I'm also sick of her eating various forms of cocaine everytime we see her. Not to mention how much she screwed up their plans this season.

Or Cheryl shooting a grenade launcher while wearing a fancy evening gown. Sigh.

Speaking as an unrepentant Lana/Archer shipper—Oh my God that was awesome. And so sweet. This definitely made up for the horrible series of breakups I've had to endure from other shows this season! And Mallory was at her fiercest this episode.

The Normal Heart movie on HBO will have a character named Felix in it.

Or when you have a genetic disease (such as hemophilia) in your bloodline.

He also talks about people peeing a lot. I wish he wouldn't. Like, I get that Tyrion has to pee, but you don't have to mention it EVERY SINGLE TIME.

I don't remember how the TV show portrayed it, but in the books Jaime does not say that. He actually argues with the other guards that they should go in and help her, and the other guard says that exact line.

Like I've said elsewhere, don't judge GRRM's writing by that excerpt. He's awful at sex scenes.

Unfortunately, the interviews have made it sound like they were trying to depict consentual sex.

If this doesn't convince people of rape culture, nothing will: people judge a victim as being more responsible for an assault if she was drunk, and an offender as being less responsible if he was drunk.

Yes, I can. One common cultural trope is that women are the "gatekeepers" to sex and, in order to maintain proper appearances, will say no despite actually wanting sex—and it's therefore the man's job to be aggressive about having sex. This results in men thinking that if a woman says no, she really does mean yes. …

Thinking that rape is only committed by sociopaths is dangerous thinking. Rape is committed by ordinary, normal men. Sometimes it's a result of confusion about consent or resistance. This episode sends wrong messages that will contribute to that confusion. Furthermore, if rape were condemned by society, we wouldn't…

Tyrion's TOO good in the show, IMO.

No, it shows that people have a VERY narrow idea of what rape is, and if an act doesn't fit into it, they do not view it as rape. If you don't believe that rape culture exists, fine, but there is a ton of research demonstrating that it does.

This "slip" in directing though in itself demonstrates how pervasive rape culture is. The fact that the director believed that the scene was consentual despite the fact that Cersei was screaming "no" repeatedly is very horrifying, not only in terms of what it does to the story but also in terms of what it shows about…

The depiction of rape in and of itself isn't really the issue. The issue is 1) The scene was, according to interviews, supposed to depict consent despite clearly depicting rape and 2) Said rapist in said scene is a character that is being redeemed, and whom we're supposed to like. The actions were out of character…

I think GRRM and the showrunners were trying to depict Cersei saying "no" but meaning "yes." Of course, that doesn't mean that they succeeded (the showrunners definitely did not) or that what they were trying to portray isn't problematic in and of itself.

That could also be explained by Tyrion being Aerys's son, though.

GRRM is awful at sex scenes. Don't judge his writing based on that excerpt.

Isn't he on his way to ally with Dany when he's taken as a slave?