Oh damn, I had nearly forgotten about the execution of the waitress. After a lifetime of watching on-screen violence, I usually think I must be pretty desensitized by now. A few stick out for their perverse brutality (The Red Wedding, Clockwork Orange), but on the whole I can't really react much when a character dies.

Naw see, the Birdmen stay the Birdmen.
Pawns get capped quick, they out the game early…
Unless they some smart ass pawns.

I saw this joked about in the episode discussion in the show's subreddit. It's just looking for a reason to shit on this season. Yeah I'm gonna say that's bullshit, and if anything it highlighted how good it finally felt to have some names on paper to pursue.

Oh hell yes, still, around the 40 min. mark I was fearful that the episode would end on the quiet and somber pace it seemed to be heading towards. And then they were suiting up and walking down the alley in vests with intent and I dared to hope. But then W. Earl Brown got shot in the head and I was like NOo, and then…

This is the moment the teacup shatters

Yeah this was definitely the best episode so far, I have fingers crossed that next week will have some kind of homage epic scene to parallel the awefuckingsomeness of Cohle's illegal undercover mission to the ghetto. But that's probably not gonna happen.

Oh, yes. It was the ultraviolence we deserved, and exactly what we needed right now. Jack hit him right in the yarbles, and still Hannibal limped away. Though it also felt like Hannibal was purposefully holding back any kind of possible resistance, and letting the possibility to escape present itself.

Yeah! I watched it very differently, but this is awesome.

Pretty much felt the same. Frank and Ray was really strange, at this point I assume Frank feels some kind of guilt towards him. Ray definitely wanted to kill him when he said, "you can have other kids."

I would love this, but from what I've read it definitely won't be happening. I don't even care that much about losing Stoneheart. I mean yeah, it would be awesome if they could have those scenes, but I don't see how the show could possibly get viewers to recall Beric's Merry Men without some extraordinarily…

And that's a completely valid way to see it, which is why I think this finale worked so well. We can decide how we personally believe it ended, and there are so many interesting ways to justify completely conflicting events. Damn clever ending, that it was.
In the words of Peggy Olson mimicking Pete Campbell (Jesus…

Harry eating Pete's cookies was fucking hilarious.

The one with Megan in Waterloo really got me last year. That scene was really well done by both of them. I'm glad MW included one with Don and Birdie, it was even more wrenching.

"Birdie…"
"… I know"
DAMN

I agree, I was surprised to see a lot of people say how it was definitely what he did. I didn't see that at all, I thought he finally achieved peace, and the ad at the end was an ironic contrast to his own inner harmony, while a great example to summarize the show's depiction of a job creating fake emotional…

I'm so sad that Roger Sterling will never have another line on television, his dry wit was too much for Meredith, pig-latin translator, just enough for Marie, cynical Mademoiselle;
"The only thing I got was suitcase! If you're going to yell at me, do it slowly or in English." hahahah oh god I can't believe it's over…

I agree with ya, no changes really bothered me until now, but this was just… completely wrong. Why? Who was that scene written for? Who wrote that shit? Who said, yeah good idea, let's do that?
This was the one plot I was interested to see because of the book changes, but now that they've pretty much shot any…

Ellaria: Go, my minions, return soon to mine presence! Fetcheth Myrcella, and we shall avenge my lover, your father, Oberyn Martell from last season, on this innocent little girl. For Oberyn!
Snakes: hissssssss
*they fail, obviously, but at least Bronn cracks some wise*
Obara: I am Obara Sand, I fight for Dorne, who do…

American Cancer Society, I completely forgot that Don met with them at the end of Season 4, but nothing ever came of it.

Arya and the Hound killing Lannister rats in the Season 4 premiere is probably my favorite scene of the entire series. I've seen it compared to Inglourious Basterds bar scene, and even though that probably did inspire it, the show did it perfectly.
Arya afraid of being recognized, the tension building to "I'll eat…