See, I took the whole "Melly Sanders has it in for Jon" as kind of a sidelong confirmation of the Jon Parentage Theories floating around - she went after Dopey McBlacksmith because he's a Baratheon bastard, she goes after Jon because he's a Stark bastard…

I'd imagine that if we get a Varys/Dany meeting, he'll give a "well, I didn't send *good* assassins after you… And besides, Jorah was watching your back the entire time." speech.

Well, he carried out Robert Baratheon's orders to have her assassinated. We also know that he's always had his agents in play with her court, so it's not unreasonable that Varys set up the assassination attempt, then tipped off his agents to intentionally fuck it up so he can come back to Bobby B all "well, we tried!"

I almost wouldn't be surprised if later on this season, we see Melara go back by herself for a prophecy… and then promptly get iced by Lil' Cersei within minutes of leaving the hut.

ORCA 2: THIS TIME… IT'S PERSONAL

This is seriously how we explain life with a preschooler to our friends who don't have kids - imagine that you've got this roommate who's drunk literally all the time. Running around the house in his underwear singing cartoon theme songs, whining about ridiculous things, making insane demands, melting down in public…

I have a pretty good recipe for quinoa patties - as long as you accept them as being more like a latke and not a "veggie burger", they're really good. They aren't a burger substitute, but their own flavor profile.

"In no position to ever say anything about you"? What am I, a Republic serial villain?

I think we'll see the 80s and 90s underground reevaluated in ten years or so, when it's "well, do we induct Sonic Youth or do we just not have anyone this year, because the only newly eligible artist is Limp Bizkit?"

Yeah, the HoF will start crate-digging rather than let in Limp Bizkit, I think.

wow you are a boring white dude.

Counterpoint - the reason they won't get inducted is because they're never going to reunite for it.

Hey, you leave Fishbone and Living Colour alone!

Believe me, I took some of those calls. We had a regular on-air contributor who was married with a half-dozen kids, but he read to the casual observer as kind of gay - he was our "gracious living" guest, cooking, home decorations, that kind of "Martha Stewart" thing, and he was soft spoken and well groomed, therefore…

Oh, that's lovely.

The studios love it, and more importantly, the local media love it - for every AV Club that sits down to do a Random Roles or whatever, there's a bunch of mid-market newspapers and TV stations that get EXCLUSIVE TONIGHT AT FIVE, WE SIT DOWN WITH AN ACTOR YOU'VE HEARD OF!

Even for the reasonably famous, there is an expectation of privacy in the gym. It's just part of gym culture. That's probably incredibly appealing to someone who every-goddamn-day has to deal with people running up to them and mistaking them for a Hobbit.

It depends, I think. The Robbie Reyes version is a guy in a car, you know?

A friend on facebook suggested that "wave 2" of the Netflix Marvel stuff could likely tie in to the forthcoming Doctor Strange movie, and focus on the supernatural side of the MCU, with Ghost Rider (specifically, the current "Ghost Lowrider" incarnation), Blade, and maybe someone like Cloak & Dagger.

"Foreign Object" sounds like Flood-era They Might Be Giants and is awesome. "Werewolf Gimmick" fucking destroys.