1. Cersei thinks Sansa poisoned Joffrey. She wants her dead, and now she's married a Bolton. And Littlefinger volunteered to march his army up there on her behalf in exchange for being named Warden of the North.

Yeah, Jamie's relationship to his bastards is complicated and makes sense. And when he is finally forced to be thoughtful and clever, it's a delight to see him discover that he's good at it. But fuck all that. Just send him on a dumb quest to Dorne where he can trade barbs with Bronn.

I think they decided to display his growth into a proper adult by having him suddenly love his daughter? You can't just have people show growth by becoming competent leaders. No, you need hearts and hugs.

I'm a bit skeptical of what they'll do with it after Dorne.

Real life problems are not so obvious. These are magical monsters that actual people - some of the same ones who killed Jon - have seen raise the dead to fight. There is not an analogy that makes any sense.

I enjoyed getting a look at a new culture in the books, and I appreciate the failed Doran plots. The show didn't have the time to do any of that stuff justice, and since those plots weren't essential, I think you're right about them leaving it out of the show. They could have devoted more time to fleshing out more…

But it's not. The Night's Watch was resistant to the idea of taking in Wildlings, but they were not idiots. They saw reason, and Jon was making some headway integrating the two before he stupidly decided to take "volunteers" to Winterfell, thus abandoning his vows.

Except, you know, ISIS isn't an existential threat to humanity. Also, White Walkers have a difficult time infiltrating groups of legitimate refugees.

You're a good deal more generous than I. I call that bad writing.

On point 1, it could be explained by a fast acting poison. I don't want to give any credit to the Dorne story, but that's been set up sufficiently.

There were good aspects to it, but it was so much more hollow than the portrayal in the books. Plus, the Night's Watch turning on Jon because he enlisted the aid of the Wildlings is absurd. These are people who know from first-hand experience how dangerous the White Walkers are. It is suicidal to spurn any help…

Say what you will about the meandering storylines in the books, at least the characterization and motivations made sense. I understand the show has to trim fat, but last season and this episode saw them toss aside good storytelling as well for many of the plots. Dorne (including Jaime) is the most obvious, but The…

City governments determining who can and can't do business is the exact opposite of a free market, brah.

No, I was talking about Chicago and Denver trying to deny business licenses.

I was referring to the Chick Fil A nonsense a couple years back.

Speech codes on campuses are not simple criticism. I also think, say, cities denying business access to offending companies and the like goes well beyond criticism.

I don't think you know what PC means if you think people believing in the War on Christmas is the same thing. They're nuts, don't get me wrong, but PC is designed to limit the range of free speech. The War on Christmas is some kooks buying into a conspiracy theory. Think Moral Majority vs. Truthers.

It's an opinion piece. Bias is kind of the point. Also, this is the A.V. Club. Were you expecting their writers to be fond of Christian movies?

According to Martin himself, the birth of the dragons was a unique event. She is not immune to fire, though Targaryens do have a higher tolerance for heat than most.

The only one I can think of is Drogon showing up when Dany and Co. were about to be killed. You can say that they lifted it from the book, but as I recall Dany's peril was not so immediate, and Drogon's appearance was mere happenstance.