I am also, like many on here, puzzled about the direction they are taking the northern lords in. Weren't these people extremely loyal to the Starks? Even if they think that with Robb dead, they need a new king, and even if they thought they had enough of the Starks, the Boltons seem to be the least of the choices,…

LOL sure thing. The common defense to all criticism, "you just don't get it".

great point, I think that is why Tyrion and Varys is there, they will fix her Meereen problem. Once the slavers know someone competent is in charge who is morally flexible, it makes sense they will just make a deal.

Stalker guy is one of the biggest cliches in this genre. He got her info from her phone (its the only thing that makes sense) and even that is poorly done. Her phone is not password protected? Literally everyone's is. I'm sorry, but this show "looks" artsy (and therefore people think it is good), but there is no…

They have forgot the cardinal rule of sitcoms. If you are going to have a "jerk" character, they have to have a redeeming virtue like they still love their family, or something. Like on Two and a half Men, Charlie no matter how much he ripped on his brother and his kid, they established he actually did love them and…

I'm sorry, Beverly was a funny character in the shows early run (along with Sheldon's mom), but she is very one dimensional and is such an awful person its now actually uncomfortable. What mother says she wouldn't have come to her son's wedding? Its not funny, its awful. I agree the end was a cop out trying to…

I doubt it since they didn't show it.

IDK. It was a choice to make her death a big red herring. I am not sure if it is the right choice for them or not. There was a lot of discussion on this topic in the last few weeks on this site, and I am not sure what Russia gets from a living Martha. She has zero strategic value and is going to be a problem for…

I usually do not mind the selling if done in moderation. After all, seminars and speakers make their money that way, they are not self perpetuating like a university. If you like what they are offering, they obviously have to have more people sign up and get more people, etc.. Some people hate that, but to me its…

Good point, I think the EST lecture just hit way too close to home for her and she is just not built that way. Not only is she closed off, but she chooses to be that way. She wants to be not self-aware. If she really tried EST like Phillip did I think she feels she would totally lose it.

yeah, but he was much smarter than Lisa. He figured out it was Elizabeth running them right off the bat. His clueless wife even at the end was talking to Liz like she was another cog and "Jack" or whoever was the boss (Phillip in disguise) and they could go to the police together..she really was thick, at least…

That was a great little circular beer joke that you had to think about. Instead of the circle of life, it is the circle of beer..

The biggest argument against Martin is he really, really needed a strong editor who could stand up to him, demand irrelevant ideas and side stories be cut, have the good ideas streamlined and get on him to meet deadlines. But for whatever reason, his publisher did not do that (or couldn't because of their contract). …

That is some blog. he does a great job of explaining it, but that is not a good excuse for is it entertaining or a good read.

I think her performance has been mediocre lately, but I blame the lack of momentum in her story and them not knowing where Meereen was going..is she supposed to be incompetent as a ruler? unsure? Strong and always had a plan? She has been stuck in Meereen for over two years now with no plan, and I think it is…

I question the whole point of the spell. We have seen she has actual magic, but this spell was so vague and not backed up by anything that actually happened that I kind of think maybe they (and Martin) were flirting back then with her being a fraud, but then decided against it. Because all five kings being killed…

well, most of the recaps and reviews are stating it happened because of Melisandre. It is not being discussed as a philosophical point about religion. If it was, I would agree with you. But people are acting like the spell worked as a fact.

I quibble with the whole Melisandre's curse of the kings with the leeches thing showing her power. The kings all died in logical, non magical ways in power plays or betrayals. It is more like coincidence then cause and effect. its not like they all fell over dead when she cast the spell. They all died at different…

she was taping him before he ended it and they never showed they cared that much for each other to begin with..so he hardly "spurned her". He is married and she acted like she could care less. He didn't end her legal career, her crazy stalker did. She basically set him up as the fall guy for her own sins. The fact…

Completely agree with you. This is why I watched all the episodes. I rarely do that for a new show. But in the end, I felt like I was played with and cheated. It has the hallmarks of a character study and an anti-hero show, but it doesn't deliver. In the end we have no idea what this woman was about in her GFE…