A white guy's feelings were hurt. Do you really expect things to go back to normal after something that monumental?

Not all white people!!

At first I wasn't sure on Heughan but he really was Jamie for me in this episode. And Balfe is absolutely fantastic.

Agreed, I can only hope it keeps getting better with each new episode

I get it if it's a show that you've dedicated years to before it turns to shit. You're already invested so you have to see it through.

As much as Tom wants to believe, to have faith in what Wayne is selling, he doesn't. Never has. I've been wanting him to get to that realization and now that it's here, i'm finally excited for his storyline and where he goes from here.

Someone is off their medication.

Old Hollywood style meaning racist. Well yes that does explain why white actors were hired to play characters, historically real or not, who are meant to be ancient Egyptians. What's next, Jennifer Lawrence to play Mulan?

You're right, they must have been busy with all the other work they have. You know how much Hollywood loves to hire non-white actors.

What a surprise, they want to use Egyptian history and culture but just not its people. At least it's almost sure to be a flop.

The actor who "plays" Paul can't act his way out of a paper bag so I imagine that was never an option.

I'm not sure if you mind spoilers for next season but if you do, stop reading now.

Yeah I was afraid they were going to make it self defense. The writers have seem reluctant to paint Tyrion as anything other than a "noble hero".
But I felt it was clearly murder, he was there choking her for a while, and still clearly wrong.

George has said a million times that he has no say in what goes on the show. And there's a reason he wants to remind us all of that, I reckon.

I didn't like it at all. I'm not sure what depth it gives Tywin when his reaction is one of denial and then the scene immediately ends.

It feels like they realized they didn't have time to have that long monologue so they just cut it out.

If I remember correctly, Tyrion always thought of it as rape. Probably because Tysha made it more than clear that she was not willing.

Wait. Tyrion already knew Tysha had been gang raped because he was forced to participate in it.

The way the scene was filmed was rape. If they didn't intend it to be, they failed and should have taken much more care in their portrayal of it. Following the book and having Cersei give verbal consent would have been a big start.

Honestly, I would be surprised if most unsullied viewers have any emotional investment in these stories and characters. This was the first episode in a very very long time that actually gave importance to the emotional weight of its scenes and for that alone the A grade is deserved.