there). Not only will it come in handy later, it would be added illustration of Theon's difficulties finding his way in his old home.

The captain's daughter was way too skinny. She was chubby and soft (and dumb), a total contrast with Asha.

@avclub-9ff7c9eb9d37f434db778f59178012da:disqus You'll probably dig Alex in S6…

Bywater had lost his left hand which was replaced with an iron version that allowed him to use a shield, so his nickname was entirely literal.

In the book she initiated the fondling, tracing his hard-on with her fingers and unlacing his breeches. He'd only been verbally flirting prior to that.

It seems like they want to set things up so that Juliette sees something that can't be explained to force the reveal, but pull back so they can keep edging up to that line some more. Rearrange things a bit near the end so that she's the one extracting the golden egg and they could move on with that storyline.

25 years ago I went on a tour of East Asia with a group of about 30 teens from the Twin Cities and San Jose. I was 17 and impossibly skinny and in S. Korea two of us bought bootleg "Bill the Cat" shirts from a street vendor. They fit really weird and the other guy, Dan, captured it perfectly, speculating that they…

It should be noted that there's been a pretty dramatic shift in attitudes in the Red universe towards the Blue/Amber. All last season they treated Blue as a sworn enemy. Early this season there was deep suspicion. Now the Red Fringe rank and file are thanking Lee and everyone there seems pretty open to cooperation…

The science is pretty unambiguous: social animals separated from social interaction long enough reliably go insane. So, #1 is guaranteed, #2 just an added bonus.

Character deaths are always going to be a bit weird in a show where there are multiple versions of most. They play that up here by having Agent Lee step in almost directly for Cpt. Lee.

They stated that they'd have to hack their system further to have the actual identities of the shapeshifters being tracked. My guess is that they'll be able to see one moving around in Fringe headquarters before figuring out it's him.

"Hey… so, since I can't be with the Olivia I want, and you can't be with the Lincoln you want… why don't we, um… you know… work together for a while?"

It was only when Peter and Walter popped up at the end that I realized that they were essentially absent from the episode. They've built a strong set of stories and characters to be able to do that.

Nope, the sneaky message from Martin thus far is that the heir that Westeros best deserved and needed was Rhaegar, true heir to Aerys, and that all this bother was started by his affair with Lyssa Stark. He was good at fighting, but didn't love it enough to be great at it, like Robert. The madness that destroyed Aerys…