Which is exactly what he did on the show.

Nothing will satiate the people who are crying about Daario not having that stupid blue beard.  Their complaints are a pathology, not a reasoned critique of the show, and if one particular complaint was addressed, they'd just find something else to complain about.

Roose was in on the RW plot from the get-go in the books, wasn't he?

If they're near High Heart or thereabouts, going down to the Blackwater is about as convenient as taking the Red Fork to the Trident.  and not having to sail all the way around Crackclaw Point to get to Dragonstone seems reasonable.

There is no "original agency." SCDP and CGC are merging.

Rennet's the kind of guy who's going to act totally different towards people he's sucking up to than he is towards people he has power over.

Ted also consulted his accounts guy partner, and we don't know that Don or Roger didn't call back home to break it to the other partners.

RedScarab - he got useful information out of Theon through his deception - that Bran and Rickon are still alive.

I don't think Varys or even Littlefinger is stupid enough to so misjudge Ned's character as to think he would ever seize the throne for himself.  Both of them, in fact, argue that he should act as Joffrey's regent.

No Littlefinger says he was in on the plot to kill Joffrey.  He actually betrayed the Tyrell/Sansa plot to Tywin after Sansa told Dontos about it.

Just because something is different doesn't mean it's bad.  I thought the House of Undying, different as it was from the books, worked really well within the context of the TV Series.  I missed the visions, but I can also see why the writers thought they might not work in the TV show as well as they do in the books.

Just because something is different doesn't mean it's bad.  I thought the House of Undying, different as it was from the books, worked really well within the context of the TV Series.  I missed the visions, but I can also see why the writers thought they might not work in the TV show as well as they do in the books.

Of course it doesn't mean that.  They'll establish these things later, or some of them at least.

Of course it doesn't mean that.  They'll establish these things later, or some of them at least.

Yes, exactly.  The throne room scene was stilted because the *characters* were acting based on a pre-written script.  And I liked how some of them (Loras, particularly) were much less comfortable with it than others.

Yes, exactly.  The throne room scene was stilted because the *characters* were acting based on a pre-written script.  And I liked how some of them (Loras, particularly) were much less comfortable with it than others.

But there's no Jeyne Poole in the TV show either (or barely any, I guess - Sansa maybe mentions her once in Season 1, or something?)

But there's no Jeyne Poole in the TV show either (or barely any, I guess - Sansa maybe mentions her once in Season 1, or something?)

It is the weakest part of the book, too.

It is the weakest part of the book, too.