@avclub-0257ef47ca24afa78ea6150826388f08:disqus "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" is about cunnilingus.

In the book, Sansa was only responsible for getting herself taken as a hostage. She was not responsible for Ned being arrested (Cersei had already been planning that). She was not responsible for Ned being beheaded (that was Joff's last-minute decision).

Agreed, it was a nice, understated way to preempt fan complaints about Tyrion's nose this season

I hope they keep that accusation. Dormer played Anne Boleyn in The Tudors and brother-sister incest was one of the major charges against her.

Joffrey being courteous to Margaery is exactly what happened in the books. He was nice to Sansa too, in the beginning. He's capable of playing the gallant for short stretches of time.

As much as I admire Ciaran Hinds as an actor, I cannot for the life of me imagine him strumming a lute and singing.

Exactly. It is unheard of for a woman to just up and leave her family and home and go off to be independent. That's one reason why Brienne draws so much attention—women in this world don't go gallivanting around by themselves. Yet none of the characters seem particularly weirded out by Talisa being in Westeros…

Not in every case. The show's version of Cersei seems much more nuanced so far than Cersei in the books. I am certain they will manage to make C's plot in the upcoming two seasons much more sympathetic than it comes across in the books.

Jeyne's uncle was apparently in on it. Her brother seemed to be unaware of the plan since he tried to fight the Freys and managed to free Grey Wind.

@avclub-adad33d3da210f8c6efe515ace3e7089:disqus That theory has apparently been debunked. One of the editors of the ASOIAF world book has asked George RR Martin about it and he said the discrepancy between Cat's description of Jeyne's hips and Jaime's was just an editing error.

It's possible she was sent to spy on and seduce Robb, but wasn't let in on the full plan. I'm certain Tywin Lannister only reveals info on a need-to-know basis.

I caught something about wolves. I am certain the letter contains instructions setting up the Red Wedding. Otherwise they wouldn't have bothered flashing a bit of it onscreen twice.

Keep your crappy, repetitive jokes in TWD threads where they belong.

It's not that hard to come up with an alternative scenario. There will be upcoming war councils. Ser Jorah and Ser Barristan will offer conflicting plans to Dany. Jorah will act like a dick and Barristan will warn Dany not to trust Jorah. She presses him about what he means and he tells her about Jorah being on…

They didn't acquire and train all of the 8000 at once. Your complaint makes no sense.

They were planning on sticking to the Dontos storyline more closely, but for some reason chose to cut most of it. So now the scene in which Sansa saves Dontos is just going to be a stand-alone to demonstrate Sansa's latent ability to manipulate dumber people. If they stick to her storyline in the books, then this will…

Their losses were enormous, judging by how small the group was at the end of the first scene. Go back and watch the last episode of the first season to get an idea of how many men went ranging beyond the Wall.

You're right. We only 'see' what Sam does in the prologue. He's attempting to get the ravens off and only hears the sounds of battle and the men finally retreating.

I think it's because the doctor is supposed to be a wise, old person who has a childlike exuberance and curiosity. So he does well with older characters who share those qualities, that bravery, grace, and love of live that comes after having lived many years.

I think it's because the doctor is supposed to be a wise, old person who has a childlike exuberance and curiosity. So he does well with older characters who share those qualities, that bravery, grace, and love of live that comes after having lived many years.