It's pretty terrible that probably the first 30 seconds of the Alex Kingston episode(s?) are spoiled for you all, but you'll probably get over it by two minutes into the episode.

Where is this holdbackiness of which you speak?

As far as a slower build to the finale, I've been pretty happy with the breakneck pace of the show lately. It definitely feels like the shows creators assumed that they were probably going to be cancelled and have been scrambling to get a lot of ideas and story out. Since a lot of serial tv seems the opposite to me,…

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This was a brave piece of journalism.

Leaked where?

You thought wrong, muchacho:

It's not bias if the show is actually riddled with logical incoherence.