Boy, that Meryn Fuckin' Trant, what a charmer! Not only a pedophile, but a sadist who whips the underage girls to find out which ones can handle a session of further pain. Arya probably didn't even know he was *that* despicable.

Oh my gosh, you don't think the Season 4 finale was strong? Jon & Mance? Stannis' army? Bran reaching the Raven? Tyrion killing Shae and Tywin? Brienne & the fucking Hound? And the magnificent ending with Arya sailing away?

So now Daenerys has reconnected with the Khalasar (in HUGE numbers, which we never really got to see in Season 1). They don't know what they're in for: she's the queen of death! Would you follow her? Everyone who gets close meets a pretty grim end. Not only scumbags like Viserys, or Biggos Blaxos in Qarth, or Krazy…

Arizona, huh? … He'd be dead in a month.

Is it very wrong of me to lament Carla's absence in the season finale primarily because I think she's kind of hot?

I also can't forget him as the tanned & coiffed "Badge of Honor" TV crime-show actor, whom Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey) advises, in the superb film L.A. Confidential.

Ain't no party like a lemon party!

Anything can be opened.

And facial hair that could have its own series.

This was worth reporting, huh? In other fascinating news, Youtube is clogged with hundreds of other music tracks slowed down for no reason.

It's okay, I'm also a loser.

Oh, no, Dr. Sternin-Crane… You're supposed to yell "Norm" when he comes in the door.

Had to answer that one yourself, huh?

When Daenerys was married off to Drogo against her will, then Drogo "took" her on their wedding night, also against her will (i.e. rape), did the book or the show act with more sympathy toward her? She cried on the show, while in the book her horror turned to pleasure. Note also that it's not just Drogo the…

At this point, anytime Jaime bangs Cersei could be considered rape, because she's drunk all the time, right? How can she consent? The students at King's Landing University must be protesting constantly. (Of course, now she's sobering up, in jail. Harsh!)

She is. But her default facial expression is a motionless stare which doesn't appear to have much going on behind it. I'm not saying she isn't trying, it's just very very noticeable compared to lots of other actors.

He should take another look at that sketch with Amy's policewoman stripper outfit. Mmm, mmm, MMMMMMM.

Jim Perry Card Sharks or Bob Eubanks Card Sharks?

Am I the only one who thinks "Don't show it" is a poor answer? Only *alluding* to rape's prevalence in this world (where even men far less psychopathic than Ramsey surely "take" their brides on their wedding night, whether the women want to or not) — but not confronting it directly — would face criticism that it's…

… and the Naughty Chicks Behind Bars scene was nice. Takes me back to the old special-section-at-the-back-of-the-video-store days.