Probably because the show doesn't give two shits about any other children. If I didn't look at those family trees, I wouldn't even know they existed.

This forum needs a facepalm icon, but for now I suppose a random will do.

They had a scene in the show to establish their existence, though granted it was only that one scene. So they're roughly as important as the direwolves thus far.

In the Game of Thrones novel, they go a little further into the contents of the book that Ned (and Jon Arryn) was reading. Basically, it's a book of lineages of the great houses, and EVERY time a Baratheon has a kid -- including when a Baratheon has a kid with a Lannister -- the kid has dark hair. Couple that with Robert's dark-haired-bastards-with-light-haired-mothers, and Ned puts two and two together. Would it stand up in a modern courtroom? Maybe not. But if Ned goes to Robert and says "Hey, how come you have three blond kids when every other Baratheon kid ever has black hair," I don't think Robert is likely to say "Hmmm. Let's bring in a geneticist to opine on the likelihood of that happening. I'm sure it's just a coincidence."

Another great episode last night!

Thanks. No, Robert doesn't seem to have measured, thoughtful reactions to stressful situations.

slight Spoiler about the wolves



Not sure how indepth you want the responses to go..

GoT trending on Twitter is going up each week:

http://trendistic.com/thrones/_30-days

That was good enough.

When LoTR came out, I was dumfounded why they left Tom Bombadil out of the movie. But his character didn't have any purpose as to the main plot so I suppose they left him out for time. Was just wondering if the wolves were just a curiosity with no bearing on the overall story.

Not having read the books, I love how this show ends on a HOLY SHIT moment each week.

True Blood did that well in its first season too.

Using LotR, my best comparison would be that leaving out the wolves would be akin to leaving out the Ents.

Any thoughts on how exactly this would kill a person? Would it be the heat cooking the brain ir just the sheer shock from the pain?

"I know I said I was into golden showers, but this is ridiculous!"

I don't know, but my son instantly cried foul regarding the melting point of gold.

They should get the Mythbusters dudes to give it a run. I wouldn't mind anyone from that show suffering the same fate in the name of truth.

But what is the melting point of gold-wrapped chocolate?

Are we really debating the melting point of gold in a show where Dragon Eggs exist?

Agreed. Some of these posts are just rediculous considering we are watching and discussing a series that fully embraces the "fantasy" genre.

To be fair, with the exception of the zombie attack in episode one, thus far the season has been fairly realistic.

I agree, any complaint about this show can and should be summarily dismissed by "Dragon Eggs!"?

Since the books are not written in linear chapter form they lend well to HOLY SHIT! moments

Btw. A show where a man can clean decapitate a horse with a broadsword stroke should not be called out on the melting point of gold.

The show is set on a planet where summer can last ten years and winters can last a lifetime. Clearly, things here are a little out of whack compared to Earth so I can overlook the melting point of gold and things like that.