I don't think this is necessarily a total ripoff. They seem different enough to me that this could have been a coincidence.

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I was referring more to your last sentence than anything else.

King Friday would not last long in King's Landing, that's for sure.

I was drinking wildfire, which was the style at the time.

He speed ran the Hero's Journey this episode.

CUT MY LIFE INTO DAVOS

RIP GRENN AND PYP

I loved it. What I loved about it is that it's setting up that Jaime is the merciful one, I think. Tyrion is talking about beetles and sparing them because it sounds pretty. Jaime's going to remember it.

You win some, you lose some.

Because if so that's awesome.

I don't mean to be rude, but is the takeaway here that your wife's handle is Belle_of_man?

Seriously, Edd for Lord Commander at this point.

"Oh, Ziggy. Will you ever win?"

JELLY BEANS

'Water Music' is awesome, as far as I'm concerned.

This is maybe my favorite exchange in the history of the Simpsons.

Those kids on the wall… Jesus. So different than the woman on the wall in episode 2, for me. This is in a new gear now.

They're bureaucrats, Marty! I don't respect them.

Late to the game, but I haven't seen anyone talk about that booby trap in the stash house. Rust was all over that, and probably saved Ginger's life by getting the dealer to (carefully) open it first. I feel like any other show would have dwelled on/highlighted the bomb (or whatever it was), even in the context of a…

That's awesome.