I actually loved finding that out! Now, if the Hound had said "manbun," you'd have a valid complaint. :-)

I can't see one of the dragons becoming a wight-dragon; I'm too invested in "the three heads of the dragon," and who is going to ride each of them.

No, they don't. Maesters live in the Citadel. That big tower is the Hightower, seat of House Hightower of Oldtown.

IMDb is calling Broadbent's character "Archmaester Ebrose."

Actually, "topknot" originated in the 17th century: http://www.dictionary.com/b…

Oh, wow…that's right. I completely forgot that that happened. Thanks!

On that basis, I'm surprised we didn't see Arya serving them Frey pie along with that poisoned wine.

What…is the airspeed velocity of an unladen dragon?

Cool! Which one was he? The one whose wife just had a baby?

During Big Love's run, HBO released a few polygamist compound Christmas carols (I think it was 'Christmas from Juniper Creek'), and Stanton sang, and Mary Kay Place, and a few of the other actors. Quite nice, and yes, he does have a beautiful voice!

EXACTLY like that. And I know this is a fantasy realm and an unstated time period, but as they've set up this universe, that damned thing looks anachronistic.

Lyanna Mormont is a fucking boss.

If we didn't get colorful Braavosis, there was no chance we were going to get Viking Iron Islanders.

I think that short coat makes him look kind of ridiculous. In the books, he always seemed like more of a long duster sort of guy.

Yeah, I'd much rather see reviews for "Zoo," which at this point is more crazy town banana pants than ever.

That's a great Vonnegut quote, and yes, Lindelof suffered greatly at the hands of Lost fans. As an artist myself (musician), I do know that fear of reaction can affect your output, but I'm not sure that's what happened here. Lindelof had SO much critical and audience love from "The Leftovers," *especially* the second…

Could have been budgetary issues, or maybe they were just so in love with the idea of the whole Australian arc that they couldn't fit it into the remaining episodes they were given. And sure, Carrie Coon can deliver a monologue like nobody else on tv these days (except for maybe Ann Dowd, or John Noble), but I agree…

How could Mark's story be leading anywhere else, right?

Right, the only way that would work is with more than one attacker. It was hard to tell from the very faint audio whether those were just the typical sounds of porn, or genuine distress. I think the cabbie's got to be a red herring at this point. I mean, we already know he is bad: he cheats. What would be the drama in…

I'm not unhappy with what we ultimately got in the series as a whole — we were lucky to get that much of this beautiful show! — but yeah, I'm still kind of doing the "what if…?" about that 2% world. I obviously agree it would have been a richer story.