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  4. 4.

    SligoRover

    I totally saw all of that coming. This series has really fallen off this season. I’m totally not watching next week.

  8. 8.

    Served

    This show is delivering on a level that’s just insane. Every part of that was perfectly put together, and they should get a swimming pool full of awards.

  9. 9.

    Sly

    I give the Tully/Frey wedding two out of four stars. The ceremony was nice, but the service at the reception was fucking terrible.

  12. 12.

    gf120581

    Gotta hand it to the Freys, they throw one hell of a party.

    This is why you always check the music playlist of a reception.

  13. 13.

    PsiFighter37

    Jesus Christ. I don’t read the books…so wow.

    Incredibly well-done, but kind of sad. Seems like all the heavy shit drops in the second-to-last episode of every season.

  15. 15.

    drew42

    Sorry, if Peter Dinklange and/or “Stong Sexual Content” can’t be bothered to show up, neither can I.

    On a side note, Daenerys Targaryen’s storyline has become a whole series of showing up somewhere, acting princess-y, and taking over. I find that rather irritating.

  16. 16.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    I will wait until DVD’S come out so no harm no foul on spoilers. But if Sligo is right I will be disappointed, True Blood went to shit after the 3rd season. So it if not the first time.

  17. 17.

    Comrade Mary

    @drew42: Her storyline and what she achieves become more complex soon enough. She is not the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Queen forever.

  18. 18.

    patroclus

    @drew42: Why don’t you like the Khaleesi??!!! She’s become a staunch abolitionist and has a bit of a John Brown in her.

    Personally, if I were a Northman, I don’t think I’d ever forget the events of the Red Wedding. I think Arya’s gonna go batchit insane and turn into a real serial killer after seeing all of that.

    If anyone starts playing the Rains of Castamere at any wedding I go to, I’m calling the police.

  19. 19.

    sherparick

    Having read the books I knew what was coming, but still very tough to watch. As Theon’s tormenter said in an earlier episode, if you expect a “happy ending” you have not been paying attention.

  22. 22.

    drew42

    @Comrade Mary: Well, she better become the Bad Guy soon, because there’s no way I can root for her. That entire plot line is like a cheesy 1980’s good/evil fairytale story — I keep expecting David Bowie to make an appearance. Or muppets.

  27. 27.

    feebog

    I have read the entire series, so no surprises. But I’m not watching on HBO, buying each season as it bcomes available and then watching the entire thing in a couple evenings. If you thing last night was bad, wait till you get to Book 5.

  28. 28.

    Redshirt

    Haven’t seen the show, but when I read this in the book I was flabbergasted. Didn’t see it coming, jaw dropped. Awesome plot turn, though I was on Team Robb all the way, so that was a huge bummer. House Stark is F’d.

  31. 31.

    Yatsuno

    @Comrade Mary:

    This video contains content from UMPG Publishing, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.

    FYRIAA.

    (wrong acronym.)

  33. 33.

    Anya

    I blame Obama and his lust for blood. We need more poorly drawn cartoons of President Drones-a-Lot.

  39. 39.

    Citizen_X

    That scene illustrates, once again, that timeless truth: an armed society is a polite society.

  40. 40.

    celticdragonchick

    @sherparick:

    Having read the books I knew what was coming, but still very tough to watch.

    Agreed. I knew it was coming and it was still shocking.

  41. 41.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @sligorover: No worries, I find many a series go to pot after a few seasons, my usual break happens after the 3rd. Weeds was kind of like that. Archer has kind of died for me. I am kind of concerned with Sons of Anarchy

  47. 47.

    pokeyblow

    Back in my fraternity days, we’d play a little game of thrones the morning after drinking dark beer and eating pizza puffs.

  48. 48.

    Citizen_X

    @NotMax: So, the former President’s visit was…a bust?

    And I’ll just leave this here:

    Femen started in Ukraine in 2010 and has gained notoriety around the world for its “topless commandos” of young bare-breasted women who disrupt political events.

  49. 49.

    Desmond

    @Mr Stagger Lee: Keep in mind GOT isn’t written like a TV show, it’s a fairly close adaptation of a series of novels. As a book reader, I can assure you there is plenty of good stuff still ahead, even if the Red Wedding is a real punch in the gut.

  52. 52.

    burnspbesq

    By the way … America Fuck Yeah 4, Germany 3. America Fuck Yeah Women 3, Canuckistan 0.

    Was a good day to be America Fuck Yeah.

  53. 53.

    Comrade Mary

    @Amir Khalid: They both work for me, too, but I offered the official video just because I was surprised to see that The Purple One hadn’t completely scrubbed YouTube. (Sorry, Yutsy.)

  54. 54.

    Mayur

    Yeah, the problem is that the next story arc is basically a reset. I’m not really a fan of the style of storytelling in which an entire slate of characters is wiped clean and then you have to start again with a new cast. It’s actually better in the show because the writers made the effort to introduce Stannis, Davos, Brienne etc much earlier on than in the books.

    Incidentally I think the Red Wedding is a lot more grueling to me than the stuff that happens in Book 5, especially since so many of the events therein are, shall we say, unreliably narrated.

  57. 57.

    Narcissus

    Is the whole point of GoT masochism?

    I mean do people read/watch GoT and then go shave their balls with an arrowhead

  58. 58.

    TheMightyTrowel

    waiting for the DVDs, but super excited for new Teen Wolf tomorrow (I know I know. But I’m marking essays… I NEED something light with copious toplessness)

  61. 61.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @Desmond: I concede your point, I am waiting for the DVD series, and I do admit I like what I have seen. Two series that broke the season 3 curse with me was Breaking Bad and Justified, and yeah Curb Your Enthusiasm.

  62. 62.

    Redshirt

    @Mr Stagger Lee: Hmm. Both Buffy and Angel have controversial 4th seasons. Many would say the shows went downhill severely in these seasons, to rebound in their fifth seasons. I wouldn’t say that though. Seasons 4 of each rocked, especially for Angel, which I thought was the best season of TV ever. Or close to it.

  64. 64.

    A Humble Lurker

    @Narcissus:
    There are a lot of shows/movies/books like that. I’m not a fan of stories that are sunshine and lollipops all day everyday, but there are some things that make me go ‘God damn, why would I continue to watch this when it’s already making me want to slit my wrists?’ There’s only so much death I can take, man. Real life as it is right now is depressing enough.

  65. 65.

    Steeplejack

    WTF?! Red Sox-Yankees restarted after a long rain delay and lasted all of two minutes before play was stopped again. In this day of Doppler radar, etc., how does this happen?

  66. 66.

    Mnemosyne

    I rode my bike 20 miles today, and now I’m eating Haagen-Dazs. Because I deserve it, damn it.

  67. 67.

    gmann

    Don’t wait for the DVD’s. . . Just watch it ! I didn’t watch first Lord of the Rings because they didn’t do The Hobbit first. . . Then they finally finish up LotR’s and they do The Hobbit. . . Now that’s going to be 3 parts. . . I’ll be 90 by the time I can watch them all in one sitting

  68. 68.

    NotMax

    @The Mighty Trowel

    Speaking of something light…

    No spoilers, please, from time zones where it has already aired, but looking forward to the return of Venture Bros. here tonight.

    Been like 2½ years since the previous ‘season.’

  69. 69.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    @Redshirt: The biggest problem with Angel is that he was the least interesting character on his own damned show.

  73. 73.

    Redshirt

    @YellowJournalism: Connor’s damn interesting and I will defend him to the end. Consider he was raised for 18 years in a Hell dimension with Holtz as his father. Just consider it! Is it any wonder the kid’s a jerk?

  75. 75.

    esc

    @Redshirt: Season 4 of Buffy arguably has the best individual episodes, but is overall a weaker season than season 3, and it most certainly did not rebound with season 5.

    I have high hopes for GoT continuing to be good since the next season is still based on the third book, which is my favorite.

  77. 77.

    Loneoak

    Well, I’m just relieved that now all the watchers lovehate GRR Martin as much as us readers.

  78. 78.

    Redshirt

    @esc:

    Season 4 of Buffy arguably has the best individual episodes, but is overall a weaker season than season 3, and it most certainly did not rebound with season 5

    I agree very much. The season long plot of season 4 of BTVS is rather weak, and due to casting, abrupt. However, the characters and dialogue are at the top of their games. A standalone episode like “Pangs” is absolutely brilliant – “Pangs” should become a Thanksgiving tradition, IMO.

  79. 79.

    Uncle Ebeneezer

    That was freaking crazy! Great episode. Didn’t see that coming. How the hell do you follow that up? I woulda thought that would have had to be the season finale.

  81. 81.

    scuffletuffle

    I don’t get the disappointment, I thought the episode was great. The guy playing Walder Frey is teh awesome and I love seeing Arya shoving the Hound around and tormenting him.

  87. 87.

    Redshirt

    Favorite Buffy secondary character? (IE not a show regular or star – like Willow, or Giles, or Xander)
    Favorite Angel secondary character?

  89. 89.

    Comrade Mary

    HERE BE SPOILERS
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    Now that I’ve actually watched it, the Red Wedding was nowhere near as affecting as the book version. I mean, my heart was pounding and my brain was screaming DOOM DOOM DOOM as the scene started, but Robb getting up and cradling his wife after being struck but not killed by a single quarrel (after looking pretty dead for a few minutes) followed by a sanitized version of the death of Catelyn — that was actually underwhelming.

    I’ll keep watching though.

  90. 90.

    Redshirt

    @Redshirt: Great question! My answers:

    Buffy: Jonathan. He was the little nerd who did bad in the end and was killed in a most cowardly fashion. He was in all 7 seasons believe it or not, often as a semi-main character.

    Angel: Lilah. Such awesome evil.

  91. 91.

    NotMax

    @Redshirt

    Never saw more than a handful of Angel episodes, so cannot make a determination.

    For Buffy (about which a friend/fanatic kept insisting “It’ll grow on you!”) have seen more than enough.

    Would call it a tie between Riley and Ben for that series.

  92. 92.

    kindness

    @Narcissus:

    I mean do people read/watch GoT and then go shave their balls with an arrowhead

    Typical BJ whiner. Now you’ll be telling me I’m supposed to use a sharp arrowhead when I’m shavin’ me balls instead of the one me Daddy passed on to me.

  94. 94.

    J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford

    Game of Thrones reminds me of 1984. If things start going well for the main characters it’s just to build up your hopes before they come crashing down. Theon escapes his captor…Arya almost was reunited with her mother and brother…Bran and Rickon were almost reunited with John Snow. This will continue on throughout the series. The better it gets for certain characters, the worse their fall will be.

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