Nice use of tracing without calling attention to its antecedent signification :)

Alex appears to be studying 'continental' philosophy - no need to keep drawing attention to it by cherry picking quotes or observations. Just try to incorporate your hermeneutic into the reviews.

The casting of Paul Sparks (Mickey Doyle from Boardwalk Empire, Thomas Yates on House of Cards and David Tellis on Girlfriend Experience ) is a big red flag in my book. Don't see the point in casting such a distinctive character actor in a seemingly tangential role (step father to murder victim) if he's not the…

It definitely feels like needless (or overplayed) affectation. I'm just not sure why it is even remotely relevant to anything at all.

Great review of a great premiere - I particularly liked the use of Stirner to frame the discussion (or feed back into the loop)

Night Of reminded me of the same nightmarish quality/logic of Scorsese's After Hours.

Claire and Jamie both assumed that Jamie was going to die at Culloden (as evident by the fact that he sent her back to her time with their child, and Clarie was clearly surprised that he had survived the battle after all).

To the people that have read the books.

Poor Frank - the true human sacrifice in this tale. Now that Brianna is on board the good ship Jamie and Clair, Frank will disappear (yet again) into the mists of time.

Does anybody know the length of the individual episodes? Are they all as long as the pilot, or do they revert to the standard 1 hour format?

So what was episode 5 like? Is the show back on track, or does it remain in decline?

A couple of questions for the more attentive viewers.

Why does the story have to be satisfying?

At which point did that become conventional wisdom or received opinion though? And given the ramshackle - and incomplete - nature of the writing, how is this more recent view justified by the actual texts?

I'm actually rooting for the white walkers to sweep away all their pretensions and claims

As much as I loved this episode, I'm worried about the end game. It seems as if the series and/or books are invariably going to offer us the consolations of narrative anyway.

Healy is not a clear cut or obvious villain because of his own delusions and/or boundary issues.

Why is the AV Club reducing tv coverage? Is it cutting back on staff or losing readers or something?

Is that you Tobias?

I really disliked the first episode, but the second episode was great.