I can understand why it died, what was their hook going to be? Sansa is the one running the north and dealing with the political side of things. The major threat of the walkers is gone. Any magic weirdness is Bran’s territory. The wildlings don’t seem compelling enough to build a show around. 

This is not a criticism at all so I hope it isn’t taken as such.

Meanwhile, a 35 year old Michael Cera despondently lowers his head directly on to his cafeteria lunch tray.

You had me at “Zendaya is in an adult film”

That person’s entire job is to evaluate whether their studio is likely to lose money or make money by purchasing the rights and spending money on P&A.

I mean yes, but everyone knows the actual greatest sitcom couple even on Parks and Rec is Leslie and Ann.

I’m sorry, but that teacher who “accidentally” showed his class a movie with “Blood and Honey” in the title def did that shit on purpose lol 

Poehler and Scott had great chemistry.

Ochiba also says at the start before Ishido proposes marriage that she won’t celebrate or buy that Toranaga isn’t up to something until Toranaga is actually there with his forehead touching the floor in submission. The Hiromatsu thing convinced her

Last point, I think Ochiba genuflecting is meant to show that she’s fully bought that Toranaga is surrending and that the plan succeeded. She was being told that she picked the wrong one between Toranaga and Ishido and that Ishido wasn’t cut out to win this war, all while she doesn’t trust Toranaga and assumes he must…

Bottom-shelf whiskey.

I wish I knew immediately whether this was a joke.

I was so tickled when I read this story this morning. I want everyone here to know that Nashvillians absolutely hate this no-talent douchebag.  I mean I know he won’t face any actual consequences and that his toothless fans will probably love him more after this, but at least he spent a night in jail, and that’s…

So when does SNL give him his next chance?

I am surprised at the high rating. I mean, if we are grading on a curve for this season, sure, but I thought the sketches were a shade below B (I chuckled at the Jumnajii and secretary sketches, and was bemused by the rest). The writing is just awful this season - get someone new in there to spice things up.

Agreed. SNL has a tendency to take a decent concept and then run it into the ground with no actual ending. This time, they did it right with a build-up and proper payoff.

I did get distracted, however, by Wiig’s obvious reading of the cue cards during the sketch rather than looking at the other actors.

Dismukes was especially spectacular here.  I got a real I Think You Should Leave vibe from this escalating nonsense.

‘# Timer’ sketches are always a snooze to me but this one was better than most. My favourite part was of course Jumanji, which wasn’t executed perfectly but it was clear that everyone was having fun with a concept that somehow crosses all generational lines to an absurd degree. Altogether a very strong episode!