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Veep?

Game of Thrones in most listings.

Damn! That's some themes!

Judge Underwood is the arbiter, I believe.

Thank you! I came here specifically to see that this comment had been made and all is right with the world.

I was doubly wrong! I was thinking of the arbiter.

I actually disagree on that. Maybe there's more traction for that complaint in the visual medium, but I think one of the major underlying tenets of fantasy is that enables you to sharpen the human element.

GoT is using Shakespeare, however, as an explicit reference. So it's not so much a comparison as a legitimate literary hint.

Doesn't even need to be a planet, technically. We've got no idea what their situation is like.

She's an interesting mix of power and incompetence. Like she gets clearer visions than other Red Priests and, maybe as a result, is worse at interpreting them.

Well, he picked it up pretty fast considering how quickly everything moved, and it wouldn't have been immediately germane since both PP had conceded the complaint early in the arbitration.

I also really liked that Jared did, in fact, have a pretty accurate sense of his own high worth, "I can always get another job."

Well, I could see that in that it was probably an at least semi-illegal action, so maybe don't mention it to your counsel unless necessary and definitely don't mention in the courtroom.

For me the most hilarious moment was the bottle of Tres Commas that had been left behind in Raviga's offices and was only barely visible in the background of other conversations about how unpleasant Russ was.

The difficulty is an aspect, but it's more that unmoored from the difficulty any recommendation seems very shapeless and prone to prejudice.

If that isn't a Dragon Age sequel in the next decade I'll eat a hat (tastefully rendered in frosting).

The problem with this analysis is that the 'not really complex puzzlebox' pretty much only exists in this analysis.

Hmm, my issue here isn't that Bounty Hunting is clearly the right way to do things and in no need of reform just that the practical element should take precedence over the cultural.

I'm just cautious about assigning a problem that is clearly a real world issue (rule of law is expensive and tricky, there are going to be aspects of it that won't fit the best solutions we have) into a 'this is not a John Wayne movie' issue because one is confusing the recruiting poster for the institution.

A closing window, too, even in the film I had the impression it was a vanishing subset of a potentially sunsetting scene.