Sandor Is Kane

I disliked it so much that I'm not going to watch next week, so I guess a 1 is the only choice here. I'm grateful that the show introduced me to the book series, which in turn encouraged me to read more fantasy than I would have otherwise, but virtually everything post-S4 has been an insult to the audience's intelligence. Even the battle choreography, cinematography and music - things that you could always rely on, even after they ran out of source material - were completely underwhelming.

I doubt any of the references/homages I spotted within the books are ones that haven't been picked up and mentioned here before, but (as my username suggests) I do have a theory which goes the other way. I believe that the WWF/E writers of the late '90s based the story of the Undertaker and Kane on that of the Mountain and the Hound. For those who don't know, Kane's kayfabe back story was that he was horrifically burned as a child in a house fire caused by his older brother, the Undertaker, leaving him permanently scarred both physically and mentally.