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I think the episode was pretty good considering it's pretty much half way into the book. They need to save stuff for next season. Overall though, this season was pretty epic, so I really wasn't too disappointed with the finale. It's not a shocking cliffhanger, but you do get a sense that something big is coming. There are just a lot of things happening at once. You really have to think about what happens when everything clashes. You have Stanis preparing to assemble an army to protect the wall, the entire north despising the Freys/Lanisters for killing a guest at a feast, Arya killing someone in cold blood, Theon's sister coming to his rescue, Jon Snow warning and getting ready for battle with the wildlings, Dani's army more than doubling in size and then of course you have all the things happening at King's Landing.

Just tacking more onto the above ^

And we still have yet to see whether or if Geoffrey and Balon Greyjoy are affected by the Red Priestess chick's leech curses, the way that Robb may or may not have been.

Not to mention the dire warnings from Bran in the form of that fable about the Rat, about how above even killing a prince and feeding him to a King, what the Gods despise above all things is killing someone you've taken under your roof as a guest. And the little Walder Frey <-> Roose Bolton conversation there in the final episode, which seems to indicate that even Roose doesn't like Walder Frey much.

In the books I think she got her first kill much earlier, with Needle while escaping King's Landing, some stable-boy. There might have been another along the way at Harrenhal? But yes, she's definitely undergoing a transformation of sorts, and even The Hound doesn't really know what to make of her or do with her now. It's notable that at the end of that scene she takes back the coin she got from Jaqen and recited the words he told her to remember: Valar Morghulis (all men must die).

I am not too disappointed with the final, it was pretty much what I expected. You really can't follow up the Red Wedding, but you still have to tie up some loose ends and set up some new ones. It did feel like it was thrown together compared to the rest of the season, but meh, I'm ok with it.

No one likes Walder Frey. Probably not even his children.

Arya had a large body count by this time in the books. But I do like how the show has handled it, they are really giving her a slow build and it makes much more sense of how she handles her future. That whole dialog in the last episode with the Hound, about her fear of getting close to reuniting with her family, was great. Every time she gets close, family members die. Terribly cruel for a child. I think she is 12 on the show.

I am really looking forward to next season. The wait is too long. :mad:

Joffrey. Joffrey Baratheon, dammit! :p

Ah, Arya. The last "Stark" of the Starks. Simply because I refuse to count Sansa for anything other than a village idiot.

Are there any other Baratheon kids in the show beside Joffrey?

Tommen and Myrcella were shown, but aren't really prevalent.

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Myrcella was shipped off to Dorne last season. Cersei wasn't too happy with Tyrion doing that. Tommen is still skipping around King's Landing. You should see a bit more of him next season. :)

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I'm glad they didn't go with the cliffhanger ending, It will make the wait a bit easier. Oh, and



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You said it yourself boss :tup: Oh before I forget Crixus dies, his girlfriend, and oh yea Spartacus too (just like in the history books)

I LOVE YOUR AVATAR. I about cried laughing during that scene. :tup:

Anyone notice the Crow's Eye in there when Yara was walking by, for those who've read the books?

lol just wrong


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totally missed that.

and that ^ gif is so wrong.

Stannis is the Mannis. That is all!

But he's a tool?!

Recently my GoT ritual has been that after my weekly Sunday night flight to Chicago I would settle in my apartment and watch the that night's episode on my iPad at about 1AM. The following Friday I would then take about 5 shots of Bourbon and watch it again. I will miss that routine :(

I thought the season finale was great since this show is for viewers who appreciate delayed gratification. There is a lot of buildup just like in the books for a few episodes, but the big events do come frequently enough and are very well done.

With that being said the TV series does make some of the main characters so much more interesting than in the books. I particularly like Roose Bolton and Ramsey Snow (Bolton). Lord Bolton has been a sleeper character that has been understated, but has turned out to be one of my favorites. The actor that plays him brings the character to life through great acting instead of the literary elements used in the books. He is portrayed quite differently and I would say much more effectively.

The "Reek" scene was incredibly dark, but it had me chuckling. Again the actress playing Arya kills it again (pun intended). The "next time you do something like that, let me know" line was pure gold.

Although they are lesser substitutes, but at least I have True Blood, Boardwalk Empire and Peyton Manning/Wes Welker to fill in the void until next season. I can't wait!

Those were the three scenes that really stuck out for me. The book Bolton left the Red Wedding before all the carnage occurred, sort of like he was above it all. I actually would have preferred that than how he finished the scene. I was surprised no one mentioned it before. But I do agree, for me outside of that bit, that he is really well done in the show.

The Arya scene was great. I really enjoyed the end of it, after the Hound finishes off what Arya started. He didn't even hesistate, he just sits down to eat their food in the background.

I was wondering if the name Reek was going to be worked in. Dark. One thing though, in the books I thought Theon deserved what he got. On the show, it is hard not to start feeling bad for him, it seems so much more brutal than in the books.

Theon shows remorse in the show so for that he garners some sympathy from me.

" i dont want to rape her and want to f*ck her ! "

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****ing hipster :shakes head:

Always gotta ruin **** for people...

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^ casting update for Season 4

So I just finished A Dance with Dragons (which I call "A Feast for Crows Part 2) and have to say that it gets a solid 3 out of 5 stars. I still love the characters and the story, but the approach he took with AFFC and ADWD is both unfortunate and concerning; the first three books had great characters and story arcs that interwove in such a way that it always kept your interest. The last two books diverged from that only concentrating on a few characters making you wonder what was going on with your other favorites in an unsatisfying way.

The good news is that the show will probably condense and merge the storylines.

I wish GRRM would get it together and get the next book out!

In the meantime I started another fantasy book series: The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss.

^ The Kingkiller stuff is awesome. Easily one of the best fantasy books to come out in a long time, and very unique in storytelling style (story within a story, sometimes within a story within a story). Well worth reading, but be prepared for the big letdown: only 2/3 of the supposed trilogy has been released, so we're waiting on the author to hurry up and finish the rest, as is the case with GoT. A recent quote from the author says he thinks the last book will be released sometime during 2014.

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I second the Rothfuss comments; excellent books, but not yet finished.

I also mostly agree with the 3/5 for adwd, in fact, I'd even go lower. I dislike all the extra stuff he had to use as filler and the throwaway chapters. It also feels a bit like The Wheel of Time where it just spun and didn't go anywhere after a bit.

Sometimes it seems like GRRM has really painted himself into a corner and has to stretch things out to figure out how to wrap the story up cleanly. I'm not convinced he knows how it's all going to end yet.

According to interviews, he says he does. But I don't believe a word of it. I think he might have one or two specific things he wants to happen, but after that I do not think he has a clear picture. Book 4 and 5 is evidence of that. By the end of 5, I felt he started to get back on track, but there is a long way to go without compromising the integrity of the series IMHO.

But who knows, he may surprise us. It was a fun read regardless unlike the last few books of the Wheel of Time.

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roflmao

Of course, George Lucas always said he wrote out all 9 Star Wars movie stories. Yeah, right.

Indira Varma is a great start for the casting of the Martells, Ellaria and the Sand Snakes:

'Game of Thrones' casts 'Rome' actress for season 4 | Inside TV | EW.com

I loved her in Rome!

True, she seems like a good choice. I'm not sure if I feel the same about who was casted for the role of Oberyn.