"That whole scene had a bit too much of a Masterpiece Theater feel to it, with the characters standing and solemnly declaiming about what had happened and what they wanted, but it was almost worth it for Sansa’s smile."

"That whole scene had a bit too much of a Masterpiece Theater feel to it, with the characters standing and solemnly declaiming about what had happened and what they wanted, but it was almost worth it for Sansa’s smile."

I might be remembering this wrong, but I'm pretty sure the (maybe) Horn of Winter was found by Mance Rayder (or his people); I don't recall a horn among the dragonglass.

I might be remembering this wrong, but I'm pretty sure the (maybe) Horn of Winter was found by Mance Rayder (or his people); I don't recall a horn among the dragonglass.

Roose Bolton mentions Ramsay Snow (not by name—"my bastard son") as someone who can retake Winterfell in place of Robb. So we may yet see him in some capacity.

"Arya’s little deception at the end clears up something that always bugged me about the book: Why do the Lannisters just seem to give up looking for Gendry there for a while?"

Ace's comment after the first meeting with Israel: "irritate the fuck out of Mike" (or something to that effect).  So, yeah, you have to wonder if provoking Mike to violence wasn't the point of the whole thing.

First show I would license?  Shannon's Deal, John Sayles' foray into television.  Great writing, great cast, great stories. And it isn't available on DVD. Dammit.

Um, Peter Gunn, anyone?  (It's okay; not everyone is a crotchety old geezer like me.)

Never saw the Cosby Show episode described here, but I would bet good solid cash-type American dollars that it was an attempted homage to the nightmare episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show.
 
And Angel later poked fun at I Fall to Pieces: during the Pltz Grb arc, Lorne's cousin asks Angel to re-tell the story of the…