I feel like this show does that a lot- bends the "naturalism" it has established for it's own thematic and metaphorical ends. I mean, the cat/prisoner metaphor is entirely overstated- unless the cat winds up being somehow important to the case/plot. Also, the Samson and Delilah crap? I'm all for biblical themes, but…

You must not be hanging out with very sharp women, my friend…

Ok. So I'm finally caught up, and I have a theory. Hear me out, internet…

I know I know…

Cause it'd be an awesome twist and scary as hell

Didn't she predict in season 3 that she would meet Arya again?

Yeah I don't think the North and Dany's team are going to be as disparate as you're suggesting. Also, I wouldn't so easily group Cercei and Jaime like that. Their arcs are leading in entirely separate directions. Also, you left off Melisandre. I think in the end, separating them into groups like this doesn't serve…

Yeah my co-worker brought it up and I didn't have as good of an answer as I thought I would… Maybe there's something in the whisper Lyanna gives Ned that more clearly defines his promise

Also, its under the section titled "Night is Dark and Full of Spoilers"… so there's that, too

Why is that lame?

But they need to re-instill some sense of mystery. If the show ends like the above, what's the point? At this point things seem "telepath-ed," but I'm hoping there are still some major plot twists in our future.

I'm shipping Dany and Gendry.

GENDRY!

Yeah- I think the point is that Viserys and Jaime were both portrayed as bad guys at the beginning. Part of what made them "bad guys" was, ya know, the incest. (i.e. the show is written with modern sensibilities in mind)…

LOL

Probably the birds with their tiny fingers

Traditionally they upload the faces to a secure server farm housed at the bottom of the Narrow Sea

Agreed- tragedy trumps all…

I think its a stretch that she knew Tommen would kill himself. Why not just let him attend the trial during the explosion?

I can see a real tragic Jaime killing Cercei scene going down end of next season