exactly. no deals with the masters just meant continued murders in the city walls while the masters gathered their fleet to attack, which is what they were going to do anyway once the fleet that could fight back had been burned into the bay. Of course, what defense has against flying fire breathing dragons, I don't…

because most things are legitimized by conquest

those really were fantastic, I agree

I still like Brom the best as the anti-knight. He's got his sense of humour about it all, and is good at killing

well, she was apparently dead as soon as the contract was agreed to. so arya coming to her didn't get her killed

Off screen deaths don't mean death til we see their head on a pike atop the Red Keep's gate. Of course, the old bastard did say he wouldn't run to fight another day, so….shit.

and the yakuza, just so long as we're talking origin stories

except what she needs is his army, so a safe passage north deal, whether it's honored or not being another thing, seems more needed than one guy who can sneak in and out

we only know what characters state, and they only state what they either know or are guessing at, so…
- there is a contract according to Jaquen, but he could have been lying
- we don't know the understudy hired the faceless men, but she did have a 'what, who me' expression when accused, so looks guilty. But her as the…

one way or another, a face will be added. that could be Arya's for her betrayal, or the Waif's for her disobedience, or another's depending on who wins the Arya-Waif showdown and how.

I still think "we're" being set up for that Frankenmountain trial by combat. I was wrong about a worged Hodor taking him on eventually, though my wife pointed out we didn't see him die, so a turned Hodor could be in the future. Now that the kingsguard wear a star of the seven on their armour, it remains to be seen…

I was aware of the comic series, but didn't read it. I liked the episode. The characters were given enough information for me to stay interested in them, and I liked the Irish vampire, Cassidy. I've only seen that actor from Misfits on Hulu, but like him quite a bit.

I like Hardwick, but even shows I genuinely love have some plot holes or things that make you go 'huh?' that can be pointed out as constructive criticism or as in invitation to explain from the insiders he gets on. I stopped watching his 'talking' shows a while back because they're too much like the Chris Farley…

and don't watch any game of thrones polite fights while at work either. those guys can't talk about nudity without highlighting it

Well, I don't read EW or most interview mags. My recollection of the reports was that he said he was done and not coming back, in order to reinforce the cliff-hanger of whether he'd be resurrected. Note that I'm not mad at him for the misleading comment. Yes, he was dead. It's part of his job to lead us down a certain…

I try to look at it like Amazing Race photo finishes. The editing makes it look like they're neck and neck, but teams could be minutes or hours between reaching the end.

telling Gus he's waiting for the other shoe to drop after the cobbler orgy story. I see what you did there.

admit it, that Kevin Smith scripted Superman Lives isn't sounding so bad in comparison anymore, is it?

Yeah, I get that, and I liked the movie. But the sequence of events for that final twist was just a bit much for me to comprehend, because you have 1) the winter soldier finding and killing stark's parents on a lonely highway; 2) but on camera that captures is all perfectly; 3) and he shoots the camera but his…

yeah, the bad guy who started this plot a year ago when his family was killed planned it out so well by having a tape of a murder done years earlier and somehow figuring that iron man would be there to see the tape. ugh.