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Wow:

LMAO:

Given all of the above, here are my hot take predictions: - The Night King and Viserion/the ice dragon are not even at Winterfell. He has sent his army as a diversion to break their forces and is going to solo-attack King's Landing and bring a new army of the dead from the south. Episode 4 will deal largely with this. - Theon, Missandei, Beric Dondarrian and Lyanna Mormont die at Winterfell, maybe more I'm forgetting; Jorah and Grey Worm were red herrings this week because both their loved ones will be in the crypts, the most vulnerable place. Jorah emphasized that Lyanna is the future of their house while he is the outcast; this is why she will die and he will carry on the Mormont name. Possibly Gendry and Tormund bite it, but I'm not convinced. - Jaime dies killing and/or with Cersei. - Jon kills Daenerys, the power-hungry Mad Queen and the final villain of GOT, and in doing so dies himself. - The Stark kids survive. Bran likely returns to beyond the structure-formerly-known-as-the-Wall to be a greenseer in the wilderness. - Bronn dies saving Tyrion. - No one sits on the Iron Throne, thus breaking the wheel. Tyrion contributes to helping break Westeros into democratic citystates. - Sam, Gilly and Little Sam live out the series.

A troubling thought many have pointed out: Many civilians are hiding in the crypts, 'the safest place.' The crypts... full of dead people. A great deal of the supporting cast is going down there: Tyrion, Varys, Missandei, Gilly, Little Sam, Lyanna Mormont (who just blessed Jorah's return) and many more, including the plucky little girl who vowed to defend the crypts for Gilly and Davos. In a word: Uh-oh! If the Night King wants to raise the dead of Winterfell I think he can - including Catelyn, Robb, Rickon and maybe Ned(? not sure if his body came home). Also: I definitely noticed there was no sign of the Night King in the final shot and found it suspicious. Some fans think he went to King's Landing. It's possible, but it's also possible they're just withholding him til next week.

I think they've foreshadowed Daenerys being the final villain a fair bit over the years - especially when she burned the Tarlys over everyone's objections. For her, law has always come down to obedience or death. I just worry it may be rushed when and if it finally happens. I haven't decided yet. Certainly many aspects of the show in the last few years have been rushed, but this (or even the Jon reveal) I don't know. I'd been expecting Gendry/Arya since S2 all those years ago, but oof, I was not ready for Maisie Williams getting even partially naked. They did it very tastefully (and apparently told her she didn't have to be seen nude at all if she didn't want), but still. I am glad they put them together. The long drinking convo scene was great. I have a feeling Jaime knighting Brienne is as close as we'll ever come to their consummation, and is intended as such. Theon vowing to protect Bran in the godswood got me. As did Sansa and Theon, the Mormonts, Sam giving Jorah his father's sword, etc. I didn't even realize the little scarred girl Davos and Gilly talk to in the food line was meant to evoke Shireen - who taught them both to read.

I can see an argument for impeaching Trump in this instance, which is something I never thought I'd say given the state of the Senate. I think grinding him down with the slow process of investigations is the best continued move - we'll be doing that anyway. Could impeachment be at the end of it? Maybe. Could it work well in this instance politically? Maybe. But honestly, that is all it is going to potentially do. And it has just as much potential to backfire. Unless we have a slam dunk in the Senate, impeachment proceedings will stall eventually. It may energize the base, but the media and the public have been trained to see impeachment as strictly a political tool as opposed to a necessary tool for the public trust, which will take many years to redefine. The media will hound Democrats about daring to impeach without the votes and both sides-it to death. And that will resonate for a lot of dumb people. Yes, I think he should be impeached. I could even get behind it happening now in this limited form. But unless everything is played perfectly in the public eye - which it won't be - it stands a very, very good choice of blowing back on us and hurting us next year with dumb people in the middle. And the media will never support Democrats on impeachment. They just won't. So it's an uphill battle at best. I'd rather just keep grinding him down, which we are doing. This report would never have been released if not for the wins we have now.

I like Warren a lot but IMO she fatally wounded herself as a candidate by playing Trump's game and releasing stupid genealogy results on demand for him, which only embarrassed her further. He will play her with that forever. He turned her into Jeb/Cruz. I think it's too early to declare 2020 to be 2016 Part 2. I will say I'm sure glad it's not 2020 right now.

Wondering if this may bode well for ABC and ODAAT (Justina Machado is taking part):

Yeah, I can't believe it either.

If CBS AA wanted it, there's a good shot. I still don't believe Netflix won't buckle on that since the pressure is now publicly on them.

I'm not going to post everything I see rn, it's too much and I'm exhausted. Even redacted, the report is quite damning. And it destroys Trump's election narrative. It also pointedly does not exonerate him and makes that very clear.

I have no real objection to Buttgieg. I don't think he's ready and he's not my choice, but I think he's harmless. I do think he's getting undue attention by the press simply because he's white and male and that's their usual stupid [!@#$%^&*], but I can't begrudge a gay candidate who I think means well. My choice is still Harris and many others before him, though. Meanwhile:

Things are not going well for Barr this morning. The cable news outlets are tearing him up.

Isaac Hempstead Wright is a good sport on Kimmel:

You can always msg me at the other place!

Harry Treadaway is extremely talented. He also got full-on naked from every angle in season after season of Fortitude, an Arctic thriller with a who's who of British and American stars (including Dennis Quaid, Stanley Tucci, and GOT's Michelle Fairley and Richard Dormer). Fortitude was only good for one season before going totally off the rails fast, but I'll always be grateful to Harry Treadaway for showing the goods for literally no reason in episode after episode. Uh, also I love Alison Pill. This is an exceptional cast so far. With Michael Chabon involved and Discovery having vastly improved, I'm really excited to see Trek finally return to the post-TNG/DS9/Voyager 'future' of its timeline.

They appear to be pulling the trigger on which was hinted at years ago. Euron played himself with Cersei.

I'm still watching. I'll spoiler tag major stuff. Do love the opening with the little boy climbing up to see the procession - a direct callback to the pilot and Bran watching the Baratheons arrive from the parapet. Arya defending Sansa is refreshing. "She's the smartest person I've ever met." Jon's reunions with Bran and Arya, finally, got me. Love the new opening sequence.

There's apparently a lot of callbacks to the pilot tonight or this final season, so I'll be rewatching it shortly. Meanwhile, cast reminiscences: More YT won't let me embed: Maisie Williams Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Emilia Clarke

Adieu:

Harris is also my first choice.