Vince Gilligan corrected a longtime BB/BCS oversight, by previously featuring so many tough bald dudes without including Barry Corbin.

The person who killed her — the only other person in the room — was standing right there... but the dragon knew that the throne was the symbolic cause of her demise?

The bits with Murray throw me off mostly because the actor is not very good with the part.  Too much contrast with the better acting.

Good thing the show hammers home the importance of ridding your life of toxic men, so we can revel in this harmonious happy-place of awesome, sane, not-at-all-self-destructive women. Last week was a Lifetime Channel yak-fest, women above a certain age whining about being “invisible” castoffs. You know who else is…

I think her mother is the fun, entertaining type of awful.  Celia Imrie is highly enjoyable to me, warts and all.

That main gate must have contained some of the Reach’s magical exploding barley (like in the wagons in S7). Dragons are powerful, but I thought sure it would need at least 2 passes to torch it to smithereens.  Even Harrenhal still has plenty of walls.

“Or, we could just blame no one”

That main gate must have contained some of the Reach’s magical exploding barley (like in the wagons in S7). Dragons are powerful, but I thought sure it would need at least 2 passes to torch it to smithereens. Even Harrenhal still has plenty of walls.

So, avoid the pointy end?

George R.R. Martin could have finished the whole epic years ago, and we might still be nearly as disappointed in the show’s final season. Why? Because good endings are awfully hard to write. How often does a strong, dense, compelling tale get a conclusion worthy of the powerful beginning & middle? Does he even truly…

George R.R. Martin could have finished the whole 7-book epic years ago, and we might be nearly as disappointed in the show’s final season. Why? Because good endings are awfully hard to write. Does he even truly know where he’s headed with the sprawling story? Sadly a seventh book seems ever more unlikely, so we may…

fast forward through it

You mean the big chain store, Hardhome Depot?

I’m happy to find that I liked the episode better on re-watch. That’s something I encountered with a handful of episodes in earlier seasons too; I wonder how many other viewers have as well. (Much of S2, for example, was a little disappointing on first watch after the tight and exciting back half of S1, but I love many…

“OK guys, the spiral of dismembered limbs on the ground is cool, but I’d like to see a bit more effort... This time let’s nail the chunks to the wall, OK? I know, I know, it takes longer, but y’know what? Valyria wasn’t built in a day.”

“Ooh, ooh! this is a good spot, park me here... Yeah this is the perfect spot to creepily stare down that asshole when he gets here. Heheheh. Awesome.”

Strange not to get any kind of sense of Daenerys’ emotional reaction to realizing that Viserion is a wight now?

“Wait, who are you?”

“Can we name the toilet?” was far and away my favorite line. It almost redeemed Frankie’s status as the resident turd. (Almost.)

The way they filmed the accident, I’m pretty sure we saw Duke skate right into the street, and would have hit any car coming along; I don’t think Phil’s driving was actually at fault. But *she* probably couldn’t see that clearly, and the fact that it happened was enough for her to finally give up the keys.