Poll: Winter Is Coming - HBO's A Game of Thrones [READ WARNING]

[The Mad Rapper]

Was his plan not to leave Gilly and Sam with his parents while he went off to the Citadel as women aren't allowed to enter? Now that plan changed because he doesn't think they'll be safe with his family knowing they're wildlings. What other reason would he take the sword? He knows he'll come after it.

^ This.

 

[robfosters]

Is Benjen the TV version of the Coldhands character?

I thought GRRM insisted that Benjen was not Coldhands.

 

[McPhee]

Is Benjen the TV version of the Coldhands character?

I thought GRRM insisted that Benjen was not Coldhands.

Yes/no. Benjen is Benjen. There is no Coldhands in the show. He's basically the show's replacement.

 

[Cern]

A mixed episode.

I hoped we'd see the end of the High Sparrow and his moobs this week. His plotline is dragging almost as slowly as Daenerys's.

Some interesting developments elsewhere though, especially with Arya and Bran/Benjen. I quite enjoyed seeing some of Sam's back story too, albeit filler.

 

[Malevolence]

Them there Wildling wenches sure do scrub up well.

 

[Scotty123]

Them there Wildling wenches sure do scrub up well.

She's even better looking in real life. Wouldn't be able to tell I think in some photos that it was the same actress.

 

[platypus]

Thought it was a really dull episode myself, and the High Sparrow storyline is really boring and frustrating.

Oh well, there will be muchos blood soon, I can feel it.

 

[MooMoo444]

Them there Wildling wenches sure do scrub up well.

Aye, Gilly in that dress did look mighty fine.

 

[Washout]

book talk

Spoiler

I'm assuming you were going to mention cold hands...

I'm going to go with a different idea and say Uncle Benjen to the rescue

Both right! Sort of.

 

[No1newts]

Things aren't going as I expected.

I thought the Sparrow stuff would be a huge fight, but it's veering away from that, I also thought it would be Starks/Vale against Ramsay but it's veering away from that. Probably could still end up that way but it's not going quite how I expected it.

 

[MooMoo444]

Well if you watched the trailer, then you know

Spoiler

..that Sparrow fighting is coming soon. There is a scene where Sparrow troops and Lancel Lannister are standing up to Cersei and the Mountain, and he orders them to stand aside or there will be violence, at which point Cersei chooses violence. So something might be happening soon.

 

[neil_g]

Oh well, there will be muchos blood soon, I can feel it.

arent we due for the biggest ever tv screen battle this series?

 

[lee32uk]

Ian McShane finally makes an appearance next week. Let's hope he has a certain person with him

 

[DampDog]

She was never going to conform, that was clear the moment she stashed Needle under a rock.

Deep down she never wanted to be a faceless person. She's Arya Stark, and she wants it to be Arya Stark that inflicts vengeance upon those that wronged her family, not a faceless nobody.

I was starting to think her being "tested" has never been about getting her to conform to the "many faced god." The real test was to see if she would hold true to her self, I suspect Jaqen has his money on Arya dispatching the waif girl.

 

[linktoinsanity]

I don't like how much time Sam/Gilly took up of the episode, certainly mostly filler, must be saving the budget for something... (Yes, I know what.)

Was glad to see Benjin back though.

 

[Ayahuasca]

There was zero need for another Dany speech at the end either.

 

[McPhee]

There was zero need for another Dany speech at the end either.

Fixed

Pointless character. Spoilt, entitled, and thoroughly undeserving of the adoration lauded upon her by so many.

 

[Crowort]

The speech was fine but it should have been part of the last one. Instead of her knocking over the baskets of fire, Drogon sets the hut alight. Walks out unburnt, speech, mounts Drogon.

 

[Smokey Deza]

Instead of her knocking over the baskets of fire

You mean the braziers filled with napalm

 

[dowie]

Both right! Sort of.

yeah Coldhands Benjen it is