So, she's going to kill Palmer now, right? That would be the most narratively satisfying.

She's married to a tattoo artist I think, so no.

In these books at least (and I think the historical record bears this out), Alfred was not a great warrior. He is called "the Great" because he created the idea of a united England and defended the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms when it nearly turned into a Danish colony. But his strengths were in bureaucratic organization,…

The Danes had conquered almost all of what would now be called England (it was 4 separate small kingdom's then). Alfred and a small band of followers were all that was left and they were hiding in a bog, running from the Danes. An old woman gave his small group shelter for the night, and asked Alfred to look after the…

Re: #4, I think it isn't that only females turned/survived, it's that only children who were blind from birth survived. Eichorst asked about that specifically and the teacher said some were blind from birth others, were born with sight, but went blind.

The cover story wasn't that the woman who "stole" the documents was interested in Martin/Mortiz, it's that she knocked him out so she could access the NATO guys room through the window in his room.

You are assuming that Dany makes it to Westeros and that her followers also make it there.

I'm starting to think they are going to cut whatever GRRM has planned for Meereen. End of this season, Dany will ride off on Drogon and that will be it for Slavers Bay.

Should probably mention that he produced the Amadou & Miriam song "Sabali", which is basically 2:30 of joy.

Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph should be on there too.

Yeah. It annoyed me that they didn't show Rollo or Floki putting a sword in his hand as he was about to die.

Particularly since CBS might not want him appearing on NBC's highest profile program.

How wacky could they have been? Presumable their now engaged son must have been a child then?

Fair enough. I think i just reacted viscerally to how over the top the sponsored promotion stuff is becoming. It's one thing to simply say "today you will be using Reynolds products." I can live with that. But now they've taken to performing minute-long Shakespearean monologues about the virtues of their sponsored…

They were set up to fail in having to smoke something in less than 30 minutes. Just once I would love to see a contestant push back at judges table. "Of course my dish was bad. You guys forced me to do something stupid so that the show could take sponsorship money."

I loved that sign off too. Yes Aaron, somehow a handsome-ish white man managed to succeed in America. Truly inspiring.

As of last season the top handful (Dinklage, Headey, etc.) were making $150,000 per episode. Even with a big raise, no way they are up to a mil per ep now.

Headline is misleading. Only network pays anywhere near that much. No way they are actually making a mil per episode. I would guess 1-2 mil per season for the A tier.

"..considering the cultural moment in which Fincher's film is being released." I agree that there are some problems with the film, but to pretend that we are at some special cultural moment regarding violence against women is gilding the lily. Every moment ever, in the history of our culture has been a moment of…

Smokestack is a great choice.