Oodles of straight characters have died on this show… because characters dying is a big part of its schtick. Celebrate the show for portraying gay and bi characters, don't criticize it for treating them exactly the same way it treats its straight characters.

After the first couple dozen, it's just DBC for short.

Lexa's death made me sad (because it was supposed to), but I don't see it as a mistake or bad choice by the writers. Based on what they wanted to do with the ALIE plotline, the Commander had to die so that the solution to defeating ALIE wasn't ridiculously easy. Whatever other flaws the show may have, it actually…

I was surprised to learn that only a few months have passed in the show's timeline. That seems possible in terms of plot mechanics, but just feels totally wrong in terms of character and relationship development.

My take was that with the Mountain people no longer around to give them drugs, the Reapers stopped being all crazy and reaper-y and reintegrated into the general Grounder population.

The second his shirt came off in his first appearance, I was sure there was more love triangulation in Clarke's future. Is he definitely dead, though? Seemed like maybe he was gasping a bit as he got dragged off.

Can you doubt that Pike will die a heroic death fighting for the good guys in the finale? Maybe even taking a bullet for someone? Maybe even for Octavia or Indra, just to make it more on the nose?

Is it definitely confirmed that the Clegane-skull sent to Dorne is legit? I have vague memories of characters in the books expressing skepticism. Maybe R Strong is actually Tywin's head on Gregor's body!

In this vein, remember that as far as Jon knows, the Wildlings killed his beloved uncle Benjen… and they sort-of forced him to kill his buddy Qorin (sp?). But he's become a big-picture guy who understands that the Wildlings and the Watch have wasted centuries hating and killing each other, forgetting that their real…

Skip the torture and go straight to the hanging.

He clearly thinks of his pops as the bad side of the gene pool, so maybe Hyde will be extra-white and British? Will he be smaller than Jekyll, as in the book?

I had no idea, but a bit of googling reveals that he's a big, big deal on the British stage, so PD is likely a bit of a side project for him, some easy cash for ham. Doesn't he know that we don't care about his art? We just want more Sir Ferdinand!

That made me laugh out loud.

How could even the Faceless Men frown on offing Trant? He was my Olly, the guy who was just begging for a good, solid murdering. And the whole "too old" thing was hilariously evil.

I only recently heard of this theory, and I think it's fun! Did it start with book readers or show watchers? If the latter, was it just because they have similar hair? Or if the former, maybe the hair is a hint? I agree that it would lend some pop to a plot twist that a lot of fans have been onto for a long time now.

I also think there's a passage in the books where it's mentioned or implied that Lyanna knew Robert was a dog, and was not at all stoked to be marrying him.

You know nothing, Angry Samoan!

Show-Thorne was more sympathetic than book-Thorne, I thought (so far). Book-Thorne is pretty much a mean-spirited bully and snob, who's motivated at least as much by hatred of Jon as by the Night's Watch Code. He's a better man than Slynt, but that's about it.

That's fair, I also miss the Tysha backstory, though I'm not such a fan of Martin's use of repeated phrases. To my taste, Dinklage's Tyrion is still the best, even with the show writers/runners giving him less to work with.

Young-Ned REALLY looked the part! I had to look twice to make sure that it wasn't Sean Bean with an insanely good make-up job.