I'm sure there will be some kind of uprising eventually, but I doubt that it'll claim her life.

I was wondering.  Thanks for the tip.

Blanchett does play a very good heel, but that American accent of hers is not so good.

It's not only about the probability of my comment being read, but also about the likelihood that my observations are likely to have already been made by numerous other people, if not by Todd himself.

Yeah, the black-and-whiteness of the renegade/paragon conversation options really bummed me out in ME2, especially since most of the time the renegade choices basically amounted to unprompted dickishness.  Though, on my third playthrough, after I'd finished being solid paragon and solid renegade, I enjoyed being…

Haha, yeah, that's where I acquired the term; but I like to use it in a more general sense of anonymity and unimportance.

Pyp's a steward, so he may have gotten left at the Wall.  Although, now that I think of it, I can't imagine why they would've brought Sam along on that trip, with his limited combat potential.  And also he was Maester Aemon's assistant, and you know that guy definitely didn't come along on this trip.  Ah well; I guess…

Yeah, that was a pretty great little exchange there.  I'm inclined to think that Tyrion is just asking that question in the hope (but not the expectation) that maybe Bronn does have a line somewhere, some kind of moral code.  And ultimately he's probably a little disappointed that Bronn really isn't much different…

I had read about it previously online (or was it in the blu-ray Guide to Westeros?), but I believe that was the first time the show has broached the subject of Tyrion's birth killing his mother, which I think is the main source of the contempt Cersei and Tywin have for Tyrion. Very harsh, and well-written too.  It did…

Yeah, there was a ton of sex this week, but none of it felt quite as gratuitous as that scene last week.  Even the one in the boat, while a little gratuitous, didn't strike me at all as being shown for the purpose of titillation; but rather just to reinforce that idea of Theon thinking he's god's gift to women and…

Yeah, I'm definitely rooting more for Renly than Stannis; but I'm starting to like Stannis too, as his tragedy starts to become more apparent.  If I had to guess, I'd say things are going to go quite well for him for a while, but then he'll ultimately be crushed, probably before any of the other four kings.  Or maybe…

In fairness, I couldn't tell what was going on in that final scene with the infant son, either.  I was watching in standard def (as I believe Sims was, with a screener), and I could barely tell what was going on in that scene.  Definitely couldn't tell for sure whether that was a White Walker; couldn't see the glowing…

Interesting point about that nutty caged dude, maybe he's from Braavos.  I agree about the incest reveal; that would've been much funnier.  But I don't think comedy was really the main priority there.

Hasn't been definitively answered, but it was pretty strongly implied that the Lannisters (probably Cersei in particular) paid Jon Arryn's squire (Hugh) to poison him.

I find Jaime a lot less loathsome than Cersei.  Perhaps because his bad attitude is just simpler.  Ain't no conniving or manipulation with him; he seems to be completely honest with everyone regarding the way he feels about them.  Plus he likes Tyrion, despite his father and sister's disdain.  That definitely earns…

7 in season one; her scene with Cat in episode 2, and a couple of her scenes with Robert, made her seem like a real person.  9 so far in season two.  "The people, haha.  You think I care?"

I love Arya.  She's a very close second behind Tyrion in my "favorite character" rankings.  And she was plenty good this week.  Apparently she and those two jerkass boys have made peace a bit.  But those guys in the cart, on the other hand… I'm scared for her.  That's gotta come to a head eventually, right?

So that was a white walker!  Cool.  I was watching in standard def, and it's very hard to see during those dark scenes. I could barely even make out that there was a dude there at all.

I loved how the bridges on Pyke bounced around in the intro.  But it seems to me that maybe Winterfell shouldn't have been in the intro this week.  I guess maybe that Night's Watch caravan is close enough by now for it to count as a Winterfell scene.

No thank you.  I love Community but I'm no longer participating in those conversations beyond just chipping in a quote or two on the first page of comments.  I liked the big huge discussion on Regional Holiday Music, but as a weekly thing that kind of comment frenzy is just grotesque.