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I'm guessing there is a difference between the Caster babies who are taken by the White Walkers and placed on the glam-rock stage, and the undead wights. Otherwise undead zombie babies would really be a massive pain in the ass.

If I were Sansa, I would think long and hard about LittleFinger's role in all of this. I may not kill him, but I'd smack him around for a few months. He knew how sadistic the Boltons were and he must have known that Sansa would go through hell. Sorry Sansa, no man is going to come and save you. Not now, not ever. But first things first. She has to get these damn Boltons out of her house. She needs to find her friends in the north, and then find her brothers, and maybe borrow their dire wolves for a bit. And there will be much bigger fish to fry if/when the white walkers/wights get over the wall. Tyrian needs to develop some sort of dragon stone bomb that a dragon can carry and drop on all of the undead. Help us Tyrian, you're our only hope.

Tyrian + Dany = Awesome Sansa turning vindictive = potentially awesome Jon Snow shattering the white walker into a zillion pieces without dragon stone = guitar-screechingly awesome!

Yes! That's it exactly! Maybe Jaime's sperm comes only in good/evil swimmers. I wondered the same thing. Doesn't a squire help draw baths and get clothes on? Therefore they'd know things like birthmarks. If the birthmark was on his testicles that would be a different matter, but the thigh is really no big deal.

Wonder when Tommen will figure out that he doesn't get to have sex with his wife if she's locked up. Well, technically he's the king and could be able to, but he's a twink and can't stand up to anyone. I really wanted Diana Rigg to show the Sand Snakes how to fight, a la Avengers. I hate that there are these incessant rape scenes. Having said that, Sansa has been through enough to know that she would probably have to endure more brutality. She's not the little air-head she used to be. That role is now filled by Marcella. Jamie & Bronn in Dorne = Ishtar.

Those bones. Her skeletal look was pretty terrifying. I wonder specifically what Drogon is getting at Valyria.

It was Lady, Sansa's dire wolf who was killed. Arya's was "set free" out of fear she'd also be killed.

Like I said before, I can't believe that Alicia's unproven scandal would be the tipping point for all of those clients. And I don't think the show is going to have a show about Alicia hanging out in her condo, writing her memoirs. At its heart, this show is about lawyers, (specifically, well-rested lawyers who look great) so I'm sure the partners will bring her back in and she'll be back in the courtroom in no time.

The law firm back and forth was really tiring, although it is fun to watch David Lee be such a devious asshole. Why did rich GOP dude leave a liberal firm where he wanted a low profile anyway, and where he knew a Florrick worked and was not scandal-free? I don't buy it, and I don't buy that suddenly, all sorts of high-flying wealthy corporate folks in Chicago are saying, "What? There are shady lawyers and politicians here? Well I am just not having any of it. Good day to you all!" I mean sure, they're sick of this shit but if they have good lawyers then they should be happy. At least Colin Sweeney will always love Alicia.

I think at first Lee stayed quiet out of self-preservation, but then Ricky loudly proclaimed that he believed Lee was the killer, Lee then had no reason to protect Ricky.They were both killers and their knowledge would make one think that they'd keep their mouths shut, but Ricky probably started naming Lee once he hightailed it to France.

Maybe Season 3 can be the Murder of Sharon's Assistant. Everyone who is supposed to investigate will be "yeah, I'll get right on that…just after this…um..thing that I gotta do…" For some reason, I don't think Lee could kill a 12-year-old child. Claire, on the other hand, could do this while holding a cup of tea and watching East Enders out of the corner of her eye. I would like to ask just how freaking gullible a jury can be, but sadly, we in the US know too much about that.

Daenerys needs the Veep crew hanging out with her to get better political advice. Arya wants to kill Cersei because Cersei ordered Nymeria to be killed (even though in the end it was Lady who was killed and Nymeria who was forced to flee). Do not get between a girl and her dire wolf.

I can't wait for the wacky sitcom spin-off about the Rezidentura workers during the Cold War: The Rez! If an FBI secretary goes missing or shows up dead right after a bug is found in the director's office, shit will go down. "Clark" must proceed with caution.

Would a lawyer who was forced to testify against his/her client be disbarred? How are the attorneys not protected by attorney/client privilege?

My perspective on Grace is that she is more of an idealist than Zach, and she was probably more hurt by her parents' initial separation and her father's acknowledged infidelity. Right there you have a kid's formative years being twisted by lies. This was probably a big motivation for her to find a church where there are no sneaky sub-motives: everything you are supposed to be and do is said up front. Grace is unfortunately a dysfunctional product of her parents' screwed up marriage. She recoils from the urbane political sophisticate life-style because it hurt her family. However she still idolizes her parents a lot so their continued lies still smart. My family was very political, and also very dysfunctional. The lies and duplicity never get easy. And at 17 when you are on the cusp of leaving home, subconsciously you really want to know that you are leaving a strong foundation. Grace is seeing how much she does not have that and it is eating her up. Now Alicia, as I've said many times before, cannot be so wholesome and wide-eyed as to not realize that once you step into big city politics and get pushed around by the machine, you are never out. Her naiveté is driving me nuts because she has been married to it for almost 20 years.

The NHS is pretty impressive: Hardy's heart surgery was lickity-split quick. And then they certainly sent him home right away. How can a person even have a conversation within 24 hours of that? I had sinus surgery and I was out for a week. But I'm a wimp, not a thick-skinned detective. Who but a complete moron would have themselves photographed - for professional purposes no less - wearing jewelry known to be stolen evidence in a high-profile murder trial? I can't believe the defense remotely thinks it has a chance with these unstable/unreliable witnesses it is putting on the stand. Oh, and now possible stolen evidence? Great idea.

I definitely took it differently. I think Paige is reacting the only way she knows how. Her world has been rocked. Now she's wondering and asking, is the travel agency real? Is our neighbor also a spy? Do you really ever have normal conversations? Is everything spy-stuff all the time? The revelation is tantamount to her parents lying to her for her entire life - even if they never technically lied (although I'm sure they did). It was profoundly selfish of them - and all spies - to do have kids for their own "show" purposes. Paige was a part of their facade, and she is pissed off. Yet she isn't alienating them or partying with the Kimmie crowd. She's trying to engage them but keeping them at arm's length at the same time. I think she's actually being very mature, all things considered. She's a smart kid, and reacts with caution. P & E can't completely pull rank on her because they've lost a lot of their legitimacy as authority figures with her. They might get it back, but they know they have to proceed with caution. I loved the long hours put in at the Rezidentura only to learn that the FBI vending machine doesn't work and that they're out of toilet paper. Seriously - unless the mail-bot goes into the "vault" it's not going to pick up any serious information. I'd get the giggles after too many beeps myself.

The question here is IF she does it right - but nobody, including Elizabeth knows what that is. The jobs that Elizabeth usually do right generally involve either getting neked or beating the crap out of someone, neither of which can be applied here. Paige does surprise her parents quite often, so Elizabeth has to tread lightly which is not what the Centre wants. And I think Philip understands her better than Elizabeth (he's much more empathetic), and this is where the problem will arise. Philip does not want Paige to do this. In fact, his most supportive action was to glower silently at Elizabeth when she said, "She's my daughter too." In fact, the idea of some fat, sweaty politburo comrade leering at Paige while she slowly undresses is enough to make him defect.

Honestly, I think that the Centre has it wrong with Paige. Yes, she is idealistic and wants to make the world a better place (and nobody is looking at you, Kimmie), but she is offended by lies and deception, and these knowing her parents lied to her is a part of her formative experience. She loves her parents to be sure, but if she is to be a spy, she will hate it. She sees the best in people, and that doesn't involve quietly taking their measurements to see how to fold them into a suitcase. Henry, on the other hand...

This. Is. Awesome. Yes, paramitch, this is definitely one nutty hospital. (What wouldn't I give to have Bill Murray come in and play some government official…)

The Sting theme song was turned into muzak everywhere for a while. And now I have an ear worm.

This is also the tail-end of 1982. I know this because Tootsie came out over Christmas Break of 8th grade when I was in Rochester NY visiting my grandparents, and it was the only time I saw them laugh their asses off. Zinaida revealed her agent-ness by getting up in the middle of that movie: nobody who wants to call himself a pie-loving American gets up during a Bill Murray scene from Tootsie. Henry is going to need a new 9-volt battery soon. The tape machine looked more Beta-max ish but the video itself looked VHS. We had a Beta-max (because my dad always, always took for the wrong tech advice, which is why we don't have stock in Apple) but VHS's didn't really come into their own for another year or so…right? It might just be my dad's voice I'm hearing, telling me that nobody sane would ever buy a VHS.

I come from a family of addicts, and that is their default move. Confront anyone about anything, and they turn you into the bad guy who has betrayed the family in some way. The problem is that addicts/enablers don't know that this shit is poisonous; instead they just pat themselves on the back for getting away with something else. Philip and Elizabeth (for as much as they could use some pharmaceuticals about now) know that they can't keep lying to Paige, and that if they lie to her she will move emotionally away from them if not physically (as soon as she can). Not only do they have to turn her into a spy but they kind of like her too and don't want this to happen. The only thing they should have done better was maybe say, "Well, we were not born…wait, where's Henry?"

Of course not. None of that was her being surprised at her new salary or at the fact that her firm was negotiatingh and trying to get her off cheap. She expected it, just like Diane and Cary expected she would angle for more money. That's why she brought Finn in with her. To negotiate on her behalf. They were treating it like any other negotiation they do as lawyers. I don't get why people are confused at this plot; it seemed pretty straightforward. Thank you, although I was being sarcastic and knew this. My point - and I assume many others as well - was that Alicia didn't seem to do much forward planning. She knows that the firm is treading water, and she knows how little a state's attorney makes, and considering her financial concerns in the past (affording her condo and paying her kids' tuition) and her needs in the future (paying for the kids' college), I found this ridiculously short-sighted. Then again, she spends most of her time with supposedly seasoned adults who reveal their deepest and darkest secrets over email using an unsecured server so expecting her to think out possible consequences is probably asking too much.

Great point. I just assume that they've used the same server everywhere…although this gets silly. My 77 year old attorney father is the least tech-proficient person on the planet. He starts swearing at his computer if he accidentally mutes the sound because he can't figure out how to fix it. However, back in 1999 he was savvy enough to say, "If you don't want to see it in the newspaper, don't write it in an email." Seriously, it doesn't take a law firm to know that email is not private. In fact, haven't the L/G folks dug up email dirt on clients during high powered divorces? While it was pretty hilarious watching lawyer-on-lawyer beatings, this is just too far-fetched for the writers. Did Alicia just figure out that the SA's salary was lower than a private litigator's? I can imagine her thinking, "But when Peter was SA, he seemed to always have soooo much money! Why did the salary drop so much since then?" This lady is not built for Chicago.