My first thought too, but it'll be worth it.

Even more required listening, his NPR interview: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/…

I do hope we at least get to meet the FLOTUS now that we know she and Selina have a feud.

Oh you know it's coming. Sue will leave her desk for some reason and the phone will be ringing off the hook.

I think it's the manner and tone of their line delivery. For instance, when Sue said, "thank god," this episode she opened her eyes wide in similar way that Retta does as Donna. They are also both removed from having personal stakes in whatever the main group is dealing with so their characters are a bit detached.

Like The Flyin Hawaiian below I love Sue and I think she totally nails the tone of the high-powered admin assistant and the way that kind of person interacts with the rest of the office. She is the gatekeeper and that gives her the opportunity to not be the same kind of yesperson lap(fake)dogs that the other politicos…

Wait, how is Adrian Brody not Ringo?

Veep if you are lucky enough to have HBO!

Hopefully in the same literal fashion as the Septon!

The real problem is that so much of where the show is now and the changes from the book are about directly setting things up more naturally for book 3 events (they are also using some book 3 material already and I expect that to only increase as the season goes on), and no one on the experts page is treating Book 3…

To me, Toph may be the most fun character, but I think Azula and Zuko are tied for best overall characters. Zuko is clearly the best developed and I'm not sure I've ever seen a better villain in fantasy epic than Azula (she's a people person!).

I do hope LoK makes up for the one great dearth of character in ATLA, that of the adult female. We have both Pema and Lin, who I hope play larger roles, obviously Lin must but I think Pema could be interesting in her own right outside of the main plot, and I will be happy when Asami becomes more than just an eye candy…

That's what I'm hoping. The look on Selina's face when she said Iranian convinced me it would be a problem. Plus, out of all the countries in the world, they choose Iran; it's gotta be something!

Get thee to a TV or computer immediately and watch the fourth LoK episode!

Yes, listen to NFET and play Dominion. I love Settlers the most, but I find Dominion is an easier game to get others to play and enjoy (once you become really good at Settlers it's hard to get newbies to play with you…)

I don't know what that is but it sounds awesome

It was the most loving evisceration ever.

Yes! I can't remember if it was you and I were talking about this on an thread for an earlier episode, but Neko Case would have killed as Melisandre. Maybe books 6 and 7 will create a roll for her.

I'd be interested to hear what you mean by neutered and sloppy. Is the former criticism because it doesn't deal with all aspects of politics, such as party affiliations?

That was the best line of the episode for me. I hope Catherine pops in again occasionally either late this season or in the next.