[big ander]

Something that has bugged me since I started watching. How is that [spoiler]Eddard becomes Ned[spoiler]??

Gah! I highlighted this intense spoiler and now the show is ruined!!

[Snuggler]

So I finally got around to watching this series from the start over the past week. Fucking awesome, gripping television. Nothing that hasn't said before, but it's already up there with the best. I'm glad this thread exists since the last thing I want is to listen to a bunch of insufferable dweebs moan and groan about what the TV show does 'wrong' compared to the book and all that. Plus, I do not trust the internet with spoilers. No way.

Anyways, I'm pretty psyched about tonight's episode. Even more so than the new episode of Mad Men, which is saying a lot.

[Grimm Fandango]

Gah! I highlighted this intense spoiler and now the show is ruined!!

omg you removed the slash and ruined it for everybody else!

[Funky Papa]

Word of advice:

DO NOT VISIT AWOIAF'S WIKI.

That place is spoiler central. I don't know why I keep doing this to me.

[Ark]

Word of advice: DO NOT VISIT AWOIAF'S WIKI. That place is spoiler central. I don't know why I keep doing this to me.

Surely that's just plain common sense? ;)

The only GoT related stuff I look at on the internet are pictures from Reddit and Tumblr. Gives me my fix, and I don't get any spoilers (thus far anyway).

[Hot Coldman]

Talisa, Oona Chaplin :P

Thanks.

[Funky Papa]

Surely that's just plain common sense? ;) The only GoT related stuff I look at on the internet are pictures from Reddit and Tumblr. Gives me my fix, and I don't get any spoilers (thus far anyway).

I'm a dumbass. I keep telling myself I will stop reading whenever I reach some line that starts to sound vaguely spoilery, but that site throws entire character arcs at your face from the first paragraph.

Oh, and family trees.

Fuck.

On second thought, I'm glad the show is not a carbon copy of the books. That's my only glimmer of hope.

[Grimm Fandango]

Word of advice: DO NOT VISIT AWOIAF'S WIKI. That place is spoiler central. I don't know why I keep doing this to me.

The Game of Thrones wiki is pretty safe and full of detailed information. However many character pages have a book area so might have to be careful (but AFAIK there is nothing zomg spoiler-worthy from what I've read).

[Funky Papa]

The Game of Thrones wiki is pretty safe and full of detailed information. However many character pages have a book area so might have to be careful (but AFAIK there is nothing zomg spoiler-worthy from what I've read).

Yeah, Wikia's site is a lot more considerate for non book readers as it basically follows the show. That's the place to research for anyone in this thread.

Edit:

(but AFAIK there is nothing zomg spoiler-worthy from what I've read).

There are a couple of nasty reveals. People should stop reading anything once reached the "in the books" section. Just stop scrolling down. The site is pretty safe right up to that part.

[parrotbeak]

I only get my GoT info from this thread. So far the only spoilers in this thread I've come across are Bronn and Bran are different people and Hodor may not be Jon Snow's mom.

[ShaneB]

Ending up getting the first 4 books at a nice discount price when I was at Costco earlier today. Now wondering if I will actually read them or continue to just see it as a show only. lol

[MMaRsu]

Why even post tagged spoilers

[Jibbajabbawockky]

Word of advice: DO NOT VISIT AWOIAF'S WIKI. That place is spoiler central. I don't know why I keep doing this to me.

If you want a good site for general reference info on the books or show that you can make spoiler free, use Tower of the Hand.

Its great because on the front page and at the top of most every other page, you can set the scope of what info you want shown to you and only reveals the appropriate info without going beyond that. I know I used it some when I was reading the books and didn't want things spoiled, but still wanted to check on things I had forgotten or confusing stuff like some of the family trees.

[Snuggler]

Why even post tagged spoilers

Yeah...why would anyone in this thread want to highlight a posting saying "the things I've been spoiled on are ___". It's probably old stuff but even so it's not worth the risk.

[Pocks]

According to this interview he's a really nice guy. Spoiler free interview by the way. There are more of those, great to watch. I only skipped the one with Charles Dance since it warns of spoilers at the beginning (and according to the comments should not be watched before the end of S2).

Even mentioning that implies things about the fate of his character... I'd consider removing it.

[Plasmid]

I'm out of town to see family, and they don't have HBO, i have HBO at home but my ISP doesn't give us access to HBO Go.

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WATCH IT TONIGHT :(?

Also super excited, i bought the books but haven't started reading them mainly due to being out of town.

[Grimm Fandango]

I'm out of town to see family, and they don't have HBO, i have HBO at home but my ISP doesn't give us access to HBO Go. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WATCH IT TONIGHT :(? Also super excited, i bought the books but haven't started reading them mainly due to being out of town.

If you are out of town frequently, you might want to look into getting a Slingbox.

[Sajjaja]

I'm out of town to see family, and they don't have HBO, i have HBO at home but my ISP doesn't give us access to HBO Go. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WATCH IT TONIGHT :(? Also super excited, i bought the books but haven't started reading them mainly due to being out of town.

-deleted yo-

[Cornballer]

Why even post tagged spoilers

They were just joking. They didn't post any spoilers.

...

Posting sites like that is in violation of the GAF TOS, iirc.

[Sajjaja]

They were just joking. They didn't post any spoilers. Posting sites like that is in violation of the GAF TOS, iirc.

Thanks for letting me know.

Super psyched for tonights episode!

[Amir0x]

you should actually probably delete that entire posts of yours, as a precaution. Mods don't take kindly to implicating yourself in piracy

[Snuggler]

I knew it! Nice ending :).

The finale is going to be insane. So much is hanging in the balance.

[kingocfs]

Great ending.

[Cornballer]

The finale is going to be insane.

Two more episodes this season.

[pelicansurf]

Hmmm. This episode didn't really do much to appease my OMG WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO EVERYONE!? Jon's good; surprise! Nothing new on the Daenerys front. I was hyped for this episode, but now that's been delayed for next week. It's going to be sick. Probably cost half of the season's budget.

[Moaradin]

I liked this episode a lot. It didn't have much plot progression, but it did have a lot of character development. End scene was nice too.

[Cornballer]

Just a quick reminder to please spoiler tag any preview discussion. Thank you.

[Kung Fu Grip]

Word of advice: DO NOT VISIT AWOIAF'S WIKI. That place is spoiler central. I don't know why I keep doing this to me.

I just did this to myself awhile ago. I was looking up who jeyne was. I wasn't specifically looking for it on AWOIAF though. I just did a random google search and thats the first thing that popped up.

[Lumiere]

Something that has bugged me since I started watching. How is that Eddard becomes Ned??

Ned was actually used as the short for Edward in medieval England; for example. King Edward IV went by Ned. I imagine that's what Eddard's nickname came from, considering lots of stuff in GoT is inspired by the War or the Roses.
Also, Richard III went by Dickon which sounds an awful lot like Rickon!

[Volimar]

This might sound strange, but...


What I want to see happen most is for Arya to be reunited with Needle....

[Kung Fu Grip]

I'm a dumbass. I keep telling myself I will stop reading whenever I reach some line that starts to sound vaguely spoilery, but that site throws entire character arcs at your face from the first paragraph. Oh, and family threes. Fuck. On second thought, I'm glad the show is not a carbon copy of the books. That's my only glimmer of hope.

Me too. :(

And you're right about the character arcs. I was reading jeyne's story and they put an another characters entire story in also.

Shit, man. I just glanced at it so maby i read it wrong. :(

[Grimm Fandango]

Guess the show runners wanted the reveal of Bran and Rickon alive to be a good ending but it was painfully obvious to nearly everyone here.

But it sounds like this episode is the calm before the storm of next week's.

[ElectricThunder]

Solid episode I suppose, clearly they are aiming the big show at the next 2 eps.

[sangreal]

disappointed we didnt get an extra episode this week with memorial day weekend coming up

Fuck Catelyn.

[JB1981]

An OK ep. Slow moving, all set up for ep 9, 10. How fucking hot is the girl from Valantls? Jesus Christ her ass is unreal.

Arya escapes Harenhaal. Cat releases Jamie in exchange for her daughters? Joffrey is never giving up Sansa and Arya is missing. Fucking dumb ass move! Rob is becoming a much better leader and character. Puts his mother - his own mother! - under guard. Wow! Was not expecting that. Stannis is attacking Kings Landing, Dany is going to the House of the Undying to get her dragons and Jon Snow is going to meet Mance Rayder. Wow -- so much going on. Last 2 eps will be amazing !

Loved seeing that Cersei got the whore all wrong. Also love seeing how much Tyrion has grown and evolved as a character. Fucking hate Cersei

[BigJonsson]

9 and 10 are going to be nuts, there is so much gong on!

[parasight]

Blood of my blood, Oona Chaplin is fucking gorgeous. That scene was incredible. From her story to her body.

[Sajjaja]

Can someone explain to me what happened in the end? Did the maester outline how it would happen prior to their departure?

[bengraven]

Blood of my blood, Oona Chaplin is fucking gorgeous. That scene was incredible. From her story to her body.

Literally five seconds before they started fumbling with clothes, I realized she's actually my new favorite for hottest on the show. Those lips, those eyes, that neck, my god, everything.

Then she gets nude and it's like finding out, coincedentally that you just inherited 10 million dollars after opening your Christmas presents on Christmas morning.

Can someone explain to me what happened in the end? Did the maester outline how it would happen prior to their departure?

It doesn't really say if he knew or not, but in that scene between Theon/Dagmar and then Luwin/Osha that it's obvious Theon burned the farmer's kids instead of Bran and Rickon so his men would think he killed the Stark kids and respect him, then Osha made a fake trail for Theon to follow, then came back and the kids were hidden away in the crypt.

Not sure if Luwin knew from the beginning and was in on it or if he just realized it when he saw Osha.

[NateDrake]

1: Dat Oona ass. Yum

2: The preview was epic. Next week cannot come soon enough

[Grimm Fandango]

Literally five seconds before they started fumbling with clothes, I realized she's actually my new favorite for hottest on the show. Those lips, those eyes, that neck, my god, everything. Then she gets nude and it's like finding out, coincedentally that you just inherited 10 million dollars after opening your Christmas presents on Christmas morning.

It's good to be the king.

[Sajjaja]

Episode 19 Trailer, looks bloody exciting!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwgOzLG5IGo&feature=plcp

As always, stay away from the comments.

EDIT: Also, watch that the daughter who is to marry Robb is a total babe xD

[BigJonsson]

Episode 19 Trailer, looks bloody exciting!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwgOzLG5IGo&feature=plcp As always, stay away from the comments. EDIT: Also, watch that the daughter who is to marry Robb is a total babe xD

Whoaaaaaaaaa

[bill0527]

Ending up getting the first 4 books at a nice discount price when I was at Costco earlier today. Now wondering if I will actually read them or continue to just see it as a show only. lol

I got the first 4 book box set from Amazon on the way to my house right now.

But I'm having the same dilemna as you.

I ran into the same situation with The Walking Dead. I love the show and when the season ended, I wanted more, so I picked up the first 18 issues of the comic. I read through them and I enjoyed it, but there is such a big disconnect between the characters and the TV show, I decided to stop reading the comics. I'm afraid it will take away from my enjoyment of the TV show and I don't want to be one of those raging nerds who criticizes every single decision made that deviates from the source material, even if the source material is vastly superior.

[Yaboosh]

Read the books.

[JGS]

Not sure if Luwin knew from the beginning and was in on it or if he just realized it when he saw Osha.

I just watched it (Sooo good) and it appeared he didn't know at all & Osha was explaining what they did.

Last episode was pretty convincing in making me think he thought the burned kids were the Little Lords.

[Cyan]

Shit is going down big time. Too bad Arya didn't get whatshisname in time to stop Tywin, but on the other hand Tywin's on my cool wall now, so it's just as well.

Fuck Theon.

So, any predictions for who gets killed next episode? My guess is a witch brings Ned Stark back to life, and then they behead him again.

[Sajjaja]

Episode 19 Battle Teaser:

As always, avoid the comments to avoid spoilers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WYMZ...&feature=g-u-u

[sangreal]

man, Roz should have stayed in Winterfell

[GCX]

Episode 9 was written by George R. R. Martin. Can't wait.