Game of Thrones begins....

[Jaron]

Rickon

[Zanza]

How can it be a trick? He hands him over to a psycho kinslayer...

I guess it is a way to tie loose plotlines.

[Habbaku]

How can it be a trick? He hands him over to a psycho kinslayer...

I guess it is a way to tie loose plotlines.

I'm worried you're correct and that's it's just sloppy writing.  Yet again, Ramsay 'wins' despite doing nothing to earn it.

I really hope it's a trick, though.

[Admiral Yi]

How can it be a trick? He hands him over to a psycho kinslayer...

I guess it is a way to tie loose plotlines.

Win over his confidence, then lure him into a place he can be attacked.  Such as on a battlefield facing wildlings with Umbers at his back.

Or eyebrow chick is the poisoned dagger.

[Jaron]

They have thrown Ramsay every single bone he could ask for in this series....

[Zanza]

They've built up Sansa for a while now. If Rickon lives and becomes Lord of Winterfell, that would not fit with the TV narrative very well. So he has to die for Sansa to become Lady of Winterfell.

[Admiral Yi]

They have thrown Ramsay every single bone he could ask for in this series....

Not true.  Sansa and Theon escaped.

[Jaron]

They have thrown Ramsay every single bone he could ask for in this series....

Not true.  Sansa and Theon escaped.

and now he has Rickon. Can he have a single permanent setback?

[Habbaku]

Odds are Ramsay dies at the end of the season.  I just don't see the death of Rickon having any real dramatic weight, aside from "kill another good guy".  Maybe I'll be proven wrong.

[Eddie Teach]

They've built up Sansa for a while now. If Rickon lives and becomes Lord of Winterfell, that would not fit with the TV narrative very well. So he has to die for Sansa to become Lady of Winterfell.

Or Jon becomes Lord of Winterfell claiming legitimacy from King Stannis. 

[Jaron]

If Ramsay dies, who would replace him as villain?

They'd need to advance another plotline...Dorne? White Walkers ?

I think walkers breaching the wall and overwhelming the Watch might do the trick.

[Zanza]

The Mountain

[Phillip V]

Tower of Joy fight scene.  Was it realistic?

[Admiral Yi]

Fight scenes will always be problematic because you don't fence with a man in armor.

[Jaron]

Did I see it wrong or did he get stabbed through his armor?

The fight scene was cool, but maybe a bit on the cheesy side.  Just a bit.

The fights in GoT thus far I think have mostly had a certain air of authenticity...they don't go too overboard so I'll give them this one for free.