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I tried to find one for Ghost Nation but struck out.

And the money went to her surgery, right? She took a gamble that she'd be able to spend all her and Abundance's money on that surgery and her sugar daddy wouldn't care....and she lost the gamble. All these comments about how she should have had savings confuse me - she did, and she spent it on the surgery.

LoVe is one of my all-time treasured ships, but I somehow never thought of Logan as all that sexy? To Veronica, sure, but not to me. I wouldn't fantasy about old Logan or this Logan, but dudes, I really love him with Veronica.

First of all, I enjoyed the season. But I am glad I spoiled myself for the last few episodes, because I'd be raging mad otherwise--at least as raging mad as I get over TV, which isn't that scary, I promise. But yeah, one of the greatest reasons I liked the season was all the characters returning, especially Leo and Cliff. Heck, Kane and the principal in the last episode were a treat. Weidman? That was a badass moment. Without those callbacks to Neptune history, the show would lose a lot of its appeal. I'd watch, and I hope they get a S5, but that would assuredly decide for me if I watched beyond it. I liked all the actors in Maloof's family, but that aspect of this story was definitely not needed...beyond letting Logan have a couple badass moments, and of course, the already mentioned Wiedman cameo. Imagine more Wallace! Room for Mac! Room for some old school hobnobbing with the 09ers! That would have been so much more fun. As soon as there was no body, I decided there's no way Logan's dead--this TV viewer wasn't born yesterday. And I told my husband that the cast + Rob are doing a Kit Harrington, to which he looked at me blankly, because he does not watch GOT. I think they made peace with the idea of Logan being dead, because that's where they decided to leave it if S5 doesn't happen, but if it does, I completely believe there will be little maddening hints and clues dropped throughout that he's alive, that'll make Veronica think she's going crazy. I don't know that it'd even be explored much in a S5, but Logan's not dead. I mean, c'mon, didn't Logan specifically mentioned being familiar with IEDs in Fallujah earlier in the season? Maybe not those exact words, but enough to make me side-eye that he wouldn't pick up on a suspicious backpack in the car... I feel most cheated that I didn't get to see Dick react to his father's death. Arguably, he's lost the most relatives on this show now, or at least he and Logan are neck and neck. And if Logan is actually, fully dead, he's also lost his best friend. That felt like a rip-off, not returning to Dick at all in the final episode. But overall, would watch S5. Just maybe not beyond if they aren't pulling a Harrington after all. Because without Neptune's characters, I'm not going to be fully invested.

I'm going to believe y'all, because I've never had it, but Northern California costs more than pretty much anywhere else in the US for pretty much anything. So if you guys aren't from out here...it's possible. Or maybe it's just a tech exec surcharge. The boyfriend storyline is the least interesting, for sure, but Shailene's honestly been a revelation for me in this role. I find her work here very understated and believable. It helps that the character seems very laidback Californian believable to me.

Huh, I thought Grant was done with the TV ghost biz entirely. Jason posted on his FB page recently that he was originally involved in the Ghost Hunters reboot but bowed out once he realised they wanted a new cast.

Just rewatched the trailer, and you guys, I am NOT OKAY with that knife to Dick Casablancas's throat.

I am so excited! And perhaps most intrigued by Veronica saying she may be the problem in her relationship. But it looks like a solid plot, and I am always here for Best TV Dad Ever, Keith Mars.

Of all the endings, Bronn as lord of Highgarden and master of coin actually made a lot of sense to me. In his own words a short two episodes earlier, "Who were your ancestors? The ones who made your family rich? Fancy lads in silk? They were fucking cutthroats! That's how all the Great Houses started, isn't it? With a hard bastard who was good at killing people. Kill a few hundred people, they make you a lord."

Actors talking about what they think would be fun for their characters does not mean such things were ever considered by the showrunners.

That episode was way more Jane + Michael favorable than I expected from these posts! Not that I'm getting any hopes up but how she described him in her notes? How he wrote comments all over the book? 😍

That was a lot of fun to watch! And reminded me just how darn hot that man can be in modern day clothes. I'm not as much for the hot, greasy, blacksmith look.

I think you're just missing that Sam is also a Brother of the Night's Watch, who give up all claims to lands, family, etc. Obviously, the Night's Watch basically no longer exists, so yeah, Sam'll probably become Lord Tarly. But he was disowned by his father, so it could pass through his sister instead.

Isn't the Night King the answer? At least for the show.

It so was, and importantly, it was one of the few times we've seen them alone. Conveying googley eyes when in the midst of a group of people you're supposed to be commanding is a difficult challenge. I thought the last moment with them in this episode was very tender, Jon smiling softly on seeing her, Dany coming up behind Jon, him holding her arm even knowing what he's about to tell her. I think they've got more of a Ned & Catelyn chemistry than pretty much any other relationship on the show. Yeah, I didn't have any fears about what Dany might do after that scene, and especially not after they exchanged glances back on top of the castle. I think there's going to be a difficult conversation...if they both live...but Dany instantly bringing up Jon's claim is pretty much what ANYONE would do upon learning this news. I'm not sure what folks think she should have done. She's totally just thinking about the battle. I don't think it was meant to reflect on Gendry's skills in the slightest.

Oh, I totally think that was intentional. I didn't believe they'd go the romantic route for them until Gendry said it.

Unless I've forgotten some line of dialogue, I never had the impression Stannis wanted to be king of his own ambition - rather, once he learned he was the heir, it was his duty to be king, his right, and that right drove his actions, along with a certain redhead fanning his flames. To me, his ambition grew out of that right. If Joffrey had been a true Baratheon, I don't think Stannis would have ever risen up to challenge his nephew's claim, unlike Renly usurping Stannis's claim. I don't think Stannis ever wanted to be king instead of Robert, though he did resent that his younger brother became Lord of Storm's End rather than himself. Regardless, I think he viewed the battle in which he died as his duty, but also as part of his overall ambition to be king. It can be both at once. Yeah, I'm not going to agree with the perspective that Jon had time to ride back to his men after Rickon was struck. To my eyes, he recognized it was too late to go back at that point. But hey, mileage varies.

Let us not forget that we also have Stannis Baratheon as an example of doing what duty demands over following his heart - he killed his own daughter because he believed duty demanded it to win his throne. And his army deserted him, in large part due to disgust at his lack of humanity in that moment. Who's to say Jon's wouldn't have done the same if he'd abandoned Rickon on that field? Being able to read every action from multiple sides is part of the beauty of this story.

Dany made clear the sheer numbers the dead have, a hundred thousand at least, I believe she said when estimating. Yes, her two dragons will still be instrumental, but they were being targeted - successfully - by the Night King. I don't think they could have made much more of a dent without risking another dragon's life in that particular battle. The better choice probably was to force the Night King to come to them on their terms...as much as the Night King functions on anyone else's terms. I don't think the Westerosi will care hardly at all about the aunt/nephew thing. As for the Freys, wasn't getting the Frey army just a bonus and the real reason for the engagement was just to allow passage across the river for Robb's armies?

Am I the only person who thought the dragons were perving on Jon/Dany? 😂 I took every conversation between Dany and Jon since they lost a dragon to essentially be them laying things on the table for a marriage between themselves - Dany emphasizing that the dragons were her children and she couldn't have others, so Jon knew this wouldn't involve heirs, Jon bringing up to Dany that maybe she was wrong about that whole child thing, then boat sex was just sealing the deal. Totally agree. And I also like how you bring up Jon executing his murderers here - I don't understand why Dany executing the Tarlys is viewed differently. The conspirators were obviously taken as prisoner - Jon didn't have to kill them, but it's what was just to him, including killing a child. Dany offered the Tarlys a choice, and they made their choice. Yeah, she could have kept them as prisoners, but as far as she's concerned, they betrayed her, committed treason, and deserved to die. What's the difference I'm not seeing? I also didn't see Sam's timing about telling him about his heritage as a petty thing at all, so maybe I just don't see things. I was surprised by how well Jon took it, actually. SERIOUSLY. Also, I think the Northerners come across much more selfish and obnoxious on the whole than they do in the books. It's one of my larger complaints about the differences - if we'd gotten a true Northern conspiracy storyline, maybe I'd feel differently. But we didn't, so...eh. I just don't care about those assholes on the whole. Other hottakes? I thought Dany's look when the dragons flew overhead was pride in her kids, not arrogance, and I was surprised by how little she spoke during the scene with the Northern Lords. I think she's trying not to step on toes and make this work. P.S., I like Sansa too. I feel like Jon and Bran were the only ones speaking truth this episode. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS BUT THE DEAD, PEOPLE.

Only laughing at this because yeah, if fire is overkill, then dismembering and setting a guard for 1100 years certainly is. LOL. I'd think fire less of an overkill if we're comparing options. They were definitely going for human chain for a second there - I was disappointed when that didn't end up working out. Of course, I was laughing a second earlier at the idea that the Dalek would just hurl into space on its own, no danger to its host - what a good idea, Doctor! LOL. This was my only big quibble with the episode, and because it kept coming up, it was a rather large quibble. I don't even know what Daleks are left out there to respond to a call! Haven't most been destroyed in various ways? I guess they could respond via time travel... I still think this Doctor is making a choice to try and connect with people more because of how dark her last incarnation went when trying to be isolated and reject the need for companions because of his fear of himself. I would argue that this Doctor is specifically trying to avoid that anger -- she's checking herself, like she did in this episode when she was going on about "I gave it a chance, right, didn't I?" I think she's scared herself a little bit the past couple of incarnations. In a good writer's hands (I'm not sure Chibnail fits the bill for this show), she would eventual find a balance over a season arc, learning to rein herself in without sacrificing her power when that's needed.

I'm quite happy with the series thus far, though I need to give this episode a proper rewatch, because it didn't have my full attention. But what I saw was interesting - more good aliens? History I'm not that familiar with? Sounds great! It also seemed a bit engineered from the get-to just to be heart-string pulling. Though I grew up on soap operas, I do like those strings a little hidden. But what I'm really liking is how 13 keeps explaining what she's thinking. I think that may be part of what people *don't like*, but I think it's great insight into what we often just see magically happen - the Doctor figures things out on his own and then fixes it. Here, we're getting insight into *how* the Doctor figures things out, because she's telling us. I think it's a change in Doctor personality in that this one seems to have learned that being unknowable, mysterious, removed doesn't actually help her life any or the lives of the people she encounters. She's really making an attempt to connect with her companions rather than shut part of herself off from them. Of course, if we learn she is keeping part of herself shut off, I'll be all the more intrigued. ;) I do love a good overarching plot, and I love when Who delves into its vast wealth of Time Lord history, so I'm missing that aspect. But I think it'll come. Meanwhile, I've only really hated the not-Trump because it was so ridiculously obvious. Not that real Trump isn't as well...

I just caught up on all four seasons, and I am Team Michael, but I accepted Team Raphael for the most part. If Season 5 doesn't involve amnesia, I may eat my shorts.

Chiming in that I think this would have been a lot more engaging if it weren't as long. It also, to me, seemed to assume that the viewer would know a fair bit about the Rajneesh ahead of time, and being entirely unfamiliar, I would have appreciated more of an idea of just what they believed. In an interview, the creators mentioned that they had made one segment about what a typical day at the ranch was like for the average believer, but they couldn't figure where to fit it in. I really wish they had, as that would have helped a lot. I think I'd like fewer musical interludes and more recounting of the facts of the scenario. I couldn't decide what I thought by the end - it seems like the ranch was a noble idea, but one that went bad fast in typical us vs them fashion. I was rather amazed by how many people involved were still alive, especially as they stressed that Antelope had an older population of retirees. And I was shocked - SHOCKED - when I realized that the Sheela being interviewed was such a prominent part of the illegal activities we learned about. I'm still shocked she got off so easy. But I think the Bagwhan was a lot more guilty than they ever found evidence for. His recounting of Sheela's misdeeds, as noted above, is a primary reason why he seems guilty as hell. What about those guns they bought and tossed in the lake? What about the potential drug smuggling? What was in the records that the Antelopean board member found in the dump? It feels like the documentary only touched the surface of things, but took its time doing even that.

That's fantastic.