I'm going to start 'shipping Yarsha/Dany just to be safe.

Poor Howland Reed. His son got killed, and he doesn't even get to make the big revelation. He's been waiting off stage these six seasons for nothing.

If it makes you feel better, Maisie Williams is somehow 19 now.

A pre-teen girl becoming a murdering psychopath?

"Congratulations on completing your assassin training, girl formerly known as Arya. We have your first assignment."

Well, at least one Frey is dead. Still a few dozen to go.

I don't really think Sansa's going to die any time soon, but Jorah could definitely sink a dagger in Daario's back this week. Or the Dothraki just hate mercenaries. They even talked about his short life expectancy last week. As for the High Sparrow, he was shown to be in danger in the previews. Got to at least…

So, presumably everyone not listed is at longer odds than 100-1? What can I get for Sansa? Or Daario Naharis, perhaps? He seems to be in harm's way. How about some action on the High Sparrow?

All men must die. All cats, on the other hand …

Doesn't really matter. Cersei's not going to let anyone else run the place so long as she's alive. But if she and Tommen are dead? Maybe they just mothball the Iron Throne and go back to seven separate kingdoms (plus the Riverlands and Crown Lands, I guess they could fight over those some more). I don't see anyone…

Let's also not forget Native American women, who are more likely to be victims of violence, particularly sexual violence than any other demographic, more likely to have their children taken away from them and given to a white family "for their own good," and even have a whole epithet of their very own. Not many folks…

Thanks for bringing Sister Rosetta Tharpe to my attention. Never heard of her before. I'm generally hesitant to credit any one person with inventing anything, especially a broad cultural and artistic movement like rock-and-roll, but I can hear her influence on later, more famous, artists. She's outstanding.

"It was the festival's closing film, coming at the end like the horses in a parade, perhaps for the same reason."

As I recall, Michael Lerner's performance was the only aspect of Godzilla that Roger Ebert praised.

I figured I'd have you beat; no way have I missed more than eight Marvel movies, right? Then I looked at the list and realized, wow, there have been a lot of terrible looking Marvel movies I didn't even consider seeing. I've seen every MCU and X-Men film, though. 28/38 for me. Soon to be 29/39.

That would do it.

We'll see. Just because bad things happen to her doesn't mean she can't display agency or develop as a character. She dropped the ring as a hint, she kept her knowledge of the Dothraki language to herself until she needed to use it, she stood up to a Khal and made some demands. Her plan was going well until she ran…

I think Trystane never left the ship Jaime and Myrcella were on. That ship was anchored at King's Landing when he was killed. How those two Sand Snakes got there, though …

I was thinking that if Trystane had won that fight, it would have salvaged the Dorne plot somewhat. He could have gotten revenge for the murder of Myrcella and his father, gone back to Dorne (or was he already there?), took over, maybe tried to forge an alliance with Dany. It would have given us someone sympathetic in…

Never saw the White Stripes, but I did see Jack White when he came to Oklahoma last year (the infamous Guacamole recipe affair). Say what you will about him, but he puts on a heck of a show. That feud with a school newspaper was childish as hell, though.