he was basically a Stark. he even said so himself.

such an excellent contrast to Mace Tyrell, the bootlicking schmuck.

if I'm remembering this right, they bent the rules for Tebow and let him run plays from the Gators' playbook on his pro day, which is why he looked as good as he did (while simultaneously assuaging none of the fears that he could succeed in an NFL offense).

fast kicking, low scoring, and ties? YOU BET!

you can't complain that the NBA regular season doesn't matter, then crow about college basketball.

keep in mind, too, that Bran is also the oldest (legitimate) male Stark - I wouldn't put it past Jon to turn Bran around and try to claim Winterfell.

I was just about to say this

"And it looks mighty silly hanging from his hip because, like two-handed swords, they should be worn across the back."

I do think it was kind of clumsy, I get the picture of her as being wildly unpredictable/unstable, so her blurting that shit out isn't too unbelievable for me.

to be fair, everything about Lysa is unnatural, so I'm able to buy it as fitting with the character.

no way in hell would Jon "let me tell you about the gigantic army that Mance Rayder is leading this way" Snow let Bran continue north.

I like how she chided Sansa to never call her "Aunt Lysa," then immediately started talking about poisoning her husband and starting a war.

I always assumed that they were the ones who brought in winter. isn't that how the Starks (whose identity is wrapped up in protecting the north) picked up their family motto?

and also, I still question his "the North and the Riverlands will definitely and happily fall in line behind their new, creepy and traitorous lords" line of thinking.

well, the Tyrells are plotting to undermine him, the Martells hate him, and the North and Riverlands are still basically warzones, but other than that I'd say he's doing a bang-up job.

"A man with no motive is a man no one suspects."

what I want to know is, how the fuck did they capture Ghost?

it was really weird hearing Sigur Ros singing in an actual language

great, under-the-radar moment of the episode: Olenna's "go away, the grown-ups are talking," to Mace just before the reception.

"the show never really explored or demonstrated any paternal feeling he might have had for him"