@Olive

@Olive

So… NOBODY got the "just don't say anything about the fucking books, assholes" memo?

Yeah, the individual swordfights have been uniformly excellent. But like Ryan said, this is going to get REALLY old if every battle there might be in the future is presented like this:

Really, The Wire resonated with you on a personal level? Because you spend so much of your free time deep in the heroin trade, on one side or the other?

Zombie Robert next week.

It's a shame that they've decided they don't have the budget for Epic.
Even though it might have been a rout, fighting 2,000 guys is still a pretty freaking big battle. And we were shown none of it. And we don't know exactly how the taking of Jaime happened, but it sure as hell involved the other 18k guys, and you…

They were all basically told to shut up about the incest rumors at the point of a sword, or else bought off (e.g. Freys, Boltons, Tyrells). Not really that surprising, and yeah - as soon as it's to their advantage, I'm sure the great houses will suddenly remember that Tommen's not legitimate.

Yeah, that molten gold set up amazingly quickly. Still, I think the sound effect was worth offending the metallurgists among us.

Hesitantly agree on Sansa killing/ruining (directly or indirectly) Littlefinger. Hesitation because GOD, I hate Sansa a lot and think she's irretrievably useless.

Heh. Grouped collectively, then.

I mean, he inherited his position, so it's not like his station in life required acumen. And being bad-ass with a sword, and with military strategy, doesn't necessarily have the first thing to do with skill at palace intrigue. Randall Tarly's name never comes up as a candidate for Hand, does it? (It might, I can't…

Drew Faust became dean of Radcliffe in 2001, though. I don't see Martin holding down a side job, let alone a demanding full-time job like that.