Yeah, I can't remember enough graphic descriptions of female buttocks, it's like they don't exist for GRRM ("I could write about her ass here… no, wait, tits! Come on, what's better than boobs? Exactly. OK…. (typing)… 'Daenerys' up-tilted breast-buds were growing gracefully, swelling into womanhood like a dragon…

They don't have to be realistic about lawn-mowing because suburbia is as real as zombies.

PS I like the way the weird code showed up in the opening sentence when I attempted to link to Aaron Berlin and The Fool, so I'm leaving it.

When Sansa says to Joffrey, "I've seen you cry" (or similar words) and he says, "What did you say?" in a "I didn't actually hear that" fashion, are we supposed to think he really didn't hear her or that he was warning her? If he did really hear her, I doubt he'd let a comment like that go (i.e. the girl he loves…

@avclub-eb573591cef285c12701571987b08381:disqus Yeah, he recognized her. In this sort of show if you suspect something like this (as I also did), it's probably true. And we wouldn't see LF flickering his eyes toward a mere cupbearer for no reason.

Totally. I have to keep reminding myself (SPOILER?) - 'Wait, this is the dude that OK'ed the rape and murder of Rhaenys, the murder of her kids, AND The Red Wedding.' Can't believe the actor has never read the books.

Didn't they change the actor who played The Mountain? Maybe that's part of the reason why they're not showing his face much. Any nerd who has watched the first series enough times would recognize his face from the first series, and audiences generally don't like it when a character is played by another actor (except…

Just watched this episode of the show as my first ever.