I disagree. I think LF cares for LF, and if Sansa some day has cause (EDIT: meant to say "opportunity"—cause is obvious, of course) to complain about it, I'd expect him to give her a stern lecture about what needs to be done, how to take advantage of the situation, and how she choose her position (whether that's…

I didn't question whether the Cersei scene was a rape, btw. Absolutely was, and it's madness to suggest otherwise.

I disagree a bit with Cersei, and I don't think "recovery" is the only acceptable storytelling decision. That said, I definitely take your point. If GOT were a single movie, though, we'd basically have had a bunch of the audience stand up at the 90-minute mark shouting, "Well, this story is ruined…" and storming out…

I have a different read on LF—at least, just acting on what the show tells us (which, it seems clear, book-readers need to start doing), he either didn't know or didn't care. I don't think it was for nothing that Varys called him out that he'd (paraphrasing) "let the world burn to be king of the ashes."

That makes sense. My perspective is from a non-book-reader (which, from my experience, only makes the viewing more enjoyable across the board) so I only know the Sansa-arc of the show. And we're talking mid-arc! (There's an odd tone of "well, she's been raped and now she's ruined" aspect to the criticism that ignores…

Isn't it odd to say "without the follow up" mid-season?

You know, I keep hearing people criticize the Sansa rape with the same caveat—"It was a gratuitous rape that wasn't in the book and therefore had no purpose (oh and, btw, the rape that was in the books was far more brutal and pointless)."

I'd say that reading also works. The particular discussion I was in considered specifically what the movie had to say about law and order—that is, the conflict between a rule unimpassionately applied and application that has some measure of empathy or compassion at its core. The latter may be prone to abuse and bias…

I went to a discussion once about "No Country for Old Men" in which one of the topics was how Chigur (sp?) represented a kind of "egalitarian" form of blind justice. One in which circumstances and station in life do not matter. If he says he will kill you if "X", then he will kill you—no matter if "X" is giving you…

Great point—in fact, Fry as a character probably didn't see this comment as being different from any other he's made. That's the genius of it. He's always stretching and talking beyond his means, this is just one of the purest distillations of that aspect of his character.

"And that little boy whom nobody liked grew up to be …. the Hudsucker Proxy."

I can't say it's the funniest, or the most memorable, but my all-time favorite line from Fry has to be the following:

David, I don't know where this is headed. But the only one of us with the coordinates for this destination, this hardware, is you. Go on whatever vision quest you require, stand on the rim of the volcano, stand alone and do your dance. Just make this show before Showtime takes another bite.

(It's like hearing Fox News try to interpret the Gospels…)

And a killer band name.

It took me an embarrassingly long time to notice that every episode title begins with "L".

As far as spelling goes, yeah.

Typo: that's "two hundred" right?

"you’re gonna stay your current ages for the rest of your lives."

"Yes, of course I read the licensing agreement. Who doesn't do that! Oh, this line here is a little suspect. I better call my attorney. … Hey, Barry? It's me, Ultron, how are Sally and the kids?"