Agree.

The group I was watching it with thought the same. The scene would have been more pertinent and useful many episodes ago when we weren't really sure if Joffery was really this monster, TV wise, at least. At this point it was just kind of redundant, especially after the Sansa scene.

So much for that hope.

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I read through all of the plot summaries on Wiki. I'm good.
Should have done that before the start of last season.

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@audioidkid

Do you guys know how big the map is from north to south? I've been wondering as I read the books and watch the show just how big the kingdom is? Does anyone know how long it takes to get from Winterfall to King's Landing? Or from the Wall to the southern tip of Dorne?



Also, one thing that bothers me about this series is the lack of technological development. How many 1000s of years do you live in midevil times before some dumbass finally invents the printing press? Or figures out gun powder? How dumb are these fucking people?

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I thought wildfire was more of a napalm type thingie.


And the 10 year winter is a nice excuse until you consider how the plague wiped out half of Europe yet that didn't stop them from pulling themselves out of the dark ages.

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Just when you think that the show is turning a corner and not fucking everything up...

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The "10 Year" Winter happens in cycles, combine that with constant wars and you don't have the a good recipe for sustained progress. In the books everything is burned during the war, everything. The crops, books, towns, villages and mass amounts of people. Brain power is at a premium and in short supply and so is a general education system. Think about the current War of the 5 Kings...mass death, no crops being planted, skilled peasants slaughtered, birth rates flatten AND motherfucking WINTER IS COMING.

Plus, the "Great Plague" was a singular event for Europe, as I mentioned above the winters are long and cataclysmic and happen in cycles....not just a few times over a thousand years.

And GoT is a fantasy series, the world in which it exists doesn't parallel ours or even come close. Comparisons to progress in each don't wash.

And Valaryia was quite advanced. They just tempted fate and were destroyed by the gods.

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Just wait until the Vulcan ship lands in Winterfell in book 6...

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@audioidkid

My wife just read this same chapter in the book during lunch, and now I'm getting a bunch of WTF texts.

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Awesome

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I'm getting totally different texts from your wife. More DTF than WTF.

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Thinking of Sarah Palin as Daenerys makes me sad.

The Eddard Stark/Al Gore one was awesome.

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SPOILERS:

DON'T READ BELOW IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOKS>>>>




Just got to the part where Arya leads the takeover of Harenhall. I'm confused why she didn't tell the northern prisoners who she was. They work for her brother, why wouldn't she tell them?

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I dont remember her exact reasoning. I think at that point she had been through so much trama for a young girl that she didnt trust anyone and just wanted to get home to her Mother on her own.

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Yoren told her she can't trust anyone.

Keep reading.

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This post was called I Hate Hank

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edited.

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I'd delete this and put it in the book thread.

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Whoa... delete that spoiler ASAP.

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I read half a sentence and had to set fire to my eyes. I will not read this thread until I'm through with the books.

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You know me like that.

Sorry Doc.

Let's try to keep the book thoughts in the book thread.

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Episode 5 was excellent. A breath of fresh air, giving time for character development and table setting. Didn't feel rushed or forced at all.

Renly's death was about what I expected, I'm glad they got it out of the way. The Brienne/Cat portion got as much screentime as it deserved. Nice to see the weirdness of the pyromancers and have that come into play. It appears they've totally dropped Meera and Jojen, which is fine with me.

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i think the weakest link in the series is dany's story. it just clunks along...not a whole lot happens after khal drogo dies for a while. there's a lot of positioning and deliberation. there are a couple things upcoming that are interesting but then by "dance" it just drags the story down.

this episode seeemed a bit slow but it's mid-season so i guess that's expected.

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caught last nights episode and it was great...i been real busy and was ready to watch the last 3 episodes on my dvr..and i see my dvr did not get the last 2 or 3 ...any place i can watch them?....the last one i saw before last night was when snow gets cracked by the pervert who handed off his baby son to a white walker to end the episode.

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I'll PM you.

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I have Episodes 1-5 of Season 2 of Game of Thrones. I'm going to delete the first 3 episodes by the end of this week, but if you'd like links to stream/download those episodes, send me a PM and I'll send you links.

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Dany's story through the entire 2nd book is so boring. I nearly slept through those chapters.

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Loved the episode last night.

Agree with Q. on his spoiler.

And agree with Dany's story. It's just there.

Jon Snow going off to see Mance. That should be great fun.

Theon got himself an idea.

Arya got the first of her three. Valar Morghulis.

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