A Game of Thrones - TV Show Discussion Thread

[rah]

SHAME SHAME SHAME

[Dinner]

It only took 1 h 7 m to

Spoiler:

kill grand maester pycelle, Kevin Lannister, his son Lancel Lannister, all the Tyrels except the queen of thorns, the high sparrow, all the septons and septas in Kingslanding, all the sparrows in Kingslanding, Tommen, get Jon Snow nominated as king in the north, reveal R+L=J, have Cersei crown herself queen, have Dany finally begin her journey to Westeros, have Varys make a pact between perky tits, dorne, and the reach, get Bran back to the wall and have his undead uncle remind everyone about the magic in the wall. Oh, and have little finger propose marriage to Sansa and have Sansa reject him. A full episode.

Oh, and I forgot Cersei torturing the septa who tortured her.

[Dinner]

Oh, and I totally forgot about Walder Frey and his two main heirs. Arya even shows she did learn a thing or two from the faceless men.

[rah]

She's getting that evil smile down pat. We really need a reunion with the hound.

[Cort Haus]

People keep mentioning this, but I don't know how it happens without Bran being even more of an idiot than we've already seen him be.

There are no limits to his idiocy.

[Cort Haus]

Given how quickly Varys was able to move back and forth across the Narrow Sea, I think this confirms the Varys is a merman theory.

He borrowed Littlefinger's Magic Horse, I think.

[Proteus_MST]

A lot of boobed rulers now ... Queen Cersei, Lady Olenna, the Sandsnakes, Lady Lyanna Mormont, Great-Admiral Yara and, of course, our beloved queen Dany
I was surprised that the north didn't get a queen as well ... after all Sansa has much more ruler qualities than Jon ... but I guess it was all planned by Sansa, to make Jon king, in order to anger Baelish


On the other hand, because of R+L=J, Jon seems to be not only the perfect king of the north, but also the perfect husband for Dany (and coregent on the iron throne)

So, in the end it seems to be Dorne+Highgarden+Dany (perhapt + the north) against Queen Cersei

[pchang]

Jaime just saw his last kid die. I wonder if he will turn against Cersei in the end.

[Proteus_MST]

Jaime just saw his last kid die. I wonder if he will turn against Cersei in the end.

At least he and Cersei may still be young enough to have a chance on additional kids (and heirs to the throne)

Poor Olenna however has no such luck ... her son and grandchildren were incinerated by the wildfire in the Septa ...
and whether her daughter-in-law still is alive we don't know (AFAIK we never have seen here in the series ... so she may be dead).
So, it seems like Olenna will be the last Tyrell

[Lorizael]

I gotta say, poor Loras.

[Dinner]

At least he and Cersei may still be young enough to have a chance on additional kids (and heirs to the throne)

Poor Olenna however has no such luck ... her son and grandchildren were incinerated by the wildfire in the Septa ...
and whether her daughter-in-law still is alive we don't know (AFAIK we never have seen here in the series ... so she may be dead).
So, it seems like Olenna will be the last Tyrell

With any family that is 1000 years old or more I am sure some sort of cadet branch could be found.

Loras did get a raw deal though. He debased himself and got mutilated for kissing ass to a sect that all got burned up. In the books the faith militant are all over the countryside causing problems for the lords so really I think we wpuld see a peasant uprising against Cersei.

[Dinner]

There are no limits to his idiocy.

He is like 11 right now im the books so cut the kid a little slack.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

I have absolutely no idea why Old Beardy got stabbed. Any suggestions?

Was there actually a reason in the plot for it, or were they just trimming the budget?

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

And I have absolutely no idea what Anne Boleyn's sneaky plot some episodes back, which involved slipping that note to Gran, was all about either. I suspect it was unsuccessful though.

[Proteus_MST]

I have absolutely no idea why Old Beardy got stabbed. Any suggestions?

Was there actually a reason in the plot for it, or were they just trimming the budget?

"You cannot create something new without getting rid of the old"

I think it was Qyburn who said it, when he killed Maester Pycelle.

But to give you an answer that fits even better:

There was no person who was a bigger self-serving schemer in the remaining court of Cersei.
A person she definitely couldn't trust.

It is no surprise that she would want to get rid of him

And I have absolutely no idea what Anne Boleyn's sneaky plot some episodes back, which involved slipping that note to Gran, was all about either. I suspect it was unsuccessful though.

She wanted to show Olenna that her conversion was just fake.
And, from the things she said in the Sept of Baelor, it was obvious that she had made a deal with the high sparrow, that her brother wouldn't be harmed ...
so, it seems like that was the reason ... i.e. to get her brother unharmed through the trial