A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[Sir Og]

Who burnt down Winterfell?
Was it Theon's guys or was it the siegeing army, which I thought wanted to recapture the castle in Rob's name?

[Felch]

I think they mentioned her being nobility on the show.

[Imran Siddiqui]

On some level I can see that, but...

Spoiler:

Since Talisa isn't an actually Lady (is she), the whole concept of couldn't Robb just made her his mistress comes to the fore (which I've heard on other message boards). He marries Jayne Westerling because she actually is a Lady and thus you can't really keep nobility as a mistress... well I guess you could, but it wouldn't be good form

[Guynemer]

Wait for the show watchers who have read the books, did Robb end up marrying that Lady Talisa person:

Spoiler:

Did they cut out Jayne Westerling?

Spoiler:

I think they did, which is fine, really. The fact that she's a vassal of the Lannisters is far less important than the fact that she is not a Frey, all things considered. She may be killed at the Red Wedding as well, to up the shock factor, or she may be left behind at Riverrun as Jeyne is, who knows? The only thing we'll lack in the long run is Jaime's scene with her mother.

[Dinner]

It will be a long cold wait for season 3.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Wait for the show watchers who have read the books, did Robb end up marrying that Lady Talisa person:

Spoiler:

Did they cut out Jayne Westerling?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Season 3 is going to be ridiculously awesome (If I'm right where they'll cut the book):

Spoiler:

Jamie losing his hand, Dany lighting up Astapor (is that the city she gets her Usullied), the Red Wedding, & I think just to balance it, they'll have Joffery dying in the finale scene - or I guess they could stick to dragons killing everything and making Dany warrior princess. Though I can see them doing what they did in S1, have a major Stark die in the 9th ep and then lift people's spirts up in the 10th - what better way to lift people's spirits up than Joffery dying?

[Wezil]

I'm surprised House of the Dying dude was so reckless.

EVERYONE knows you don't **** with dragons.

[Guynemer]

At risk of spoilers, if you liked what you saw last night re: dragons... just wait until a certain scene that will hopefully be coming next season...

In the book, it where book three goes from "geez, this is getting dull, when are we going to get to the fireworks factory?" to "HOLY ****ING **** WHAT THE **** IS GOING ON AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

[Wezil]

After introducing the dragons in season 1 it would be severely disappointing not to see them do damage during season 2. It just had to be done.

[Imran Siddiqui]

n/m - looked it up

[Wezil]

At least one of your concerns should be resolved after the next episode, if things follow the book relatively closely.

Yeah baby!

That's what I'm talking about.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Not a whole lot to say about the finale, glad they got Jon and Dany back on track, spoilers follow

Spoiler:

The problem is that, while that closing sequence with the Others was quite good, they are completely irrelevant to the plot for the foreseeable future, with the exception of Sam's immediate storyline, and Jon's storyline another couple years from now, when they just force the Wildlings south. I'm afraid the TV newbies are going to get White Walker blueballs.

Probably correct. Works for the slower, more suspenseful pace of the books, but in a TV series may just become annoying.

[Dinner]

Valar Morghulis, indeed.

[Dinner]

Isn't this the last episode of the season?