I thought so, too. And about two thirds of the way through the episode, I felt like the jibberish vocals were possibly Louie himself, just going like, "Nyah, dadada bowaahp!" or whatever it was.

It's a good thing that the number grade isn't based on the review, but on the episode itself.

My favorite part of the Gawker article was the author trying to source more complaints from anonymous posters in the comments section.

The budget is indeed higher than it was with NBC. The most apparant indicator (apart from Dan overtly stating it to be the case) is the increased number of sets and outdoor shots compared to the previous couple of seasons, which seldom left the soundstage.

I didn't think it was a great season and the finale didn't really do much to make me eager for the next season, but I did enjoy the concluding moments. It felt like this season has very much been about characters getting seperated and dealing with their own shit, but the last few minutes of the episode showed most of…

I have a bad feeling that Helene is setting Lip up for a big fall, and that she's going to get off on it.

I'm not sure if Mickey has actually killed anyone, but it definitely wouldn't be a stretch to of the imagination to assume that his crew may have had to dispose of a body or two. He and his siblings are all hardened thugs.

"The show’s migration to Yahoo Screen doesn’t appear to have taken a huge bite out of the production value, but it’s gotten harder to abide the cast shake-ups."

I lost it at Tuco jumping from "I'll break their arms and legs" to "I'll cut their legs off" and Saul chiding him for negotiating in the wrong direction.

Right, they weren't all soldiers, and they also weren't there to wage war. They just want to get through the Wall. They thought they'd have to fight the Night's Watch, which is one thing, but an army of seasoned soldiers on horesback? He's not there to get his people killed. He's there to get them to safety.

It's more accurate to the books. I think everyone was expecting a Hollywood-style adaptation where he shows up at the 11th hour to save the day, but in the books he DOES show up while Jon is negotiating.

Yeah, but Varys can tell the story just as easily. Maybe they'll both be in it, but I think that's hopeful.

It might be that she was tweeting about Stoneheart being in S5, since they're in preproduction and casting for S5 right now.

Varys and Braavos will probably replace Illyrio and Pentos, I think. Illyrio wasn't really memorable in the first season and was nowhere near as interesting as his book counterpart. And Illyrio mostly talks about himself and Varys to Tyrion, anyway.

He's also told stories and done bits about smoking pot with his nerdy friend in the woods, and meeting and becoming friends with the school bullies through smoking pot. And of course, it was a bigger group, and they were more hardcore delinquents, so bad that his school shifted 9th grade from middle school to high…

Fun fact: they really came down to the wire animating this one. The guys at Starburns Studio were still working on it AT LEAST through Sunday.

There's a difference between parody, homage, and satire, and this episode crossed through all three.

Although they didn't go into it, I'm guessing that since it's tied in with his birthday, it's probably related to his dad. Maybe his dad bought him GI Joe toys as birthday presents.

A few of the digital broadcast channels I get have subchannels like This, MeTV, and the Cube that rerun stuff like Inspector Gadget, Heathcliff, He-Man, She-Ra, and that other weird Ghostbusters that had nothing to do with the movies.

To be fair, the "adults who got high and watched GI Joe" demographic must be pretty small.