Jon Arryn did organize the rebellion, but Ned did play a vital role in it.  Robert was incapacitated for a significant portion of it, specifically the Battle of the Bells and after the Trident, and when Robert wasn't around, Ned had the command.

Absolutely.  The first teaser they released ended with three horn blasts, so I'm definitely with you.

Saying "I want my Reek!" creeps me the fuck out.  Ramsay is such a monster.

I'd be equally horrified if my kid got a degree in Comparative Religion, and not because I'm a Jesus freak.

Yeah, if I had to pick one of the four main characters to get hit and then dragged by a bus, it's Jessa hands-down.  Everyone on the show keeps saying how great and beautiful she is, but the viewer has absolutely no sense of it.  She's the worst.

No issues here.  As has been said on this board before, it's a little far-fetched that she could go into Qarth with so little protection and not be hassled plus the Dany in CoK needs a little extra oomph.  She's still going to the House of the Undying, and we got a to see a little extra Pyat Pree action.  Win win.

World's Greatest Dad is a masterpiece.  I'll go see God Bless America as soon as I can.

Damn.  Well done, me.  I'm gonna pretend I wrote that on purpose.

That movie's controversial?  I thought it was just her TV show for some stupid reason.

I was hoping for a 'Have you heard the good news?' on that one.

I watched JCVD on Friday.  I thought it was a really guileless look by Jean Claude at his career.  The scene where he floats above the action to give a six-minute monologue was totally unexpected and affecting.  I wonder how the writing of a scene like that works.  Does the writer collaborate with Jean Claude or does…

Yeah, that's the battle of Phillipi, but the only actual fighting seen is the lines clashing against each other, a bunch of soldiers testudo-ing around Cassius, and Brutus's walking into a bunch of enemies.  That's pretty much it.  It did look awesome, but it was nowhere near what you'd get in a movie.  You got the…

Hadn't thought about that.  I loved the riot scene in the book and it was well done in the show, but again, the show put the whole impetus for it on Joffrey, when in the book, what kicks it off is Cersei being cold to the mother of a dead baby.  I have had the opposite of a problem with the show making Cersei more…

If this show ever has money problems, I'd be fine with cutting the cast down to Selina, Gary, and a welcome line of dialogue-less extras.  A half hour of that every week, and I'm satisfied.

It's a bullshit fairy tale in the sense that an atheist, no matter how well-spoken, would come anywhere near the presidency.  It thought it was Sorkin-y in the most annoying way, such that a good speech solves all problems.  I read the Wikipedia plot outline after I turned it off, and the further plot seemed…

Not great comparisons.  Lecter and the Joker have a shit-ton of charisma and are intelligent.  Ramsay has zero good qualities.

I've been looking forward to seeing Theon slowly come apart in the back half of the season and Allen is showing every bit of it.  He's trying so hard to will success into being, but circumstances keep buffeting him along.

I don't know.  They didn't announce casting for Ramsay Bolton, but he might still show up this season.  The same could happen with one or both Reeds.  Luwin going at the end of book 2 is such a powerful scene, it would behoove the show to leave it in.  Although it would be great if Luwin stuck around because that…

I read the books between seasons 1 and 2 and was getting increasingly concerned that the show would not be able to entertain me as much as it did when I didn't know what was coming.  This episode put those concerns to bed.  There's such a seamless connection between what happened in the books and what is happening in…

You're the worst.