Mad Queen

I usually vote 7 or 8 and this one is a 7, which means it's one of the usual enjoyable GoT episodes.

So wait - JOFFREY ordered the killing of Robert's bastards?

Did I miss something?

Book Joffrey would never do that. It would be like Joffrey admitting to himself that he isn't Robert's son, or is there any other reason to order the killing of Robert's bastards?

Subtlety doesn’t work on mass-market productions half of whose targets are by definition below average median in attention span, intelligence, and clue.

Statistics pet peeve, sorry. :)

The episode gets a 7 from me. It was your average GoT episode and I agree with most negative comments in this thread. One of my own: the conversation between Robb and Jaime was utterly useless. Why would Robb go and talk to his prisoner about his plans if said prisoner has no role to play in them? Scene added to give Jaime the required screen time, no doubt about it. Unless the point was to show what a beast Grey Wind has become.

9, it was the best one yet. Ned's execution scene was just as good as I had imagined, Aemon's speech too, and Shae seems very promising. She may turn out to be a more interesting character than she was in the books.

7 because of all the Jon/Sam/Wall goodness, the well-done scene at the inn and most Dany scenes, but everything else, especially the expository dialogue, could have been better. Thumbs up for Gendry too.