# Game of Thrones, You Win or You Die, 5/22/11 and 5/29/11 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825 "2011-05-22T22:58:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/1 "2011-05-22T22:58:30Z")
No book talk or spoilers please. For spoilers: [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=605757) For non-spoiler background information or questions: [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=609271) If you dislike the format, PM me and avoid derailing the thread, please. I can’t do a recap for last week since this is being shown immediately after A Golden Crown online at [hbogo.com](http://hbogo.com) ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/2 "2011-05-23T00:10:51Z")
Wait, so there’s two episodes tonight? Sweet! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/3 "2011-05-23T00:13:19Z")
Not that I can find on the schedule. The show at 10 is a repeat of the one at 8. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/4 "2011-05-23T00:17:14Z")
The second episode is shown online at 10, only if you have [HBOgo.com](http://HBOgo.com) ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/5 "2011-05-23T00:18:53Z")
This episode will be shown on [HBOGO.com](http://HBOGO.com) after the previous one shows on your local cable system. \* If\* HBOgo has been “hooked up” to run with your cable company; it wasn’t available for Comcast users until quite recently. Next week, it will run on cable… ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/6 "2011-05-23T00:26:37Z")
So, in other words, stay out of this thread unless you want to be spoiled for the May 29 episode? My cable company doesn’t offer HBOGo, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/7 "2011-05-23T00:29:06Z")
Kack. US only. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/8 "2011-05-23T00:39:47Z")
Last night I watched all the episodes up to now on demand. What does it say about me that I felt worse for Lady than I did for Bran? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/9 "2011-05-23T00:42:54Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > The second episode is shown online at 10, only if you have [HBOgo.com](http://HBOgo.com) I’ve just tried and HBOgo works for me. Now all I need to do is decide whether or not to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/10 "2011-05-23T00:54:49Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Last night I watched all the episodes up to now on demand. What does it say about me that I felt worse for Lady than I did for Bran? Well, Bran’s still alive, even if he’s crippled. Of course, he’s human & Lady was a wolf! The reaction reminds me of _Mad Men_, when the children of Duck Phillips, account exec & recovering alcoholic, inform him that their divorced mother is remarrying & her intended is allergic to dogs. Therefore, they leave their Irish setter in the office after a visit. Will the doggie’s big brown eyes cause Duck to fall off the wagon? To avoid trouble, Duck chases the dog out the building’s door, into the NYC night… Dumping that dog caused more angry complaints than _any_ of the rotten things the Mad Men & Women had done to each other. (Don’t worry–[“Lady” is OK](http://sophierrturner.blogspot.com/2011/02/sansa-and-siblings-some-at-least.html).) > [@](#): > > I’ve just tried and HBOgo works for me. Now all I need to do is decide whether or not to watch it. If you don’t, you might need to stay off the Internet for the next week. There will be many-a-spoiler out there… ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/11 "2011-05-23T00:57:11Z")
Sigh, i don’t want to go two weeks without a new episode but i don’t think ill be able to keep myself from watching. Damn you HBO. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/12 "2011-05-23T02:03:47Z")
Whoa! I’m keeping my eye on the Dany person. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/13 "2011-05-23T02:06:27Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Dumping that dog caused more angry complaints than _any_ of the rotten things the Mad Men & Women had done to each other. (Don’t worry–[“Lady” is OK](http://sophierrturner.blogspot.com/2011/02/sansa-and-siblings-some-at-least.html).) Yeah, Martin remarked that the butcher’s boy wasn’t really killed either, if anyone was concerned about _him_. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/14 "2011-05-23T02:09:08Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Sigh, i don’t want to go two weeks without a new episode but i don’t think ill be able to keep myself from watching. Damn you HBO. You might not have to worry about it, the site crashed. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/15 "2011-05-23T02:09:46Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > If you don’t, you might need to stay off the Internet for the next week. There will be many-a-spoiler out there… I caved and was going to watch it, but five minutes of watching the login page try to load was enough. I’ll have to stay out of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/16 "2011-05-23T02:13:55Z")
Just for the record. the episode that aired on HBO tonight is called “A Golden Crown” (and what a beautiful crown it was). Viserys was not very bright if he thought he could threaten to kill Drogo’s baby in the womb like that and then continue to even walk around, much less get rewarded. Such a satisfying scen. I liked Tyrion in the trial scenes too. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/17 "2011-05-23T02:16:32Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Just for the record. the episode that aired on HBO tonight is called “A Golden Crown” (and what a beautiful crown it was). [Over here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=609505) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/18 "2011-05-23T02:17:29Z")
Really, HBO should have prepared for the onslaught. It’s for the better, though. I gotta go to bed. I’m up at 5:30 tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/19 "2011-05-23T04:07:11Z")
That was fucking epic. I am totally blown away right now. Easily the best episode of the season. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die-5-22-11-and-5-29-11/582825/20 "2011-05-23T04:31:08Z")
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