“I agree that the show erred hugely in its “Littlefinger just didn’t know about Ramsay!” execution. It’s so ludicrous to expect people to believe he didn’t know that even though the producers AND Aiden Gillen have both said he didn’t know, people refuse to believe it. Because it’s that dumb.”

“I don’t think him being genuinely sorry she was caused pain is mutally exclusive with him being sorry his plans are mucked up. He can be both.”

“Hey, he just didn’t know about Ramsay! This guy, whose entire job is to know things, totally missed that somehow!”

“Was he really a dumbass or did he plant Sansa in hell to forward his goals?”

“He’s playing the long long game, but I think this is as far as he gets nicely. He’ll have to bare his claws now, and I’m not sure he’ll be as good as he needs to be.”

“There’s the Mormonts as well, who’s last contribution to the plot was a letter stating they don’t consider anyone but the Starks to be rulers of the north.

“Once the letter is sent to draw Snow out for a fight Rickon should be dead.”

“Jon killing Ramsay will easily be the most satisfying moment in the entire series...which almost guarantees it won’t happen.”

“...if people knew he was alive.” Which they do; Sansa has learned that Bran and Rickon survived from Theon, though she does not know what happened to them until Rickon is mentioned in Ramsay’s letter; Jon knows of it from Sam, who told him Bran had gone north of the Wall shortly before the Wildling assault on the…

Trying to assemble a list of scenes like this is a subjective enterprise, and this is a pretty good stab at it. But I cannot help noting how the decision to go with one movie from each calendar year was a real limiter - there are years with multiple iconic candidates, and years with thin pickings. Picking WIZARD OF OZ…

Bowman preparing to shut down HAL doesn’t quite cut it as the best (or even best known) scene from 2001. I tend to agree with the consensus that Frank Poole running in the centrifugal module is probably the most iconic scene - but the shot of Space Station V rotating in orbit is a close second - the first real moment…