Casting an actor who is 20 years younger than the actor who plays his younger brother is a curious decision. Also, Gregor is supposed to have raped and killed Oberyn's sister about 17 years ago, when he was what, 8 years old?

Not sarcastic at all! I think she actually would feel better about his chances of making it in the world without her and Philip if she knew. Which is certainly unconventional parenting for Falls Church. She should write a book about being a "KGB Mom". Maybe that's season seven.

At least it didn't say "Larrick sends Paige on a trip to Belize".

If only Elizabeth knew that Henry smashed a beer bottle over a creepy dude's head last year she would sleep much better at night.

Yeah, I was especially surprised to see the cliffs- I figured they would want to go for a dramatically different location with a different, distinctive local vibe. Try to create something new and compelling from the same basic structure as the original. Apparently not. Generally, I would watch any show that had this…

I watched the Gracepoint trailer before I read Todd's comments. I too was a bit taken aback how much this looks like a shot-for-shot remake of Broadchurch. Seems like a curious decision, especially since the original was in English (well, David Tennant's Scottish accent notwithstanding).

Well that's just the thing. Usually armies are not motivated by money. In the modern world, they are typically motivated by nationalism, or in the case of civil or sectarian conflicts by allegiance to faction, religious order, tribe, clan, whatever. They fight for a cause because they believe they are part of…

Sure they have. The "Golden Company", the "Second Sons", etc. are not trade unions exactly but they are an attempt to overcome collective action problems for sell-swords. You don't think if the Iron Bank hired Daario Naharis and the Second Sons he wouldn't sack the bank at the first opportunity?

Right, but why wouldn't the army you hired just kill you and take your money?

"And did you?"
"Did I what?"
"Fuck him like it was his last night in this world?"

Good point. You have completed the theory. Sarah, Helena, and Kira share traits distinct from the normal clones. Which apparently includes super-healing.

I think the clones (and Kira) are unusually resistant to physical trauma. Though not apparently to certain illnesses. There have been enough ridiculous survivals at this point (Helena being stabbed with rebar, Helena being shot, Kira being hit by a car, this week's car crash) that I suspect that their ability to…

A lot of the locations are recognizably north Brooklyn sites (Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Ridgewood, etc.). They drove across a bridge in Gowanus in season 1.

Yeah, that makes sense too. They were intentionally vague, but it seemed to definitely be on the East Coast in a state with at least one major city in it. And snow.

He was the governor of whatever state Oz took place in. Which I always took to be a stylized version of New York- Oswald Correctional is referred to as being "upstate", and McManus talks about growing up in Attica. Plus, where else would produce this ethnically diverse a group of criminals? But I don't think they…

Yeah. Really, the entire concept of the letter was a bad idea. But if you're going to do it, giving it to someone on your side who you trust do what's best for you and your family is clearly the right choice.

As far as getting the information to the kids, a sealed letter left with a trust and estates lawyer would definitely be better. But if you're a deep cover KGB agent are you really going to trust anyone on the enemy side with that letter? What if, for whatever reason, someone reads the letter in the interim?

Eh, I think you are closer to proving we should not root for any of these people than that we should root for Larrick. He is part of an illegal operation which trains death squads that target civilians. The Contras are evil, and so is Larrick. He's irredeemable regardless of the details of his treason and his fight…

Earlier in his career he played government figures- a prosecutor on Homicide and the slimy Governor on Oz. But mostly he plays dead or dying people.

I totally agree the series has done excellent work developing Gaad and Arkady into compelling characters in their own right. So often the bosses in these shows are totally one note, but these guys are both multi-dimensional and intriguing.