Game of Thrones begins....

[Martinus]

That said, the best scene of the night was Tywin and Cersei.

+1

All the best scenes are either

1. Really powerful moments, or
2. Some of the really exceptional dialogue.

Tywin slapping Cersei down was just excellent. I would really like to see him take on Joffrey.

Yeah, to me, GRRM is a great writer of characters and a great storyteller, so it's great that the area where he is lacking - dialogue - has been picked by D&D. This makes the characters GRRM wrote say things they never did in the books possibly the best part of the show.

[The Larch]

Btw, Sansa keeps getting tricked...this girl will never learn.

Oh for Godsake she is still a kid.  I mean she literally has nobody she can rely on and this is a nest of vipers where even Tyrion gets tricked.

Yeah, but it still pains me to see her being so naive. I think the actress really managed to show Sansa's desperation for someone to sincerely care for her, and how she is initially reluctant to open up to Margaery but then seems to crack up at her offer to marry her to Loras (even after he blatantly ignored who she was when she told her the anecdote from the Hand's Tournament in the last episode) and offer a cushy life in Highgarden, more akin to her dreams of knightly tales and court living. Everything has been going so badly for her that a small ray of hope is all she's looking for. It's heartbreaking.

IIRC in the books when the Tyrells (Margaery and the Queen of Thorns, I think) offer to marry her to one of their boys she jumps of joy thinking about getting married to Loras and both Tyrell women sigh, roll their eyes and say something like "No, you dumb kid, you, not Loras, but Willas" and she just says something like "Oh, ok, I'm cool with that too". The fact that they offer her to marry Loras straight away in the series makes me think that both Willas and Garlan will be cut from the show.

[Liep]

Great episode, and quite the finale. Season 3 is proving stronger and stronger.

[Camerus]

Lady Olenna is wonderful.  I enjoyed the scenes with her this week as much as with anyone.

[The Larch]

Lady Olenna is wonderful.  I enjoyed the scenes with her this week as much as with anyone.

What happens when the non-existant bumps the decrepit? A discussion for philosophers!

[Josephus]

IIRC in the books when the Tyrells (Margaery and the Queen of Thorns, I think) offer to marry her to one of their boys she jumps of joy thinking about getting married to Loras and both Tyrell women sigh, roll their eyes and say something like "No, you dumb kid, you, not Loras, but Willas" and she just says something like "Oh, ok, I'm cool with that too". The fact that they offer her to marry Loras straight away in the series makes me think that both Willas and Garlan will be cut from the show.

Yeah, I was thinking that too. In the book they just said Tyrells, or my brother or something, and she assumed it would be Loras and was quite disappointed to find out it wasn't.

[Berkut]

WEll, in the show they don't seem to be following with the entire "Kingsguard cannot marry" thing. Tywin refers to Jaime as his heir, for example.

Of course...actually, in the show, is Loras a Kingsguard?

[Tamas]

WEll, in the show they don't seem to be following with the entire "Kingsguard cannot marry" thing. Tywin refers to Jaime as his heir, for example.

Of course...actually, in the show, is Loras a Kingsguard?

Tyrion mentioned a couple of episodes ago that Jaime can't inherit.

And now that you mention, Loras is not a Kingsguard on TV IIRC

[jimmy olsen]

Precedent was set with Barristan's forced retirement, Tywin's probably hoping to get around that technicality.

[Tamas]

Precedent was set with Barristan's forced retirement, Tywin's probably hoping to get around that technicality.

well yeah his character doesn't strike as somebody being stopped by tradition and law.

[The Larch]

WEll, in the show they don't seem to be following with the entire "Kingsguard cannot marry" thing. Tywin refers to Jaime as his heir, for example.

Of course...actually, in the show, is Loras a Kingsguard?

Tyrion mentioned a couple of episodes ago that Jaime can't inherit.

And now that you mention, Loras is not a Kingsguard on TV IIRC

Loras is named a Kingsguard at some point during the 3rd book, so they're still on time.

[viper37]

Daenerys truly is worthy to rule over Westeros.

Great.  Two guay guys rooting for Daenarys.  I'll have to rethink my allegiance now. 

[garbon]

Daenerys truly is worthy to rule over Westeros.

Great.  Two guay guys rooting for Daenarys.  I'll have to rethink my allegiance now. 

Well I'm there too, so...

[Neil]

Maybe she reminds them of Eva Peron?

[Eddie Teach]

Daenerys truly is worthy to rule over Westeros.

Great.  Two guay guys rooting for Daenarys.  I'll have to rethink my allegiance now. 

You're on the side of EVIL, right down to your cold black heart.