First, you are wrong - that was a clear depiction of rape. Cersei repeatedly says "no" as she is forced to the ground, her clothes torn off and raped by Jaime, who says "I don't care" to her objections. Second, no, I don't watch Game of Thrones just to be shocked by horrible shit. if I just wanted to be shocked, then…

I also felt that scene crossed the line too. How long did it really need to be for us to get the point?

It's offensive because the show had one main character rape another main character, and then pretended the next week as if it never happened and we should sympathize with the rapist.

I've loved the series so far, but after tonight's episode I'm very concerned about the directions that the show is going in. I thought this was the worst Game of Thrones episode so far for numerous reasons. First, it made absolutely no sense that Jaime RAPED his sister last week on the show and then this week on the…

I really enjoyed the episode…up until the ending. I thought they would have chosen with a more powerful closing moment, like Cat's resurrection. Also, I was uncomfortable with their portrayal of Daenerys' liberation of Yunkai - they made it seem like she was a "white savior" of the slaves.

Nichobert, you are crazy.

No, it does not.

The army of undead wasn't marching on the Wall, they were marching on the Fist of the First Men.

I agree that an excessive amount of the review was spent on the nudity issue, but I also think there is a fundamental issue with the portrayal of naked women vs. naked men. The camera repeatedly scans over the bodies of the naked women in a way that it never does for the naked men. When we do see naked men the camera…

I absolutely agree that the show takes on "the male gaze", portraying the naked women as sexual objects whereas the naked men are portrayed simply as naked humans. It really is in the details of the filming - how the camera scans over the naked women whereas it does not do this for the naked men. However, it is…

There are already so many characters and groups and places to remember, and TV viewers don't have an appendix that they can refer to like book readers, so they have to simplify it for TV.

I think they will still have Tyrion kill Shae; her jealousy of his marriage with Sansa will make her resent him and she will eventually betray him in the trial and then end up getting killed by him when he catches her with his father just like in the book.

I thought so too until they actually did the scene with the leeches tonight, straight from the book. Given the presence of that scene, I increasingly suspect Joffrey will die in episode 10 either at his wedding or in some other circumstances.

She's a red priestess who gives birth to shadow monsters, so perhaps she has some jedi mink tricks up her sleeve as well. "This is not the bastard of Robert Baratheon you are looking for" :)

Where does it hint at this in the book?

Where was this hinted at in book 5? I read book 5 but don't remember this detail at all. I thought he just lost a bunch of fingers and toes.