They aren't going to kill Gendry off, he's merely standing in for Edric Storm; Davos will save him.

IIRC, Tywin was planning on marrying Cersei to Willas Tyrell.  I imagine this new plot will only lead to the Tyrell's next chess move, offering Loras as a member of the Kingsguard.

He stated his name when Robb & Co. arrived at Harrenhal and found him.  He is Qyburn.  Also, Roose said this episode, "Bring him to Qyburn."

@Teproc  Cersei also mentions competing with Lyanna's ghost at one point in Season 1, but that's about it.  And you are right, she is hardly mentioned at all in the books, particularly after Ned's death.

I'm noticing a disturbing lack of The Farnsworth Parabox and The Late Philip J. Fry.

This wangs chung.

Good point.  It will likely strike the newbies as a, well, not a retcon exactly, but you know what I mean.

I think they just didn't want to give a bunch of screen time to yet another fairly superfluous character (Dontos).

I remember that.  I'm just wondering if the show might go in a second direction.

PHRASING

Something just occurred to me about that amazing Cersei-Tywin scene.  He mentions he is doing everything he can to get Jaime back.

I just had a sudden thought.  I imagine others have considered it in the past, but I've never seen it before.  Twyin's line, "I will," regarding controlling Joffrey… is the show foreshadowing that Tywin is going to play some role in the Purple Wedding?  That he recognizes that Joffrey is an uncontrollable monster, who…

I missed in the chaos of the scene, but they didn't kill or look like they were going to kill Grenn or Edd, did they?

@avclub-2604fa0a1df542f33fc9663187b38dde:disqus I really don't follow you there.  How would that preclude sloppy writing?

Just the geography alone.  Why in high holy fuck would she be in a psychiatric facility, on a goddamned in respirator, in motherfucking Maryland, after getting her throat slit in Minnesota.  And that's the least of the logic holes.

Everything—absolutely everything—about last night's episode was absolutely preposterous.  Is it possible for a show to jump the shark in its third episode?

Edmure Tully, the Britta Perry of Westeros?

Not necessarily; Davos could still rescue Gendry.

And shut down the thread.  We have the winner.

Eh.  I see what you are saying, but it ultimately makes no difference.  Few non-book readers would have any idea who Kevan was.