And now the audience says "FUCK YOU" to you!

Yeah, I remember when I was reading "The Two Towers" and Tolkein was all "and then Sean Bean got orc'ed to death, whoa!" You know, because Sean Bean the actor who played Boromir in the LotR films (and died in the first one) and is the subject of this thread was also mentioned in the books, where Boromir died in the…

I'm not sure that your point holds up precisely because those plays were based on old stories. When "Titanic" came out, every hack had to make some comment about the boat sinking like it was a big secret. People didn't go to see IF the boat sank, they wanted to see how it was presented. Same thing with "Passion of…

I'm just afraid it's going to play out in my head similar to Garret Dillahunt's double turn as two different characters in Deadwood, only intentionally so. When he returned in season 2 as a completely different character, I just kept thinking to myself "How has no one noticed that he's the guy that shot Wild Bill?!"

Stray observations
Not a huge deal, but it was Jaime that said Ned was a "brave man, [with] terrible judgement."

The old gods/new gods haven't played much of a part in the show yet, but they better in the future. Can't say much more without getting into severe spoiler territory.

The Targaryen siblings are the enemy to Robert Baratheon, not the Dothraki. Robert and his rebellion overthrew the Mad King, leaving Daenerys and Viserys as the end of the bloodline. While they're still around, they have a legitimate claim to come back and try to reclaim the throne. Viserys just intends to use the…