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Didn't he already say she reminds him of his cousin (tee-hee) in the last crossover?

I'm so weak. I'm pretty sure I'm on the verge of shipping Black Driver, which was the name I settled on for the ship because I don't know what people call it (or even if "it" has a name). I don't think it fits the characters, but especially in that last scene where Dinah approached Diggle with her hands behind her back, there was something there. And I'm a weird stupid romantic even when the situation doesn't call for it. They work as a duo because of the actors, but then again this show needs to stop writing for the actors and start writing for the characters. I also wouldn't like to have a BC/GA pairing just because of the comic books, even though this is neither the original Black Canary nor the original Green Arrow. So I'm torn. On the other hand, something I can be unabashedly happy about is the rekindling of Olicity. I was a bit worried for William in this situation, but then they miraculously actually considered the potential effects on William and I was shocked for a moment. Arrow, considering ramifications of stuff? Not in my show. Of course, everything that has been said about the drug storyline brought me back to something familiar and dumb. I don't know if anyone else found that limo fight awesome, but that was freaking awesome, like Daredevil S1 awesome.

I think it was especially weird to me because Hanna and Caleb were explicitly in the middle of a rough patch, and Hanna was openly trying to get pregnant while ignoring her spouse's concerns. That made it worse, because it would be one thing if all of them were in healthy relationships, but basically none of them were...?

This was the tough part for me. I guess Maggie's father contains multitudes, and a part of him is bigoted while another part of him genuinely wants his daughter to be safe. Put together, his fear over other people being as bigoted as he is about this makes a bit of sense, especially since he thinks she's (willingly) throwing away the safety he worked hard to secure for her. The only thing that doesn't work is the fact that he allowed his mentality regarding her sexuality to lead him to abandon her, which would only make it that much harder. I don't think that means he's full of it, but it makes it harder to see his actions as purely motivated by worry for her own well-being.

I dunno, I didn't have a problem with racists coming out of the woodwork in what seems like a short time in the story. It happened here too. We went from Yes We Can to Build That Wall pretty quickly. Furthermore, it's kind of iffy to suggest that one intelligent and progressive leader means that the world is fantastic and Maggie's dad is completely off-base in his concerns. I don't want to veer too much here into real-world stuff, but I have no problem believing in a sizable contingent of people who hold onto their racism even when aliens are around. It's a bit self-congratulatory in an unearned manner to suggest anything less.

I really hope that line about Lena taking her coffee black wasn't some sort of twisted foreshadowing. I'm not a huge fan of the "we're at each other's throats, until we're...at each other's throats" trope, especially right after doing that last year with Karamel. I've seen spec that there's something in the works for Lena/James and so that line made my ears prick.

Horribly marginalized is exactly right. I think the only named character with fewer lines than Melody is Jason Blossom.

While I largely agree, I think the issue that they're going for is that Alex and Maggie are not on the same page regarding children. If both people want children it's fine, and if both don't want children it's fine, but when one wants them and the other doesn't, it can be a recipe for disaster. It's probably the quickest dealbreaker I can think of for either position. I was expecting a closeup on that crowbar later to reveal Sam's fingerprints embedded in the metal, but I think they're going to go slower with it if there's something there (which there certainly appears to be).

I'm just surprised Eobard couldn't break it, but I guess Barry is finally the fastest man alive as evidenced by this episode. I had to laugh when Wally showed off his Japanese skills. Speaking as someone who was Wally once upon a time (the black engineering student part, not the speedster part) that was one of the most realistic parts of the show to date. Whenever I go to a gaming tournament or an anime convention, at least half the people there are skinny black guys with Naruto headbands, so props to that.

Oh, I agree, it was odd, especially because he unsheathed the sword. I don't know why he'd have done that if he was not going to kill Jaime then and there.

I'm pretty sure we even heard the sound of Gregor unsheathing his sword when Cersei nodded, and Jaime visibly reacted to it before saying "I don't believe you." Other interesting things involving Cersei include the fact that her brothers are the top (show) candidates to take her out. I was hoping Tyrion would say something during his goading like "I would definitely kill you if given the chance, I would wrap my hands around that pale white throat and choke the life from you." I'm still of the opinion that in the book it'll be neither, and theoretically it could be my choice on the show too though I find that one unlikely.

In response to the idea that Dany doesn't particularly need or want Cersei's help, I agree. Dany wants to pause the video game so she can call 911 and get her kids to the hospital, but Cersei couldn't care less.

While potentially true, I think he was right to conclude that the trial wasn't concerned with justice, and that Cersei would never allow him to live in any capacity. Ned was promised the Wall by these people.

I feel like that has already happened though, thanks to Rhaegar.

Thinking about it some more, I wish they had Karsi'd some of these wildlings who died this episode. We knew her for fifteen minutes and yet her death was still a punch to the chest, so they could have done the same here if they were interested in spending time on anything this season.

He wasn't one of the Seven--there were a few wildlings that went with them. He was just a brave guy who saved Jon before making a false step.

How about that great scene with Tyrion and Dany: Tyrion: Sometimes you lose your temper. Dany: (proceeds to lose temper)

Technically Benjen's watch had already ended, which was probably even more tragic than this. Even when he died he couldn't really get peace, and it occurred to me while watching that the wights probably wouldn't kill him again, but that the Walkers would probably fully overtake whatever control he'd managed to wrest away. So he's probably a full-fledged wight now. Just in case everyone wasn't already sad enough over Viserion's death. EDIT: And it also occurred to me that he deliberately stayed back in order to give Jon the opening he needed. Ben + Jon on the horse = the horse gets swamped in three minutes. Jon on the horse + Ben swinging his awesome lantern of death = the wights swarm Ben while Jon gets away.

It ended up being a huge loss for the Ironborn though, because of largely the same reasons. Ramsey was able to retake Winterfell rather handily with a strong army and a horn. The main problem is the lack of smallfolk in general to convey what is actually being lost here. In season 2, we saw the people of Winterfell when Theon took it. Casterly Rock seemed uninhabited in comparison, which made it seem as if Grey Worm stepped right off the boat into an empty castle, like Dany.

I still can't believe that Charlotte's lair was so poorly received, and then the writers had Alex create the freaking Dharma Initiative under Rosewood. It's just mind-boggling.

Daenerys is a fake fantasy name with no real world equivalent, so you have to look it up. But John? Everyone knows how to spell John. Even if it's actually spelled Jon.

The most likely answer is that Jon is Dany's nephew. Her eldest brother, Rhaegar, is the one who snatched up Ned's sister, Lyanna--who we now know to be Jon's mother. Rhaegar and Dany's parents are the ones who were also siblings. So generationally, we have Aerys, the Mad King, then Rhaegar and Dany, then Jon. Viserys was old enough that he probably actually remembered living in Westeros, unlike Dany. So I'd put him around a few years older than her.

In the TV show thread they're saying that Sam's surprise was mostly because he didn't know how much obsidian was on Dragonstone. I think he was assuming there was a good amount and later found out that they could essentially grab any old piece of the island and make a dragonglass weapon. I haven't rewatched yet so I can't say, but that's a legit reading.

Do we know who put the knives in Jake's heavy bag and why? Logically this was during Cece's tenure as A, but why would she do that?

Ezra was an adult when he did all of those things.