Most serious dramas do? What main character died on Breaking Bad? I mentioned BSG and the Sopranos. Even The Wire, which did have an equally spacious cast, and a few deaths, managed to be very protective of MCs with little reason to live. Omar for instance?

Best CGI scene = Stannis' army descending on the Wildlings.

I think he's going to continue his training, and become an absolute badass with his left hand, and attach a buckler to the right. That would be the best use of it anyway.

Harrenhall has been made the capital of the Riverlands, with Petyr Baelish as Lord Paramount of the Trident (ie Lord of the Riverlands). The Freys still control their land, and were rewarded for the Red Wedding with control of the Castle Riverrun, along with the land around the Castle. They are now a powerful family…

This is the problem with not showing a bunch of named Lords on the show. You get the impression that the north is all Boltons, Starks, Karstarks and Umbers. Roose Bolton has to maintain control over a lot of different houses, the Cerwyns, the Tallharts, the Glovers, the Mormonts, the Reeds, the various mountain clans:…

No he doesn't, not with the lands being given to him by the King and the grand daughter of Hoster Tully by his side. It's not an empty title. They gave the Freys one more castle, with it's villages. They don't rule anything else (Unless you count the Darry Estate, which they give to a Lannister cousin who is married…

Please, like Cersei knows anything about power.. She hasn't been able to exercise her power in any meaningful way the entire show. Just wastes opportunities and disappoints her family.

Well let's agree to disagree. I think the story has raised the bar in a way that will become very apparent with future shows. Ned Stark? Tywin Lannister? Joffrey? I get your point about Robb, it's supported by his place in the books. But the others? You will never see another major epic series with action without main…

You know nothing Darrius. Power is an illusion, a shadow on the wall. It's where you perceive it to be, and if he were to stake the claims he would have a TON of power.

Have you read about this guy?
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From a low family, marries a York, his policies bankrupted England, he was the consolation pick between the Yorks and Lancasters. Sound familiar?

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Not solid, Sansa is now a partner to Petyr Baelish. She is the rightful heir to Winterfell. She can count on most of the North minus the Boltons and Karstarks to support her, not to mention Crannogmen and the northern tribes.

The Riverlands are not ruled by the Freys. They were given Riverrun and all it's lands. Petyr Baelish is now the Lord of Harrenhall and Lord Paramount of the Trident.

Which makes me nervous. He's less overtly slimy in the books. I could see them letting a scheming asshole win it all. But a slimy, scheming, asshole?

Ned Stark was a dead man walking. Littlefinger tried to save him, he really did. But when it became apparent Ned was going to throw his life away, Littlefinger isn't one to throw away an opportunity to gain influence and power.

I just think it's the difference of the mentors. Sansa was initially a useless little idiot in the capital. Arya was initially a very dangerous sack of potatoes, being hauled from one area to another, getting people killed in the process. Arya has had to fight to survive, Sansa has had to develop a more intellectual…

The books end with Littlefinger climbing a pile of bones to sit atop the Iron Throne, with his creepy, vengeful wife Sansa manipulating a dynasty into being that lasts for centuries. Meanwhile all of his financial schemes will leave the crown deeply in debt for years to come.

Arya isn't a tank character. She's an assassin. Play some video games, man.

All I said was Mereen would be wrapped up in the future. I didn't say Dany was leaving, or staying, or losing power, or building an empire. If you thought the entire focus of Dany's story was just going to end at the internal politics of the city of Mereen, I'm sorry.

Cersei's crazy and mean, I guess she's the closest thing to a villain. But really, if she's the villain who are the good guys? It's all well and good to say the common people are good, but the common people do messed up shit constantly. Sansa's near rape?

No there are no "villains" left. Arya's now a psychopath, Sansa is now a Queen Bitch, Lannisters and Tyrells vie for power in the capital. Stannis, Melisandre, and Jon Snow are all together. The Boltons are evil, outright. The Frey's as well, but almost all of those two families power comes from their legitimacy by…