No, it seems like just the P part of SC&P put him on leave hoping he would quit. Joan is still angry at Don over the Jaguar deal, but I think Sterling and Cooper both know that Don is an important part of the company (that he built) and that the company is better off with him a part of it than not. I honestly can't…

Yes, this drove me nuts. I expected, at the very least, for Joan to not need to be informed by Sterling of the reality of the situation. If the "leave of absence" was essentially a firing, why didn't they buy him out instead of continuing to pay him a salary for a year? Makes zero sense. The conversation that took…

I didn't quite understand why everyone except Sterling and Cooper thought that they had effectively fired Don, when it was clear that Don thought it was a leave of absence? And how could they not have considered that they would have to buy him out of his partnership, even if he did take another job? I was surprised…

I thought the same thing: Don is the guy that Sterling found at the bottom of a box of fur. But we know what he did with that opportunity, so even though I was outraged that the partners were fucking him over so hard (even though he probably deserved at least some of that punishment), I realized that he would make the…

But she didn't say her name was Stephanie and it didn't look or sound like that actress. I am pretty sure Don would have recognized her.

It was Don who decided, without consulting the partners, to abandon the relationship with Jaguar. A relationship Joan bought with sex, which also brought her a partnership, but still.

I think they are referring to the initial trial, because the next episode refers to Tyrion making a new friend.......SPOILER ALERT.......which seems like a reference to Oberyn offering to represent him in trial by combat. I don't think he's going to meet him in the "other" throne room until episode 9. They must be…

I got married 2 years ago. We got married at the local JOP in front of very close family and a few friends, and I wore an $80 dress and he wore the shirt and slacks he keeps around for weddings and funerals. We went on a small honeymoon the next day, and then the weekend after that, we held a small reception for a…

Yeah. It sounded American to me, too. And the guy who plays his brother doesn't seem to be speaking with an Australian accent, either.

I'd always heard that it had less to do with the fact that he didn't want to look like his father and more to do with the relentless teasing he received from his father and brothers about his acne and the size of his nose. He certainly had body dysmorphia as a response to his upbringing, but I don't know how much of…

Yeah, it is called Porcelana (sp?). My late Nana used it on her hands and forearms to lighten age spots.

I genuinely wish I could see things the way you do, but it would appear you are in a very small minority who believes that Cersei becomes MORE sympathetic after you read her POV chapters. The things she does to Margaery because of a stupid (albeit kind of sort of prescient) prophesy she received as a child and her…

Because the two of them having consensual incest sex next to their dead son wasn't quite enough. I have spent too much of my time defending Jaime, the incestuous attempted child murderer......and now he does this. Not only does this make him seem completely irredeemable, he's now made a victim of Cersei, who did not…

I'm not sure what "confession" you are talking about. Littlefinger confirmed his participation in the poisoning, aided by Lady Olenna. Her actions as described by Sansa in the book, along with all the other surrounding circumstances, do not leave me in any doubt as to who was involved. The TV show seems to keeping to…

Cersei will be in charge. She will be the Queen Regent for Tommen. Margaery's marriage was never consummated, so it will be considered void.

I think it just means that Melisandre sees that Arya will kill a lot of people. Which she is well on her way to fulfilling.

In all honesty, and I agree that it sucks that it has to be this way, but if you are reading GOT recaps or comments on a GOT recap article, then you are going to be spoiled. I had to face up to that a couple of years ago, and so I decided to read the books so that I could enjoy the conversation without being…

Cersei has all the power now, actually, as she is the Queen Regent on behalf of Tommen. They aged him up a little bit by recasting his character, but he's very young in the books.

The book definitely confirms it and the show revealed a lot of hints that confirm that the culprit will be the same on the TV show as in the books.

I'm pretty sure Trinity College is not considered a "bible school".