Yet another great episode! Only thing I didn't like was the brothel scene. Gratuitous, overly long, and pointless. We already (briefly) learned about Littlefinger's duel with Brandon Stark when we first met him. This was just here to fill the weekly sex quota.
Oh, and my two favorite characters were MIA too, Tyrion and Arya. But anyway, on to the good stuff. This was probably the episode I was looking most forward to because here's where the shit REALLY hit the fan and it didn't disappoint.
Great to finally see Tywin. Never really took him for the deer skinning type, but I suppose it was more interesting to watch than him and Jaime just standing there talking. But where's his famed muttonchops?
As others have said, loved Drogo's speech. He literally had more dialogue here than in all the previous episodes combined.
The stuff at the wall was just fine. Too bad we never got to see Jon convince Aemon to take Sam on as steward. Guess it happened some time during the last two episodes.
And zomg, they finally named Ghost! Now if only they'd do the same for poor Grey Wind, Summer, and Shaggydog (who we haven't even seen yet.) Not to mention Rickon, who we saw ONCE and is now pretty much the nBSG Boxey of this show.
Great King's Landing stuff, and fantastic final scene in the throne room. Every bit as tense as in the book. Poor Ned, I feel for ya. Like him, I'm always the good, just, honorable guy whenever I play RPG's but sadly it doesn't do him a shred of good here when no one else cares about doing the right thing (Well, cept Barristan maybe, but not much he could do there.) LOVED the final shot with Ned and Littlefinger.
