I can’t believe this show is still so inconsistent that after a few dreary episodes, we get this.

Wow. OH, WOW. WOW.

Power to you, brother! re: all these national healthcare references. I suppose I'm biased, not being from America. But even if I had to face references to my own country's healthcare system on here, I'd systematically skip comments on the topic.

Thank the GODS. We were so deep in Obamacare and healthcare I started to feel like I was learning something and didn't want to. Sorry, guys. Nothing personal.

Definitely true re: adaptation differences. I haven't read TWD source material - but I was aware from the outset that this show wasn't going to following it intimately ("Darryl isn't even in the books") so I think TWD doesn't feel like it's on a lead. It has much more licence to do what it likes, and that license is…

I agree that focusing on canon here was overdone. Knowing that there will be a final battle between the humans and apes would be a given, really, even if this weren't part of a franchise. You immediately sense the creators are going to lengths to both pay homage to the original (of which I have only basic knowledge)…

TV-Shae and Book-Shae are pretty polar opposite personalities. I'm not sure, because I've never been in a situation before when I've testified against my boyfriend in court and ensured his execution and then slept with his father afterwards, but if said boyfriend walked in with the appropriate level of horror on his…

Not having Lady Stoneheart show up was depressing to the point where it's tough to be objective about this episode. I was waiting for her to show up the whole time. I didn't think to check for Michelle Fairley's name in the opening credits. I just assumed it would happen and it would be awesome. Now I'm wondering if…

I was thinking, "FUCK yeah, Stannis!" I think this is the keenest I've ever been to see Stannis' face show up. The Wall is finally interesting. And hey, Jon Snow became kind of interesting by proxy for the look Melissandre gave him through the flames. Awesome.

Ha ha, yeah. The same thing happens whenever Pod comes on-screen: "How did he get there, did he row there?" Me: "No, you're thinking of Gendry, Robert's bastard… yeah, we haven't seen him in ages. No one really knows what's happening there, either."

Urgh… what? That's the point of the Experts edition.

Nah, he just recognizes that Jon Snow is boring.

I don't think those issues are relevant.

I don't mind his way of responding.

Nah, I still get what the guy means. I thought it was cheesy. But the impaled dude falling into Castle Black DID save it.

Yeah, Barristan has been pretty quiet overall. From the first series you can see he's supposed to be one of the "greatest fighters in the seven kingdoms" in spite of his age, but not a leader.

"Look, I work for the phone company. I've had a lot of experience with semantics, so don't try to lure me into some maze of circular logic."

Ha ha, yeah. The Shae turn will be a shock if the books follow her arc, which I think they will. Littlefinger's reference to the different ways people can die when speaking to Robin is also *SPOILERS I GUESS* a nice little nod to the way Tywin will go out.

I agree that she has to tame them, that they signify her losing control of herself, etc, as a larger theme. But Jorah's comment: "They're dragons, Khaleesi. They can never be tamed," sounded to me like normal Jorah. He's notices the dragons acting like wild animals and deduces they can't ever be tamed because he…

Also, Magister Illyrio Mopatis gave Daenerys the eggs, not Jorah. Jorah gave her a book, The History of The Seven Kingdoms. He should have read it before handing it over.