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Followed by this Deadline article, with Showtime execs saying there haven't been discussions (yet) but:

Les Moonves raves about TP boosting Showtime subscriptions. Additionally, there's this bit of interesting news out of the TP Fest per a NeoGAF poster who was there and spoke to the aforementioned Sabrina Sutherland:

Incredibly satisfying to see the Stark children reunited - according to new interviews I'll probably post later Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner have been aching to work together again for years and made the most of it. They click so well as the women running Winterfell, with all their tween angst and bickering behind them. And their handling of Bran - still out of his head - was perfect. Bran gets a lot of backlash from fans for his zonked state but the fact is he can't help the way he is now. I do hope he eventually comes out of it; I felt for poor Meera. I think Bran knows on some level they will have to dispose of Littlefinger, hence the dagger. And I think Littlefinger is slowly realizing he can't manipulate any of these young people and is finally in way over his head - White Walkers, Three Eyed Ravens, etc. are all not his world, not something he can manipulate. I think his end is swiftly coming. Isaac Hempstead Wright's performance with Aiden Gillen and Ellie Kendrick was perfect. Brienne seeing the Stark kids together and Pod telling her she'd honored her vow to Catelyn was wonderful. And I loved her and Arya reuniting and sparring. Clarke and Harington still have a ton of chemistry. The ending was amazing. I'll try to discuss it more later.

Commentary from a Twin Peaks fan who met Sabrina Sutherland, Lynch's right hand, at the TP Fest and learned this: More here, including Jan D'Arcy talking about how Eamon Farren was so upset by the assault scene in Part 10 he called his own grandmother.

It's painful how good this fuckin' show is sometimes. Lynch does so much with stillness and mood, like the long ending with Big Ed alone, looking at what's left of his life - just lighted pumps and loneliness and wistfully drinking Norma's RR2Go cups. I do think/hope they'll end up together, but they did so much with so little there. Also a nice bit of framing: Keeping him in the background during most of Norma and Walter's conversation. The insight into the town's economic struggles - and Norma's franchising the diner while refusing to compromise - was great stuff that reminded me of the old soap opera material from the original series. Grounded but generally linked to emotional realism, whether it was Ed and Norma's workaday lives or the craziness with Nadine. Speaking of: Great to see her talk with Jacoby. The hypnotic rhythms of the silent drape moving back and forth in the night with them talking was another classic Lynch choice. And the warm comfort of the diner scenes in general was great - it was nice seeing Bobby, Ed and Norma all together. The whole arm wrestling setpiece with the Bad Dale and Derek Mears - the last Jason Voorhees! - was amazing. "Starting positions." I also liked that we got a little more direct insight into the ring, and what whoever "Jeffries" really is wants (BOB). The question is, does Richard already know the doppleganger? Or might this be their first meeting? I don't know what's going on with Audrey but her scene was genuinely disturbing and nightmarish. Reminded me of pieces of Inland Empire. Also the first time Sherilyn Fenn's reminded me of Grace Zabriskie - that intense, teetering hysteria. Sarah's scene was long but I was never bored - it was deeply unsettling. I expected them to pick up the thread with James and Renee (Jessica Szohr's character, seen with Shelly in the premiere) but I wasn't sure; I knew he has some sort of storyline coming. I loved the Just You & I reprise, because you know Lynch is 100% behind it. I don't know if that was a new recording or the original, which I know Lara Flynn Boyle and Sheryl Lee actually did the background vocals for. I think it was the original. Everything with Dougie/Vegas was hilarious, amazing, touching, all of the above. The opening is an all-time Twin Peaks favorite - the conga line is right out of Fellini's films. Tom Sizemore was hysterical. And the stuff with Janey-E and the gym suit was moving - Naomi Watts does so much with just a look as she stares at their good fortune. The night reverie with the playground set and Swan Lake was really surreal and beautiful, obviously a deliberate reflection of the Black Lodge. Not sure I can wait for Part 14! And now I really want one more short season. There's just so much amazing stuff week to week, even the 'off' ones (which is how I would characterize last week, which was still fascinating and had many compelling scenes). This was very much an 'on'.

I don't think anything he said was so horrible but I also don't think it was exactly genius. I still like him but I do sigh.

Christopher Eccleston is over the moon about Jodie Whittaker's casting. Peter Davison is less than thrilled.

I think we'll be seeing James and Jake Wardle again very soon. Christie would make a great FBI agent. Or just Twin Peaks deputy. She's playing a cop on TOTL for the moment.

More from Gwendoline Christie on TP. I'd kill to see her in a probably-not-happening Season 4: TP moves to 8 PM EST tonight to accommodate the return of Ray Donovan.

The GOT leaks continue as Trump defends McMaster, in the face of the Bannon/Breitbart revolt. More:

One of my favorite FWWM deleted scenes and maybe Ed and Norma's best:

I wish Susan Keith had done more stuff after Loving - I think she's still acting in local stage stuff and happily married to James Kiberd, who's had a big theater hit recently. Her performances that I've seen on the show are often very classically melodramatic (at least in the earlier eps, where the writing was regularly all over the place; here she seems very modern to '93 and this is the latest I've seen of Shana) but there's something so winning about her, that could easily turn on a dime from sweetness to something spooky. She would've made a good scheming Irene Manning on OLTL.

Hmmm:

Resistance matters:

The point is his numbers are plummeting. The lower they go, the more vulnerable the GOP is. In the end that's all they care about. It is a long, slow, hard fall for Trump. Speaking of: This! Leaked transcript of Trump begging Nieto to pay for The Wall. Full transcripts here.