Think about it, though: if you found our your oldest, "dearest friend" (as she describes Jorah at the end of episode 3, current series) and the one person you've had with you since the beginning of a massive journey turned out to be screwing with you from the beginning, how would you feel?

Exactly. I remember the scene from last series when Daenerys burns Kraznys to death using her dragon, takes The Unsullied and marches out of Astapor with her army and the dragons are flying in the air. My brother said, "Wow. How ridiculous does Stannis, Robb's, even Lannister claims to the throne look compared to…

I didn't say the smallfolk wanted the Targaryens back. I said Robert Baratheon thinks that they do and will. He says in season 1 (episode 5) "When do the people decide that Viserys Targaryen is the rightful monarch after all?" (I wrote "did" incorrectly above instead of "do": I checked the quote this time.) Robert's…

Thought: maybe this reflects what happened in season 1 with Robert Baratheon? (total non-spoilery, non-book speculation here). There's a scene where he's sitting with Cersei, I think the last time they speak before he goes out on his fatal hunt and returns fatally wounded. She asks him what Lyanna was like. But before…

I'm with idiotking (Hi, by the way, always love your posts across GoT and TWD. And were you around for the Dexter hate? I think so.) But I think people have been pretty good about spoilers, especially at the AV Club. Remember how quiet we kept The Red Wedding? That was awesome. And even the Experts didn't see Oona…

So awesome I read this out loud to everyone in my house.

Hey, a lot of chicks aren't fond of them either. Urgh. But at least GoT weddings are interesting…

Unfortunately, that half of the Kingdom is in a war and still in a state of fear over the Lannister rule. But hey, in another world called Earth we're all buying Tyrion free drinks forever. He likes red wine and beer. Drink up, all!

Both Lysa's death and the Stoneheart reveal are awesome. I'm sure they'll both be in the series toward the end, probably the finale for one of them - my money's on Stoneheart. The last few GoT endings have been criticized as a bit dull compared to the series 1 reveal of the baby dragons. I think they'll be aiming to…

Yeah, but I wonder if they'll replace Tysha with Shae, i.e. Shae will be sent cruelly from the capital by Tywin in some underhanded way and the script will write out her place at the trial and won't have her sleeping with Tywin. She's been represented as more or less a main character and a "goodie". I think she's at…

Not sure how I felt about it. Thought the character was portrayed well and we give newbies a real sense of who Oberyn is (pretty much as the reviewer described - a dangerous but awesome pansexual demi-God). On the other hand, he seemed to have a lot of screen time for an opening episode given he's a new character. I…

Yeah, when I saw that part of the trailer I said, "Bronn's Jaime's practice partner! GOOD." I didn't know the actor playing Illyn was, well, ill… but it made sense to me that they'd give Bronn this role rather than marry him off and make him disappear, as in the books. He's too popular a character to just go away.

Sorry, but I thought there was no question about it - the necklace will contain the poison. You can see her wearing it at the ceremony in the trailer for the next episode. Yeah, yeah, she could also be wearing a hairnet, but come on… Dontos giving her jewelry as a gift had "THIS IS THE POISONED JEWELRY AND HEY, DONTOS…

Roaming around the woods, sniffing at the ground, sniffing at the air, finding food, consuming food, excreting food and other waste products.

That's what I thought.

There is no blue dragon. The black-red one, Drogon, is the largest. The other two are green and bronze.

Yeah. I feel more like he was pushed from the show because so many people disliked him (I still don't get why) and then he quietly slipped into Transporter 4. No one would sign on for that film when they're offered… well, any other role in any other show or film.

Exactly, he was the perfect example of smarm and seduction. Very good way to describe the character when others (non-book viewers) ask me if he's supposed to be "good" or "bad". And I hated, hated them changing The Mountain actor with a passion of criticism I don't normally have for this show or any show. Not sure why…

I agree with you, but a lot of people just HATED Ed Skrein as Daario. I know about ten people who watch the show and watch it religiously, and only one other person apart from me liked him much more than this new guy. I didn't have a problem with him, so it's surprising to me how much others absolutely hated him in…

I agree that the show often makes directorial decisions that represent a theme or character much better than in the book. And, come to think of it, one of my favourite scenes isn't even in the novel - the scene where Cersei and Robert sit down in season 1, discussing the potential consequences of Khal Drogo and…