Didn't hand over Tyrion.

Well, momentum carries, and a lot of people have investment in seeing this series through. Much like how I would have struggled to give a single episode of Battlestar a C grade.

I don't think it is a misnomer. A spiritual successor is a successor "in spirit". Something that relates closely in theme or substance but isn't directly related. The Rebels have different aims, different goals, different allegiances to the Separatists. In terms of its values and its ideals, the Rebels are actually…

The Rebels *aren't* the spiritual successors of the Separatists, though, they just should have been. In the prequels the Separatists read like some weird blend of the Dutch East India Company and the Confederate States of America: self interested, domineering bastards who are easily manipulated by Palpy for that very…

Lost brothers-in-arms or sexual conquests?

Nah, Westeros isn't even as massive as South or North American individually. The map you linked gives 3420 miles as the dimensions of known Westeros from its Southernmost tip to its Northern boundary. If you superimposed the coastline of Dorne along the southern coastline of Mexico, then the upper boundary of Westeros…

I don't think it's meant to be creepy, but it is meant to be weirdly hospitable. Partly cringe inducing (why is he leaving people alone in his house?) and partly hinting at another universe where that's a reasonable offer to make someone.

For the confounded, I wanted to offer a couple of words, as someone who had been trying to track down Dr Brown for years, and was finally able to see his show last year.

I feel like Chopper could use the Jayne treatment: let the character sell-out a member of the crew, and then win our trust back by showing genuine remorse. (A trust that is of course lost again, a decade later, when Chopper goes and doxes a bunch of women over the issue of "ethics in games journalism".)

I feel like a little of all this has to do with the lack of any arc narrative this season. With no big story to tell, the show is able to go back and and tie up some loose threads, which in turn gives it the space to tell new stories.

What I tried to highlight in my response was that people see the same film very differently. Which is to say I don't materially disagree with you, but what you're describing as 'over the top' and 'too ridiculous' is exactly what some people – including myself – loved about the film. You may not have enjoyed the…

No, I'm not suggesting that either. 'Appeasing a white audience' is just a loose way of describing what I mean. Perhaps, writing the show with primarily the white viewer in mind?

You're right, the example I provided is not really about racism. But the general technique is used a lot in the show. From memory, they would cut to Troy a lot when Pierce was commenting on race.

Although I thought it was interesting how often Community went to its Black characters for reaction shots whenever another character would make a racist joke or even just an uncomfortable observation regarding race. The example that immediately comes to mind is the Dean's rap from Season 5, where we cut to Shirley…

Film is a stylistic mess which offers this kaleidoscopic social commentary and some completely overblown performances. Whether you like it or not probably comes down to whether you find that description appealing or not.

I get why not everyone likes Sava's reviews, but I don't get why such a toxic culture has emerged around him with the sole-seeming purpose of hating on the man. I come to AVClub for a better class of comments, but there's a point at which you all are not so much offering constructive or even reasonable criticism of a…

I think the storm being depressed thing is a giant misread. The storm is a bully, but there's nothing to suggest that it is fundamentally despondent. It is brought out of its mindset by nostalgia more than anything else.

Did anyone else feel like this episode was sort of capturing the mood of Obama leaving and being replaced by a Nixon-like opponent? Like a recreation of the recurring liberal nightmare, that every election brings the chance of a truly evil conservative being voted in. And that this episode ultimately shows that, you…

I feel like Aziz Ansari made Master of None just so that he could live-out his crush on Claire Danes, and all the other episodes were just filler-material he had to include to justify the project.

Two flares, though – will he be able to pull that trick twice? Or is that where Tommy comes in?