This episode was excellent, why did they have to cancel it? I've heard that Neil Jordan has said that the season finale will have enough closure to be considered a decent series finale as well, I guess we will find out next week.

Agreed. It's an entertaining enough distraction for me to watch after work Friday night and I agree it's improving. I really liked the Dracula episode and their over-the-top Vlad with his butter knife. And over-the-top Riario getting punched in the face by a naked, angry pope. Riley is good as Leonardo and I like…

I'm finding the whole Micheletto subplot heartbreaking, I teared up a bit when he had his breakdown in front of Pascal.

Cesare has really come into his own, I think Rodrigo finally realized he's a force to be reckoned with.
Also loved how the pope was rocking the beekeeper outfit, Cardinal Sforza doesn't care about your damn honey!
Looks like Micheletto might be getting a new boyfriend.
"Does it tremble to the touch?" Sure it does…I…

Unfortunately it seems the powers that be on that show didn't feel comfortable having their Da Vinci be 100% gay or even showing his bisexuality equally, which is a surprise considering this is on the same channel that gave us Nagron.

I'm thinking they might show the whole Lady Hornwood incident next season to give Theon and Ramsey something to do, also maybe hunting the Stark boys.

Yes, I wish we had gotten the Mormont women, they were badass.

This is another reason why I watch the episode again later, I have to spend half of the first viewing reminding my mother of most of the character's names and important places and plot points. I watch it again later with my boyfriend and even though he hasn't read the books either, he's more up to speed, but he looks…

This is the first time I've heard this, but there are too many ASOIF theories out there to sift through, can't keep track of them all.

Some people think she's a Lannister spy. I thought there might be some significance in seeing her write a letter again especially since last time we saw her write one she did actually joke with Robb about being a spy. 

I was cringing during this scene, because even though Theon was scared of Ramsey coming back you knew he would start to give and this was some kind of mindfuck. Good point about his dick being such a big part (no pun intended) of his identity. He is close to be thoroughly Reekified next time we see him.

They should have just skipped this one and had Theon's last scene be in episode ten where Ramsey reveals who he is and tells Theon about RW. And no worries about Iwan Rheon being too attractive to play Ramsey, I wanted to throw up a little when he grabbed that girls ass. eww.

It's sometimes hard to believe that Sansa can be so naive, wouldn't she have heard older girls, or her handmaidens or someone talk about sex before. I mean fuck she grew up with Theon for christ's sake.

Yup, it's confirmed little Theon got hacked off.

So that's why everyone has different accents. It was a bit annoying at first but didn't keep me from enjoying it. 

So the second season of "Borgia" is on Netflix now? I still prefer this version but will give it a watch.

Or constantly pissing himself.

Ros's death affected me more than I would have thought. A lot of book fans are happy of course (to the point where I have seen comments about people cheering for Joffrey…ugh). Her storyline was just so sad, her entire existence consisted of being used and abused by the nobles of Westeros. But what are the common…

I asked my mother if the banner looked familiar, she said it did but couldn't place it but she still doesn't know the names of half the people on the show. So most non-readers probably won't make the connection.

This season has also been painfully short on Micheletto scenes but we're not that far in, never enough Micheletto.