If I remember correctly, SB: Originas was actually the British season which was produced before Cinemax got involved, so it was a rather different venture than just producing a few webisodes.

And so it shall…

I am trying to decide whether to be appalled by that statement or upvote due to its ruthlessness.

To me, his direwolf's death was what got to me the most.

I pretty much emotionally detached from most of the outright "honorable good guys" on Game of Thrones after my experience with Ned's death.

Same here. I'm not indifferent to human suffering (both fictional or real), but somehow I manage to detach better from that on an emotional level than from a loyal pet/innocent animal suffering.

Cynicism is how I manage to not care about most character deaths on Game of Thrones, it's very effective.

For me, it was never primarily about the dog's death (because yeah, dogs, people, goats, we all die in the end), but about how the dog spent his life (waiting for his master to come back). For some reason, that was much more harrowing to me personally than just having the dog die.

I did the same thing a while back and decided then and there that I'd never watch that episode. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go give my dog a hug for some inexplicable reason.

It's funny, I've actually kind of stopped caring about most of the character deaths on GoT for that reason: Too stupid to live. I know it's a really cynical coping mechanism (I mean, as an example, Ned could be argued to have been more honorable than stupid, but in a world like GoT, that works out to the same thing,…

I like your take on history. I was very sad as well when Heroes got cancelled after that very promising (IMHO) first season. Such a shame, all that potential…

I never really watched ER growing up (born in the mid-80s), but about ten years ago I got a hold of season 1 on DVD and thought I'd kill some time with some good ol' binge-watching.

After many years of waiting I currently finally have a dog in the family (came with dad's girlfriend), and I absolutely love the guy (grew up with cats, was very attached to them too).

Just as long as they keep the magnificent Morricone music of Leone's movies.

Indeed, Segers as Chayton was quite a sight to behold. He maybe stuck around a bit too long, but still awesome.

Ha, just noticed while rewatching Strike Back: Langley Kirkwood (Colonel Stowe) actually had a minor role as a henchman in season 1 of SB. It's kinda weird when henchmen suddenly have recognisable faces.

True, few people in their right mind would be opposed to Ms. Simmons getting naked I suppose.

The batting average for this season is almost ridiculously good so far in my opinion. If they keep this up for the last two episodes as well, this season will probably go into my personal hall of fame for TV seasons. Hell, even if not, it'll probably still go there.

True, some things definitely get glossed over a bit (or passed by completely) with how fast this show is moving, and considering that Hood vs. Chayton pretty much took up episodes 5,6 and 8 (while still being in the back of our minds in episode 7), that's quite a bit part of a 10 episode season indeed.

Hm, a Banshee-Archer crossover maybe? Cyborg Chayton + Barry would make for one hell of a dose of psycho.