Cannot be unheard.

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Isn't Hodor's real name Walder?

It was all the dream of an autistic giant named M'tumba.

You mixed the tittle/name order up.

They'll just have to sign a big name to the cast for next season.

The cast certainly grows in the later season but it's also trimmed down many times.

Tywin said that he didn't kill Ned out of pride. There isn't much glory in killing a man who's been maimed. But maybe that was just Tywin's forever-disappointed-father opinion.

I don't think the Dothraki have a word for 'negotiate'.

He might have forgone escaping himself to be sure that Arya had enough time to get away, but what you say makes sense. If the fight between Bronn and Vardis Egen was any indication, Syrio could run circles around a guy in full plate. It's also possible that he just surrendered in the end and they tossed him in a…

I actually saw season two of Deadwood before season one so when I saw Dillahunt's character in season one I was like, "…wat?"

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Don't forget to add Gregor Clegane to your list. He killed Ser Hugh, lopped the head off his own horse, and would have killed Ser Loras if his brother (who Gregor maimed as a child) hadn't intervened. Nobody likes a sore loser.

Meh, it just wont be a surprise. I think a lot of people (not me) figured it out pretty quickly when reading the book.

"But that would be boring TV…"

I doubt Tywin would rely on the information of one scout, captured or not. If an army is marching south it's not going to be a secret.

I don't understand this. It's not like they changed it to make things easier to film. I know they had to add most if not all of those dog noises in. Why change that?

In the book the whole scene, (including Sansa's plea) was scripted by Cersei. Joff gets to look the gracious and merciful ruler in front of the whole royal court. No one ever intended for Ned to die in the first place, as that would cost them a bargaining chip and gain them nothing.

Joff makes Sandor the seventh member of the Kingsguard in this scene in the book, right?

For what little it's worth, the member of the Kingsguard that Syrio's facing off against when Arya runs off is still alive later in the episode. You can see him facing down Barristan Selmy when he's dismissed.