Anybody enjoying Game of Thrones? (HBO TV series)

Spoiler free post - please use spoiler tags for anything in the books, not yet shown on TV

I'm coming a bit late to this subject, but can't see a thread on it. I've been avidly watching Game of Thrones on BBC TV. Anyone else liking it?

It's been described as the Sopranos meets the Lord of the Rings, which sounds about right. With a "low" fantasy medieval setting, it features quite a large and vivid cast of characters, plotting against each other (playing the game of winning the throne). The first TV season apparently covers the first book (A Song of Fire and Ice by George RR Martin) in a series of five with more to come. The second season has already been approved.

I was inspired by the TV series to buy the book and have been impressed by how faithful it is - the dialogue is mainly straight out of the book, which is written in a very contemporary and accessible style. (Although I find the constant alternating of character viewpoint from chapter to chapter very de-motivating for reading.) The plot seems quite intricate and involved - I love story lines that stretch over many seasons. The production values are of cinema standard - as you can see from a fairly jaw dropping opening clip (no spoilers - it's just the opening 15 minutes):

http://www.hbo.com/video/video.html/...ones&view=null

One of the best things about the show is the casting and acting. Sean Bean is just Sean Bean, but reading his lines in the books, it is hard to see anyone playing the straight man role so convincingly. The Lannister twins are delicious - suavely malign. My favorite characters are Tyrion, the erudite sardonic dwarf, and Arya, the twelve year old tomboy. Even Mark Addy, the fat bloke from the Full Monty and the Tesco adds, does well as the king. The only false note may be the exiled young king in waiting, but then I think he's supposed to be rather absurd and ridiculous.

It seems another instance of American TV producing amazingly good stuff - far superior to what British TV or even Hollywood can manage. Quite a reversal of what was true 30 years ago. I wonder what has changed? I guess in part it's down to the rise of HBO (The Wire, True Blood, Rome, Band of Brothers etc.), but it does not seem confined to them (Lost, Battlestar Galactica, 24 etc all had their moments).

I have never read the books but I was aware of them, I have to say that even some of my friends who don't like fantasy are giving the nod to this one.

Love the mix of humour and serious and also the fact they are just getting on with the story and not bothering wasting entire episode explaining back story like so many lazy shows do.

I love this show!!! I've been a huge fan of the books for years, so I was really excited to hear that HBO was making a series of Game of Thrones. HBO's shows have always had really high production value. I think the casting was really well done, especially the actor they chose for Jaime Lannister. He has the perfect combination of sarcasm, ego, and smarminess that the character has in the books. Tyrion is one of my favorite characters in the book, so I'm glad to see Peter Dinklage do such an awesome job with him. It will be interesting to see how they deal with how complicated the series gets. For those who haven't read the books, each chapter is from the point of view of a character. The books have so many characters, my guess is that HBO will have to make some of the less important ones into composites to not confuse viewers. I'm happy they've already renewed it for a second season!

I really enjoyed the first two episodes but I couldn't stand waiting for more so I started reading the books. Now I'm at the beginning of the third book in the series. :P

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Alexander the Pretty Good

I really enjoyed the first two episodes but I couldn't stand waiting for more so I started reading the books.

---

Same here. My girlfriend warned me that I would ruin the TV show for myself by reading, but my feeling is that I want to know where the story is going, not so much the show.

Anyway, the TV series is fantastic so far. Yeah, we do seem to be living in some sort of golden age. Doubtless it's some confluence of economics and artistic momentum, but astonishingly good TV seems to be coming out much more frequently than anything equivalent in film. Sopranos, BSG, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, etcetera. Got to enjoy this moment.

I'm enjoying it as well.

The casting is great, and I especially enjoyed the fact that Sam Tarly has a neckbeard. It fits so well.

CR

Two of my roommates this past year were major fans of the book and were very excited by the series. I started watching with them and, like a lot of posters here, decided to take the plunge soon afterwards. I do enjoy the series - I think HBO was the perfect medium for something this complex. It's very faithful to the canon as well. I hear that GRRM himself has actually written one of the season's later episodes.

epic series. really beautiful as well. i like it, considering to read the books, but im not sure if i want to know the story while i watch the series. kinda the wrong way around perhaps but the series are good so...

i refuse to watch until the sob actually writes the next book ive been waiting since i was a little kid almost.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Centurion1

i refuse to watch until the sob actually writes the next book ive been waiting since i was a little kid almost.

---

You know he's finished and it's coming out in July, right?

Im loving the series. It is great that now there is fantasy series finally with large enough budget, good writers and cood cast. I cant wait to see the next episode.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief

You know he's finished and it's coming out in July, right?

---

then i will watch in july.

I gotta say, I dont remember the books being so blunt about renley and loras. Littlefinger isnt exactly very subtle either. Out of all the things it gets right this series cant seem to get foreshadowing very well.

bewbs and violence

It's deffintely watchable

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Greyblades

I gotta say, I dont remember the books being so blunt about renley and loras. Littlefinger isnt exactly very subtle either. Out of all the things it gets right this series cant seem to get foreshadowing very well.

---

Yeah, I felt like the last episode went a bit far in condensing things (plus I didn't even pick up on Loras-Renly in the books at all).

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Greyblades

I gotta say, I dont remember the books being so blunt about renley and loras. Littlefinger isnt exactly very subtle either. Out of all the things it gets right this series cant seem to get foreshadowing very well.

---

The books weren't. But they never showed anything from those character's perspectives. I was a bit more surprised by Littlefinger's lack of subtlety - it seems like that wouldn't be information you imply publicly if it's a secret.

My problem was with how the actor who plays Loras has no muscle and is just skin and bones. It suspends disbelief a bit when someone says they've been sword fighting their whole life looks like they've never done anything athletic.

CR

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit

The books weren't. But they never showed anything from those character's perspectives. I was a bit more surprised by Littlefinger's lack of subtlety - it seems like that wouldn't be information you imply publicly if it's a secret.

My problem was with how the actor who plays Loras has no muscle and is just skin and bones. It suspends disbelief a bit when someone says they've been sword fighting their whole life looks like they've never done anything athletic.

CR

---

Yeah Loras is a pretty boy but Im sure it would have been a sinewy strength seen through Martin's eyes. At the very least they should all probably have wrists the size of my neck to be accurate haha.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Little finger starting off a scene(twice) staring at the iron throne (which my the way looks way too safe for a throne that can kill the sitter if he isnt careful) seems really blatant.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Greyblades

Little finger starting off a scene(twice) staring at the iron throne (which my the way looks way too safe for a throne that can kill the sitter if he isnt careful) seems really blatant.

---

No spoilers please, for those who haven't read or seen it.

I've been really excited about watching this, it has been incredible. I'm a huge fan of the books and have started re-reading them because of this show. I'm also getting my girlfriend into the show, even though it isn't really her sort of thing. She justloves the actors and is getting into it more and more. Something for everyone in it.

Please provide spoilers for sensitive material.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Thank you! :)

I think this is the best that can happen to any Fantasy saga or even just book series out there. What HBO does with the source material is really incredible.

I'm glad to hear some info from people that have not read the books as it's hard for me to watch the show without all the background knowledge I have in my head. I immediatelly recognized some of the dialogue that was taken from the book and a lot stems of course from knowing how it'll turn out in the long run. It will be interesting to see if they can keep the complexity of the book and still make it understandable for all viewers.

So far it seems they have achieved their goal. I really hope HBO can finish this all the way through to season 5 or 6. Would really like watching it all.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Centurion1

Yeah Loras is a pretty boy but Im sure it would have been a sinewy strength seen through Martin's eyes. At the very least they should all probably have wrists the size of my neck to be accurate haha.

---

I'm not saying it couldn't be a sinewy strength. But cross country runners look really muscular compared to that actor.

CR

I'm really excited about this week's episode! Spoiler for people who haven't read the books:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I think this is the episode where Viserys dies!! I love to hate him, his death scene should be fun! The actor is doing such a great job with Viserys, though. He's got the right combination of haughtiness and looking like a weasel. He adds more depth to the character than was provided in the books.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Oh yeah, I cant wait till he gets "crowned"

I need to start watching this show. It looks interesting.

Quite simply fantastic. The high-level show you expect from HBO all thrown into a fantasy setting. Again, simply fantastic.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Scienter

I'm really excited about this week's episode! Spoiler for people who haven't read the books:

---

I've been looking forward to this scene since I started watching the series.

CR

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit

I've been looking forward to this scene since I started watching the series.

CR

---

That will be great. Also (again scene for people having read the books only)...

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I can't wait for Ned's death scene. I hope they maintain the way that it looks from Arya's point of view, because that could be really intense if it is shot correctly.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit

I'm not saying it couldn't be a sinewy strength. But cross country runners look really muscular compared to that actor.

CR

---

No I'm agreeing with you the Loras actor looks more like a flower girl at a wedding than the knight of flowers.

deadwood and boardwalk empire are quality shows too!

Just watched the first two episodes.
Really quite a smash!
I also just ordered the first four of the books on Amazon.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by The Stranger

deadwood and boardwalk empire are quality shows too!

---

I enjoyed the first two episodes of Boardwalk Empire but it just went downhill so fast from there.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Scienter

I'm really excited about this week's episode! Spoiler for people who haven't read the books:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I think this is the episode where Viserys dies!! I love to hate him, his death scene should be fun! The actor is doing such a great job with Viserys, though. He's got the right combination of haughtiness and looking like a weasel. He adds more depth to the character than was provided in the books.

---

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Going by the title of the episode, I think you're going to get your wish.

It is known.

Ok, who saw last nights episode?

It was amazing. I loved it.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

As others have suggested, Viserys has an amazing death in the episode!

This thread is going to degenerate into a mass of spoiler tags, so it will be hard to participate without risking reading something much further on in the story. I suggest that we use spoilers for anything in the books that has not yet appeared on TV but are free to discuss the latest episodes without them. [I clicked on Hooahguy's spoiler to get his reaction to last nights episode, which was fine, but then was emboldened to click on CountArach's spoiler which I regret reading. Entirely my own fault, but if we don't differentiate between the two kinds of spoiler, others may make the same mistake.]

I will edit my first post to suggest this convention on spoilers.

Back on topic, I am still greatly enjoying the series - the plot, in particular, is very satisfying. It is like watching a slow motion train wreck - things are all going to hell. But there are enough twists and turns to keep it interesting.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by econ21

My favorite characters are Tyrion, the erudite sardonic dwarf, and Arya, the twelve year old tomboy.

---

I will totally agree with you there. Those two characters are superb. Tyrion, while you want to see him as this evil character and you want to hate, you just cant. While he is a Lannister, and the twins I really hate, this one I just love because he is often wise and really quite funny.

Arya is just awesome. Nuff said.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

I will totally agree with you there. Those two characters are superb. Tyrion, while you want to see him as this evil character and you want to hate, you just cant. While he is a Lannister, and the twins I really hate, this one I just love because he is often wise and really quite funny.

Arya is just awesome. Nuff said.

---

Tyrion isn't evil. And surprise surprise a vast majority of book readers love him as well. As well as Arya. This is incredibly heartening to see that the some of the books more beloved characters are loved in this series as well.

Do people like Jaime as well? And Jon also.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Centurion1

Tyrion isn't evil. And surprise surprise a vast majority of book readers love him as well. As well as Arya. This is incredibly heartening to see that the some of the books more beloved characters are loved in this series as well.

Do people like Jaime as well? And Jon also.

---

I never said he was evil, but, if I can speak for the population, people want to see him as an evil person because Ned and the Starks are commonly seen as the "good guys" in all this, and because they are opposed to the Lannisters. But when people see more of Tyrion, they see that he is quite the opposite of their expectations.

I like Jon. I feel that a lot of what he does is a sense of regret for his personal struggles.

And I just hate Jaime. No way do I identify with him at all, hes just a jerk.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Centurion1

Do people like Jaime as well?

---

Well, Jaime has not really done anything likeable in the TV series. As a so far pretty evil character, I think he (and his sister) are superb. Someone said that the actor looked like he had walked in from another series (maybe Dynasty or some other glossy 1980s US drama) but that this was actually just right for the part. Urbane, charming, formiddable and utterly amoral, he makes an impression. I am also rather in awe of the actress playing Cersei. Halfway through the first book, I can see that original source material accounts for much of the strength of the TV drama. But she has added a lot to her part - fleshing it out, to make her character appear both more thoughtful and more emotionally intelligent than in the book. The twins certainly make excellent antagonists for the rougher hewn and straight talking Starks.

Quote:

---

And Jon also.

---

I regard him as the "everyman" character in the TV show and perhaps the one through whose eyes we are supposed to see the world. An outsider with a kinder sensibility than most, he has a youthful innocence and doleful curiosity. I'm not sure how much we will see of the Wall and what's beyond - I suspect they are going to be revealed in a very long story arc - but they are a very intriguing setting.

I actually think that Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jaime, looks a lot like Aaron Eckhart.

Also, what do people think of Daenerys? I really like her, great character.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

Also, what do people think of Daenerys? I really like her, great character.

---

I agree - another of several strong female parts in the series. But part of me thinks King Robert's instincts about her were right.

Ugh you guys have to read the books your all killing me.

Seriously these are probably the deepest most refined fantasy novels I have ever read. I have been waiting for Martin to write the next one forever. Your opinions of people will change so much as you learn more and read more you will be shocked and amazed at the crafting. Also and this doesn't really ruin anytihng because you will likely never see any of this coming Martin is not afraid to kill off major characters even those whose eyes we read the books through.

I don't know whether that last sentence should be put into spoilers or not. I know that it's one of the things that surprised me the most about the books, even infuriated me at times.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

It took me all the way to the Red Wedding to realize that NO ONE, ABSOLUETELY NO ONE is safe from getting killed in these books.

Also, I love the cast. All major characters have been spot on for me so far. The only thing that I always imagined different are the places. I didn't picture King's Landing to be so warm or the Eyre looking the way it does. The Sky Cells are spot on for example, but I imagined the rest differently. And no reading could prepare me just how massive the Great Wall is, also it wouldn't make sense any other way.

One thing that is unavoidable, I suppose, is how much smaller each scene seems to be compared to the books. The tourney, for example. In the books it's a multi-day affair with hundreds of knights competing, but why waste the time and money to show that? Instead we see two whole jousts. Not complaining, mind you, could be worse; I'm old enough to remember the BBC I, Caludius, where a suspicious number of scenes were framed as, Just before we witness that massive event, let's pause in this stairway to discuss matters of state.

Likewise, the infamous crown of gold scene. In the TV show it takes place in a tent about the size of a living room. In the books, as I recall, it occurred at a giant feast of the horse lords, with hundreds drinking and singing. Hence the dragon prince's difficulty in finding his sister, which made little-to-no sense in a living room.

Look, the cast is perfect, and the adaptation is excellent. I just wish they had an infinite budget and schedule so they could make every scene as epic as it ought to be. Idle grousing.

And Tyrion is one of the best characters ever created.

You always have to condense it, but they stay admirably close to the books.

Except for the Loras/Renley interlude or is my memory failing me here? Is a relationship between them ever described explicitly in the book or are there just hints? Seems like I do have to read the books again.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Ituralde

Except for the Loras/Renley interlude or is my memory failing me here? Is a relationship between them ever described explicitly in the book or are there just hints? Seems like I do have to read the books again.

---

The TV show makes explicit a relationship that was implicit in the books. There are several times when maidens and wenches sigh over the Knight of Flowers, and various characters snicker about how unfulfilled those women will be. Likewise, Loras was Renley's page (or maybe the other way around? I forget), and their relationship is described as close. There's also the issue of whether or not Renley's eventual wife stays a virgin, which has plot implications, but several people think she is, for reasons left unsaid.

Anyway, both Loras and Renley are implied to be gay. No scene of them shaving one another, though; that's an addition from the show. There are two explicit lesbian scenes in the books that I remember, but no hot man-on-man action.

Like I said, I'm not complaining, just idly grousing about the semi-epic rendition of an epic. Could be worse. I'd love to see a big-budget remake of I, Claudius in my lifetime. That still stands as the high-water mark for a low-budget rendition of a massive story. Sure, a great script and fantastic actors made up the difference, but it's hard to see a black-box theatrical take on a story as big as Lord of the Rings.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Lemur

Hence the dragon prince's difficulty in finding his sister, which made little-to-no sense in a living room.

---

I just thought he had trouble finding her because he was drunk.

But mind you, Im only on page 103 of the first book...

Great series.

Quote:

---

And Tyrion is one of the best characters ever created.

---

Definitely and without doubt.

I watched the first one largely because of this thread and almost didn't bother with the second. It seemed like an hour long episode of Xena, absent the warrior princess (if that makes any sense.)

After the second, though, I was hooked. The characters are dynamic and the plot lines are quite intricate. Fun stuff.

everybody read the books! i dont care hopw good the episodes are and how old this cliche is the books are always better.

Already the books were quite cheap, so I ordered them all and pre-ordered the new one coming out in July.

However, the TV series is very good and probably will do the books a lot of justice.

From what I hear the series is so far good stuff. I wont be watching it until Martin releases his next novel in protest (so like this fall). Also I do not have HBO so I will wait for the discs which I prefer anyway.

But the novels will blow you away. Imagine the series not limited by budget constraints and real world physics. Simply amazing in thier depth intrigue and grandeur

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Centurion1

From what I hear the series is so far good stuff. I wont be watching it until Martin releases his next novel in protest (so like this fall).

---

I think you will love the series. I've been reading the first book as I watch the TV series and it is very faithful. Yes, stuff gets cut but most of the good dialogue is straight out of the books and it seems extremely faithful to it. The acting and production values are so good that some of the deviations from the book are improvements. For example, the opening to the TV series with the White Walkers that I linked to in the first post. And the more nuanced characterisation of Cersei that I've mentioned before. But also some smaller things - for example, this week there was a nice little exchange between Ned, Arya and Sansa about why Sansa should not marry the odious little prince Joffrey.

Ned reassures Sansa: "I will find you someone brave, kind and strong to marry..."

Sansa exclaims petulantly: "I don't want to marry someone brave, kind and strong - I want Joffrey!"

Ned and Arya then exchange a lovely little private father-daughter look. I didn't pick it up the irony of Sansa's outburst in the book, but those two actors are so good, it was a delight.

I'm realy fond of the opening with the clockwork map, I hope they can make some sort of model out of it, I'd love to have even one of those cities.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Beskar

Already the books were quite cheap, so I ordered them all and pre-ordered the new one coming out in July.

---

Yeah, they are very cheap. I got the first four in a pack for around $20.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Centurion1

I wont be watching it until Martin releases his next novel in protest (so like this fall).

---

Amazon says that it will be released on July 12. Dont know if thats true.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Greyblades

I'm realy fond of the opening with the clockwork map, I hope they can make some sort of model out of it, I'd love to have even one of those cities.

---

Same! I would love a replica of Winterfell!

Finished all the books. Man did A Feast for Crows suck. :/

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Alexander the Pretty Good

Finished all the books. Man did A Feast for Crows suck. :/

---

About to start it myself. That's what I've heard so far but at this point I'm too hooked to even consider skipping it.

By all means press on; it's not half bad, objectively. But I found myself slogging through it for the second-hand glimpses about people and characters I actually care about.

Also, the Blackfish is my favorite character.

theres nothing wrong with feast of crows? it isnt as strong as the others but its still good.

I thought it was worth it

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

if only for jamie's parts

What's with the hating on Feast for Crows? I didn't think it was extraordinarily different from the other books in style, tone or plot. Admittedly, the story now has so many active characters, you can feel like you're slogging through to find out what happened with the cliffhanger four hundred pages ago, but that's a function of the size of the story more than anything else.

My main beef was a severe lack of Tyrion, but he'll be all over the next book. In fact, here's a preview Tyrion chapter for your amusement.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I think the problem is with Brienne and Circie's storylines, Brienne goes around the kingdom looking for arya or sansa stark and accomplishes nothing beyond causing Jamie to lose his sword hand and finding out Catelyn is now undead. Cercie, the big bad for about 3 books, is now portrayed as a paraniod shrew who is slowly digging her own grave, I dont have a problem with that, it makes sense to me but it would seem a little annoying that we traded Tyrion or John Snow's storyline for those two.

Edit: gah I forgot to spoiler it.
Edit 2: Gah wrong button.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Lemur

What's with the hating on Feast for Crows? I didn't think it was extraordinarily different from the other books in style, tone or plot. Admittedly, the story now has so many active characters, you can feel like you're slogging through to find out what happened with the cliffhanger four hundred pages ago, but that's a function of the size of the story more than anything else.

My main beef was a severe lack of Tyrion, but he'll be all over the next book. In fact, here's a preview Tyrion chapter for your amusement.

---

So that was where Ser Clegane got his name from, the books!

I always found it interesting that instead of "Sir" he spells it "Ser" for a seemingly identical word.

eh he probably likes how it fits into the setting better.

My problems with AFFC may be largely due to me being a die-hard Stark supporter, but let me lay them out...

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

* Nobody cares about Dhorne, not even the Dhornishmen
* I want all the Ironborn dead so them singing songs around the campfire at Wyke just makes me want to know more about the crannogmen fighting them - those are people I want to know more about
* I'm bored of the Lannister twins
* Not much actually happens at the Eyrie; the Vale wasn't doing anything before and it still isn't
* Arya is great but she should be stabbin' fools, not messing around with hokey religions

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

its dorne. and i bet they play a greater role next book and the ironborn get stuck back in their islands. and the starks have a resurgence under the banne rof rickard or maybe even bran

EDot: oh shoot. Its not too revealing but I hope nobody read that. thank goodness i never sleep anymore.

Spoilers, man!

CR

Oh man... I knew it was coming but... I hoped maybe, just maybe, the director or the writer would screw up and do things differently and then... God I wish Eddard wasnt so bloody honorable.

And keep in mind that George R. R. Martin himself is writing the next episode (Episode 8). It's going to be delicious.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Greyblades

Oh man... I knew it was coming but... I hoped maybe, just maybe, the director or the writer would screw up and do things differently and then... God I wish Eddard wasnt so bloody honorable.

---

We all saw it coming and it all depressed us.

The starks are definitely one of my most beloved fantasy houses of all time.

I hate you all... I am now addicted to Game of Thrones. After watching the first episode, I immediatly started the second, and then didn't stop for several hours. The insane mix of political drama with interesting characters and crazy storylines has me hooked. Some good television.

Have to agree though, the Starks are great. I'm only up to the sixth episode at the moment and have some slight suspicions as to where it is heading (Having never read the books, yet).

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

I have two suspicions as to future plot points - that the Stark boy is possessed somewhat? Obviously there's more to the wolves then they're letting on for now, but I'm lost as to how they tie in. Which leads me to my second suspicion, and that when the Wintermonster things, from beyond the Wall, killed the mother dire wolf they possessed the clear white dire wolf just like the small child at the start of the show? As when one of the Stark children picked up the lone wolf it had red eyes and was straight white... I love the way they haven't let on about the wolves yet, though.

Lord Snow is my favourite semi-Stark, though. I hope he goes far in the Watch and we get to see him rise in the order during the series. Any news on more seasons?

gosh darn i love these books i started reading again.

and btw guys is there any website i could see the shows like hulu on my computer id rent disks but it obviously isnt out.

If you subscribe to HBO, you can watch it online.

CR

but for moniez per month!

Oh for the love of... here, I'm sure you can figure it out.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Warluster

Any news on more seasons?

---

Season 2 was greenlighted after the first episode fact

Just saw the current episode.
My god, Cersci is such a :daisy:.

The ending wasnt so surprising though. I mean, we all saw it coming.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

And we wont see any retribution for at least 2 years :sigh:
Still, we've got Barristan Selmy's lambasting of the kingsguard to look forward to next season.
Oh and we'll probably end up seeing Syrio Forell get cut down next week, I'm kinda hoping they will keep it ambiguous on whether he survives or not like in the books, but It's probably best not to get my hopes up.