Because everyone knows that stabbing someone to death in the king's chambers is the easiest thing in the world. Look how well it worked for Ser Davos!

I thought about this, but when Tyrion brought up the possibility of Kevan Lannister being named Hand of the King he just dismissed that with a repeat of, "You're my son," which I took to mean he had at least a little affection or pride in Tyrion. What felt like hatred for him just seemed a bit weird after what seemed…

How was he supposed to be aroused when he was just getting to the good part?

The only bone I have to pick is what seems to me to be a pretty sudden tonal shift in the relationship between Tyrion and Tywin. Although we got the sense in Season One that Tywin disapproved of a lot Tyrion's lifestyle, there wasn't quite that amount of real hatred just under the surface. When he sent Tyrion to serve…

All I wanted was for Jorah and Ser Barristan to fight a little bit before that scene resolved. I have no doubt Barristan could win, but it would be an awesome fight to watch.

I liked that they didn't tease us about the giants in the wildling's camp. There was no one telling Jon Snow "Watch out for the giants," and him being all, "Psssh, giants aren't real," for three episodes before we saw one. It also helped bring us right into Jon Snow's sense of wonder at the camp. Excellent scene.

Osha says in Season One that there are giants beyond the wall. She jokes that Hodor must have giant's blood in him after she sees his enormous penis swinging loose in the godswood of Winterfell, but then she confirms that there really are giants in the far north.

I thought that was a nice way to show that the power dynamic between Margaery and Joffrey will be much different from how it was with him and Sansa. Margaery is from a powerful house with its bannermen seated right outside the gates of the capital. He can't exactly have Ser Maren start beating her without a fight from…

Presumably Cersei released her when Tyrion got demoted from Hand because she didn't feel the need for a bargaining chip with him anymore. Also, a nice touch was that in that scene she was putting on makeup to cover some bruising she got while being held by the queen.

They can't afford to get Emilia Clarke naked all the time now that she's famous, so that reduces their options on major female characters to get naked. Lena Heady's way too famous, Sophie Turner's too young, and even Sibel Kikelli's price has probably gone up since Season One (it's way up compared to when she did…

Conleth Hill is the perfect Varys. The way he seems to taste every word as he says it brings a sense of delicacy to a character who is actually very steely. The way he acts within his acting, having to show Varys portraying one emotion while really feeling something else while taking the first layer of emotion just…

I sincerely thought Bronn might kill Podrick in that scene. Had I been in his situation I would have.

Littlefinger only adopted the sleaze. Varys was born in it…molded by it. He didn't see classy until he was a man. By then it was nothing to him by opulence.

I feel your pain with the talkative viewing mates. Half our group spent half the episode telling the other half to pipe down so we could watch.

I think the Lich was created by the bomb. In "Finn the Human," and "Jake the Dog," the Lich doesn't exist yet because the bomb was prevented from going off, so he couldn't have preceded it. Also, we see that Jake is transforming into a Lich-like creature when he's exposed to the bomb.

Watching the geese part I wasn't sure if that was a tactical decision or a comedy shot from the show. It seems like having a flock of geese in front of you by a little bit could be a useful thing as a Viking raider because you would expect them to scatter (or at least make some noise) if they were coming across…

I assumed it was getting married to Cyril and having a child with him. She was talking about "not getting any younger," and possibly, "doing it for the wrong reasons." Showing a back and forth with a decision to do something that can only be done, or will be much easier, while young. Plus, she thinks it would show…

It reminds me of the first season when ODIN was trying to recruit Lana. Everyone had to acknowledge that Archer is great in the field no matter what they thought about him, and when it comes time to throw down there's no one who can beat him (outside of Burt Reynolds and Rip Riley). It might be as Lana started to…

Finn yelling "How do you defend?" was definitely a D&D shout out.

Todd, are you trying to tell me that other people have independent thinking processes shaped by their life experiences that causes them to draw different conclusions about events and hold opposing opinions without either one being wrong? Because if that's what you're saying then I have to think you've gone mad.