Myles, this is your gender studies professor. A+ for your essay as a sociology paper, F- as a useful, constructive piece of criticism

If disturbing subject matter deeply bothers you, perhaps you should shy away from reviewing "Archer".

I'm curious what they're going to do with the character, b/c at this point Varys disappears for a long time, conceptually not reappearing until the end of at least season six if they keep things as is. I hate losing Conleth Hill's excellent performance, but I'd rather that than him make the journey east with Tyrion.

One thing that doesn't come across in the show was Varys' complicity in Tywin's death. If you read the passage from the books, he does a cute "oh no, you don't want to go there…it's five steps down the hall and to the left…" thing that nudges Tyrion into his circumstance. The show is much more subtle about it, with…

The line was "we'll *be* over the walls".

Agreed. Jon Snow is the closest thing we get to Eddard Stark chapters post "A Game of Thrones". I like the Jon and Davos chapters because they are compromised men trying to act in an honorable and loyal fashion. That shows through in the actors' portrayals on the show.

Cites Oberyn as "fool me once, fool me four times…"

Money line right there.

I'm pleasantly surprised. I expected Todd to spend half the piece writing about how Sam sexually assaulted Gilly by kissing her without her consent. Guess his stated indifference to that storyline caused him to gloss over his opportunity to score some Jezebel points.

Right in 1. I'm sure that's exactly what they're doing, and it also allows them to more closely knit their earth stories with all the Guardians of the Galaxy type stuff out in the stars.

Apparently, rape is the new dog. Have a thousand horrible different types of things happen to humans, a-ok. Have a dog get killed, scream from the rooftops and complain. Have a thousand horrible different types of things happen to humans, a-ok. Have rape happen in a medieval, patriarchal fantasy world, scream from the…

Disagree completely. Yes, it missed the incredible highs of previous episodes, but this isn't "Crank" - it's not all adrenaline, all the time. The episode reminded me of the end of "The Thing" where Kurt Russell says to an equally freezing Keith David, "If we've got any surprises for each other, I don't think we're in…

Though I disagree with your view about the state of TV, I am fine with the question being asked - in standalone articles that really delve into it. Not as throwaway idiocy each and every week like here or in noxious checklist items like the "Bechdel Test." Then it becomes a drumbeat that's more about the critic than…

Well, you said that *much* better than I did above! Kudos!

None. That was purely about Maggie and Marty's marriage.

This crap about the writing of the women on the show has to stop. That's "film crit 101" from your undergraduate days, pure amateur hour. Cut it out. This isn't "Prime Suspect" with a focus on Helen Mirren or even "The X-Files" with Gillian Anderson on center stage. This is about Cohle and Hart, and the show reflects…