bothanspy

Not a book reader.

When they were melting the swords in the beginning, I really thought they were being added to the iron throne since it is made up of swords of the conquered...

sven

Just watched one of those recently. She's actually gotten better looking since then. She's clearly had a nose job.

Well clearly you were wrong.....

majorjoe23

That was my thought as well.

bunkaroo

Perhaps that's where the second blade is going?

*non-book reader not looking for book readers to answer*

wishbone

She should be BounceŽd.

Canis Firebrand

It's been a while since I read the books, so I actually don't recall.

But, going from the show.. I would assume that the second sword, since it was smaller, is/was going to be given to Tyrion.

JasonF

They made it pretty clear last night that Valyrian steel is pretty much the most awesome thing ever, so I doubt Tywin would waste it on the throne or (even worse) his dwarf son.

chowderhead

record ratings for Game of Thrones premiere last night.
It received 6.6 million viewers and 8.2 million counting the two replays.
Even when excluding the online HBOGo plays, this is huge for HBO.

Ropes Pierre

i hope that the series ends with the two swords being melted back into Ice and arya wielding it somehow (while Ninjas do back flips and a sweet guitar lick wails, and her giving the thumbs up)

with all the attention to the nashville/treme guy being cast, isn't the Mountain recast every year? i remember one guy who looked like Abe Lincoln with an extra dose of Marfans.

Tyrion needs to keep his ho in check. her acting like a jealous 12 year old is not smart, and looks like the jig may be up via Cercei's spy.

i have no idea how they even cram so much into one episode. i know they cannot afford to do more episodes, but god would that help. it's great, but you want more.

nice move opening with some frontal nudity in the first ten minutes. +5 to the roll for boner check using anachronistic styling, rather than a merkin.

cannot wait to rewatch episode to see what i missed.

RichC2

The series ratings started off kind of soft but yeah the ratings are crazy high for HBO. I was going to say the guys in charge of programming probably got a nice bonus off of that, but instead they were promoted to EVPs.

superdeluxe

Wow that is a huge number. I mean HUGE.

Hiro11

Favorite moments:

Oberyn: "two more girls. Girls, yes?"
Bronn delightedly nods yes
Tyrion, disconcerted, shakes his head no.

Jaime waving "bye" to Qyburn.

Lady Olenna's reaction on first sight of Brienn.

The careful reveal of the true size of Daenerys' army.

Arya slowly stabs Polliver with a little grin. This is a 13 year old girl.

superdeluxe

Loved the moment when he finally realized who she was, then she pokes him. It was great.

andicus

Agreed. Seemed nothing like the previous character.

General Zod

I can't believe people would feel the
need to give this out. I mean if
someone really likes this show they should just go
to their provider and sign up for HBO. Doing this will
send the right message that we appreciate
this type of show. Plus putting out personal account
info can be pretty risky.

bunkaroo

I loved that little beat. He's one of my favorite characters.

wishbone

Great Jaime moment.

majorjoe23

I was kind of hoping someone would have posted a gif of this already.

Giantrobo

Agreed. The original actor gave off an arrogance the was backed by fighting skills and good looks. Yet he still seemed honorable on some level.

This new guy is like a sleazier rip off of Bronn. But hey, it's only been one ep.

superdeluxe

I don't think we should be that concerned if the casting was wrong, remember they ditched the next 'Mountain' after everyone felt he wasn't Mountain enough. So this year's Mountain actually feels like a Mountain.

Giantrobo

Yeah but still....

bunkaroo

That will be perfect for all the TV threads where people say they are done with a series.

DJariya

I gave a good friend of mine my log-in for my Showtime Anytime account. But, I've known this person for well over 10 years and trust him.

But yeah on a given day I would not just hand out my log-in to some casual acquaintance who is too cheap to subscribe to HBO and then he or she can pass it off to another person etc. They will have access to all your personal information on your providers website including address, phone number, bank accounts. So much potential for identity theft or fraud.

superdeluxe

Save this for next season of Walking Dead

Giantrobo