This is for the discussion of the TV show as its own entity. The books do not exist in this thread. No book comparisons, references, anything.
The current open spoilers thread for discussion of both the books and TV show is here. More of them may open up with a different niche, but that seems to be the main one at the moment.
That said, I’m disappointed the Faith has to resort to torture to get people to confess. Surely there’s something in their little book that says that’s not kosher.
That was such an awesome episode. How can schmucks like Michael Bay spend a bazillion dollars on their CGI crapfests that end up looking like cartoonish horseshit, while television totally nails it?
My response was “oh, that’s the secret of Valyrian steel–obsidian.”
Amazing episode. I hated that they introduced the female wildling leader and then clichéd the hell out of her (although her getting taken out by zombie kids is the correct way to go if you go that route). Glad our giant friend made it… but was the idea he just swims out to the boat and then grabs on and hitches a ride.
Also really liked Tyrion tutoring Dany. This seems like a good match. I predict Varys will arrive in the season finale.
I think it is as simple as…die in front of her either in battle or by her order. Either way he has her attention.
Apparently the show runners either were bad at or never played AD&D. Otherwise, they’d have the wildlings prepare fire based defenses against frost based undead.
Their wooden wall should have been soaked in tar/oil and set on fire at the very least. A layered defense with trenches of fire on both sides of the barriacade would have been nice.
Jorah’s predicament is interesting. He’s got a normally fatal disease, so he doesn’t have much time left. He was lucky to walk out of town with his head still attached—so obviously he [del] goes pretty much anywhere else on the planet to die in peace/look for a cure[/del] sells himself into slavery to fight as a gladiator for a woman that ain’t taking him back. I get not going the snorting blow of hooker’s asses route so as not to spread the creeping crud to innocent whores, but maybe the dude should just crawl into a bottle and die already.