HBO adaptation of Game of Thrones - will this be just for nerds? (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

I suppose Theon's captor is an unusual dude. xp.

obv imo there was something "off" about theon's escape so i wasn't exactly surprised at what it turned out to be but it was still grimly lolful.

otm

yeah, also worth considering is that theon was the only one who knew bran and rickon were alive and now he told this guy

was it some kind of meta torture or something?!

I took it as, they weren't getting info out of Theon so they set up the fake escape, had the guy who let him go gain his trust, & at the very end there got Theon to admit he was loyal to the Starks

but yeah this is otm ---> usually you don't kill four of your own dudes in the process

the torturers are balon's crew or what? i have really no idea. not sure i'm supposed to though.

Bolton's, i'm pretty sure. the "boy" is Bolton's "bastard".

i'm not sure how vague it's supposed to be, theon's story after the sack of winterfell is written kind of non-linearly in the books and they're clearly handling it differently in the tv show

More compelling if you know as much as Theon going along.

I haven't seen the season 3 episodes yet, but yeah, in the books this plotline has a lot of uncertainty and ambiguity.

Dany fucking up the slavers is one of my favourite sequences in the book, and they really did it justice.
same, absolute class.

Best scene of the week - and I loved Olenna Tyrell & Varys too. Conleth Hill is just brilliant in every scene he's in.

god varys and olenna was fantastic - I said to Mr Veg it was like watching 2 snakes in conversation

straight fire ep best one ever imho

so fn gnarly too

yeah it was p boss

i found some of the scenes hard to watch but then the glorious ending really tied it all together, the lowest of lows to the highest of highs

http://25.media.tumblr.com/1d03871ae82b593a03f8e942a3253da2/tumblr_mloipeass81qf7pvco1_500.gif

lolz

haha joffery is so dumb but no one has had the stomach to flatter him for more than like 5mins at a time before

great ep, first time I've really thought the woman who plays danaerys is pullin off badass ancient desert dragon queen

that was the third episode of this show i've ever seen and she's the only character i like

dude u should watch the first two seasons this weekend

my gf is trying to get me into it, i can't last much longer

i had forgotten about the "mother tongue" thing, def badass

yeah I've read the first 2 books and during that speech I was like, oh RIIIIIGHT Valyrian

idk, even though I wasn't a huge fan of the actress at the beginning, I've always had a soft spot for her character. Completely remaking herself from the terrified slave of crazy brother into this awesome Dragon queen-ruler-commander is awesome

Agree about Conleth Hill, that scene about his castration was close to perfect.

And yeah, Dany really coming into her own now.

lady olenna is a great new char

the look cersei gave her when chatting was golden

Amazing episode, so many wow moments in there.

I get the feeling that Cersei visibly losing influence within King's Landing is very bad news indeed for Tyrion and Shae in ways I can't really imagine just yet.

Olenna and Margaery together are terrific characters, totally playing everyone so far. No one else in the show understands the value of good PR.

Catching up today. Mira Reed is kind of rrrobyn-ish.

:D

Consigning the praise, amazing episode. Daenerys totally vamping for the camera at the end though.

in the best possible way

This is kinda lolsy

http://video.vulture.com/video/Daenerys-Targaryn-Gets-an-Exten

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2013/0422/grant_r_upsofthrones.jpg

haha

Of course the UPS facility is in Flea Bottom.

yeah, same as everybody else really: this is shaping up to be the best season

Theon is the Pete Campbell of this show, I will never tire of watching people inflict physical pain on him.

Ooh, who'd be Don? Peggy? Roger?

Tyrian has a bit of the Roger about him.

Tyrion actually, isn't it. Oops.

Arya is Peggy.

otm

Was gonna say Ned was Don, but he was actually more like Lane.

Yes. Totally.

Ooh, who'd be Roger?

Pretty much half the dudes in this are idiot manchildren who are in their position purely as a result of stuff their dad did.

Jaime is Don.

Making Cersei Betty?