Yah, Rattleshirt went underdeveloped back in the day, He should have stoped around Castle Black for a bit, making a pain of himself so we can remember who he is and why he's so disliked.

Hey, man. I'm not calling you a fantasy nerd, I said you're just behaving like one. That's a way of suggesting that you can do better. I really do hear you when you point out that there are parts of the book that are not in the show. I agree and I could probably come up with a decent list of those myself.

Uh, yeah! Our little Arya is all grown up now.

If that happened, and yr right, it could, then Lady Stoneheart would surely be back.

I think the last we saw of Thoros of Myr, was him hanging out with Dondarren (sp?) bringing him back to life and making Melissandre all jealous that he had a priest power she apparently did not. But that was maybe three seasons ago. And was he on Arya's list? I don't think so, because he was out in the Riverlands at…

I figured that since Cersei is trying to start something with the Sparrows, she'd let Littlefinger know how it was his brothel that was raided when the High Septon was attacked.

I don't get it. When Sam referenced "good/necessary remakes", he linked to Total Recall and Oldboy, two films even AVClub thought were mediocre at best.

Wesley's death was such an excellent scene. There are so many tropes and expectations subverted in this scene to make it amazing.

New Bechdel test: how many movies have two villains who talk to each other about something other than messing with the good guys?

Hrm… I basically agree with everything you say here. thing is: I think there's been problems with showing men being really really good friends in most pop culture. This kind of friendship is usually only shown to us in the middle of a football game, or on a battlefield. Vin Diesel and Paul Walker spewing platitudes…

Re: the reference to Elektra in this episode.
I like that they can weave that stitch of a detail into the story, but really, I'm in no hurry to get to that character. Personally, I've thought Elektra was overrated, and then the stink of how she was handled in the Daredevil movie and the even worse eponymous spin-off…

Umm, I appreciate that you enjoyed the line, but you're overreacting to call "Fetch me a block" a particularly treasured moment in SoIaF. And frankly, you're behaving like the nebbish sort of fantasy nerd who wants to argue about the most minor of details and making all of us look bad by association. This line is not…

This is going to the Mance Rayder Truther storyline, perhaps. Remember, in the book, Mance infiltrates Winterfell with a handful of wildling women and they're all disguised as minstrels. That long camera pause on those women in the courtyard… My thought was that they are the Rayder Raiders, even if their motivation…

Maybe I'm slow, but I didn't see Littlefinger's play coming, and when I realized it, I got that tingly evil feeling of, "Oh, that despicable Littlefinger!" He'd been acting so nice and protective, if a tad creepy for so long and then he reverts to self-serving form! I'm not comfy with what he and Roose Bolton could…

Have to agree with you. I do like Martin's epic sprawl, but ultimately, it's the Starks and their antagonists I really want to keep in touch with in the show. I'm more than content to lose a few non-Starks in the service of good adaptation.

It was awkward: they made such a big deal about viewing Moat Callin, and with MC being in the opening credits. And then they breezed right along to Winterfell.

"Debilitating accent?" Like…Creole or something?

I would think the point might be that most of us wouldn't have heard of this guy or his network if he weren't out making an ass of himself. The old "No such thing as bad publicity" rationale.

Yar, I think he can ask anything he wants, but when the subject of the interview defers, and Guru-Murthy doesn't let go, he starts to look pretty unprofessional. I don't really know what Guru-Murthy's background is, but if he comes to a press junket, thinking he can treat it like an exclusive tell-all interview, then…

I remember thinking after I saw the Tarantino mess before, "This guy is kinda terrible at his job." But now I think his job is to make a scene that will go viral to promote him and his network.