Anyone else notice that The Word kind of sucks lately? Folks are either immune to it or wear headphones, or the just take various stage directions. Eugene going to hell was the last (and the only one I can really thing of) time it's really been impressive.

I expected no mercy.

I agree with you. I found this episode to be a giant snoozer. I am not a fan of flashback episodes, and this one seemed to carry it much longer than it needed.

It made me wonder what would happen if the Night King crossed paths with The Mountain. Would The Mountain gain blue eyes, or since he's already undead, is he already bound to serve Cersei?

"Just treat me like a mailbox - open me up and put whatever you want…inside."

Balthazar Getty needs to end Richard, and Leo's ghost needs to come back and end Steven. Maybe enlist Ghost Hank to help torture him a bit first.

Carl on his guitar was the obligatory moment in the episode that brought a smile to my face.

I got a kick out of seeing Nadine (WHERE'S ED!??!), but Candie stole the show tonight.

For some reason, I thought they dated around the time she was in "Boxing Helena", but I can't find any reference to it. I know he's dated some of his stars, and I just recently found out he was married to Mary Sweeney, and I don't see her working with him after that. Maybe he has bad breakups? I like to think it's…

And, yet, he's made a woman (his main victim) into the savior of humanity. Go figure.

Am I the only one who was kind of expecting Anthony (Tom Sizemore) to follow up "I'm here…to you something…that you will want to know about" with "I want you two to split me open like a coconut"? Maybe it's from watching too much TV (and Sizemore not being on a lot of it)

Maybe he'll have super-smarts after it. It happens in Twin Peaks every now and then.

I got a kick out of Hitler's Hell….a Jew bumps into his chair in a restaurant, so he gets a little irritated, followed by his date making him show his drawings to a gallery owner. Horrific!

I literally got chills when Mrs. Garland starting telling the three that the day of their predicted arrival was finally here. The music helped, but it was also a 25 year old circle completing…the Major Briggs stuff was some of the most frustrating stuff of the 2nd season, because it started to really explore the two…

"This is my house, motherfucker! It's a mid-century sea ranch." Can't wait to see more of him vs. his mother-in-law.

I'm not familiar with the mythology of the book, so I'm just guessing - the Saint of Killer's power comes from his duster, right? It's like a cloak of invincibility.

Well, there was "Girl lets boy kiss her on 1950s first-date" and "Cooper lets Ray drive", but other than that, yeah, you're right.

I finally came up with a gripe for this episode (it took a while) - The Woodsman was *not* played by Jürgen Prochnow. We're (probably) not getting David Bowie, so we should at least get Prochnow as a concession. Maybe he'll show up later, but I seriously doubt it, as I don't recall seeing him on the cast list.

I *think* that was the White Lodge (I also think if she was still alive, Senorita Dido would have been Mrs. Tremond instead) in the 40s/50s. My understanding was that the bomb goes off, sets off an alarm in the White Lodge. ????? goes to the video room and sees that the bomb led to BOB being spawned to Earth, leading…

It must be part of David Lynch's long-running commentary on the benefits of nicotine and the dangers of its withdrawal.