Really? I thought his "In my experience…" was a pretty clear indicator that he was planning to kill his betrothed's older sister and take the castle at the first available opportunity, which seemed right in keeping with his character and the show.

Sam is awesome. It's great to see him coming into his own.

Do they always get you down?

True. His senses of duty and honor are his best qualities. But his complete lack of diplomacy and noblesse oblige are going to keep standing in his way.

Cool, thanks for the heads-up.

Next episode: Cersei is presented with the head of Hefty Smurf. The black-robed assassin, who identifies himself only as "G," takes his cat and leaves in a huff when she says that's not the dwarf she wanted and refuses to give him an army with which to raid the Smurflands.

That was an incredible interview. My husband and I watched it last night and were blown away by it.

I generally agree, but—how do I put this without sounding like I'm blaming her?—I think part of the reason behind the jokes is the way that around the fourth season of SATC, and especially in the movies (God, those awful movies!), we viewers were suddenly subjected to lots of long, carefully lit close-ups designed to…

Actually, it was a really gorgeous dress. Essentially unwearable, but lovely.

Ha! I was thinking the same thing re Varys's body type and historical castrati/eunuchs. The images I've seen (which have, generally, been paintings/sketches/etchings, of course) and the contemporary written descriptions are very Varys-like.

See, this is the thing I don't quite get (thanks for the tip re the Unsullieds' general demeanor; I hadn't noticed it, but will look for it on my next viewing of the episode).

Ah, thanks. At the time I was totally the target audience for Babysitting—saw it in the theater, in fact—and totally NOT the target audience for Jacket, heh, which I didn't see for another few years (and then loved). So I always think of Jacket as being a much later film, even though it wasn't.

Loved this episode. I love this show, but really loved this episode (we're watching piecemeal, rather than one long binge, so the next episode is as far as we've gotten).

Oh, totally the Moffit garbage. All those problems that are solved with "Just imagine it's better, and it will be/you can fix it by remembering!" that are the equivalent of "It was all a dream," as far as laziness goes, all that silly retconning (the angels can lodge in your eyeballs? And kill you? A man feeling love…

Ah, okay. Sorry, I wasn't sure if you were making some sort of MRA-ish argument there.

Do you think Grey Worm lied to whats-her-name, the adorable ex-slave he's having the adorable romantic plot with? I think he knows exactly why an Unsullied would go to a prostitute, but didn't want to admit it. (I'm pretty sure we were supposed to get that impression, but I've been wrong before.)

Nothing wrong with flat-assed men. I'm not a fan of large-butted men, personally.

Agree completely. I said basically the same thing above: His need to be seen as King and make people bow to him was more important to him than allowing Mance and the wildlings to keep their pride while still fighting on his side. The way he presented his "offer" to Mance in front of everyone at Castle Black was such…

She reminds me more of the Madame puppet (Madonna, I mean).

Wow, that's unnecessary.