Love that white Abed is the first to reply to this.  But where's brown Jamie Lee Curtis to weigh in on it?

@avclub-9ff7c9eb9d37f434db778f59178012da:disqus  That's a good point.

Yeah, Arya is a good one.  I guess for Jon, I don't care for him that much.  I like his storyline, I just don't like the squinty poutyness of him.  He's such a baby, and he doesn't seem to "get it".  Plus, his storyline's so major that it would continue even without him, so we don't really need him.  Benjam could show…

NotBridget made a reply below that sums it up exactly.

@avclub-d0cf409eb912cc0cc950b41b6d892d07:disqus I was thinking that since the Greyjoys are a naval power, they're not going to get off the ships and hike inland anytime soon.  It seems like they fight mainly from their ships, from the way that guy who thinks he should be captain talked about it to Theon.

I think they had to show Bran this week, because of the attack by the Greyjoys.  The Starks have to have a reaction to it.  And they have to show Arya too, because they had to show how she meets up with Tywin, and also to introduce that assassin dude (too lazy to look up his name).  Also, Arya's awesome, and most…

That's what I thought.  The dragons could get through it!

Alright, sorry I seemed to stir up some shit.  The two phrases that dcp quoted are the ones that got me as well.  I didn't realize they were meant to be sarcastic.

Yeah, I can't tell who the major characters are anymore, really.  Last season Ned obviously was, Cersei and Jaime and Tyrion, Dany, and I guess Littlefinger and maybe Varys?  Now there are so many people, it seems like each one has less impact.  To me, Renly was just starting to get awesome, and he seemed like he was…

Oh my god, if they start veering away from the source material, they'll
probably lose a good 50% of their audience, at least.  I don't think
they can do that, not for major plot points/deaths.

The other one's probably still pretty sad because she was apparently in love with the rider whose horse came back with just his head.

She could've just been enjoying what she sees.  Nothing wrong with that, doesn't mean she wants to start anything with him.

@avclub-600a51b7602a94be94712bbf272284a2:disqus You're the one who set up the comparison of Brienne and Loras, not dcp.  And dcp never even said that Brienne loved Renly.  Yet you attack him/her anyway, obviously without clearly reading the thoughtful response he/she gave.

Fits W better.

@avclub-d980b15d49101608dc407770f35b1d75:disqus It's unclear.  Tyrion also said that her hands were so full of silver that it was rolling across the floor.  So, she was paid at least.  But was she given a choice?  We don't know.

I wonder if he sees her as a possible mentee.  Or did you mean he wants to bang her?

I'm not sure where you get that from.  They showed each of them grieving over the body.  And they communicated which action each of them of them took afterwards (both of them decided to leave the camp).  Brienne's scene was longer because she had another, non-Renly related piece of plot development (swearing fealty to…

Must've been brutal filming.  Although I guess the sweet-ass thing about Iceland is that when you wrap for the day, you can go relax in the hot springs.  :)

Oh man, it would kick ass if Tywin got killed off.  That would send the Lannisters reeling for sure!  And they've got no one good to lead their army, until/if they get Jaime back.

I didn't think he pictured himself as a wolf, I thought he was actually seeing through his direwolf's eyes.  Didn't they say something about that last week?  Osha called it something, forest children or something like that.  Can't remember.