I fully agree with you. (My second paragraph was intended to be read as sarcasm.) Whatever happens from this point, it won't make this all worth it. Best case scenario, this is the very last time someone victimizes Sansa. From here on out, she kicks every ass she encounters, including Baelish's when he gets back. That…

Ah, gotcha! Thanks for clarifying.

I was being sarcastic. It IS about Theon, but it shouldn't be.

I fully agree with you. (My entire comment should have been written in sarcasm font!) It is ludicrous and disgusting that the EPs would put Sansa in this position just so her violation can propel Theon toward his redemption. It's gross and lazy storytelling and I don't know why I'm surprised, or why I let myself hope…

Sansa being raped struck you as profoundly feminist? Or Cersei's comments did?

I don't think there's much point to it at all for Sansa's character development—she's certainly been traumatized and exploited enough. No more motivation needed. Nah, this was done for Theon.

Without spoiling stuff, some of the cases are tied into the question of how this zombie thing started in the first place, pointing to some conspiracy or cover-up. I honestly can't remember whether the cases from the first four episodes are involved with that, but there were definitely things happening in those…

This was the first week where I liked and felt engaged by every regular/recurring character. Things are really clicking. I'm glad they allowed Peyton to have that scene in the beginning. It was such a simple moment, but yeah, you could see why Ravi would be into that.

Yeah, the show is still in procedural format, but is very gradually tying things together, which is rewarding. If you don't feel pulled to watch it now, I'd plan to binge it postseason, because I think it would play really well in marathon format.

I liked his line about looking terrible as a blonde.

Ray didn't just lose faith in her. In this specific instance, he told her that he'd been completely open with her from the beginning, which he absolutely has not. I went into detail on all the times he kept things from her in another comment here, so I'll just stick to the thing he did this episode: he didn't tell her…

I mean, maybe she hasn't used those words, but she's communicated that to Oliver pretty thoroughly several times over. Before and after they were aware of each other's feelings. In Season 1, she walked right out of the foundry only a week after she walked into it, when Oliver was going to kill a single father who was…

Absolutely. And the show didn't address at all the fact that Ray is completely full of shit when he says he's always been completely upfront with her. Here are some times he's withheld the truth from her:

I said this above, but I don't think it does fit with the Grounder mentality, and I think that Lexa's decision could cause her people to lose faith in her, once they have time to realize what exactly happened there.

"The Grounders were all about "blood must have blood" and they just left? It seemed off to me because they have their justice system and it's why Finn had to die for all the people he killed. But they just let the Mountain Men off the hook? I don't get it."

I mean, I can see that it would bother you as a fan to see people wishing Elena ill. But none of what those people want will ever happen on-screen, so that should be a comfort. Personally, while I've really hated her for almost two seasons at this point, I feel like they might be turning things around with her…

Right, I don't think it'll happen, no matter what. But if it did, I would hope the writers would make a pretty clear break of Delena first. Not because I'm particularly concerned about how Bonnie would be perceived, but because it wouldn't be best for her. And after this season, I want Bonnie Bennett to have only the…

I've been told they've had one scene together, yes, but I couldn't tell you when or what it was because I don't remember a bit of it.

I think the reason a lot of Bamon shippers stay quiet is that no one wants to let themselves have hope that something like that could actually happen. I don't talk about romantic Bamon much, because I don't think there's a chance, so there's no point (for me) in speculating about it. I'm afraid I'd get in too deep. I…

I think @mattlatham:disqus might have been talking about the dialogue, as written, not DS's accent. Which, incidentally, I could listen to all day.