Sloooooowly dropping. Aaaaaaaany minute now. Just one more week. Impressions: That this episode started out with over a minute and a half of pure recap was not a promising sign. Nor was it taking half the episode just to get back to the cliffhanger from last week, only to immediately drop it and go […]
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