I really don't normally take to scat humor but the absurdity of the whole thing in contrast to the known stakes for why Sam is there had me cracking up. Good editing can do a lot.

It was the right risk to take but he did NOT sell that choice well and also did not take sound security precautions to protect himself after the fact. He's good at tactics, bad at optics.

Honestly, dumb kids running castles is one of the most realistic/historically-reflective aspects of this show. Thank goodness there's Lyanna.

She was behind a table and wearing long clothes. Soapbox, bro.

She spared all the women in the room. I'm sure she made sure to exclude any Freys from the room who weren't culpable, or at least complicit.

Wow you made it through S2? I jumped ship at the end of S1. I dig me some cheesy hokey scifi/horror, but I am stunned to hear it's gotten to four seasons.

Additional note:

Um…. difficult and frustrating, sure. Traumatic? Maybe if another trauma were affecting one's workflow and ability to focus, sure. Otherwise maybe let's not armchair diagnose most people who have ever written a thing as having been traumatized.

True, but if you start selling a product with the promise to consumers that something more is coming, you're now not just an artist, you're engaging in a business relationship in which you're providing a creative service. And sculptors don't generally promise sequels.

Does she have to die just because her narrative function is fulfilled?

"He might die, but he won't really die"

Barb from Stranger Things got an Emmy nomination.

Oh crap, I forgot about that very very ill thought rule change.

You're gonna be sad.

This season of Veep was a massive disappointment. The writing of it, mostly. The cast continues to deliver but their material was not good.

the only nomination The Crown should get (for acting/overall at least) is for John Lithgow cos he was fantastic. Everything else aside from the visual aesthetic was mediocre.

To restate myself better — if he is suffering from psychological trauma, then I probably wouldn't have called that Writer's Block. To equate the two seems excessive. What are you arguing that he has?

Well if writer's block was psychological trauma you might have something, there.

The view is that writing is a skill and a habit, not just a divine inspiration, and that there are practices to overcome it. And if he's lost interest then I think that's something different.

There is a philosophy that all writer's block is really just laziness and poor discipline.