What Matters “Baelor” Game of Thrones HBO, Sundays, 9 PM Written by Daniel Benioff & D. B. Weiss Directed by Alan Taylor “If the day ever came when your father was forced to choose between honor on the one hand, and those he loves on the other, what would he do?” – Blind Master Aemon The most fascinating thing about this episode of Game of Thrones was learning how far some people will go to prop up their self-delusions. Even those who think honor lies in honesty are revealed as self-deluded, hypocritical, even vain. I don’t know what story George R. R.…
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Fringe: “Brown Betty”
Fringe Noir By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Tuesdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “Brown Betty” Written by Jeff Pinkner & J.H. Wyman & Akiva Goldsman Directed by Seth Mann “Must be nice to know who you are, to know your place in the world… I thought I did. I thought I knew who I was.” —Peter Bishop Only Walter Bishop could tell this story. Only a child could understand it. In one of the oddest departures from convention yet, this episode of Fringe enters a truly alternate universe, one of Walter’s contriving. Having just ingested a cannabis…