The Stark men have questionable decision-making skills =). But at least they're always *trying* to do the right thing?

The brothel owner had been a friend of her family since before she was born. And Brienne was a stranger with a weird story about smoke babies killing the people she was sworn to protect. That's not a bad decision.

I don't think either Sansa or Jon sacrificed the Wildlings on purpose, though it does bother me that their lives were wasted. I've decided that the Wildlings went to battle based on loyalty that Jon Snow did actually earn from them. They would, in fact, all be white walkers if not for him. But now that debt is paid.…

I do think Sansa saw that Ramsey would out-maneuver Jon, and Jon would lose the battle. But if that's true, then you would have to expect Jon to lose no matter how many troops he had. Especially after Ramsey baits him into throwing out his plans and wrecklessly charging Ramsey's army. So in theory, if Sansa gives Jon…

They did surmise it. Everyone but Jon knew it was a trap. Tormund was in the back saying "Don't". As in, "Don't do the stupid thing he obviously wants you to do," which is precisely the "useless" advice Sansa had given him the night before. The fact that Jon mindlessly runs into an obvious trap at that point, throwing…

Also the way they kept cutting to Sansa looking antsy during the fight made me think she was going to do something stupid like get up and run away, and they were going to have to go looking for her all over again. So glad that didn't happen.

Podrick helping her with the words was my favorite moment of the episode, precisely for how subtle it was. He continues to be one of my favorite characters, and in that moment he embodied his role perfectly, asserting himself into the moment where needed in the most humble and sympathetic way.

Agree that the end of the album is the strongest. Also, I think watching it as a film merits comparisons to Thriller, in that it's a genuinely moving viewing and musical experience. Purely as an album though, it's good, but not great. Beyonce has done angry pop music before, so as much as her fans still appreciate…

The kids on Modern Family being good when they were younger is what made Black-Ish so hard for me to watch when it first premiered. The Black-Ish kids (and the writing for them) was the worst. They've gotten better though, especially Junior.

I'm also in the minority that thinks that once Seinfeld hit its stride, it stayed good til the end. And as awful as the finale was, at least it didn't spend an entire half season building to an emotional/non-funny finale, the way that Will & Grace did. Even Friends got too serious to be funny for me at the end.…

I don't remember exactly, but didn't Andrew get away with it in Fitz's plan, too? And Liv loved Fitz's plan.

Yeah… B613 was never my favorite. It felt like the show was living right on the edge of overly dramatic believability, and that super secret invincible organization run by her father put it over the edge. The things they got away with… And it wasn't even like stuff would be in the news and no one could figure out how…

Abby is one of the most disappointing characters on this show for me. As much as I love Shonda for featuring strong women, it's like she doesn't think Liv can handle competition. There are no other competent women in the Scandal universe. Mellie schemes and always makes a mess. Sally was effectively neutered when she…

I didn't think of it as betrayal, but just as Abby having a job (and a mind) of her own. One of the frustrating things about this show is that Olivia is the only person in her group who gets to think. She's surrounded by all these super smart people who apparently have no thoughts that she doesn't give them. Abby was…

The complete lack of consequences for the other-worldly ish that happens in this show is why I had to quit earlier this season. Eli can have dozens of government agents shot on the street outside a restaurant and no one notices? Huck can slaughter a bus full of people and everyone is fine? Olivia is kidnapped and…

I think you're right, but she's so heavy handed with it sometimes. Like as soon as he started insulting her, I knew it wasn't going to end well. It was like let's make him demean her as much as possible to give her a reason to hurt him. It would be different if he had been making comments the whole time. But that…

Someone in another thread pointed out that Scandal got the ending The Walking Dead should have gotten.

I also didn't read the comics, but this makes sense. I never understood the Hilltop was producing all this food and had all these resources when it was this tiny little place.

That's fair. I just can't think of anything she's ever said or done worth remembering. I can't quote any of her lines. And other than her unstable PTSD behavior, she's never made an impression on me. Meanwhile, someone like Rosita isn't anything special as a character. But between her snapping about Morgan, her…

I'm not sure "original" sin part of the metaphor. But I'd wager that earning the apple by slaughtering the "Saviors" is part of it. As is having her eat it first and then give it to him. It's not even that the Adam & Eve metaphor is bad. It's that it's crammed in in such an unnatural way that it feels like a big neon…