Yeah, this is nowhere near all-time great.

He is freaking adorable.

OK, part of the weirdness was that Gendry had only known her as a girl until, what, two days ago. They’d had more of a brother-sister relationship. It went sexual at warp speed. So yes, it was a little jarring!

This is so damn funny. Bran is on a spectrum all his own.

I see Bronn as loyal despite being a mercenary (one of those contradictions in character that I love so much about this show). I can’t see him killing either one of his beloved Lannister brothers. What am I missing?

That was quite a stare.

I agree. I would have traded some of the time they devoted to Euron for more Theon.

I am dreading the death of Jaime like nothing else. Love that character, but his chance of surviving is not great. (I do like imagining Tormund’s expression if Jaime ends up with Brienne.)

I’m pretty sure this information has changed Sam deeply. The jolly, bookish fat kid no more. He’s gonna use those brains for a vengeful agenda.

Making art installations with the murdered! Hannibal Lecter would be pleased.

I get that they wanted to include Hae Min, but her diary entries, with animation, were not the way to do it. It was hard to sit through material that felt like an old After School Special. Or My So-Called Life, with much worse writing.

I share your confusion about this review, and for what it’s worth: This was the episode that finally sold me on this season. If I had to pick one scene that did it, it was the two detectives reuniting as old men.

I’d never heard of him. He was amazing.

That spectacular show was tragically underviewed.

My most fervent “hate Elizabeth” moment: When she accuses Philip of wanting to “fuck” Kimmy. She doesn’t understand him at all ...

And AV could have included them both in the dynamic duos category, see my rant above. This series was so stunningly good. I just rewatched the whole damn thing and was as devastated by the second viewing as I was by the first.

I came here to scream if you did not include Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys. You even blew a chance to include them in a dynamic duo category. WTF? Yes, Noah Emmerich is fabulous, and I’m glad you included him, but The Americans is one of the truly great shows (right up there with The Wire, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos)…

Thank you!

Excellent question.

Can someone explain what the plastic was all about, i.e. how did it help Sweat? And was the near-hyperventilation scene about him briefly getting stuck in the pipe?