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I like Elle, too, a lot. I keep thinking she can still pop up if they decide to reach out to her. Not in an FBI capacity, but I always pictured her as a private detective. She loved what she was doing so much, I could never buy her stopping it entirely. She just got really messed up by what happened to her, another reason she's relateable, in my opinion.

I want him to figure out who the mole is. And I want him to take down Scratch...with the team's help of course, but I want that man to get some satisfactory PAYBACK for what he's been through. Reid wouldn't see it as payback, he's a nicer person than me, but I want him to get, really feel, a sense of justice. And I want that criminal to go down because of Spencer Reid and his wonderful mind.

The season being even half Reid, as you say, is far more than any other character got (although a few did get their own focus episode). And if we take each one if the team individually and gave them half of all the screen time, fans would rage. It speaks to how valued Spencer is as a character that he got the heavy focus and the lion's share of the continuing story in the back end of the season. Not having as much focus on the front half of the season was partly Matthew's doing, as he's contractually granted extra time off now. I'm always ready for more where he's concerned, so I do hope they explore how this experience affected him, which they've said a few times now that they will.

The latest I saw was his post that he was closing the kickstarter because they got financial backing from a studio. Then he stopped talking about it altogether.

The back half of last season was all Reid (and I loved it!). Not sure that the "neglected Reid" observation holds water.

Good thought. Also, Dragonstone might be 'immune' to an attack from the dead and the Night King's power due to all that dragonglass. They could grow/raise their own food there if winter is indeed brought by the Night King, and they are unaffected.

I used to love Bronn, finding him refreshing in a world of subterfuge, but he's bitter, greedy, and pretty gross right now. He whines and mopes and spits bile no matter what Jaime asks him to do. Plus, he shot Drogon. Big nope. Take off, hoser. Jaime... I thought they missed a great death moment for him there. He could've gone out a-horseback, wielding a lance, in full armor, charging a dragon and slaying a queen. Brienne would've had an orgasm if she heard that's how he died. Instead, he's nothing more that Cersei's fuckboy and he won't be able to control her once this is all said and done any more than he can now. I want him to heroically kill Cersei like he did the Mad King, then himself. Sick of them.

All I could think about when Bran gave the dagger over to Arya is "KEEP IT, MAN!" He's going to need it when TNK reaches out those icy fingers to grab him. Or come on, at least make sure he's got several dragonglass daggers under those furs. His comment that the dagger is "Wasted on a cripple." is neither true, nor accurate. If anyone needs VS or dragonglass protection, it's someone who's especially vulnerable to attack from the dead.

Here's a first-person account of one fan's experience at the NYC IFC presentation of 68 Kill: http://criminalmindsfans.com/criminal-minds-trivia-winner-shares-her-nyc-68-kill-experience/

Wow these threads move fast. Wanted to put this back out there because I don't think it was 'stupid' for Dany to burn the caravan. I find it hard to believe that the grain in that caravan was the ONLY food left in Westeros. There's more where that came from, or from other sources like The Vale. Dany did the right thing by burning it, if for no other reason than to prevent Cersei from hogging it all, which she no doubt would've. Also, Sansa's grain hoarding might be influential in striking a deal between Jon and Dany, as well. Not to mention all the horsemeat prancing around.

I've read through all the pages but unless I missed it, nobody has brought up the possibility of the harpoon that nicked Drogon being poisoned. Now, Bron did handle it with his bare hands, and the sheer amount of poison that would have to be used to affect a beast of Drogon's mass would have to be huge, but both Cersei and Qyburn LOVE their poisons. Another thing could be is that Qyburn magicked a spell on the spear, like making it, I don't know... 'dissolve dragon bones' or something. I find it hard to believe that the grain in that caravan was the ONLY food left in Westeros. There's more where that came from, or from other sources like The Vale. Dany did the right thing by burning it, if for no other reason than to prevent Cersei from hogging it all, which she no doubt would've. Also, Sansa's grain hoarding might be influential in striking a deal between Jon and Dany, as well. Not to mention all the horsemeat prancing around. As someone upthread who I agreed with said, the Dothraki needed this. They've been semi-tamed by the events of late, and they needed an outlet for a bit of healthy mayhem and ravaging. WOW they were fast! And the standing up on horseback to shoot the arrows was so impressive (it wasn't CGI'd, either. It was stunt people actually doing that!)! I love Hardhome, but this battle had me up out of my chair. As to the Stark kids, I'm not sure whey everyone thinks they're supposed to be all normally normal. They have all been through THE SHIT, each in their own ways, and would logically be tempered by it. Bran - you gotta hand it to the kid to be able to vocalize at all. He's existing on every plane of existence there is with the sum total knowledge of eons and the entire world jammed into his brain. Arya's a fighter, a warrior really, with madly honed skillz. Also an exceptional judge and executioner. Sansa's political cunning gets sharper by the day, and she's developing her leadership skills alongside that. I loved the embraces, and of course they would do that because they want to remember each other as they were... but they soon got down to brass tacks about who each of them ARE now, as adolescents. Which let's face it, in Medieval times that was well into adulthood.

HAHA! Wonder if that's the ACTUAL towel. And if he then threw it into the crowd. xD

Watched it again last night with the boy. Loved it, and the 21-yr-old's opinion was also two thumbs up. He kept interjecting Spencerisms into the dialogue where appropriate and I was dying laughing. One reason I dig the film so much is that as warped, sick, and gross as most of the women are, they all are in control of what's happening. No matter the circumstances that got them there, by the time we get to them in the film, for good or bad they are grabbing the reins and taking charge. Most movies like this use the women as sexual props, and there's a bit of that, but the overused word 'empowerment' is a definite running theme throughout, and they all have agency (even though it's really crazy and awful). The director even made sure to touch on that in one of the Q/As after a screening.

Can't wait for your "pink" caps.

Thank you for the link, last I saw was just a clip and they re-did Derailed. It was great!

I do wish they'd stop with the "Hey whatever's popular right now, let's make an episode sorta like it!" I mean they did it with the 50 Shades thing, the Stranger Things vibe, now the IT remake is coming out, so a scary clown? Getting a bit tired of it. I like it when they reference pop culture, or even real-world people and things (like Barack Obama, and Putin), but not when they just flat-out copy whatever's popular at the given moment and put a serial killer spin on it. Lazy.

I think its fine if the writers (I've heard Jim's writing it) want to use FFF to trigger Garcia. I mean, she was shot at the same time all this was going down ten years ago, and that was probably the most physically traumatic experience of her life. We never can predict just what's going to set us off. Maybe Erica doesn't mean 'faith' as just religion, but also as just faith in humanity, the team, what they do on the job, etc... We saw Garcia struggle with Reid's issue last year so it could be an extension of that. Existential angst.

Daniel, I like that line too, but he says "So is Tracy Lambert." Who's Tammy Charles?

I was not sad to see Gracie offed (although I despise that woman who shot her). She always makes the worst decisions possible, and every time she shows up there's horrific trouble. She's a millstone around everyone's neck. Good riddance. Helena's my favorite, too. According to the previews we get to hear her *skree skronk* theme once more. It's the little things. :P

Was gonna say this exact thing. I loved Forney.

And I did love Vamp Sunday. Also when the Core Four came together to defeat Adam through Buffy. Her changing those bullets to doves was cheesy, but it was still WAY cool to see her wield that power after being flummoxed for most of the season.

Agreed on all but Adam and The Initiative. Couldn't get out of that season fast enough.

If anyone has a burning question for Adam, please pm it to me as I'll be interviewing him next.

Gideon's cabin burned down in the Santa Clarita fire. boo. hoo.

I'd like to see Emily with Fiona, something I made happen in my latest fic. Doubtful CBS would go there, though.