Greywolf2375

"all the rage"? Really?

jesus his voice changes more often than a 12 year old boy.

these two are almost as good on screen as Varys and LF

was wondering why Jaime wasn't using his off hand as a weapon. Bronn shows how it is done.

yep, Grey Worm is a bad ass.

it's showing right now?

Granted, we can't get the details from the inner thoughts as we do in the books, but it would be much nicer to get shown the different possibilities of who could be guilty rather than told. The Tywin thought process Tyrion has just seems hamhanded in delivery. Course, it is made up for completely with his interaction with Pod. great scenes there. Wildlings - it's fine they have the Thenns as cannibals, but again it seems over the top in the dialogue with the little kid. Wall - loved seeing Slynt not have the vaguest clue as to how to react to the chest thumping. Building a nice set up for Stannis & Harrington's delivery is much better. How did Grenn get away? can't hear any description of how they escaped Dany - miss Belwas, but that was handled as well as can be. I think the actor playing Daario is doing well, but he just doesn't come across to me as Daario. the manacles across the walls are a nice touch.

Finally got to see the whole episode: Sansa's escape: Wow - the drunk can really row for a long time. Got to think that LF's voice change each season is to...maybe...show how he can change at a whim. Marg/QoT - Her speeches are over the top, but she delivers them so well...love the QoT. Sept - Wow, Tywin almost seems like a grandfather here. Some of the best delivery...new Tommen so far looks like he will do well. I do like how Tywin lets Tommen work his way through to get to wisdom. And a nice old "eff you" to Joffrey. Jaime/Cersei - in the books it was forceful, but consensual. This...this wasn't. I know it's been commented on before, but just wondering why they would change the relationship like that. him repeating "I don't care" just reinforces it At least they skipped over the moonsblood.... Hound/Arya - they do have great interplay, and while I am glad they brought back the fact that this isn't Riggs & Murtaugh with the Hound being an ass, I don't like that they just had him go back on his "a man has to have a code" from just a little bit before. I think it probably shocked a lot of people to see that this isn't the Hound Redemption Roadshow but that he is still out for himself. Wall - Gilly & Sam are great together, still wish they did have someone see that Sam did kill the WW. Davos/Stannis - their interplay is great, but Shireen and Davos are right behind Hound/Arya. "Your father lacks an appreciation of the finer points of bad behavior".

Well, not really. The mystery is basically solved for the show, but for the books it isn't - there were other players (Garlan for example) that had opportunity in the books that aren't present in the show. Also in the books the chalice was where the poison was and it seems unlikely QoT would have been able to reach into it.

See, that's what bothers me. While I couldn't see the gem missing, it was obvious what she was doing. To the point that none of Tyrions interactions with the cup are done in a way where he could have poisoned it. I mean, the first pour is in front of Tywin & Cersei, the 2nd in front of everyone. There's no ambiguity with the way it was done.

No, I saw that she was fussing with it. And apparently I literally need a new TV because the resolution isn't showing this, but I've seen the screen capture. Still bummed though that it wasn't a purple amethyst.

yes, QoT could have done something, but the way they are framing the scene they are making it appear that it can only be him even though the two times he filled the goblet everyone was watching him. no, we all don't know it's not Tyrion...some people do, some don't. People watching the show who have never read the books may not have any clue there could be someone other than Tyrion - especially since (as things stand right now) there were no gems mising from Sansa's necklace.

while watching Joffrey die was excellent...based on what they showed on screen, there is no way Tyrion could have poisoned it.

nu-night Joffrey.

ok, this cold be better than just two jousting....

none of the gems are missing it appears.

meh...what she has in looks she makes up for in crazy.

So Shae is the one who sees truly, yet is this broken up by it? Granted, Tyrion took the wood to her there, but still.

I like how everyone squints with a 'WTF did he just say?" where is "I am no stranger..."?

Like the look of that chalice!

ok...so not a fan of the first two scenes. We know Ramsay is a sick bastard, like to see how that adds to the characters/story. And not really liking that it isn't Ilyn he is sparring with. Bronn can still speak and that is still a risk that didn't have to be taken.

I'm floating between a 7-8. The ep started well, but as others have said I would have liked to have seen the magic/difficulty in melting down Ice. It is a small thing, but would I think would have been impactful from the standpoint that yes, the Lannisters won that war but it isn't as over as they want it to be. It ended well - The Hound was great, Arya was good but went a little too dark a little too quickly for me. The Joffrey/Jaime/White book scene was great - just want to reach into the TV and beat Joffrey with a stick. Some of the downsides are the shift in Jaime/Brienne being in town this early, still missing out on Loras not in the KG and the interaction with Brienne. I thought bringing Dontos back like this was very awkward. While I liked the introduction to Oberyn, it was a little too much with him reacting like that to Rains. Not that it gets sung a lot in Dorne, but does really react like that each time someone brings up the Lannisters or sings the song? Overall the episode probably is the strongest opener for me since s1ep1.

That's absolutely not an accurate statement. Starship Troopers is a perfect example of this - the movie is an adaption of the book, but only consists of maybe 1 to 1 1/2 chapters of material. It was an adaption in name only. Making a comparison to the source material is valid - not from the standpoint that many like to object to, "OMG, the hair was wrong, purists are going to freak". Literally no one on this board has said they need or even want a verbatim translation from paper to screen - but they do want the characterizations that made the written personalities what they are, the situations what they are. Did Robb need more fleshing out so that the RW had more impact? Absolutely, in my opinion. Since we all imagine what each character looks like or each location looks like, yes, some may be disappointed in how the Eyrie was presented. I may have pictured the Moon Door differently, but they captured the essence of it. If however the Eyrie was made to look like Dragonstone and the Moon Door was out the side of the castle to the ocean below that I think would be a failed translation. That's what most of the critiques are about. Are there critiques that individual details weren't included? Sure - each person gets impacted by the little details uniquely. I would have loved to have seen Daario with his blue hair and stated so. Does that mean they missed what Daario is? No, just a detail I would have liked to see. Since there is very strong source material available, in some ways they do need to justify why changes are made when they do not appear to add to the story. The PW coming up is an example of this - since they had decided Loras is the only son of the Tyrell family, it changes how the poisoning has been perceived greatly since one of the potential conspirators doesn't even exist. Does that change what happened in the books or who may have been responsible? No, but since the written scene allows for so many options, they do need to provide those options or else I feel it will be less than it deserves when we see it.

It's not that she can't experience emotions, it's that two episodes ago she very clearly stated she knows her position, his whore, not his lady. That I thought was stronger than her coming out with the love declaration - telling Tyrion that she still is what she always has been while he is seeing little hearts around her head. It makes for a great comparative relationship with Bronn - both are as loyal as the money they are given.

Considering that the season finales also brought us the birth of dragons and the reveal of the Others army of dead, it is valid to say that as a finale expecting more isn't too much a stretch. With the first season we get to wonder - from the final scene - what are the dragons going to be like? How did she survive the fire? What the hell just happened? With the second season we get to see the Others up close. Wonder if Sam will survive. Wonder if ANY of the NW will survive. With the third season finale, final scene, what do we have to wonder? What's the outstanding question? What is the thing from that scene to carry over to S4?