Good thing I DVR'd it. Which reminds me - better go set it up for tonight.

of the series.

was very well done - Nikolai Coster-Waldau was excellent, IMHO

not sure if you have or not, but the bath scene I mentioned above, as well as the Jon-Ygritte scene were two of the more anticipated scenes of the season.

And this will be his demise?

I started it 16 yrs ago!

The Freys had some pretty hefty demands - a formal apology, Harrenhall and also Edmure Tully to wed Roslin Frey. However, Robb & Edmure agreed to the terms.

Would that mean that Ayra is destined to be water dancer?

if I said anything more, I couldn't forgive myself

I'm okay with SPOILERS...Please! I was Garden OCDing for a month and I need to come down from the ledge!

I'm not 100% sure, but in the books she has a dream about the death of a certain character, and I think Mel saying what she said might be a substitute for that.

of one of her brothers? and her mother?

I watched it again. Ayra is going to kill three of the people whose names she repeats each night.

she has a long list, though. In the book, I think it gets up to 13 names, including some that have never been on the show (Weese, Polliver, Raff the Sweetling, etc) and one who died before he got added to the list - the Tickler. (He was the guy who tortured people at Harrenhall that Jaqen H'Gar killed for Arya.) In the books, the death of the Tickler is one of the most memorable scenes of the entire series. I hope they can find somebody to substitute for him.

Or people she will kill in the future. She's going to be warrior. That much is clear.
I'm hoping for a romance between Jaime and Brienne. They seem to be good for each other.

I felt sorry for her.

Sansa's maid and Tyrion's undercover girlfriend?

I think most "undercover girlfriends" always knew that there would be a wife in the picture at some point.

Poor Sansa never realized that when that ship sailed into the sunset, it was taking with it the worst possible future scenario in her life.

Geoffrey and Little Finger are both evil.

They've made LF more evil & sadistic than he was in the books - at least on the surface in the books.

I keep expecting him to kidnap Sansa and tie her to railway tracks or something.

However, he's more subtle in the books... and, the twist at the end of A Storm of Swords was a jaw-dropper to me.

And so awesome. I do wish the show would make him a bit more subtle like he is in the books.

He is fairly subtle. It's just that his evil acts are becoming apparent. Are you saying in the books he didn't sell women to men who wanted to hurt them? And he didn't sell Ros to Geoffrey so he could kill her?

but, there is no "Ros" in the books. THere are numerous whores/prostitutes in the books and Ros is kind of an amalgamation of some of them, though obviously not Shae (Tyrion's girlfriend now, but a former 'camp follower') The whore that gets beaten is Alayaya - who helps Tyrion out by serving as his cover to go out to see Shae. (Tyrion would go to Alayaya at a local high-end brothel, then slip out the back door to see Shae through some secret passages.) However, that is Cersei that has that done, and I'm pretty sure she never got killed.

There are two ice cold bad things Littlefinger does in the books, but he takes a direct hand in both. And, I'm almost positive they'll have to have the second bad thing Littlefinger does on the show... In last night's episode, he passed Ros off to Joff, so he didn't get directly involved and get his hands dirty by killing her himself for her betrayel.

about Little Finger on the show. His hands are completely dirty. He new what Joffrey would do.

I wonder how Ros' death by Joff will play out, if Tyrion has to continue to pretend.

not sure what will happen now.

The book did that well - Martin described the scene with the girl being dragged in with whip marks on her back, and the reader assumes it is Shae because Tyrion is cursing Varys in his mind. However, at the end of the scene, Tyrion moves up to comfort Alayaya - who would not have been in that situation if she didn't cover for Tyrion... She had actually spent the free time learning to read, which is rare in Westeros outside the nobility.

or TV show?

I only remember him from one of those Jackie Chan/Owen Wilson movies, I think..

and having watched both series fanatically...I never noticed that two of my most-hated characters were being played by the same actor.

It's not really surprising though...HBO likes to use the same actors a lot. I'm just waiting for Michael K. Williams to end up on Game of Thrones...it'll be like HBO casting bingo.

And Tobias Menzies (Edmure Tully) was Brutus on the same... and fans on the most active Game of Thrones website (westeros.org) seem to love James Purefoy (also from Rome) for just about any male role on Game of Thrones, and like Ray Stevenson for Viktarion Greyjoy.

who played Stringer Bell is playing Nelson Mandela in a new film.

A little joke.

But Idris Elba did a great job as Stringer Bell. Ironically, every movie I've seen him in so far he plays an American, even though he's British. And apparently now he'll be South African.

I know the characters in the Wire. Are you kidding? My fav show of all time. I was just using it as an excuse to get in an Idris Elba pic.

Nelson Mandela actually requested Elba play the part.

in the history of TV, IMO.

Who turned her in to him? And what did she do besides warn the eunuch that Little Finger was going to take Sansa?

And telling the eunuch was enough for Little Finger, who is obviously a complete sociopath.

People will be cheering in the streets when he gets his.

or Joffrey?

Joffrey is just a sadist who happens to be King.

Don't be too sure.

Unless you think he's going to win?

you win or you die.

wasn't that the quote? Maybe Joff will soften up under Margaery's influence?

I don't expect Martin to have a perfectly happy fairy tale ending, though.

I'm going to have to suit up in armor and do it myself.

If he just didn't LOOK the part so well. Creep, creep, creep! Of course I saw the actress who plays Danerys on something recently and so help me I wouldn't have recognized her, and it's not just the bleaching. She pretty much turns into someone different.

I'd squeal on Joffrey but it would be a MAJOR spoiler. But it'll be magnificent.

He's doing it so he can pursue his dream education without having to take loans...an MA or Ph.D in ancient Hebrew followed by a career in academia.

He'll change his mind.

Didn't see that coming!

Better do your homework kids.

on students that are unruly in class. Or, maybe he uses it to winnow out those who score below average on his tests...

Will Davos save Gendry (in the show) like he did Edric (in the books)?

though, I have no clue via spoilers or anything like that. Davos will need to redeem himself somehow for Stannis as well.

In response to Littlefinger calling the "iron throne ugly old thing, but it has a certain appeal".

Although I must admit, Olenna has more balls than small counsel put together to throw the brother/sister rumor in Tywin's face. She is knocking the role out of the park.

That's part of her charm...Lady Olenna Tyrell can throw it in the face of Tywin Lannister because he can't do anything about it. She has all the power in their exchange. It's her son's provisions and troops that give Tywin an army to war against all comers.

In the books, Sansa was supposed to be wed to Willas Tyrell, the eldest Tyrell son, but also a "gentle" man who can no longer walk due to his legs being shattered while jousting as a teenager.

Garlan Tyrell is the second oldest son and a mighty warrior in his own right, with Loras being only the third eldest son (and already a member of Joffrey's Kingsguard since right after the Blackwater battle...)

On the show, with only one son, who is also gay, the Tyrells do have to worry about the family line being continued. Of course, I know of several gay men from when I was in high school in the early to mid 80s who had children, so I'm sure Loras could do his duty, if needed.

Oh, come on. Never?
NO!
Not even once?
NO!
Are you sure? Now even on the down low? Really?
NO!



Queen of Thorns, indeed!

She makes Olenna Redwyne lovable and I believe she is as brilliant as her character is written. Her little tête-à-tête with Tywin is my favorite scene this episode.

Today I watched a show called Thorne: Sleepyhead, and these two guys were best pals in it:



So, now we have another connection between GoT and The Walking Dead besides Jaime and Merle's amputated hands.

And just for good measure, they threw Raylan's wife Winona in.

until I read the text below the picture. Cool find!

I am watching Season TWO already... I watched the first episode.. and couldn't stop. Damn it! Thank you..to who ever got me hooked on this.

if it was me. If not, thanks to whoever got you into it.

Have you read the books at all?

everyone talking about it here and on twitter. That one clip with the dragons.. got me curious. Though I must admit, it is one of the most graphically violent shows, not to mention the nudity. Yet, its like a train wreck, you can't look away.

makes Game of Thrones look like a Disney princess movie when it comes to gratuitous sex & violence - multiple people decapitated and/or skewered every episode with blood spurting worthy of the Kill Bill movies, not to mention lots of male & female nudity and sex throughout.