Gordon Willis was a genius.

I finally saw “Desperately Seeking Susan” a few weeks ago, and I enjoyed the hell out of it. It had one of Rosanna Arquette’s best performances, made great use of NYC locations, and even reminded me of Jacques Rivette’s “Celine and Julie Go Boating.” (I would be very surprised if Susan Seidelman had not watched that a…

Hmmm... can’t say I disagree with that.

“Black Museum” was the least entertaining episode, for my money, and one of only a few I would call outright disappointing. The callbacks to previous episodes sapped it of originality and made it feel like the show’s creators were basking in their own success. It was strangely... smug.

Wow, I had no idea that he’s accrued fines for violating building zone codes. Dude’s in trouble.

In the final scene, the camera pulls back in an overhead shot of Westeros, and keeps pulling back until we’re looking at a snow-globe held by Hot Pie. His dad (Bronn) arrives home from a day at the blacksmith’s and greets his mom (Dany). “I wonder what he sees in that thing?”

I agree. It’s not what happened, but how it happened. If they had just another episode or two in this final season, they could have developed the plot and characters in a more satisfying way. But the show is by no means terrible, and I’ve already figured out which flavor of popcorn to get for Sunday night.

Also, it’s not like this is the first “all-time great” TV show to stumble on its way to the finish line. Plenty of the shows that we would proudly put on display in a museum saw a dip in quality in their final seasons, often because the showrunners/writers were struggling to find a speedy resolution to years of story…

We need to see more contrasting personality/“buddy cop” pairings. My suggestion for a spin-off: Bronn and Lord Varys ride around Westeros in a van, solving mysteries.

I’m subscribing to the theory that the Night King is really headed to King’s Landing, and the Battle of Winterfell is a giant diversion (albeit one where a lot of people are killed). I bet he makes Cersei his bride.

Yeah, but how does Ghost really fight in this battle, unless his teeth are made out of dragonglass?

It would be too easy for a lot of the deaths to involve one half of a romantic pairing. They’re both toast.

Not in this episode. Bronn is probably between Winterfell and King’s Landing right now (assuming he headed to Winterfell in the first place). Then again, last season played fast and loose with travel time--but Bronn doesn’t have any usable weapons for this fight.

He and Dolorous Edd will go down swinging.

Really. Frank Capra could have directed this scandal.

I can understand pulling the episode from syndication, but trying to erase it entirely only creates a new problem: curiosity. Viewers of “The Simpsons” who have not yet seen the episode will want to see it that much more.

“Spotlight” is a low-key drama that avoids histrionics (aside from one moment where Mark Ruffalo shouts). Hollywood movies about “big serious issues” tend to be melodramatic and overly reductive.

I would have picked Can You Ever Forgive Me? for the Screenplay Oscar, but I was happy to see Spike Lee win.  

Actually, “Birdman,” “Spotlight” and “Moonlight” were admirable choices that hinted that maybe, finally, the Academy had turned a corner as wasn’t going to give Best Picture to “tailor-made for Oscar voters” movies. And then the next two winners... *sigh*.

I can understand doing this with the short film awards. I don’t mean to be dismissive of people who work very hard on short films, but those would be logical choices for reducing broadcast time. And the recognition they would receive from simply getting the award would be enough of a boost to their careers.