Exciting times in fantasy land. Impressions: I hadn't really processed that I had cast aside basically everything but the Thursday and Friday shows this season, but I guess here we are. And it's unfortunate that I've flipped through all the Friday shows for today and all their second episodes are pretty poor. I think […]
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