I do. I find myself not enjoying it as much because I find there to be—and maybe this is just my perception—a lack of stakes. Which I know is an odd thing to say given the nuclear standoff and all, but is perhaps more of an reflection of the widely-known real-history that we know will unfold.

Are you implying that they are so bad at their job that they'd actually be visible? Why do you hate the troops.

Do you want followers? Because that's how you get followers.

GOB, is that you? Oman, down ol' South America way?

Way to slam the New Deal, AV Club.

Yep, and she's potentially filicidal.

I'm just glad to see classic honeypot schemes and attractive spies returning to screens. The post-9/11 drone-warfare movies weren't as interesting as, say, Xenia Onatopp. Crimea was a small price to pay.

Calling it now—Carrie will keep bumping into Quinn's German-diplomat squeeze from Pakistan at every corner. Relationship shenanigans will ensue because, of course, that's why we watch the show.

The worst part of that Sound of Music segment was the intro. Aren't we always hearing about how smart Scarlett Johansson supposedly is? Yet she got up there and—with a straight face—made a segue from Vietnam and MLK to… a musical. Absurd Hollywood self-aggrandizement at its finest.

@Cosmis , that comment set off that 'flashback' whoosh in my head, to wild nights in 2006 spent lurking at thefuselage.com . Never forget.

While the Wildlings have not formally adopted the Hague Convention, their history of unofficially abiding by the spirit of its provisions has resulted in it being effectively customary law. It would be a big no-no to attack the guy with the white flag.

Yup, between all the development going on with Ser Davos, Stannis, Cersei, Joffrey, Tyrion, Sansa, Tywin, Tommen, the Hound and even Pod and Loras… it's kind of amazing that all happened in one episode.

Yeah, when you see the cut-from-the-episode bonus scenes on YouTube of giants singing in extreme close-up, the uncanny valley will be strong. Remarkable restraint shown by the editors here.

Juliet detonated the nuke WITH A ROCK.

Death.

"I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!"

I think she was laughing at the absurdity of it all and her poor fortune. Once again she was too late—of course her last hope for safety and security is dead. Of course.

You know, the casting for the third The Mountain actually had me convinced that Oberyn was going to win. Obviously they just picked some young hulking guy who is otherwise not right—age-wise—for the role because it's just an insignificant part this season for a character who is destined to lose to the Red Viper, like, …

It's mind-blowing in its insensitivity.

Fuck you, AV Club. I got into this show because of you nerds and I'm now adrift and deranged and dead inside.