Man, I think everything should be more like Louie.

And more immediately, it tells us nothing about the torturer. He's a sadist and he likes to fuck with Theon's head—great. This mystery of his identity isn't keeping anyone on edge.

I actually loved the Jon stuff this week. I think he and Ygritte are real cute together, I loved the parallel between Ygritte making fun of marching to drums and the march of the slavers to the drums as they went to meet Dany, and every week Jon grows closer to the decision of whether to break his vows completely or…

And the POV procession of the Yunkai slaver—amazing sequence.

In the Costanza household, we finally reached a critical mass of Theon torture scenes. My father is infuriatingly dumbfounded—how many times can we watch the same shit every week, especially when it's so awful and confused?

El Diñg.

Old Gods: nature-worshipping paganism of all kinds.

Blood Meridian.

Ryuhei Kitamura also directed the cinematics for the Gamecube remake of Metal Gear Solid and, believe me, it fucking shows.

I went to a Cave Singers show in Brooklyn recently, and enjoyed it enormously, but holy shit I would have failed that litmus test so hard.

Unless you sort by most recent, which all cool people do.

Forever doomed to play monarchs led stupidly forward by the pecker.

This may be funny, but the ads in the NYC subway sure are obnoxious.

Over 30 is the best part!

I've never watched this show, but I HAVE been reading the reviews with some interest. Maybe Purefoy will change his mind and join his Rome alums in Game of Thrones.

RE: your other comment. Whatever the case, Tywin would not let his displeasure go unnoticed.

If Margaery had married Joffrey before Tywin got word, they likely wouldn't have had a choice.

I don't know, I find myself astonished with what Hannibal gets away with every week. I think with enough disclaimers, you can put anything on the network these days long as it's late enough (and no tits or cursing, because God forbid).

Roose Bolton too nice? He led Jaime on to think the worst had happened to his beloved sister, just to crush his spirit for a few seconds.

The show is often at its strongest when it uses historical events as a springboard for future developments; whatever Todd's misgivings about the Kennedy episode, it functions quite perfectly as an ideological impetus for the revolution at the end of the 3rd season. I hope going forward—Henry's political career, Don's…