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"Hold the Door!" Okay, that was the first moment I've laughed out loud at the show, and not in a good way. Halfway through season 6 and I'm already starting to see the degradation of the writing. Major character kill-offs aren't even shocking anymore. But the "Hold the Door" thing was just so embarrassingly contrived. I can just see the writers room and some 23-year-old film school hack going: "And then Hodor helps them escape the cave as the White Walkers close in." "How?" "Maybe he closes off the cave entry?" "How? It's a cave. What could he close off?" "Maybe there's a door." "...a door?" "Yeah." "...to the cave? The cave has a door?" "Yeah." "But we've seen the other cave entrance like 10 times already. And there's no door." "But there is on this side." "Why?" "Because, get this. He HOLDS the DOOR!" "..." "Get it?" "Get what?" "He HOLDS the DOOR!" "I don't get it." "HO' DOOR. HODOR!" "Oh...Okay. I thought his name was just 'Hodor.'" "Yeah, but this is clever!" I was screaming with laughter, and I didn't even have to look to know that this wasn't something from the books. But indeed it isn't. His name is just Hodor.

Love his story and his fire. And it looked like he put in the work in the off-season to back up his will to succeed. He had a great season and I look forward to seeing what he will do in 2021.

Thanks, everyone for the feedback so far. I've decided to go through til the end. I just started Season 6, so I'm in virgin territory.

You're right. Would never happen. How foolish of me. Also:

Interesting that he chose to wear his Wisconsin hoodie in his Dear John letter to the state of Texas. I wonder if he wouldn't like playing for Green Bay? Also, Houston may very well be Major League-ing it. Maybe they want to move the franchise to another market.

Leaf, Sanchez, RGIII, Wentz, Darnold. One thing for damn sure: You don't trade up for the second best QB in the draft.

Dune. I got it for Dune. I literally subscribed the day they made the announcement they would be carrying WB's first run movies. Hope enough other people did likewise so that offer studios follow in WB's footsteps.

Didn't exactly quit after season 5. Just couldn't justify the HBO expense at the time. But last year was a pretty good year sales-wise. So I got HBO money

Glad I'm not the only one! He was poised to be a career starter. From the looks of it, he went back to Iowa and is involved in farming and local football. I'll throw out one. I always wondered what happened to Kealoha Pilares.

This was my pick. My Madden players were always #37 in his honor. He was a guy who got thrust into the spot light and worked his ass off. Good special teamer as well. Looked him up due to this thread. Apparently he's a realtor now. https://www.buddyblake.com/agents/523/nick-goings/

I recently got HBO Max, and I started re-watching from the beginning. When I last had HBO was the end of Season 5, and I've managed to avoid spoilers about how the series ended thus far. But I understand that Season 8, and the way the show ended got a pretty poor reception from the fans. So I'd like to ask this of the freefolk who have watched all the way to the end: Is it as bad as they say it is? Was this a "The Last Jedi" kind of thing, where it was loved by some, hated by others, but a very toxic and vocal minority makes it seem like it's a flaming shitwreck. Or is it actually a full-on dumpster fire? Is it worth watching all the way to the end? I'm so enjoying re-watching the early seasons. Damn I forgot how good that show was! So is it worth getting re-invested again, and getting my hopes up, only to be disappointed? Will it ruin the entire show for me if I see the end? Or is it worth soldiering through just so I get closure by seeing the series finale? If it IS that bad and watching to the end WILL ruin the show for me forever, where should I stop? Thanks!

One of the most badass military sci-fi films I've ever seen. Being released in installments every few months on YouTube, and I hope bringing it to the attention of a new audience here. It's basically the passion project of one guy, and the quality of the animation and action is just amazing. Mainly sharing for @Harbingers because if you're waiting for a Warhammer 40k movie, this is about the best we could ever hope for. I'll also tag @PhillyB here, because there's some amazing shot composition, visual storytelling and editing here that any filmmaker could benefit from seeing.

I don't have any issue with bringing in Teddy this past off-season. He had a great track record, a good upside, and was proven to be a smart, reliable QB to serve as a placeholder and keep us competitive until the team found their next franchise QB. I'll go to my grave never understanding why we paid him that much money.

Very happy to hear it! He's a quality guy, and no one deserves cancer. Beyond sports, just on a human level, I'm so happy to hear that he's beaten it.

GUiSe! OP is ottally righ! Onse we know were not going to be in the palyoffs, we should just fourfeet ever game. y play to win? Its rly not smrat. In fact after we loose the first game, we should loose all tha games! Well be first pick evey yeer! Big vbrain time!!!

Who's going to protect a first round franchise QB? You put a QB behind this line, odds are he's gonna be shelled into becoming David Carr 2.0. I'm not opposed to getting a QB in the first round, or even with the 8th pick. But we've got so many glaring needs, that I wouldn't be burning my jersies if we didn't. Yeah, tanking worked so well for Doug Pederson. It's stupid. Unsportsmanlike. And if you want the team to lose so badly, you go out there and tell 50 juiced up, hyper-competitive 230lb+ alpha males to swallow their pride and intentionally play beneath their abilities so maybe the team can get a slightly higher draft pick. The players don't care. They want to win. For some, their play will determine if they got a job next year. For others, it's the last pro game they'll ever play. They ain't about to tank for poo.

Tampa Bay.

Parsons. We have been spoiled with nearly two unbroken decades of exemplary MLB play. And we saw how much we suffer without that leadership this year. We need a new defensive field general. As important as the secondary is, a good linebacking corps can take a lot of stress off your defensive backs.

How you just gonna take a mannequin from Oshkosh B'gosh and put it in a multi-million dollar movie?

Someone had to do it. Although honestly, with mild dyslexia, this is what I see every time I see the Washington Football Team acronym.

Ah. Thank you!

Peyton, at this point, is just every dad. I don't know how they ever get him to wear a jacket. He should be in white New Balance shoes with a a can of light beer in each cargo pocket in his shorts.

Buffalo video? That's an alarmingly vague title, and I'm not sure I want to know more. [Who's on top?]