Tyrion Hand of the King

Seriously I think they just forgot about all the greyjoys besides Theon.

So I thought Barristan was about to get his throat slit, but then Grey Worm kills the guy before it happens. So I'm wondering what the point of that was if he is just going to die anyway?

This is true, he was pretty underwhelming in the show.

Game of Thrones musical??

Okay that scene with Stannis and Shireen was awesome.

The scene you're referring to in AFFC where he reveals his plans is with Arianne, not the sand snakes, who does not exist in the show. He talks with the Sand Snakes in a separate scene in ADWD.

It's funny how show!Brienne is a huge bitch quite often. Slight departure from the books I'd say.

:lmao:

Theres really only one thing I want to say. D&D fucking suck.

While I don't entirely agree or disagree with your post, as a fan who bleeds green I feel obligated to say Go Eagles!

So I 100% understand the complaints about no Stannis at the end. Count me amongst the people that think it was a bad idea and will take away from the impact of Stannis's arrival. Having said that, I don't get why so many people are claiming Stannis will be breaking up some peaceful negotiation. In the preview Mance specifically says he will kill everyone in Castle Black. Jon also leaves Castle Black thinking there is a good chance he will not return. Yes I do think Stannis's moment may get overshadowed by Tyrion, but I don't believe Stannis will be made to look any less heroic in his actions. The show may have made the watch look a little too victorious, but Jon still made it clear that they are totally screwed. Letting Mance pass through the wall will be just as problematic as it was in the book and therefore, Stannis's arrival will still be very important.

Now I am coming to the conclusion that there won't be a LC election until Season 5. Ugh, just another reason pushing the Stannis scene up was a horrible idea.

Honestly the ending was so bad that I can't even appreciate the rest of the episode. So you move a great scene, that would've been a great ending to the episode, to the 10th episode which already will have a million great scenes as it is? I really don't get it. I have to say that was majorly dissapointing. ETA: Now that I have calmed down a little I will say this was a pretty damn good episode, but I still believe it would have been a much better idea to include the Stannis ending. The 10th episode will be epic, but possibly a little too crammed now.

Possibly the most obvious thing in the history of TV.

I agree the episode really could've used Stannis's arrival. Episode 10 is going to be absolutely insanity as it is. Why did they feel the need to push Stannis up?

Yea considering he smashes someone's head in, I think it's more important that his strength is conveyed than his height. Plus 6'9" is still pretty damn tall.

Great fight scene. The wail by Ellaria was perfect, exactly how I imagined it in the books.

I agree it has been semi hit or miss this season and it makes me worried about season 5. The only thing you have to consider, though, is that season 5 will most likely be comprised of all of books 4 and 5, whereas season 4 is pretty much the second half of book 3. Even though AFFC and ADWD have a lot of fluff I think that by combining them into 1 season, it will result in a lot more plot movement.

Oops yea I forgot how much they stuck to the book for that scene. I guess that was some foreshadowing by GRRM then.

Did anyone else notice the way Bronn describes he could potentially take Gregor is almost exactly how it ends up playing out for Oberyn? "Dance around until he's so tired from hacking at me he drops his sword. Get him off his feet somehow. But one misstep and I'm dead."

Yea for the most part I have liked their handling of Jaime's storyline, but the "maidens" and "I dreamed of you" lines were sorely missed.

I'm upset by both of these things. Not understanding the pacing of Brienne's storyline AT ALL.

Solid episode. Kinda pissed they omitted "only cat", but it still worked. What I am more mad about is that Brienne will clearly never be fighting Rorge or Biter now. Was I the only one who couldn't believe how easily those 2 went down? Wasn't Rorge a pretty big badass in the books?

:agree: The first was much douchier.

Who said that storyline meant no Kingsmoot? It was simply filler until they get to that point. Doesn't mean it will definitely happen (it better!) but it certainly doesn't rule it out either. That's AFFC material aka season 5.