Speculated to be true.

Like last episode, I think they're cutting out good stuff to meet their arbitrary 30-episode limit. Jon's election, for instance. That was a really entertaining bit of political manoeuvring in the books. Isn't clever politics one of the best things about the show..? And yet they replaced it with something totally…

One hundred years of an excellent ruler after decades of awful ones. Who would want that? Stupid Varys.

Also, you don't have to put any effort into creating Rorschach tests, and they're boring to look at for eleven minutes.

Show's become pretentious and it's no fun.

It baffles me that you're baffled, considering you're equally engaged in proving a minor error that was committed by someone else.

Simply false. As GRRM explained, the seasons are not in fact linked to the solar cycle (and therefore the length of days, etcetera). The fantasy world of Game of Thrones isn't Earth. Nobody knows what causes the seasons; it could well be a magical phenomenon.

That's called an ad hominem. I'm not "desperate", where did that come from..? I just don't understand what you think the mistake is. Please stop being rude. Can you answer the question or can't you?

The thing about the Tyrells is that they're an ally; Cersei relies on them for power. As she's a massive narcissist, that's a huge problem for her, which causes her to make even bigger mistakes than usual. Ned and Tyrion were neutral or antagonistic, so her spite and ego weren't so detrimental.
Where exactly did she…

Well it looks like you've reworded your comment, originally it looked like you meant Arryn was causing conflict so Littlefinger offed him to prevent it. I don't recall Littlefinger ever claiming responsibility for Bran's killing… to whom did he confess?

Because on Earth climates go through a cycle of four seasons during one year. It's really very natural to use the word to refer to Westeros's summer/winter cycles, I don't understand the problem. And it's just a word.

The Tower of Joy was a flashback through Ned's eyes.

I'm defining climatic year to mean one climate cycle, not a fixed period of time.

Agree about flashbacks. I'm worried about how they're going to cover the Tower of Joy. Probably not at all. But it's such a crucial and intriguing part of the story.

The credits are tailored to the actors in the episode, and Dance was in this episode.

That's what Littlefinger said, but in hindsight a large part of his motivation was probably a lot simpler: Lysa was in love with him and he wanted the Vale for himself, but that couldn't happen with Jon Arryn still alive.

Sorry, that's totally wrong. Littlefinger didn't care a jot about Lysa, nor did he want to prevent a Baratheon/Lannister conflict. It was never established who tried to kill Bran.

Stannis isn't going to stay put; he has the Boltons to deal with.

I bet every morning he wakes up and sits like a dog waiting for the mail at the door — except he's waiting for a faceless man. Then the day wears on and his face gradually falls as nobody comes, and he slinks back to bed.

How do you know that? GRRM has never clarified what a "year" as a unit of time means in Westeros. The best guess is that it has something to do with astronomical cycles, like on Earth, but that the climate isn't tied to them in a simple way, unlike on Earth. Or maybe the sun's erratic movements do cause the changes in…