it’s almost like one could say this show has ascended to the very summit of televised storytelling not just once, but twice.

totally. it really gave the show a creative adrenaline boost to give cameron and donna's characters the lion's share of the narrative. that focal shift really seemed to energize the writers and expand the boundaries of the stories they could tell. and by enlarging the show's worldview, the other characters became more…

the more something becomes about itself, the less of itself it becomes.

i wonder if barton fink is an act of neurotic self-projection? the coen's worst fears and doubts about themselves are embodied by fink — a creatively blocked, pretentious, and ineffectual liberal intellectual.

they act like they don't suckle teat. but they suckle.

but they're so strong and confident in their self-reliance. so beefy and shirtless in their disdain for public infrastructure. so shouty and bearded in their magical thinking.

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yes! nothing is ever easy with these coen bros.

or how about H.I. in raising arizona, tossing off some casual wisdom while cocking his shotgun in front of a convenience store?

where's poochie?

the darker the days, the darker the coop.

well, i'm glad that the plot logic worked for you. we all have our own criteria for what makes for compelling and believable drama. i appreciate your explanations, but i still feel like the show itself should have done a better job making tyrion's plans more strategically defensible and acceptable to the other members…

sure, as you point out, there are some decent arguments and explanations for tyrion's plan. i just disagree that those arguments amount to much when compared to the alternative approach of a direct strike. and when weighed along with the likely opinions and arguments that dany's other council members would be making,…

fabulous overview. i would add that i think it's not just a metaphor confined to the universe of the show and dale cooper's absence. i think lynch intends to show us a world whose decay mirrors our own. the trajectory of this country, as measured by the health of our citizens and our smallest, most vulnerable towns,…

c'mon in — the water's fine here in the dougie end of the pool.

ha. i understand — the scene was already probably too tidy and convenient even before the night king's glamour shots portrait shows up on the wall.

oh hell yes. lebowski is loaded with fascinating class underpinnings.

that would be great.

i may be in the minority, but i was kind of pro-cave paintings. as contrivances go, nothing crucial really hinges upon them, they're more like an ominous poetic flourish to plant some seeds of truth about the night king in dany's mind. they also give jon a chance to work some of his stoic but smoldering…

i think i wet my desk.