Folks who don't watch this show, for any number of myriad hypothetical reasons, are missing out.

[Warren DeMontague]

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Bigtime.

[opiate69]

1. I really need to just buy the damned dvds...

since netflix and hulu don`t seem to be in any big rush to offer it for streaming

[Major Nikon]

2. I'm just too damn cheap to subscribe to HBO

[Major Nikon]

6. I don't doubt this

It's just that my family has no interest in them, so I'd be the only one watching. About the only thing I really miss is Bill Maher, because even if I could find his shows on other outlets, by the time they got there they wouldn't be as relevant.

[Major Nikon]

9. The only two shows I follow are on AMC

[opiate69]

8. We got rid of cable altogether ages ago...

Now we just do netflix and hulu plus... I miss my Hockey Night in Canada, but I get my Gordon Ramsay, Bar Rescue, Hollywood Treasures and such... And the wife gets to see all her crazy-ass horror movies so it works for now.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. I don't watch it because I can't stand Lord of the Rings type shit

Just can't deal with it.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

17. I do watch Mad Men, however....

And find it funny how anyone could think the show "glorifies" the sexist and hard drinking days of the 60's. Once again, obviously people who don't watch, but appoint themselves experts on all that is patriarchal control.

Aside from the fact that the actors and actresses in their wardrobe make great magazine layouts, the characters on the show are clearly among the most miserable and saddest folks on TV, even if they themselves don't realize it.

Speaking of which.....your Christina Hendricks Emmy update!



What a woman.

[William769]

10. I love that show!

Just not my type of sex.

But hope is eternal!

[William769]

13. Has that been aired? If so, Where the hell was my head during this.

Will have to go scan HBOGO to see if I can find this.

[4th law of robotics]

11. You've become addicted to the porn in it

I think they make a patch for that. Or maybe a 12 step program.

The first step is to admit you have a problem. Realize that no healthy person has any interest in seeing two sexy people engage in sex acts. That is disgusting to anyone with a normal (lack of) sex drive.

[Shitty Mitty]

15. I hate GRRM and I hate ASOIAF

It's TOO gray. ALL the characters are assholes. I simply can't fathom how anyone could find enjoyment in it.

[MicaelS]

18. I really like the music..

Is that Game of Thrones soundtrack? If so I might have to buy that.

[Behind the Aegis]

20. It really doesn't have much sex at all. You want sex? SPARTACUS!

Also, much more of my type of sex. The downside is there is way too much gore.

[westerebus]

24. I only watch it for the dragons.

[westerebus]

26. I'm still on S2.

I got S1 as a present and was hooked. I don't watch much on the box and won't pay a premium to the com cast crooks, so I will be a little behind. It is an excellent production. I might even read the books one of these days.

[westerebus]

28. On your recomendation.

Done.

[Hayabusa]

32. Not at all.

I pretty much figured that it was one of Ramsay's ruses.

[MrSlayer]

30. You're not supposed to feel bad for that asshole Jamie.

And yet, there I was, feeling sorry for the bastard this week.

I didn't feel bad for Theon though. I don't like traitors.

[Bonobo]

33. It's finally getting good again. nt

[Bonobo]

35. I sure did.

But I read them too closely together and gassed out, I think, on the 4th.

[jakeXT]

38. So how many porn actors participate?

I know only Sibel Kekilli... but sometimes the sex feels out of place.

I watched season 2 one year after season 1, without consulting the "fire and ice wiki" it would have been difficult to follow for me.
Watching all the seasons on DVD in one week is probably the best thing to do.

Battlestar Galactica always had little flashbacks as a reminder before each episode, I liked that.

[RiffRandell]

40. It took some time, but I have all the previous episodes recording

from on demand right now then will set to season pass. I had to clean out our DVR but we've been hurting for things to watch since Walking Dead ended.

My best friend loves it and we usually have the same taste in shows. Of all the movie channels, I think HBO put out the best shows and movies. Sopranos, Oz, Six Feet Under, Entourage, Boardwalk Empire, True Blood (it is pretty lame now though). I don't like Girls but watch it anyway and I had hopes for Enlightened but got bored with it. I'm pissed I never watched The Wire as I heard that was great.

I like Californication and Nurse Jackie on Showtime and we love Breaking Bad.

We finally got into it before the last season started when AMC ran a marathon which was great because we would watch 4-5 episodes a night. Just when we thought we had enough we would have to know what happened in the next episode so my husband and I would laugh and say just one more...we have to get some sleep!

We were so spoiled when the next season started as we were all caught up and we hated waiting an entire week for the next episode.

[Warren DeMontague]

41. No more Esme Bianco.

Damn.

[Hayabusa]

42. I thought for certain she'd replace tongueless Marillion

in the "only Cat" scene. Looks like I was wrong.

She tried to play a part in the game of thrones. She lost and she died.

[Warren DeMontague]

43. I have edited this OP to more accurately reflect the time it was written.

[Warren DeMontague]

44. FWIW, I thought the last episode was very well put together.

I felt they moved beyond just getting the pieces around the board, and started doing some very clever writing on their own.

Each episode this season has been better than the last. I'm quite enjoying it.

[Warren DeMontague]

45. This is a great article, really sums up how I felt about the last episode.

Big thanks to our friends upstairs for finding it!

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/05/-i-game-of-thrones-i-ditches-the-book/275557/

So my initial response to the episode, especially considered in conjunction with the previous one, "Kissed by Fire" (the script of which was delegated to another writer and was extremely faithful to the novel), was: Uh-oh, Benioff and Weiss have started speeding through Martin's material so they have more time to explore their own variations on his theme.

But my second response, which registered seconds after the first, was: Who cares? If Benioff and Weiss can come up with material as strong as this on a regular basis, let them go for it. While a straight page-to-screen translation of Storm of Swords would make for terrific television (it's the best of the novels by a significant margin), in future seasons the showrunners' ability to save Martin from his own excesses will become evermore crucial.

[Bonobo]

52. "The Climb" was one of the best episodes so far.

I was impressed.

[Hayabusa]

47. Second I saw that scene, I thought:

"Well, that subtext certainly became text."

[Hayabusa]

49. Only one that bugged me was

Loras and Littlefinger's agent. Just seemed kind of out of character for Loras, especially after Renly's death.

[Hayabusa]

51. He knows he's a handsome man and one of the best warriors in Westeros

there's no doubt he's shallow.

[opiate69]

53. OK.. there's gotta be more than meets the eye with that edit?

[opiate69]

56. Ahh... gotcha...

[opiate69]

58. Time to inspect the walk-in!

[MrSlayer]

60. What's up with the torture guy?

That dude is freaking me out and I'm all about that shit. Granted, Theon is a traitorous douchebag but I'd like some context. Is the torture dude a Stark? A Greyjoy? Just a random nutcase?

At some point they have to reveal, right?

If you read the books and know, please don't spoil. But if anyone wants to speculate, go ahead.

[MrSlayer]

62. Holy fucking shit!

Now that was a gamechanger. The entire King in the North thing was just snuffed out with extreme prejudice and I never saw it coming.

Wonderfully brutal slaughter scene. I blame mama Stark for the whole thing.

[Bonobo]

64. One of the greatest TV shows ever.

Yep, I'm going there.

[opiate69]

65. Finally got around to checking this out..

3 episodes in to season one and we're completely hooked. Gonna take a while to get all the names and alliances down though, but so far, I love the dwarf character...

[opiate69]

67. I can see that..

Just 6 episodes in and I just know he knows all the dirt in the 7 kingdoms... like he said to John Snow, his only asset as far as his family is concerned is his intelligence, so he's honed it over his lifetime. Very intriguing guy.