Game of Thrones begins....

[Martinus]

Next episode is Wolf and Lion (or some such) and not Golden Crown. 

Yup, and it's going to be where the Ned-Jaime confrontation is going to happen, if the previews are faithful. We were talking about the cliffhanger for the sixth episode, that is considered to be so intense as to want to make people sign up for that HBO thingie where you'd be able to watch the seventh episode right afterwards. 

Oh I see. Maybe it will be: gay sex?

My personal guess though: Ned's execution.

[Habbaku]

The episode is called "A Golden Crown", so my bet would be Viserys getting whacked.

That's not exactly a cliffhanger.

[jimmy olsen]

Next episode is Wolf and Lion (or some such) and not Golden Crown. 

Yup, and it's going to be where the Ned-Jaime confrontation is going to happen, if the previews are faithful. We were talking about the cliffhanger for the sixth episode, that is considered to be so intense as to want to make people sign up for that HBO thingie where you'd be able to watch the seventh episode right afterwards. 

Oh I see. Maybe it will be: gay sex?

My personal guess though: Ned's execution.

Titles

5      The Wolf and the Lion"    
6    "A Golden Crown"
7    "You Win or You Die"        
8    "The Pointy End"    
9    "Baelor"        
10    "Fire and Blood"

So Drogo dies in 10, Ned in 9, 8 Araya Escapes, 7 Robert dies, 6 Viserys dies, Ned and Jamie Fight.

Robert's probably wounded at the end of 6.

Spoilerish synapsis for 8-10
http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/05/true-blood-and-game-of-thrones-june.html

[Viking]

I thought Melisandre was supposed to be hott?

I can't help think that this might be related to listening to an audiobook, but I see her with the body and dress sense of Elvira, the face and hair (but browner) of a 40is Angelica Houston and the voice of a heavy smoker.

I suppose she might be hott, but chicks that talk religion deflate my cock.

[Josquius]

So Drogo dies in 10, Ned in 9, 8 Araya Escapes, 7 Robert dies, 6 Viserys dies, Ned and Jamie Fight.

Lame having Ned die so late, won't give us much of the war starting up.

[Grey Fox]

So Drogo dies in 10, Ned in 9, 8 Araya Escapes, 7 Robert dies, 6 Viserys dies, Ned and Jamie Fight.

Lame having Ned die so late, won't give us much of the war starting up.

Does the war happen in book 1?

[Josquius]

So Drogo dies in 10, Ned in 9, 8 Araya Escapes, 7 Robert dies, 6 Viserys dies, Ned and Jamie Fight.

Lame having Ned die so late, won't give us much of the war starting up.

Does the war happen in book 1?

I'm sure there's some bits  of it, the deal with the Freys, the battle in the forest where Jamie gets caught, king of the north, etc...

[Habbaku]

So Drogo dies in 10, Ned in 9, 8 Araya Escapes, 7 Robert dies, 6 Viserys dies, Ned and Jamie Fight.

Lame having Ned die so late, won't give us much of the war starting up.

That's what the second season is for...

[The Minsky Moment]

You're getting very boorish lately. I expect you have a better explanation, then?

To suggest that an entire complex social system can be reduced to a simple mechanism for exploitation by a ruling class is the very definition of a crude Marxist analysis. Your are correct that I could have put it more politely. 

As to the second question, I think we would have to define the parameters of the feudal system that is being addressed.  The one that appears in the Martin novels is too poorly specified to really discuss.  AFAIK there are some suggestions concerning how it works -- landed property seems to be main source of wealth for the "lords" other than Lannisters and their mines and a few others that collect tolls and customs; there are feudal rights (eg hunting); and the land appears to be tilled by a mix of free peasants and yeomanry.  But the details are missing - the precise nature of noble status - what it denotes and how one acheives it is unclear, as is the precise nature of peasant tenure and their frequencies.  It does appear there is considerable opportunity for both upward and downward mobility.

[Josquius]

So Drogo dies in 10, Ned in 9, 8 Araya Escapes, 7 Robert dies, 6 Viserys dies, Ned and Jamie Fight.

Lame having Ned die so late, won't give us much of the war starting up.

That's what the second season is for...

They're not going to cover the whole of GoT?
hmm....makes sense....

[jimmy olsen]

I suppose she might be hott, but chicks that talk religion deflate my cock.

But in this world there are definitely supernatural forces at work, she might be on to something.

[jimmy olsen]

So Drogo dies in 10, Ned in 9, 8 Araya Escapes, 7 Robert dies, 6 Viserys dies, Ned and Jamie Fight.

Lame having Ned die so late, won't give us much of the war starting up.

Does the war happen in book 1?

I'm sure there's some bits  of it, the deal with the Freys, the battle in the forest where Jamie gets caught, king of the north, etc...

That synapsis I linked makes it look we'll see that battle in episode 9.

[Habbaku]

So Drogo dies in 10, Ned in 9, 8 Araya Escapes, 7 Robert dies, 6 Viserys dies, Ned and Jamie Fight.

Lame having Ned die so late, won't give us much of the war starting up.

That's what the second season is for...

They're not going to cover the whole of GoT?
hmm....makes sense....

  Okay, at this point I have no idea what you're asking.  They are covering the entirety of GoT (the first novel in the Song of Ice and Fire series).  The entire series is not being stuffed into 10 episodes.  There wasn't an incredibly large amount of the war (in fact, just a series of early skirmishes and one important battle) in the first book, all of which can easily be covered in the last 3 episodes of the season.

[jimmy olsen]

[Slargos]

You're getting very boorish lately. I expect you have a better explanation, then?

To suggest that an entire complex social system can be reduced to a simple mechanism for exploitation by a ruling class is the very definition of a crude Marxist analysis. Your are correct that I could have put it more politely. 

Perhaps it IS crude. Does that make it incorrect?

What value does a code of social conduct have other than as a tool to safeguard existing social hierarchies in a manner that keeps bloodshed on an acceptable and predictable level?