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"Oh, you don't like Ned, dear?  Well, we could name him Boromir, Ulrich, Alec…the options are endless"

It wasn't as much fun as getting the other cherry popped.

You've got a special coin, Arya.  Time to use it.

That, or he was thinking 'my face, my valuable face!!'

Great point.  Assuming the social and cultural standards in this world are roughly the same as medieval Europe, what Frey did was completely unspeakable, simply from the standards of noble behaviour.  You march out and kill Robb on the battlefield, you don't hack his wife to death in your hall.

Ditto here.  I had it spoiled as well, but holy crap, it was a punch in the gut when the first notes of 'The Rains of Castamere' started playing.

Or, whenever he went undercover and needed to use an alias on a nametag, 'Otto Mann.'  Magnificent television.

Bea Arthur did a swimsuit calendar?

Spell it with your peas!!

I didn't see it this year, but the one change I've noticed over the past few years that annoys me is the introduction of amusing sample sentences.  In the past, the sentences were pretty straightforward, now they are aimed at amusing the audience.  You get the sense it throws some of the kids off.  It would throw me

Whatever made them think that this could be a show?
**clap clap clap clap**
Six trendies on a couch just drinking cups of joe,
They lead such boring lives, but never fear….
Because we're moving in for a month, maybe a year…

Fourth!  None of my kids have heard it either.  In your face, PSY!!!

YYYEEEEAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!

Now you've got HBO's attention

It's horrifying.  It's like something you'd see on an episode of Criminal Minds.

And the Salic Law states that no woman shall take the Iron Throne.  Damn you, Clovis!!!!

I fell off the jungle gym and when I woke up I was in here.

I know doctors say you should drink a glass and a half, but I just can't drink that much.

In Soviet Russia, Americans nominate you!

Sam is a marginalized, socially inept, overweight man in his early twenties.  He has a classic hero complex: he fixated on Gilly because she was someone in a bad situation and wants to rescue and protect her.  He has likely constructed a fantasy future where they all live happily ever after and he has an intimate