-The show probably did away with Daario to keep in line with the books, which are almost certainly going to dispose of him, as he's clearly an evil dude to almost everyone except Dany. He can't even have a civil disagreement with Barristan Selmy, how the fuck would he ever maintain civility in Westeros?

I think Dany is the first thing he's really believed in since Tysha. Even Shae's love was tainted by his family's financing her lifestyle, as well as Tywin's perpetual condescension (and hypocrisy.) Even being Joffrey's Hand was tainted by, well, being Joffrey's Hand, as well as Tywin's perpetual condescenion (and…

I think Littlefinger decided he would get over his (frankly, emasculating) personal history by using it politically. He vacillates between three main personas: the clever but acquiescent accountant, the loyal Tully plaything, and the ambitious (but mysterious) lord. In reality, he's not really engaged in any of these…

Perhaps there's a 'Romance' section of the library open to womenfolk.

I think the show suffers because there's no proxy for them to show Rhaegar in any sense. It makes much more sense if Jon's father is an actual person, not just some dead guy Robert still hates from 20 years ago. It's hard for audiences to think, "Hey, maybe he's really not that bad" if he's only referenced obliquely.

In all fairness, it's not insane for a person to think a beloved character might be guilty of incest after watching 60 hours of this show.

Yes. It went like this.
"So that's not Ned's baby?"
"No, that's his sister's."
"He had a baby with his sister?!"
"No, he hadn't seen her for months and months. She had a baby with, y'know the crazy king Jaime killed? He had a son, the prince."
"Oh."
"King Robert thought the prince kidnapped her-"
"Who's her?"
"Lyanna. Ned's…

Jon's warging would be too much. We still have to deal with him being a Targaryen, and all that implies. Is he one of the three that rides? Is he liable to go bonkers, and does the resurrection have any effect on that? At this point, is possessing a direwolf even particularly useful, when you're King in the North?

The fact that they never called him 'Jon Stark' might be a good sign. Hell, they actually seemed to stress the word 'Snow', as if Jon's unspecific 'Northernness' actually made him the ideal king.

Blowing up the Sept meant blowing up about a third of the city. That was not amoral. When we hear random screaming after the explosion, that's not Cersei's enemies. Cersei's enemies died immediately. Those were the cries of hundreds, even thousands, of innocent victims.

Tommen's dealings with the High Sparrow was the only time he felt truly influential as the king. His entire life, he's witnessed the royal machinations as outgrowths of the Lannister family's will, which probably existed in his mind as a confluence of Cersei and Tywin's domineering personalities. The Faith and the…

The kings they followed, Stannis and Mance, were excellent foils for each other. Stannis believed the throne was his by right and by duty, he had an obligation to the larger political body of Westeros to pursue the crown. Mance acted on the assumption that his actions could credibly position him as 'king' of the…

I don't think Lyanna had any illusions that Ned would betray Robert, as that would be literal treason and only spur more misfortune onto the Starks. Also, Ned wouldn't have any support if he suddenly turned on Robert. Most of the kingdom just turned on the Targaryens, they wouldn't suddenly respect Jon's king's blood…

Only if there's a gradual fade out as Tom Waits starts singing, "When you walk through the garden…"

Cersei has shifted from a character who projects her self-obsession onto the world around her (her children, her brother/lover, the Lannister name) to someone who is stripped of her illusions, who internalizes the malice she inflicts on everyone else.

I think Jon acknowledges that the LoL's intent counts for something, so it's hard for him to sentence Melisandre to death when his own continued existence is a direct extension of the red god's will. Sure, Mel's pitch that Jon needs her was self-serving, but Jon concedes that he doesn't know the theological specifics…

I think he enjoys the level of power he obtains by facilitating things for the Queen. He's spent his life doing just enough to facilitate his crazy doctor impulses, and at this point, he's great at it.

It's cool that now we have two points of direct exposition: Bran in the North and Sam at Oldtown.

He looks like the most Italian person in a very white town.

"Hey, maybe Jorah will stick around Essos for a while! That'd be fun, right? Goin' out on adventures with ol' Jorah, huh buddy?"