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I watched. Not much to say. They are really setting up the "Duke chooses Mara over Audrey/Nathan/The Town" thing. I wish I'd been wrong about that.

Exactly. There is no excitement of discovery. What is there to speculate on? I mean, how many hours did I spend speculating on the Crocker boxes? How long did I spend thinking about Nathan's years before he lost feeling again? How many scenarios did I run about the day of the Colorado Kid's murder? How much Barn speculation did I throw out? Now it's all..Meh. At this point, I don't even think they are going to address all of these interesting bits from the first three seasons. We are going to see Mara escape, Duke have to choose between turning Mara in and Nathan/Audrey. Duke will choose Mara because he believes by doing that he can trick her into stopping the Troubles or revealing something or he's just giving her enough rope to hang herself. Nathan will be certain Duke has returned to his old ways. Audrey will try to have Faith in Duke. Gloria will toss out one liners. Dwight will save the day, and the Guard will put up roadblocks. It will all end in some flash of light where we get images of the Audreys through the years, maybe a little flashbacky. When it's over, we will at first not know if she's Audrey or Mara but it will be a newer, stronger Audrey with more knowledge than before or a total blank slate. If Duke has survived the flashes of light and Mara trying to kill him bits, we will get a scene of him packing up the Cape Rouge and leaving Haven forever. Vince and Dave will continue bickering. Nathan will be able to feel and he and Audrey will strap on their guns, acknowledging that they are excited about investigating a regular burglary. Dwight will have died. The End. *yawn*

This show used to be my favorite. I loved the first three seasons. Last season was ...okay. I enjoyed some of it, but the overall story arc suffered. Once Lexie/Audrey came out of the Barn, everything seemed to go to hell. There is not one Lexie or Audrey episode from last season that I would want to watch again. I have watched Sins of the Fathers several times and there were a few others from the first three seasons. Now...meh. Season 4 went off the rails and now season 5 is somehow both annoying and boring. I do not care at this point. Sure, I'm going to watch until the end. I'm still invested in knowing the ending. I hope it picks up, but I don't have a lot of faith.

Wade was Duke's brother from a different mother, so he wasn't mentioned. Does Duke have any full brothers? Also, and so so petty, ER's hair is suffering from the treatments. In that shot with Nathan at the end, when they are hugging and we see her from behind, damn, that stuff looks fried. I did enjoy the Dave and Vince B-Story but I am missing Dwight. So, when does Mara get a bathroom break?

Congrats to TabbyClaw for figuring out the troubled person and the murderous cancer ghost. As to the episode. Meh. I had the feeling Duke was lying about his mother. The story was way too much of a Lifetime Movie. Too perfectly tragic and so unrealistic. I'd love it if he had been lying. Nathan. Meh. Audrey. *sigh* I realize I have missed Audrey but ER is so struggling with the dual roles. She can't even be good at Audrey anymore. ETA: Fixing my duel typo to dual. But I think we are supposed to see it as duel. I see it as boring.

Drat. I was looking forward to some details of some of the smaller house. I am not that interested in the Targs.

Interesting Sean. Anything else good in the book? I watched the GRRM event via livestream last night. The art looks gorgeous. Any new house words?

I'll jump in and say I think she's terrible. She's yelly when she should show emotion. She's wooden when she tries to be restrained. She's dull as fuck. The only people I've talked to who love her acting are, and this is completely terrible of me, teenagers. Every teen GoT fan I've met, including my own family members, think EC is just amazing. She's young. She's gorgeous. That doesn't mean she can act. I think she lacks any emotional depth in the role. Also, the eyebrows. The eyebrows are painful.

This episode felt better, but ER is just so...meh. I'm an very bothered by Mara's bra. I know this is going to sound weird. But they have a woman chained up and she just happens to be wearing a thin t-shirt and her bra is completely visible. It gives the whole thing a sexual overtone that seems inappropriate. Would it have been that difficult to put her in one of Duke's t-shirts? Really? No wardrobe, make it somewhat sexy. UGH. GROSS. I think Freddie the Camera GIrl is the one with the Trouble as well. Another two partner. It is getting annoying. So now that they are sure Audrey and Mara aren't connected, how about cutting off her toe for realz Duke? She's a crazy bitch who has caused the death of hundreds of people. If you need something from her, physical violence might be he way to make it happen. Just stop having her trying to look sexy while you do it. Loved seeing the Chief again. That was the very best part of the episode.

If I remember correctly, at the end of Dance, Jaime hasn't been heard from in weeks. If LSH had killed him, I suspect we'd know. On the other hand, I find it hard to buy that Jaime, who knows Brienne well, doesn't know immediately that she's lying or that she doesn't tell him the truth sometime before they get to LSH. So this idea that they actually get to LSH in the way LSH wants (Brienne bringing Jaime to slaughter) doesn't seem to fit with either Jaime (he's now smarter than the average bear and has come into his own as a leader of men) and Brienne (honest, honorable and in love with Jaime.) Not to mention, the Hound having Sansa and wanting Jaime to come alone is a STUPID lie. Now whether Jaime or Brienne (my money is on Brienne for the Aerys parallel) kills LSH, who knows. But I don't think it's going down as LSH planned. And Thoros of Myr seems to be there for a reason.

I am so freaking ANNOYED that only Audrey came out. What a fucking cop out. FUCK FUCK. FUCK. The writers are doing the easiest possible thing and it's LAME and not good story telling. Audrey is not some magic unicorn of wonder. She never was. She was an interesting character, but she was also kind of a self-absorbed snotrag (which only made her more interesting). Now that she is the fucking STAR CHILD I want her to DIE a thousand deaths. I hate the star child trope. The only thing that can save this shitty choice of having only Audrey split will be if the other personalities fade in and out of the Audrey body. And by the way, Lexie wasn't destroyed either. When the body got de-barned, she had both Lexie and Audrey. Then again, I'm not sure ER could make it work. Well, at least we won't get the I'm-Audrey-Now gasp, but we will have to put up with twice as much ER. FUCK. This is so damn stupid.

John Barrowman can sell me things that Emily Rose can't. It's like when she played with her hair to show us she was Lexie. Blargh. I feel like she falls back on bad technique because she is overwhelmed by the scope of the role. I'd feel bad for her if this weren't HER JOB. There are actors who get crap dialogue and sell it, make me believe it, no matter how stupid it is (points at the cast of Sleepy Hollow). ER is just...bad. I'm struggling to care about this show because she is so terrible. I want her to go back in the Barn and just give me a few shows without her to get my give-a-damn revved up. At this point, every time she's on screen, I want to fast forward.

I haven't commented much because I am in the "bored" faction. I'm bored with Nathan's romantic angsting. I'm bored with Audrey gasping and revealing herself and I will ONLY find that interesting if it's Mara faking them out because FUCKING HELL it's STUPID. That stupid stupid gasp every fucking TIME. And I'm bored with Duke as the comic relief. ER is weak. If it "looks like she's having fun," well aren't we admitting the acting sucks and it just looks like an actress goofing off? I don't care about Mara. I DO NOT CARE about Audrey. I care about Dwight, Duke, Gloria, the town of Haven, Nathan, Vince and Dave. In that order. Audrey/Mara/Lucy/Sarah is not even making the list and that is sad. ER's crap acting has killed the character for me. Last year she was clunky; this year she's just high-school camp. Yuck. LB gets SHIT to work with and yet he sells it. I don't like the character, but I believe I'm watching Nathan and not Lucas Bryant. EB sells it and AC has really come into his own this year. He doesn't have a ton of range, but he's good at what they are giving him. Until we get real progress, I'm just not sure what to say....except I want to shove a sock in ER's mouth every single time she does that stupid "I'm AUDREY NOW" gasp.

Exactly. I've been off Haven during the hiatus but it just kills me that people think Mara is using Audrey. Mara is the real personality. Audrey is just a construct. Gah. Audrey has been the one using Mara's body. If i were Mara, I'd be pretty pissed too.

That's from Lady of Tarth. You can find more of her stuff here. http://jaimebrienne.com/topic/10373810/1/

I think NCW is a chemistry machine and most of his scenes are gold, but with LH, at least in Season 4, he got pretty whiny. I don't think that LH and NCW have the same chemistry as say, NCW and Finn Jones, or Jerome Flynn, or Charles Dance. NCW is off the charts with the Peter Dinklage chemistry and the Gwendoline Christie chemistry. Maybe it's because Jaime is in the subservient role with Cersei that the chemistry doesn't sing.

Yes yes, a thousand times YES. Hemingway is fine in his way, but Fitzgerald creates a much richer story.

Sorry. I suppose I didn't think to spoiler it because it was just so obvious, but some people didn't find it so.

Add me to team Wodehouse and team Wilde. I am a huge F. Scott Fitzgerald fan. His writing is so evocative, even if I don't like the particular story or plot.

Gone, Girl is a stinking piece of obvious shit and if I have to read that inane "cool girl" paragraph one more time, I might become a sociopath myself. It's a stupid women who hate women book and Poorly written, simplistic, drivel. Chelsea Cain's Heartsick series is evidence that the publishing world had done away with editors. The medical information, and even the type of drugs the hero is addicted to, are wrong. Even Wikipedia can help with basic drug facts. Gretchen whatever the fuck is neither a compelling nor interesting villain. Get thee to an editor! Or even a friend with a brain and internet access before publishing again.

I'll supply a new wish. I wish Catelyn Stark had married Littlefinger.

Unfortunately, the show has all but ignored the awesomeness of Stannis Baratheon, Grammar King by Right. He really is being short-changed. There have been no subtle reminders and hints about bad blood between Stannis and Brienne. And really, who would I root for in a Brienne/Stannis fight? She's my favorite warrior and he understands the subjunctive case of being. What is a fangirl to do? I also loved her sword conversation with Arya. Arya would have wanted to grow up to be Brienne if not for that whole murdering of her family thing.

I have questions about Brienne and her importance to the story. Really, if she's not roadtripping with Jaime and with Catelyn dead, what happens? The likelihood of Brienne finding Sansa or Arya and ...doing what with them, is low. However, they just shot a fucking badass fight. If the Hound dies and then Brienne becomes insignificant, what's the point of having a kickass fight between two characters who take the dirt nap or fall off the map?

As to the "raping his twin" allegation, no matter how the scene looked to us as viewers, Cersei was not portrayed as a victim of rape after that scene. Yes, it was shot poorly, but bad direction does not equal rape. Cersei is the one manipulating Jaime with sex in Episode 10. So, let's take that one off the table. Heh, table. In the grand scheme of GoT, there are probably...2 characters (of the ones that get real screen time) who aren't completely awful people? Yeah, I'm going with two. Sam and Brienne. Every single other character is morally gray and should probably be toasted like a marshmallow. When the White Walkers are better parents than pretty much every single parent in Westeros, singling out Jaime for bad behavior is pretty silly. Jaime, unlike most of the other characters, has done good. If we are looking at it like a toasty marshmallow checkbook, Jaime has serious positives on his side. He saved Brienne from rape. He saved Brienne from a bearpit. He saved King's Landing from Aerys. He offered to pimp himself out for his brother. He ultimately released his brother. No matter that some of those things might have had personal positives, he still did good things. And what's really so awful about taunting the woman who is holding you captive and who has hit you in the head with a rock? Honestly, taunting your captors counts in Jaime's favor. Especially taunting her with what she and he believes is the truth. Is Catelyn somehow to be protected from comments about her husband's fidelity? What makes her such a special snowflake? This woman started a war based on the word of a PIMP. Mocking is the least of what she deserves. So motion found frivolous. Summarily dismissed. Costs to poster.