Burn Guy's Murder Friend.

From what I can tell, The Wire's defining characteristic is that it's better than whatever show you're currently discussing.

Awesome: when Arya is contemplating the murder coin in her bloody hands, the Hound is already over it and chowing down in the background.

I just remember thinking it was weird that the shaman had freckles.

I agree with Hunsweasel about the trend of fan entitlement, but calling GRRM a fuck made me laugh. So you're both right.

The issue was that Fox used technology to prevent the "fade to black." If the sensor registered a black screen, it immediately went to commercial without delay. Firefly wanted the transition time between show and commercial, so they used a brown-red textured screen, or a "fade to suede." Don't know if the AD white…

The small moment that sold Michael's desperation and neediness is when he tells George Michael, "Pete died," and George Michael immediately knows who Pete is. As though Michael had spent many phone conversations talking about his new friend Pete.

I think it's one of three things:

The films capture a phase of life in a pure way. It's rare to find a film about being young that isn't filtered through the lens of someone older - either as the fantasy of being young again or as a series of regrets.

Bugsby's not on board.

If Joffrey followed the GoT "evolving character" arc, he'd have to get his legs bitten off.

Or have the one torture scene end with Ramsay implying he would be torturing Theon for a long, long time. So even though we didn't see it every week, we'd know what was going on with the character.

Yeah, due to contractual obligations, they (and we) are stuck with seeing him every episode or so. Too bad the show is so anti-flashback - this would be a good opportunity to have Theon fall into a delirium and reveal some scenes from his past.