Let’s just address this now instead of waiting until I get around to publishing my recap: yes, Maisie Williams is old enough — 22 — to be a participant in SPOILER ALERT! that sex scene last night EVEN THOUGH ARYA IS OBVIOUSLY JUST A TINY BABY. A TINY TINY MURDER BABY.
HBO, knowing that people were going to freak out, posted this ahead of the episode, and maybe revealed Arya’s age in the process:
As for Maisie Williams herself, at first, she thought the scene was a prank by the writers.
Elizabeth Warren wrote an essay in The New Yorker praising Daenerys. At least she gets Game of Thrones better than either Hillary Clinton or Ted Cruz.
Some things you can bet on in Las Vegas: Who will die next; who will sit on the Iron Throne; how many people Arya will kill on her list; who will win in Cleaganebowl; and whether or not Arya will wear Littlefinger’s face.
Here’s the Florence + the Machine’s version of the “Jenny of Oldstones” song from last night’s Game of Thrones episode. SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO HAUNTING.
Speaking of, here are six other original songs from the show.
Oh, and guess what? Last night’s episode leaked early. Again.
In non-Game of Thrones business
This Wednesday’s episode of Riverdale will be Luke Perry’s final appearance on the show. ~sniffle~
According to Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul will end after 6 seasons.
Esposito was just full of information and also revealed that George Lucas has been very involved in the development of The Mandalorian.
Superstore is getting two new showrunners — but it’s all good. The original showrunner is just moving onto new projects.
Apparently, Laura Ingraham fancies herself a TV critic now.
Adam Lambert will return to American Idol for a special Queen night. (Has American Idol done a Queen night before? And if not, why not?)
Abigail Disney, Disney heiress, has a lot of thoughts on Disney C.E.O., Bob Iger’s $65.5 million salary, none of them good.
Netflix is working on a feature that would play a random episode which I guess if you’re watching old episodes of Friends makes sense, but otherwise, no thank you, please?
Whoa. So last week, I almost linked to an Uproxx post that was mildly critical of Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost but then decided against it because I doubted anyone other than me cared. As it turned out, someone cared — someone cared enough to post multiple posts on Instagram insinuating that the Uproxx writer performs acts of bestiality on rescue dogs. And that someone was Michael Che.
Dude. Chill.
#MeToo
Renewals
- NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans have both been renewed by CBS.
In Development
- A four-part docuseries about The Comedy Store is in development at Showtime.
- The Half of It has started production for Netflix.
Casting News
- Jerome Flynn will be joining the cast of The Dark Tower on Amazon.
- Betsy Brandt is joining the Suits spinoff, Pearson.
- Jeanine Serralles is joining the cast of Utopia on Amazon.
- Elizabeth Gillies is your new Alexis, LOL.
- Natalie Morales is leaving Access and Access Live.
- Jon Seda is leaving Chicago P.D., Colin Donnell and Norma Kuhling are leaving Chicago Med.
Mark Your Calendar
- Knock Down the House will debut on Netflix on May 1.
- Cake Boss will return no Discovery on May 18.
- Mrs. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mystery will debut on Acorn on April 29.
- Good Sam will debut on Netflix on May 16.
- Private Lives of the Monarchs will debut on Smithsonian on May 20.
- Biography will return on A&E with three new episodes on May 27 and 28. They will focus on Chris Farley, Jeff Foxworthy, and Jeff Dunham.
- Southern Charm New Orleans returns on Bravo on June 2.
- ARDYs: A Radio Disney Music Celebration will live air on Disney Channel on June 16.
R.I.P.
Steve Golin, Founder and CEO of Anonymous Content, and producer of a number of films and TV shows, including True Detective, Mr. Robot and 13 Reasons Why.
David Picker, Former president of United Artists, Paramount and Columbia
WATCH THIS
Gentleman Jack: An eight-part series about Anne Lister, a 19th century Englishwoman who bucked convention and openly courted women, and is considered by some the first modern lesbian. Series premiere 9 p.m., HBO
American Idol: “Meet Your Contestants” in this two-hour special presentation. 7 p.m., ABC
Eva A-7063: A documentary about a survivor of Auschwitz and the horrific human experiments conducted by Josef Mengele who fought to keep the lessons of the Holocaust alive. 8 p.m., PBS
The Neighborhood: Season finale 7 p.m., CBS
Late Night:
- Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Nathan Lane, Pitbull, Philippe Cousteau
- The Daily Show: TBA
- Busy Tonight: Lizzo
- Conan: Isaac Hempstead Wright
- Watch What Happens Live: Carl Radke, Scheana Shay
| MON. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | American Idol (new) |
The Fix (new) |
| CBS | The Neighborhood (new) |
Man with a Plan (new) |
The Code (new) |
Bull (repeat) |
| CW | DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (new) |
Arrow (new) |
Local |
| FOX | The Resident (new) |
9-1-1 (new) |
News/Local |
| NBC | The Voice (new) |
The Enemy Within (new) |