I loved this. I loved how Rich and Tressa and the girls created the mock-funeral, both to give Sam what she was needing and to make fun of her at the same time, as only people who really love you can do. I loved how the characters are vivid enough that I knew how the daughters’ eulogies would differ (that Max would…

Hmmm, by episode’s end I really thought we might learn what the kitchen disturbances were, but instead Larry created a new one, which also fits. His first encounter with the chef, though, looked to me like one of those bits where the editing (of the improvised takes) makes the actor seem overly exasperated and the…

Donna Lynne Champlin is, once again, the MVP. She rocked her scenes right from the opening bit with Maya.

I confess, seeing her sitting on that couch at the beginning, I half-expected it to turn very NSFW.

If Tormund died unceremoniously in that dragonfire attack on the wall, it would be the lamest, most frustrating end to a five-season-long story for a great character since the demises of Stannis and Margaery.

Save the Hooker, Save the World!

None of the Buffyverse comics have ever interested me (partly because I thought the show itself was already going way off the rails by S5, with respect to what made it so strong in the first place), but I enjoy any article featuring the name Giles twenty times. :)

Natalie Alyn Lind is indeed gifted, if I may say...

I’m so glad to see the old disheveled, peeved Richard Lewis is still around. It wouldn’t be Curb without him.

Yes I know; I just meant that the ladies flew up to the fancy estate in Santa Barbara. Then Sam left and went to the little motel (which could have been anywhere), then in her vision drove a rental down the coast.

The big estate was in Santa Barbara, right? (You don’t fly from LA to Santa Monica, it’s right there. Also SM is dense with city blocks.)

Morgan Freeman?

I concur.

The caption for that top photo should be "ACTING". Seriously though, Emilia and Kit both had some fine moments in the last episode; their scene with Drogon was quite moving.

You mean the hackers? Money is money.

"… on his gold-plated home turf…"

Long-Haired Hare is probably even harder for many Looney Tunes fans to appreciate than the other opera parodies, because you kind of have to be a classical buff to get the Stokowski impression. I love when Bugs snaps the baton in half, and glowers at the orchestra and directs them with bizarre physical motions. …

But… there was clearly one of those paper eclair-boats under it! That's totally still legit food!

Well, I hung out with teens at Applebee's a bunch of times, so it can be both… I'd rather not get into the specifics.

In many parts of America, the chain restaurants are all they have, so groups of young people go there all the time. Teens hanging out in the corner, mixed-age crowd sitting at the bar, groups enjoying the trivia nights.