Game of Thrones TV Thread **HBO-Purists ONLY**

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The only explanation I have for why Shae exists is that she starred in GRRM's favorite porn.

A porn actrice? That explains her lacking acting skills then..

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Pretty subpar episode. A series with only 10 hours to tell its story needs not to have episodes where almost nothing of actual consequence happens.

You're lost. A ton happened. Things being setup is something happening.

Arya killed her first man. And it's a lock that she hands over the coin and speaks the words to the first Bravossi she stumbles upon.

Developments in the Tyrion, Sansa, Shae triangle.

Yara is en route to save Theon with the most elite group of men on the Iron Islands.

Tywin treated the shit out of Joffrey. We've been waiting an entire season for this.

The only redeeming thing about your post is an omission: you didn't complain that it was a lackluster "finale", since this isn't the finale, e09 was. People who can't grasp that are the absolute worst.

shit dont look like a hood, but the matted top and puffy ear waves of a long-haired individual

Yeah, like I said, you're terrible at viewing small low resolution .gifs.

I nominate this for best episode of the series yet. It had so many things that pushed my buttons. Arya and the Hound, they go so well together. The casual 'this is what I do' face the hound makes when he slaughters those people, priceless. Then Arya summoning Jaqen!! Can't wait to see how that turns out.

She didn't summon him. He's a super bad ass magical assassin, but he's not a genie. It's a little more complicated than rubbing the coin and speaking the words. She has to actually give it to a Bravossi man and speak the words. It's like a secret handshake that turns the coin into Jaqen's calling card.

If I'm wrong and he just appears in a puff of smoke after she hands over the coin and speaks the words, I'm gonna quit watching the show.

Tywin taming Geoffrey like he said he would was nice, and then the Tywin-Tyrion moment. I also liked the Tyrion and Sansa dialogue where Sansa proposes the prank. I think she can learn to appreciate him, because he is one of the few people that is honerable like her father was. Shae better take the advice given by Varys and leave.

Yeah, Tywin shutting Joffrey the fuck down was great. What was even better was Joffrey not getting it through his head, and everyone's reaction as he went off at the mouth. Really, I can't decide who was best, everyone's facial reaction was so amazing.

Sansa mirroring Cat, learning to love the husband she didn't intend to marry seems like a pretty cool arc.

The Red Lady is a big mystery to me, in one way she seems omnipotent, she has magic and it seems to work, she went and fetched Stannis' nephew, but she also has her own flawed motives. It's difficult to predict to what degree she is in control of things. But I like her role. She adheres to the Red God, who has obvious power, or atleast his servants do. This puts some unknown power into play.

I wouldn't mind if they never really get too deep into the source of the LoL follower's powers, or anyone's powers for that matter. Remember how cool the force was? Remember how lame it was once they tried to explain it in Episode I? Remember how cool it became when you purged any memory of the prequels from your mind?

Theon being bullied by Bolton's bastard. I love how his sister immediately marched out to go rescue him. Pretty much what I hoped would happen. Those two are going to be doing great things in the future while the father fades away in importance, you can tell by the flow of the story.

Bullied? Bullied!?

I agree though, these unconventional characters, in unconventional match ups makes for some phenomenal story telling. Yara, the queen of pirates, ruling alongside her eunuch brother-- I'm all for that.

And finally Daenarys grasping her power, I'm a sucker for those kinds of powerful moments. The only thing that is a bit off about Danni and her quest is that the freeing of the slaves and the great importance she puts on this matter isn't really well grounded in her past. As in, why would she be so fervent about freeing slaves, and why does it matter so much? I can understand, but it isn't really motivated in the series all that much. But all in all great setup for a powerful player in the game of thrones that they'll soon be all hearing about.

She was sold into slavery. Seems pretty clear to me.

I was saying that after the second season started. I remember having an argument with a book reader friend of mine, along with anotehr guy who'd only seen the show. The hypothetical was: if you had to permanently erase from your memory (and, implicitly, you could never watch / read the show/movie/book ever again) which would you choose, Game of Thrones, or the Lord of the Rings trilogy?

I told them I would choose to 'delete' LoTR; it wasn't even close. Game of Thrones wins big time. Just the simple fact that there really isn't any sort of "black and white"; every house, every character is some shade of grey, imperfect. Some worse than others, granted. In LoTR, you have a clear-cut good-vs-evil dynamic. You know who's going to win. There is never really any doubt. You can enjoy the fight scenes, sure. But there's no real intrigue.

The other two pricks said they would choose to get rid of Game of Thrones. Yes, that includes the book reader. I told them they should get over the fond memories they have of LoTR from their teens or childhood or whatever. It's really not that great of a story. If you're reading this and you don't agree with me, give it another watch.

At any rate; I got what I expected out of this last episode. With the plot advancing so quickly in Ep. 9, you had to think they were going to take one episode to "wrap up loose ends" and set up the next season.

One thing I dislike, and continue to dislike, is how the show runners like to skip important scenes where Tyrion breaks news to Sansa.

Your friends are imbeciles.

I'd delete GoT because I prefer distinct, evil, towering bad guys and scrappy can-do good guys who don't slowly bleed to death before your eyes.

Just a preference though.

You, my friend, are an imbecile.

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She didn't summon him. He's a super bad ass magical assassin, but he's not a genie. It's a little more complicated than rubbing the coin and speaking the words. She has to actually give it to a Bravossi man and speak the words. It's like a secret handshake that turns the coin into Jaqen's calling card.

If I'm wrong and he just appears in a puff of smoke after she hands over the coin and speaks the words, I'm gonna quit watching the show.

This is not the kind of summoning I was talking about. Think "the king summons his councelors". It's probably more accurate to say she put the first steps towards summoning him. We can be sure he won't appear in a puff of smoke though, GoT isn't that kind of show.

She was sold into slavery. Seems pretty clear to me.

Sure but her prime motivations, and the things she talked about with the people around her, have been about retaking the throne which she has the noble right to. It was probably kept from us to make the Unsullied scenes more powerful, but I find it slightly annoying that she's being so concerned with freeing slaves and treating them fairly now, as this gives me the impression she might not join the game for the throne for quite a while because she's on a sidequest now.


Also I 100% agree with what you say about being in the dark about what magic can do. My critical mind of course wants to know but I will gladly agree it is better this way, there is no need to detract focus by going into specifics and the mystery that surrounds this topic is great.

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Yeah, Tywin shutting Joffrey the fuck down was great. What was even better was Joffrey not getting it through his head, and everyone's reaction as he went off at the mouth. Really, I can't decide who was best, everyone's facial reaction was so amazing.

I'm already sounding too fanboy for my own liking, but I have to say that the acting in GoT for the most part has been absolutely stellar. Some exceptions like Shae and Talisa, but most of them are really selling their role. I read on wikipedia that the child actors especially are getting a lot of praise. Totally agree, Arya=godly, Joffrey sells really that he's despicable, etc.

Eh you're right. As a book reader I'm annoyed at what they choose to shorten or omit with the blanket reasoning of "only ten episodes brah" only to turn around with episodes like this one, which while not of no consequence, could contain more events of consequence than they do. I think some of the concluding chapter stuff could have been handled last episode which might have allowed the major events (red wedding, jon's battle, etc) to breath easier.

It worked well though, everyone I know that watches it is raving about the show atm.