At least we were spared Mirri maz durr rape action.
The Dothraki dudes were just pushing those Lamb Women around. Could’ve gotten a lot more graphic than that, if they’d wanted to, before the kahleesi put her pretty little foot down.
Yeah, the lack of Jason Momoa Full Monty is a disappointment.
… Perhaps he’s…not so hung? :eek:
And y’all are forgetting Li’l Theon’s brief cameo.
Right, this was right before he said how he fought with 6 inches of broken wood.
If he didn’t have his fake wooden sword which is actually shaped like a broadsword, then he should have fought barehanded because a sword that’s the same style as the practice one he uses but slightly heavier would be worse than lying on the ground with your hands tied.
That’s what she said.
I heard someone suggest that Cersei planned Robert’s death, but I can’t buy that any halfway sane person would think that he or she could plan for someone to be gored by a wild boar while hunting.
I don’t think planning and ensuring are the same thing.
Speaking as a straight male, I’d like to add some dignity to this discussion by saying:
Neener! Neener! Neener! 
So what was the narrative purpose of Hod running his chalky white self buck naked through the woods anyhow? HBO have a full frontal minimum to maintain?
Entirely possible. If I tell you that that scene is straight out of the book, is that a spoiler?
It definitely wasn’t added, though I imagine some folk are wondering why it wasn’t taken away.
I’m not complaining about the naked Hodor so much (not like anyone’s clamouring to see me naked, either), but it IS odd, since there was no establishment of his presence or that he was bathing, so it ended up as ‘BAM, random Hodor-cock!’
Hodor’s definitely a shower. I fully support this, for every monster tardcock we have to suffer through there will be another long, hot gratuitous lesbian ass fingering tossed in there. That’s a trade off I’m willing to make.
I’m figuring Baristan will end up riding north to aid the Starks. That dude is a hardass and the Lannister’s will regret that. Actually now that I think about it, Barristan is probably going to spring Ned from the clink post haste.
I’m betting he’s still alive. The groan and the sound of metal hitting the floor was probably the goldcloak going down. Has this show yet missed an opportunity to have a gratuitous death scene? No way Syrio dies off camera.
Syrio is an all-purpose badass. He might be a snob about his weapons but I’m pretty sure he’s capable of sticking the pointy end of any old sword into someones jugular. I suspect the off-camera action was Syrio either disarming the goldcloak and/or scooping up a new weapon and taking it to him. Syrio is obviously awesome.
There actually was slightly insinuated establishment. When I saw Bran sitting out in the woods by himself, the first thing I wondered was how he got out there. Then the next thing to come to mind was that the big oaf must’ve carried him out there. So when Hodor appeared, I was satisfied to see that my guess was right and they established how Bran got out there.
I’d just like to say that “the Monster Tardcocks” would be an awesome name for a band.
Just a nit-pick, the guy Syrio was fighting wasn’t a goldcloak, but a member of the kingsguard. Goldcloaks are the city guard in King’s Landing and the kingsguard are… the guys that guard the king, Jaime and Barristan being the two names ones so far.
I find it funny that nobody is concerned about Septa’s life/death status, since that was left open to speculation as well. Then again, she wasn’t portrayed nearly as bitchy in the TV adaption.
This show was the first time I really got to show off my new Sony Bravia TV. I’m tempted to go back and watch the entire series in beautiful HD glory.
The Hodor scene was just to establish that the guy is retarded, and as such hasn’t learned modesty. The same thing happened at my middle school with one of the “special-ed” students, except in the lunchroom.
I figured she was dead. But then, they didn’t kill Sensa so why would they kill Septa?
I thought the reason for the Hodor scene was to show off his big pee pee. It seemed obvious to me that he wasn’t quite normal long before. Reminds me of the retarded vulture from Bugs Bunny. “I’ve got me a Bran and I’m gonna love him and squeeze him and call him George.”
Nitpick: “Septa” isn’t her name, it’s her title, and she should thus be referred to as “the Septa”. I don’t remember if her actual name has been mentiond in the series.
(not-so-) Little Hodor’s inclusion did give the opportunity for some development of Osha’s character and a glimpse behind the wall. She was no blushing maid upon seeing him, and the talk about giants was directly prompted by it. (yes, the same talk could have been based on his overall size, clothed, but it was funnier this way.) It does cement Hodor as not-all-there, but I think that was pretty clear from past appearances. When a character only speaks his own name and no other words, that’s a blinking neon sign something’s wrong with him. (see also: TIMMY!)
They were getting all packed up & ready to go when Littlefinger told Ned he really, really ought to take a minute to interview the mother of Robert’s latest bastard. Who just happened to live in one of his bordellos. Gosh, who would have expected that Jaime would happen to drop by?
Later, we saw Arya find Needle in one of the packed trunks. The move North had been stopped when Ned was arrested…