If Robert was a more attentive husband, father, King, a lot of things could have been better off.

She had no real power of him though, the kid was a cretin from the get-go. He lived to please his father too, not her, and Cersei hated Robert, so he wasn't getting that from her either. Whatever drove him was outside of her control.

It was spontaneous, impetuous. Although I always thought it was implied Littflefinger got in Joffrey's ear, slyly manipulating him to pull such an act, which would make sense because LF wanted Ned out of the way for love. Really had very little to do with Cersei.

The North are alone. It's a mix of declaring themselves independent and having been left independent. Technically they're still at war it's just everything else that's been going on has divided the rest of the kingdom's attention, meanwhile the crown's main goal was to divide the North through the Boltons. I guess.…

"testy".

Dorne in the show is like 19 people.

The idea of King in the North is separate from Warden of the North. I might need a refresher on that though. But from the moment they bestowed Robb that titled, and the War of the Five Kings started, I've felt the North has been separate from the Seven Kingdoms. Tywin gave Roose the title of Warden of the North but he…

Since Rich Fulcher was one, Berry should come back as a Plutonian.

Jerry was always a loser.

I remember the Air Conditioner school arc from Community had a Mad Max-esque announcer too.

Hey, we finally got to see Casterly Rock and Highgarden. Neither are as stunning as I pictured (Highgarden from a distance is cool but up close, the interiors look like King's Landing).

Seems like everyone knows.

Right, and between Dany, Cersei, Sansa and even Olenna this episode, female leadership is at an all-time high, and the male heir thing is in good position as ever to come to an end in Westeros. And Jon is unlikely to make a run at the throne. But still, a lot of Dany's identity is built around being the "last…

I feel bad for Meera. All she's had to go through, she's also been stuck with post-Three Eyed Crow Bran for God knows how long. :(

I thought the colours on my TV were broken.

He's a clown, but in a play for all of stern characters he's a welcome clown. He's the only one out there having fun.

Whether she played it up or not doesn't change the fact that Myrcella was innocent and never did anything to anybody, even to Cersei (unlike Joff and Tommen even who both disobeyed her). Not to mention, as her only daughter, she probably sees herself in Myrcella, so killing her is even more an affront.

A Game of Throne is such a breeze. There is no minutiae. It flies through events at the pace this episode did, only stopping on the important stuff.

She was speaking to the rightful heir this episode too. Her sense of entitlement is surely being built up so when the eventual R+L reveal comes, she'll come tumbling down to reality. I am mostly looking forward to the look on Missendei's face though, because she could use some humility too (she's probably had a rough…

Marwyn: "You're off the case, Tarly!"