Hey, I can read wikipedia too, but that's pretty spoilery.

I think that was way more words than this show deserves. I was done the first 20 minutes of the first show, and only watched the rest because of BATMAN! But now, forget it. In fact I forgot it was on.

The show didn't deserve this length of review. It had better get better really fast or I'm going to start rooting for the penguin.

And here I was thinking it was the short story that was being referenced. That sounds like a terribly depressing world in which to play a game. Like, "the computer wins, the end."

GRRM will probably never actually tell us, and consider the hints in the books sufficient. And the debate is more interesting unresolved than resolved.

If you say that to his face he'll kill your favorite character.

Now at $60K.

Why the fuck am I still watching this. Please make it stop.

You forgot to mention Littlefinger's foreshadowing of another prime character's death, which I found hilarious.

"It's great characters are what make it work, not any underlying commentary or ideas."

"It would actually make a perfect fit for a period procedural, and the historical details are already largely ignored by the film."

Don't worry too much about Jack Gleeson. In an interview he said he slept through the entire shoot, especially since he had some coins over his eyes.

Margarery will be queen to Tommen, Joff's younger brother and heir.

Just for clarity, poison is what Oberyn is all about. He's nicknamed the "viper" because he reportedly won his first duel against a much larger opponent by using a poisoned blade.

No spoilers, but the next king would be Joffrey's younger brother, Tommen. He's been only vaguely referenced on the show, so I'm not surprised you aren't aware of that fact.

But now he will actually earn the failure of protecting Joffrey. Before it was unfair, but now it will be just. Which will make him even more of an outcast; spurned by both his father and sister, he chose the Kingsguard in spite of not being able to carry a sword. And then proven by evidence to be bad at that too.

It'd still be difficult to manipulate, esp at his level. He might, might be able to discourage a common brigand, but I would not trust the protection of a King's Life until Jaime had managed to win a few tourneys with his off hand.

A friend pointed out a couple of very interesting things about this episode that I haven't seen given the attention they deserve:

Seriously. The book made it more clear why he wouldn't take Tywin's offer of ruling Casterly Rock. As the show depicted it, it's a pretty good offer: he just lost the asset that made him worthwhile at all as a King's Guard, now he gets to rule instead from a relatively safe place.

I think they show is doing more effort to set up Arya's eventual career in Braavos.