I'm going to keep watching this season, and then we'll see. I won't start something without trying to finish it, so there's no point in bailing on this yet, and next season very well may have a lot more to it. 

I'm going to keep watching this season, and then we'll see. I won't start something without trying to finish it, so there's no point in bailing on this yet, and next season very well may have a lot more to it. 

Thank you for the response, and I agree with and very much respect your thoughts, too. (I like that you mentioned Salinger, because I was toying with the idea of putting him in my own reply, somewhere!)

Thank you for the response, and I agree with and very much respect your thoughts, too. (I like that you mentioned Salinger, because I was toying with the idea of putting him in my own reply, somewhere!)

On a serious note, though…While I'm all for curse words being littered across my comedies, tonight felt like it was just so much that it was actually starting to distract me a bit…Does every fucking line fucking need to fucking come out of their fucking shit fuck mouths like fucking this all the fuck fuck fucking…

On a serious note, though…While I'm all for curse words being littered across my comedies, tonight felt like it was just so much that it was actually starting to distract me a bit…Does every fucking line fucking need to fucking come out of their fucking shit fuck mouths like fucking this all the fuck fuck fucking…

I'm surprised no one has brought up the cold open yet, a first for this season…What did you guys think of it? I enjoyed it, although it did feel a bit off, though I suppose that may have just been my not being used to that at all.

I'm surprised no one has brought up the cold open yet, a first for this season…What did you guys think of it? I enjoyed it, although it did feel a bit off, though I suppose that may have just been my not being used to that at all.

Here's my review of tonight's episode:

Here's my review of tonight's episode:

"Who told you this was an out and out comedy?"

"Who told you this was an out and out comedy?"

I don't even act surprised, anymore. "Todd review just went up? That's an 'A'."

I don't even act surprised, anymore. "Todd review just went up? That's an 'A'."

…An 'A'?

…An 'A'?

…Really? I find the series is copping out a bit by adding in (or, perhaps more accurately, making much more blatant) things like the Jon/Ygritte relationship (which seems to have ended tonight, hopefully) and the Robb/nurse relationship, which, to me, are just devices used to appeal to a mass audience. It's…

[Here lies a message considered big enough a spoiler to anger others, as vague as it was. My apologies.]

I brought up similar sentiments to a friend of mine last week, and his response describing his own particular pleasure in the show has helped me to at least, somewhat, enjoy it a bit more:

I love Sleigh Bells, but isn't this the third or fourth time they've used them, already? Gotta rep that New York hipster swag.