"Reek" was captured before the Greyjoy takeover; as a rapist, I think?  Held in the dungeon; Jojen dreamed of him along with the ocean coming to Winterfell.

Oh dear God, you're right.  Best check her teeth.

One thing the show is failing at, in my opinion:

No no no.

Well, two bombs: the heads, and the Bolton betrayal.

Set is too small.  Not enough room for the horses and the actors and the extras.

Osha is fulfilling any need for the Reeds at this point; as for future need (Howland), this could likely be explained by some other character (maybe Luwin?).

He's a great character for the story as a whole, perhaps one of only two or three true psychopathic, completely amoral, completely unsympathetic characters in the entire series.

Couple things, Todd:

I never really expected it, but Tonks has kinda got it going on, doesn't she?

I can't believe no one has posted Walter's best/most horrifying quote yet.

If I remember correctly, in the book, she instead points to not even The Tickler, but The Tickler's "assistant to the" torturer, Chiswyck.

Yup.  You got it.

Polliver has Needle, not The Tickler.

Yeah.  The name rings a vague bell for me, probably because he dies in the Myrcella-to-Dorne riot.

Sorry, mate.  We're not all like that.

Or Brienne the climax of her Book Four arc.

In the book, Jojen's dream features a drowned Maester Luwin, instead of Ser Rodrik; some have speculated that Luwin will smuggle Rickon, while Bran goes with Hodor and Osha.  Seems reasonable to me, especially since the actor who plays Luwin narrated many of the special features on the first season Blu-Ray.

@ W.A.Wilson   He didn't fail at Dragonstone; he succeeded, but (allegedly) became mortally wounded by boiling oil.

Balon Swann isn't in the Kingsguard yet; if I remember correctly, he takes Moore's spot after Pod kills him.