It does seem to support the idea that it's possible that it was rape in the book, but because it was told from Jaime's perspective we can't really say for certain. It could be that the show was simply doing away with the ambiguity, and calling it what it was, but I'm a more than a little disturbed by things like Alex…

I tried reading through the whole thread but didn't quit get there, so my apologies if this has been shared already, but GRRM has commented on the change:

C- for the first episode of this season that I unreservedly loved.

Yeah, she's been playing a variation of Leslie Knope her whole career:

Yeah, she's been playing a variation of Leslie Knope her whole career:

I don't think he was backtracking so much as more clearly stating a position that wasn't stated clearly in the first place. In fact, I don't have to think this: he says exactly that in the interview with Sepinwall, and there is no reason not to believe him. His statements in the original piece, the one everyone is…

By "dangerously addictive spice," etc. you actually mean "mostly an idiot."

Talk about a deliberate misreading of the Sepinwall interview. Good job, AV Club!

This is a major bummer. On both fronts.

Sorry. War on Oats' Mom. WOOM.

Three Men and Adena
is the best hour of network television to have ever aired, and it ranks right up there with the best of television period—Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, whatever. This is as close to perfect that television gets.

Ha!

"Ironic" racist jokes.

This episode
was one of my favorites in a long while!

Dear Tom Waits,

Finally got a chance to listen to the song, and he does indeed say "splickly," no doubt about it. Which for some reason seems better than "split-ly." Though not much better, and far more inexplicable.

Come on, it's Geezer Butler. All his lyrics are at least a little clunky.

Yeah, I tend to think good slant rhymes are quite a bit more clever and more difficult to pull off than perfect rhymes, which usually sound silly and forced, especially when the writer is sticking to some stupid rhyme scheme as pretty much all rock lyrics do.

What? That's where I keep my money.

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