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Just watched it. I don't remember the last time my hand came to cover my mouth so often as I prepared for the shock I knew was coming. When Mickey says to Bunchy's friend he's got a joke for him, I almost pissed myself. I love it when a TV show can make you uncomfortable and this episode did, over and over and over and over. Start to finish, definitely the best ones they've delivered.

Finished this last night. Did not disappoint. Them breaking down whether Erlich could jerk off everyone in the conference center becoming the pivot was some brilliant writing.

One of the main supporting characters. They finished the last 3 episodes without him, although I haven't gotten to watch them yet.

Not sure why I didn't give this a shot when it aired. As a rule of thumb I give any HBO show two episodes minimum. A friend in the tech industry told me to give it a watch. It's pretty funny and not much of a time suck with only eight half hour episodes. Finished five so far.

Excellent season finale. I like that there were no real cliff hangers. There are open story lines, but that's something different obviously.

This is why I didn't like last night's episode. It would have made for a compelling 20 minutes of an episode, but dragged out over an hour it seemed to both lose punch and also take away screen time for other issues that need to be resolved. I get that next week will probably be a 1 hour 10 minutes or so, but it's still a lot to resolve on top of setting up stuff for next season.

Yes, I know. And I will. I just think by doing the Castle Black iso, they needed it to be epic. I thought they handled the Battle of the Blackwater much better. With all that I think will be in the Finale, I hope they don't have to rush things now.

Night's Watch and Tyrion Lannister

I remember when I watched Batman Begins again a year or so ago, I yelled, "NO, KILL HIM BATMAN!" when I noticed his quick scene. He made me hate his fucking face in such a beautiful way from an acting standpoint.

So by my count there are only 2 of the 5 kings left, correct?

Not sure if this was posted yet. http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/04/08/game-of-thrones-renewed-for-two-more-seasons/?hpt=hp_t3

This is one of those shows that it's best to not really question much. These details are why it will never be on the same par as some of it's HBO counterparts. In that scene, Ray and the movie star are sitting in the car, facing the cameras. Assume they've got a good shot of them through the windshield and the car's plates. Then, as if there is no such thing as "recording" he comes out with the gas mask and destroys the cameras. Also, he's over protective of his children, except when it comes to letting his son hang out with a degenerate, drug and sex addict movie star. That's OK. Oh, and I know Mickey's been in the can a while, but presumably he's heard of "DNA". You know, that thing you might leave behind on the beer mug you were drinking from before you shot the FBI agent in the head. Oh, and regardless of who the agent told what, there has to be some one, some where who knows that the FBI agent got Mickey off for the priest's murder in order to turn him. They don't just do that sort of thing with a wink, a hand shake and no questions asked.

Such and underwhelming finale.

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Lot of funny stuff coming out: http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDEzLzA2LzA0Lzk1L0h6S2kxRWwuMGViZGYuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/88f53a8d/acc/HzKi1El.jpg

This. I'm constantly vaguely remembering something and having to google it to clear up details.

They're suggestions based on knowing things that are likely to happen because they happen in the books. So if someone is complaining about their favorite characters always dying and so someone suggests they like a character they know isn't, at least in the books, going to die for the foreseeable future, that's sort of a spoiler.

This just showed up in my google feed. Watching it now.

That's so funny. I have to re-watch the scene because I was staring at the Mrs. who didn't read the book and had absolutely no idea what was about to happen. She kept saying how smart Rob was being and was happy that this conflict was behind him so he could continue his battle with the Lannisters. She said out loud, "why is the mom so interested in the band?" Then when Bolton showed the chain mail she was like, "what's going on?". Then shock and anger. I played it up a little earlier. When Bran and John didn't meet up, she asked if the Starks would ever get together. Then with Arya and Rob/Cat so close to meeting, she finally thought there was going to be a happy reunion. I did have to tell her to look away with Grey Wind, but she didn't. After all that, she was said something like, "Great, now that ass hole kid is going to win". I really had to try not to laugh.

The only real change from the book is that Talisa dies pregnant in the show but in the book Jeyne is left at Riverrun and eventually returned to her family, not pregnant as far as we know.

He left behind the War of the 5 Kings, death and destruction across the land and no one paying attention to the threat North of the wall. Nice job, Ned.

Actually, Ned failed the worst as far as living up the Stark standard of awesomeness. Followed the same roadmap that got the last Hand killed and lost his head over it in front of both of his daughters.