Helm's Deep had a scene where a major character uses a shield as a surfboard and surfs down a flight of stairs while shooting arrows; this makes it objectively the worst battle scene ever filmed.

Helm's Deep had a scene where a major character uses a shield as a surfboard and surfs down a flight of stairs while shooting arrows; this makes it objectively the worst battle scene ever filmed.

According to the books, Jon Snow has dark hair and the most "Stark-like" appearance of any of the Stark children.

According to the books, Jon Snow has dark hair and the most "Stark-like" appearance of any of the Stark children.

" GRRM said that it's gonna end w/a epilogue set way in the future, and a vast cemetery."

So, to summarise:

I don't need "can't wait to see what happens next" so much as "oh, something is happening right now". This is the most dramatically static HBO drama I've ever seen.

The "payoff" is that Dr. Melfi and the audience realise that Tony's "epiphanies" are empty, and he is an irredeemable sociopath who chooses death over his family.

Gus has wanted to kill Walt for a long time, because Walt is so unstable, paranoid, and unreliable, but he hasn't been able to do it because of a lack of suitable replacements: Gale died, and Jesse won't keep working if Walt dies.

It doesn't need action in the sense of killing and explosions. It needs action in the sense of dynamic, engaging dialogue, instead of giant static "insightful" monologues. This series was just a giant chain of anecdotes. Even Nucky Thompson was introduced telling an anecdote to a silent audience. Chalky's big torture…

Many of Kafka's stories were set in semi- or totally unreal worlds, and were substantially more profound than the dreary, didactic social realism of The Wire.

SPOILERS for book 2, I think:

The Wire was fantasy for most of its audience, too.

Pycelle's comments about Sansa aren't all that crazy. Ned is Sansa's father and he's been accused of treason by the Lannister crew. It's reasonable to think that his children might remain loyal to him and could be intending some kind of revenge.

GRRM didn't write the scene with Tyrion and the Clansmen. It was originally meant to go in the previous episode.