The showrunners' comments after the episode aired made it pretty clear that they had created a rape scene by accident. We all saw a rape scene, and expected this to affect Jaime and Cersei's relationship in some way. But the intention of the scene was really just to show how fucked up it was that they were having…

It looks like he's only made it this far in the story to give Ramsay some leverage during the battle for Winterfell. I guess they wanted to give Sansa some agency by escaping, and they didn't want to weaken Arya's ninja skillz by having her return early and get captured. But Rickon is such a non-character that he…

That's a very good theory and it would be a fun way to reintegrate Arya back into the main storyline. I also wouldn't mind seeing more of that delightful play. If Arya joins the troupe, would she play herself? Because that would just be hilarious. "No no, you're acting too boyish, a noble lady would never act like…

I feel like there are a very limited number of places this storyline can go now. Arya is on the run being hunted by the Waif. Arya can't die, because it would make all of the Many-Faced God business completely pointless, instead of it merely being a needlessly convoluted way for Arya to learn new skills.

Ew.

I'm sure Marge is already playing a few steps ahead, but her actions in this episode make perfect sense if she just wanted to find a way out that walk-of-shame business. Who could blame her? Given the choice between bringing shame on one's own house and having to walk naked through a crowd of feces-throwing…

The play itself is transparently pro-Lannister propaganda from our point of view, but the crowd reacted right in line with the play's main argument — that the Lannisters are an awesome group of upright nobles who have been the victims of slander and treason. If they all thought Joffrey was an illegitimate usurper,…

Ned Stark's death has had major implications for most characters on the show. The direwolves just sit around looking wolvy from time to time.

But the direwolves are introduced early on in a way that implies they will have major plot and thematic significance. As two of them have died off in the last few episodes, it seems increasingly clear that nobody involved really knew what to do with them.

Mike is definitely alive. We first see him show symptoms of The Virus while milking a cow. The smallpox vaccine was originally discovered when Edward Jenner observed that milkmaids who had caught cowpox on the job were immune to smallpox.

The scene between them felt natural, but it's pretty funny to think about how the offscreen part of the conversation must have gone. Jon alludes to his death and resurrection, so he must have spelled that all out, but Sansa seemed remarkably comfortable talking to a zombie afterwards.

There was that one scene last week where he kind of seemed to realize he was king, and could tell other people what to do, but he quickly went back to his default submissive and impotent stance. I like how he's Bizarro Joffrey.

I was surprised that more wasn't made of the fact that some of the Avengers characters have superpowers and some don't.

Remember that today's young dad was but a teenager when Sting was at the height of his easy listening popularity.

He does eventually arrange to have a little boy poisoned.

But Luke is only 19. The way Obi-Wan delivers his exposition in Episode IV, it's clear that "the dark times" have only been going on for 19 years, since Luke's father could not have died before he was conceived.

If Luke is 19, and the Jedi were betrayed by Darth Vader around the time Luke was born, then the Jedi Purge must have only happened 19 years earlier. The first movie doesn't leave any wiggle room here, because Luke's father and the Republic must have survived to within nine months of Luke's birth.

I watched every episode of season one, but when this episode started, I couldn't remember any of the characters' names or personalities. Even after reading this review I'm not sure I remember what I just finished watching.

Didn't the Bothans die stealing the second Death Star plans? This looks like the first Death Star because it's all completed and stuff.

Shandling spent his entire career as a comedian's comedian who was universally loved and respected within the industry, but never managed the commercial success of his peers.