the dissent of the Karstarks came after Robb beheaded the elder Karstark, who killed the two young Lannister cousins.

there was more than one giant north of the wall

okay but I did say we're the most thoughtful "on the Internet," so it's not like the bar was that high to begin with.

I'm finding that the comment thread on AV Club is the most thoughtful place on the internet lately. thank you, fellow commenters, for largely avoiding the crazy.

Workers Playtime was my go-to breakup album in college.
and now.

I thought for sure it was a dream sequence.

Arya strolling through town all la-di-da, like she didn't just piss off a house full of assassins, totally lost me.
a girl knows nothing.

boobs

then just a straight-up nephew. only "half" in the Targeryan sense, as Lyanna wasn't Rhaegar's sister.

question about the Morning After Pill receipt: wouldn't she have had to use that anyway, after the (I am guessing unprotected) park tryst with Rob? don't understand how this is a big dun-dun-DUN dramatic plot point.

me too!

but she and Rob had (I assume unprotected) sex in the park, so wouldn't she need the morning-after pill regardless?

North American possums seem pretty chill, as far as wild animals go. I've never tried picking one up, but the little guys in my neighborhood hardly notice when I walk by them with the dog. They're a little too nocturnal and, erm……*musky* to make good pets, though.

right? my shih tzu is more loyal than that direwolf.

I am the laziest commenter!

ha! busted.

did nobody else notice Jorah - he of the greyscale - TAKING DANY'S HAND?!

the handy coincidence of the zombies attacking upon Jon's arrival is right up there with the "oh come ON" arrival of the Sand Snakes a beat after Jaime and Bronn. I found it worthy of an eye-roll, at least.

"…in which the left side of the vase blames the right side for multiple family tragedies." it's lines like this that keep me coming back.

it's actually pretty great - and closer to NYC than most of Brooklyn - but we don't want that to get around.