Hot Pie doesn't see gender and just wants to feed the masses. Once he straightens out Westeros let's run him for the Democrats in 2020.

I don't see how this is a win for Cersei. Some minor damage to one of three dragons vs decimating the bulk of her army plus destroying all their food stores.

I actually really like that about her in that role. Both because "you underestimate me because of superficial factors" is a bit of a running theme at this point, and also because her looking like a doe eyed little girl forces us to not just cheer on this killing machine but to also remember how sad it is that this…

When you put it that way, it really is hilariously bad luck for him that he's obsessed with the ONE WOMAN IN ALL THE WORLD whose family is uniquely able to figure out his shit and fuck him up.

I started the battle convinced Jamie couldn't die because he's clearly still got some plot to go (like a reckoning with Cersei). And by the end, I legit believed that Drogon was going to roast him. That was some beautiful writing and direction that made his peril feel real.

I think she's keeping him around to hedge her bets on Jon winning this thing. If Cersei or even Dany (who Sansa doesn't know anything about) were to defeat the northern forces, she knows Littlefinger is (a) extremely good at managing to stay alive and worm his way into good situations, and (b) (creepily) devoted to…

The answer is so obvious it didn't need to be said: he thought Viserys would be easier to manipulate than the current king who was beholden to the Lannisters.

At this point, "I've got a plan to attack Casterly Rock" has become about as lethal to characters' health as "Cersei, I know Jaime is the father of your kids and they have no claim to the throne, but before I tell anyone I'm going to give you a couple of days to use as you wish."

Maybe for the best that she won't be distracted by reuniting with Jon. Sansa is going to need her to work out the lay of the land and kill off Littlefinger ASAP before he sinks his claws in too deep.

Remember when the first half of season two was just our heroes having stupid conversations and doing things that made no sense to kill time until the Sophia reveal happened?

The Carol/Daryl dynamic is the only reason I'm still watching this show, so maybe I should be rooting for one of them to bite it so I finally get around to giving up on this thing.

This episode was also fascinating in how it treated Cochrane. Through the first five episodes he was really built up into a heroic figure because of his personal and professional experiences fighting racism, and then all of a sudden in this episode we see his dark side when it comes to the treatment of women: he's…

Of all the criticisms than can (and will be, and should be) made about this episode, absolutely the most unforgivable thing was keeping Scully and Mulder completely separated for the entirety of it.

I have no actual knowledge of the production process to back this up, but my suspicion is that all of the Kardashian bits were script notes from Murphy. Even when including the kids to some extent makes sense (as this review makes a good case for) the specific ways it's been done are tonally at odds with everything…

I think they cared because Ray J was kinda famous and Kim was known as part of Paris Hilton's crew, though I'm sure the Kardashian name probably helped a bit too.

I might feel similarly if not for the fact this was a textbook domestic violence case and women (of all races) have been choking on that medicine for centuries too.

I agree about Schwimmer and the others, but Vance is in a whole other league. He's incredible.

Just to be clear, I wasn't saying that setting boundaries with Sherlock was an example of how they've developed Joan, those were two separate complaints I've seen. I strongly disagree that's the only example of developing Joan: all of season one was her arc from sobriety counselor to detective, and I think since…

I disagree that the issue is that people (including this reviewer) expect Joan to be more developed *because* she's a non-white woman, but I agree that seeing that same complaint about Joan's development (while ignoring ways in which she has been developed, has set boundaries with Sherlock, etc.) drive the review…

It's true that this reviewer seems to have a hugely different perspective on what happens on this show than most of the commenters who follow it here. I very much enjoyed Myles' take on it and I think (perhaps because the regular commenter community coalesced during his tenure) he was generally much closer to how the…