I recently re-watched HBO’s John Adams and liked it at least as much as I did the first time — naturally, Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney are excellent, and Tom Wilkinson’s Ben Franklin is a hoot — but I forgot just how good Stephen Dillane was as Thomas Jefferson. Really magnetic performance, specially in light of his time as Stannis Baratheon, the Least Exciting Claimant to the Iron Throne in all of Westeros. His Jefferson is basically the opposite of that.

But the part I simply cannot stop thinking about  is a scene in Episode 4; John Adams — as the first American ambassador to England — meets King George (an incredible Tom Hollander) face to face for the first time. I’ve replayed the scene again and again, dumbstruck by the performances, particularly that of Hollander, who is now one of my favorite actors to watch.