Sooo, instead of poison locusts someone is going to throw a gladiator-style shoe at her? I am…pleased by this development.

Please, he doesn't get paid. He's just the perpetual intern. I can just imagine that if Pod were any less like….well Pod, he would constantly be like "I swear on the mother, I'm giving up a paycheck for WORK experience, not making coffee/fetching wine. They haven't even taught me how to smash skulls and skin…

Did anyone else get flashbacks (flashforwards?) to the (SPOILERS…SORT OF…THEY'RE IN CODE) Ides of Marsh when Karl stabbed Jon?
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I would KILL for a quick shot to that septon's reaction. I just imagine he has this deadpan look of "I am getting the FUCK off this mountain. Seven hells we already have one creepy grown ass boy sucking on this crazy lady's tit. I doubt this creep's much of an improvement".

The actress playing Lysa is sooo good. She's got creepy down to a T. You can just see the moment when she switches from sweet(ish) to absolutely vicious and totally unhinged. I want more.

I have to admit that I was super pumped when Brandor just snapped Locke's fricken neck (and collar bone…whaaaa) like it was no big deal. Even though I hate it when Bran wargs him…but yeah, such a good moment. Especially after those douchecanoes were mean to Hodor last episode! No! That is not acceptable!

I have to admit that I haaated Stannis until that moment where he just rides and saves the day (or night…I can't remember). I'm kind of worried that the focus on him (even though its minimal) will take away the fist pumping awesomeness that is his charge on the wall. God it was so good.

I'm so mad that they didn't include the howling dogs joining Lysa's screeches of "Oh Petyr!" during their wedding night. Truly a missed opportunity of incalculable proportions.

I'm going to have to disagree with you about what this show is about. Yes, it shows an absolutely gritty and ultra-violent world. Yes, its fucking horrible. I know that. But that's not all that there is to it. This show is sooo good because its not straight up torture porn. Its about how characters survive,…

I'm…a little confused by your comment.

I just looked over the comments again aaaannnd….you have a point.

I know it was a dumb move. I've read the books, I know what's gonna happen. But I was still fist pumping when she said it. god its such a good line…I'm stealing it.

I'm sure they'll find other boobs to fill the void left behind.

The uproar caused by that episode didn't have anything to do with her clothes. It was the mixed messages from the people working on the show about whether or not what they put on the air was rape (when it was pretty clearly rape).

I completely get what you're saying, but the staging of that scene really really really bothered me. There are many instances in movie and film of filming a rape scene but instead of focusing on their pain and horror (or doing what they did in Precious where they filmed her rape completely from the victims point of…

Oh ok, I think I understand you better. Its just for me, the responding that we saw was pretty much irrelevant to what she was saying. I get that the director thought that those responses indicated that she was consenting, but for me (and for a lot of other people), it really really really wasn't enough for him to…

Same here! See the thing was, I was a huge defender of the nudity and violence (and nude violence) on this show. Because it usually seemed to be making some sort of point. Even with the death of Ros, which a lot of viewers (understandably) saw as being unnecessary sexual violence inflicted on her for the sake of…

YES! it is simplistic. Because consent isn't complicated. Like at all. What is it about the word 'no' that is ambiguous?

No it isn't. He said that scene wasn't rape. How the hell do you direct that scene THAT way and not call it rape? Just…how?

I agree with you about how medieval Europe wasn't generally a rape festival as we like to think of it today. But I think we should keep in mind that this is largely a look at medieval society during war, where rape was likely (as it is today) used as a tactic of intimidation. I think this is made clearer in the…