Nobody has said that they shouldn't have had the Jamie-Cersei rape scene because rape is bad and therefore it shouldn't be portrayed on the show. I'd be willing to bet that literally not a single person has made that argument, although, hey, it's a big world, so maybe.

So, I have no desire to defend the decision to turn the Great Sept scene into a rape last week, but the consensus this week seems to be that "Oathbreaker" ignores the event or acts as though the sex was consensual, and I'm not seeing why that is? To me, the Jamie/Cersei scene last night wouldn't have made much sense…

But I thought being cancelled five episodes in was an integral part of the formula.

But I thought being cancelled five episodes in was an integral part of the formula.

Well, he did have my favorite line in a shitty, shitty season: "A toast!  To the troops… ALL the troops.  Both sides."

Well, he did have my favorite line in a shitty, shitty season: "A toast!  To the troops… ALL the troops.  Both sides."

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Yeah, my problems are definitely more with the dismal execution than the premise.  God, those guys got on my nerve.  Anyway, it's cool you're so active in replying to comments; this should be a fun ride.

Yeah, my problems are definitely more with the dismal execution than the premise.  God, those guys got on my nerve.  Anyway, it's cool you're so active in replying to comments; this should be a fun ride.

Ah! Somehow it had never occurred to me before that they were JMS/Ellison Mary Sues… but of course they are.

Ah! Somehow it had never occurred to me before that they were JMS/Ellison Mary Sues… but of course they are.

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned "A View from the Gallery," which is easily worse than "Infection" in my book.  Station is attacked by someone I don't think we'd ever heard of before, station's defenders win the battle, the end.  The whole episode is from the POV of a pair of walking working-class stereotypes who we…

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned "A View from the Gallery," which is easily worse than "Infection" in my book.  Station is attacked by someone I don't think we'd ever heard of before, station's defenders win the battle, the end.  The whole episode is from the POV of a pair of walking working-class stereotypes who we…

"Men like it because it harkens back to a day when women knew their place and Sinatra was cool. Plus no blacks."
Well, you like GoT… so I'm guessing it's the Sinatra part that turns you off?

"Men like it because it harkens back to a day when women knew their place and Sinatra was cool. Plus no blacks."
Well, you like GoT… so I'm guessing it's the Sinatra part that turns you off?