I didn't really see the cliffhanger as functioning as a cliffhanger in the traditional sense anyway — more representative of the absolute carnage and chaos left in Hannibal's wake when he's not pretending anymore. I figured Jack would live both because of the source material and because he managed to put himself out…

Yeah, Dany-Drogo is depicted as the thirteen-year-old being married off for political gain to a warlord whose language she doesn't speak going into her wedding night apprehensive but then enjoying it, and Jaime-Cersei is depicted as Cersei initially saying no but eventually getting into it. Not to mention the girl in…

When Liv checked her pulse, she looked relieved.

I really, really, really don't think it's true that "this is the show's problem more than Martin's."

Oh no worries — I already scoured the house for all the ponytail holders and put them out of reach. Bonus: I now have a shit-ton of ponytail holders!

The problem is that people seem to equate depicting rape with condoning it, and/or assume that the showrunners create such scenes in the interest of titillating the audience rather than horrifying them. Other than that Jaime/Cersei scene that was clearly a complete misfire, I truly believe that every scene of sexual…

Ugh, I had a professor once who insisted that "Leda and the Swan" does not depict rape, but is instead representative of the creative process. Which, sure, maybe, but it's also rape, dude. I like to think that guy in The Sandman who literally rapes a literal muse is Gaiman's answer to "Leda and the Swan."

Yikes, I never even thought about them eating rubber bands. I go through like five hair-ties a week because my cats are always making off with them. Then I find them under all the furniture and down the heating vents during my semi-annual cleaning frenzies.

Yeah, but people do stupid shit all the time. We're just fortunate that it usually doesn't kill us (and when it does it usually isn't broadcast so the world can point out our stupidity.)

Makes me wonder why the cars aren't equipped with windows that simply don't roll down all the way.

Seriously. I fully expect to die stupidly going "tt tt tt" to a wild animal someday. I just hope no one on the Internet finds out about it.

I read somewhere that they added in a few good cut-opportunities to the choreography in case they were needed but ended up using the one long take.

Yeah, you're completely right. I was excited there for a minute. But I've since been thoroughly convinced by the much more plausible asshats-took-psycho's-flashdrive theory. Which is also fine.

Oh that makes much more sense than my theory. Good job. That's one hell of a flash drive though!

That's why I kinda think the coolers Major stole didn't include astronaut brain. That brain was a custom order for a very specific rich dude. Why would Blaine parcel it out to other people who probably don't give a shit about space? You think rich dude is paying a million dollars for one breakfast scramble with…

Well, to be fair, eating the stoner's brain led to Liv consuming a fair amount of pot, which in turn led to her being stoned and nonchalant. She was under the influence of more than just the brain. I will agree, though, that — other than the brief reference to Psycho Zombie learning to cook from eating his Aunt Edna…

I truly don't understand why Liv just hasn't told Clive that when she gets visions about victims, she also absorbs some of their personality traits. It's completely believable in the context of what he already believes about her, and it would make him look way less simple.

But the references to money don't make sense in that scenario, do they? I feel like maybe (and this is a stretch) the teens stole Alan York's brain somehow (they did steal that car after all) — and Major stole some other brains (but we're meant to assume he stole the astro-brain, just as Blaine does). However, that…

I loved everything about this episode. My only regret is that last week's episode was the one some friends were forced to watch with me on vacation rather than this week's (last week's was fine, but this one would have hooked them, I'm sure of it!).

Uh, her husband died, so I guess the joke's on him?