Yes, but OTOH, if you were an author that was well known for plotting unexpected deaths - so that every possible character move was subject to intense scrutiny about the character possibly dying - wouldn't that be a great way to throw audience members off the scent?

I agree with all of your points accept the last one.

True…. although a golden hand is still a "hand", no?

That's true. I'd always assumed her 'little brother', but there's nothing specifically in the wording that limits it to those two options.

Oh damn - good point, I totally forgot that. Although it seems rather a large plot point to GRRM (and a great ending for Cersei), so it would surprise me if they changed it. It seems more likely they left it out to avoid telegraphing it to many show-watchers.

One last tick-box on the Cersei prophecy checklist unmentioned in the article:

The reviewer failed to mention (or didn't notice) that the name of the actor playing God is his actual name: well-known character actor Mark Harelik (Milos from Seinfeld, among many other things).

"It seemed odd to have her instead mock his manhood, given both her general experience with men and her specific experience with Lord Howard."

Thanks for the tip… I'll remember it. Never had a crash falling asleep, but came close a couple of times.

I'd bet on him not becoming a millionaire. IMO, how Gilligan and Gould handle that is the only question.

You're assuming he stayed on the Madrigal books for over 10 years? As of now, we don't know what will happen after the 20 weeks of employment runs out - and I seriously doubt the DEA was combing through Madrigal's employment records from the previous decade - they employ over 100k people.

Since it seems likely that Jimmy is not going to become a millionaire, what's the over/under on him losing his cut due to interference (or something similar)?

I think Kim fell asleep at the wheel. It was foreshadowed by her asking for more coffee, and Jimmy mentioning that it looked like she’d been up all night. The way it was filmed/edited is exactly like what happens when you fall asleep behind the wheel: one moment you’re aware of your surroundings (Kim is driving past a…

What's bizarre about this show is that the writer's will have a character do something totally outrageous (as in that opening plot point and many others that you mentioned), and then never explain how they managed it, and ignore what would be massive consequences and ripple-effects (until some reporter uncovers a…

I was so certain the first scene of the penultimate episode was a dream sequence, that when the credits were done, and the next scene showed that the first scene did, in fact, happen, I thought, "The writers of this show have got be making a conscious, concerted effort to go down in TV history as the serious, prestige…

I was (half) joking - I took it seriously once myself. Not so much after the Vice-President literally murdered a reporter himself; and not at all after he literally murdered another politician himself (I won't even acknowledge what he does at the start of the penultimate episode of this season). And yet, deranged…

He interrupted her good.

This has got to be one of the worst written "prestige" dramas on television… and yet I keep watching it. What the hell is wrong with me?

"…that I can't take this show seriously anymore."

Sure, but if you look at it from the perspective of who Nora and Kevin were at that point in their lives - and what each would need in order to be able to move on - a rational and happy ending for her Departed family makes perfect sense for Nora, while subjecting himself to the brutal truth about his 'buried' behavior…