Most Americans haven't seen Brian Blessed in anything, but if they've ever listened closely enough, they've probably heard him.

I'm enjoying these reviews, they've really made me appreciate the silliness of True Detective. The pliers-at-the-ready henchman was my MVP too.

I thought it was Colonel Chestbridge from Danger 5:

Guardians of the Galaxy of the Apes

The skills to identify banners from far and away and to have sex with prostitutes free of charge.

I dunno. I think he's dead, if only because it would be an incredibly lame cliffhanger otherwise.

All they had left was a shelf-full of George Bush heads, and they decided not to risk using one of those again.

Davos should have followed Jon over and stood there squinting at the sign.

Yeah, those were definitely statues he burned. I don't think it was until last season that we actually saw them burn anyone.

After finding out that no one wanted him to be their king, Stannis realised that every one of his instincts were wrong, and that he must therefore do "the opposite". Instead of practising chastity and protecting his sick daughter, he would henceforth fuck creepy witches and publicly execute his daughter at any…

Interestingly, if we compare the pilot to last night’s episode, we've gone from marital rape to implied child rape, from incest to “come and do your incest any time in Dorne”, and from attempted child murder to successful child murder.

I guess Stannis didn't have a claim to the throne at the time, but he did say that everyone wanted Shireen sent away because greyscale is contagious. So he sort of was risking his life and the lives of his subjects by keeping Shireen at Dragonstone and searching for another cure.

Since he's sending Myrcella and Trystane to King's Landing, maybe Doran's planning to kill Tommen and seat them on the throne? I'm thinking Doran's plan on the show might end up being a combination of Arianne's and Varys'.

I wonder if last week's scene with Tyrion chained up was supposed to be a nod to the Meereenese Knot. Tyrion tries everything to get himself free in order to see Daenerys, until a brutish gladiator (representing the showrunners) looms above him and simply smashes the chain in two with his sword.

Sparrow Septa: Do not become addicted to water!

Didn't Captain Eko want to sell Tyrion's cock to a cock merchant last week? I assume he would have got more money that way than by selling him as a gladiator. Or was the cock trade outlawed in Meereen? If so, why didn't we get a scene in which the Cock Merchant's Guild of Meereen plead their case before Daenerys?

Yeah, now that I've caught a rerun it doesn't look like I missed much. At the time though, I wasn't sure if any scenes would follow the Coke ad, so it was frustrating. I enjoyed the ending, but I would have enjoyed it more if the recording didn't abruptly cut off and tell me to go fuck myself.

Goddammit, I recorded this episode and just got around to watching it today, but it cut out right in the middle of the Coca Cola ad.

I think they only showed it in a wide shot, but the Dornish guards stopped the Sand Snake with Myrcella from escaping.

So Jaime's plan all along was to walk into one of the centres of Martell power, find Myrcella, then just walk off with her? And presumably, that was the Sand Snakes' exact plan too?