Indiana. Coincidence??

I loved the echos of the amoral Stephen King g-man archetype. Modine played it perfectly.

My not-well-developed theory about the Upside Down is that it's an exact mirror image of our universe, but dealing with a nuclear winter. Maybe from trying to blow up some invading aliens? Though from what I've seen so far, i think the Duffer brothers will come up with something cooler than that.

Kind of in the same ballpark — I used to be in the Army and deployed twice to Iraq as an infantryman in the mid-2000s. I talked to my parents on the FOB phones whenever I could, but my parents always seemed to be doing okay with it.

You don't remember John Kerry? Now there's a guy who's competing with his podium for most energetic object on stage.

There is a universe where I would sell my child to a sweatshop for their peanut butter chess pie.

Oh, oh! Speaking of savory pies: Dangerously Delicious Pies in DC. They're expensive but their savory pies are soooo good. All I can remember right now is the pulled pork and maybe a shepherd's pie, but AV Clubbers in DC should check it out if they haven't gone yet.

My wife makes "cowboy cookies" from the Baked Explorations cookbook. So fucking good.

You are truly history's greatest monster

I… would watch that. I imagine it kind of being like the Will Ferrell director character who exposits in The Spoils of Babylon, double-fisting glasses of wine and making the waitress uncomfortable.

We are not a committee!

The Arya fakeout totally sold me. As the maid told him about the pie, my mind was racing — was this Robb's wife's family, whatever the fuck her name was, avenging her or something? It was a really big DUH moment for me when Arya revealed herself. Nice moment. Fuck the Freys. And the Lannisters are now truly friendless.

Ooohhh, you're right, we did get some of that sweet Sam and Gilly action. And horses in boats.

I suspect she had some level of resignation to Tommen dying. The commentary afterwards said that she wasn't there to help him process, which would've been necessary for him to not jump out the fucking window. She's also wearing the dark queenly vestments that she conveniently wore when she assumed the throne. It may…

Finally got some of that sweet Dorne action

My wife and I said the same thing — sure, she won for now, but Daenerys is going to be putting a boot up King's Landing's ass pretty damn soon and Cersei is all out of friends.

You're a dull boy, Tommen!

Not with that attitude, you aren't! Have you tried smiling more?

Pain is just weakness leaving the body.

Would that this fruit cart were a time cart!