I think it was as early as "you know sapphires, the blue stones" as if this dude is so backwards he's never seen a sapphire.

partdavid I've done clout shooting, and usually the smallest ring drawn for the target is about the width of that funeral boat, shot at from a distance of 180 yards.  
It is not like people never get a bullseye, so I would hardly have called that shot ridiculous.  Especially since at his first attempt, the range was…

dcp She was in need of tightening before Sonny, that's why she decided to sleep with him after hearing the ladies joking about how huge he was.

He's Ser Illyn's son, the court executioner who's had his tongue cut out.  I think we can safely assume Pod put his to good use.

I also subscribe to this theory (and it is still only a theory), but with the caveat that I'm not so sure that Lyanna was raped.  Notice that Robert, who loved her so much, is the only one who rages about Rheagar kidnapping and raping her.  Ned's distinctly silent on the whole issue.

Yep.  Jojen even says that the two things Bran can do (seeing and warging) have nothing to do with each other.

Almost the only thing the books tell you about Robb's wife is her name.

No matter what she's proven herself capable of now, I think it's an open question how charlatany she was when she first started talking big to Stannis.

Billy Madison Talisa is a substitute for a character that is in the book, so I doubt she'll really alter anything.

The pilot had a cold open.  You get three rangers coming across the walkers, then the title sequence, then the Stark boys watching the execution of the ranger who'd deserted.