I've been worried about the Hound surviving this season for at least 4-5 episodes now. The fact that they referenced his bite wound again in episode 8 may have been a telling sign.

Yeah. Make him cool, dead him. It is the way of the universe.

"If you're looking for justice, you've come to the wrong place"

Tyrion summed the show up nicely a couple of eps ago.

This and what DaFace said. It's the authors intention. Anyone can die at any time. Good guys don't always win. When they do survive its not clean. Bad guys win. Either you accept this or just quit watching.

The last time he got screen time he was fidgeting with the wound. Like he was stretching out his neck because it was sore....

This is something that's been annoying me lately. They give huge men in this series far too much power- as if crossing the 6'6" threshold grants you some sort of super strength. It's been pretty evident in The Hound all series and, more recently, in The Mountain and Hodor.

That Viper vs. Mountain fight was pretty great though. I liked how they showed off Oberyn's agility and acrobatic prowess. When he'd dodge a blow or lunge for an attack, he'd slide across the ground. It actually reminded me more of how a mongoose would move but it was well done.

If only Oberyn would have dealt the finishing blow before letting his guard down :(

"YOU RAPED HER! YOU MURDERED HER! YOU KILLED HER CHILDREN!"

Yeah, but Pip killed a big ass giant defending the gate.

And **** you for hating on Hodor.

Because Hodor.

That was Grenn. Pyp was the one that took the quarrel to the throat.

I really liked Grenn, too. Faithful, competent, always there. The kind of right-hand-man any commander would want.

Crap. My bad. I liked him too.

I need a program to keep up with the minor characters in the show. There's just too many of them to remember their names. :(

It is taking every single ounce of self-control I have to not look up what happens next.
I can't believe I'm waiting for my weekend to be over with already :D

Every time a season ends I always get the urge to read all the books and have somehow managed to resist it so far (beyond book #1 which I read between Season 1 and Season 2). We'll see if I can do it again this year.

33 jokes only Game of Thrones fans will understand.

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Most of those aren't that great, but this one made me chuckle:

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Heh....

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I was just starting to post this when I seen you beat me to it. I laughed pretty hard at that one.

Really? I don't even want it to come yet because I don't want the season to be over.

And screw him for killing off Egret. I loved her.

I missed the "it" in your post, and it completely changed the meaning.

:doh!: I know better!

So the guy Jon went to go kill is the wildling leader right?

Ygritte, just for the record. Now that she's dead, you should know how her name is spelled. Or something. :shake:

Mance Radyer, yes.

Although, I wonder what his master plan is since he left his sword with Sam.

Ever had a BJ so good that you went into coma afterwards?


Yeahh.....one of those.

oh god, does that not make me a fan now? I refuse to read the books, so I sound out the names. I still don't think Y should even be a part of the alphabet.

LMAO

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I just caught up. God damn it all to hell. Awesome show. If it were real, I'd join the Night's Watch just so that I could recite the vow in the middle of a battle like those poor sobs did.

I think they were betrothed, not married.

I'm not sure how I'll feel if Tyrian is killed tonight. Probably the same way I felt about the Chiefs after the Indy loss -- I'll be so pissed that I won't want anything to do with the show...until next season.

But I do hope Jamie comes to the rescue -- they can be on the run together next season.

This being Game of Thrones, however, I'm not holding my breath...

Yeah. He dead. He became a likeable character. Accordingly he must die.

It'd be interesting if Jamie tries to sneak him out of the city, Cersi finds out and poisons him. Thus ending the Lanister name. After they catch and kill Tyrian of course.

I don't think he became a likable character. He was always likable. Sure, he was sarcastic and snarky but he had other moments as well when he was generally trying to help people. Like when he gave the plans for a modified saddle to the Starks after Bran was crippled.

He also prevented the war from becoming bigger by sending the princess to Dorne as a hostage basically. Considering Oberyn's quest for vengeance, it is surprising that Dorne didn't jump right into the fray.

I know the precise and exact moment when I started liking Tyrion.

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"Ah! Time for breakfast!"

I like how Sandor is just standing there not even bothering to stop Tyrion from slapping Joffery.

Watching the reruns up to the finale... that scene where Oberyn tells Tyrion about when he saw him as a baby is just heart breaking.

God are you guys going to be surprised tonight when the aliens show up and vaporize everyone.

Oh god, no, spoilers! Sorry!

FYP

"'That's not a monster', I said...... That's just a baby."

I had started liking Oberyn a bit before that exchange but that's what put me over the top. I think when he said "I will be your champion" I was like awwwwwww, **** this dude's the shit.

I think people would be surprised if everyone died. Since it's been renewed for two more seasons.

All new characters like True Detective.

It becomes a cooking show starring Hot Pie.

This episode will be bitter sweet. On one hand I am beyond excited to see what happens and can't wait for it to start but on the other hand I know that once it's over we will have to wait close to a year for the next episode.

Yup, and then he died. :cuss:

I hate to spoil tonight for everyone but it contains anti-freeze and a flaming AIDS tree.

That was ****ing AWESOME. Love, love loved it.

Absolutely. Positively. The best television series ever made. Period. Times infinity.

That was one of the best hours of entertainment I have ever witnessed.

Damn. Gonna miss Charles Dance.

Tonight's show was good. It will be interesting to see what they do for next season. Books 4 & 5 were written kinda goofy in that they both tend to happen along the same timeline. I will be curious to see what they have in store.

This.

But man did that ****er ever deserve what he got.

Happy Father's Day, Bitches!

LMAO

Yeah, I'll miss him for sure. Fantastic actor. But I won't miss him as much as I'd miss Tyrion/Dinklage.

Let the gifs begin.

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That opening scene was a real . . .







Feast for Crows.

Finally this series gets rolling with the armies and shit. Amazing last few episodes. So good!

Um, I just remembered something and I'm not sure if it was addressed: but where's Gendry?

RR Martin says **** You Dragons, the story needs more wieners!

Who here expected a large-scaly military battle in the first few minutes? I didn't!

And Sinbad-style skeletons bursting from the ground, blown to bits by a fireball-lobbing elf? Nope.

And a clifftop battle between two of the show's most physically imposing characters? Nuh-uh.

And the biggest, most vicious human being in Westeros history, about to come back to life as some sort of steampunk cyborg super-soldier, or something? Not that either.

This was excellent television. Every scene was gripping.

I'm going to send a card to my dad.

Dearest Father:

I apologize for this father's day card being a few days late.

But at least you know I'll never kill you with a crossbow when you're on the shitter.

Love,

Your little Imp.

He even had the time and leisure to reload, and the presence of mind to bring the lever and an extra bolt.

Now that's conscientious.

Wow, they really saved it all for the last episode, didn't they? I'll try to go through what I remember from the beginning.

Jon Snow had a bit of a death wish to go and "negotiate" with Mance, but he (and the Night's Watch) get bailed out in a huge way by Stannis. I suppose his appearance was a bit of a surprise, but I did expect him to show up there eventually after what Melisandre said about the real war being up north last season. It's good to see him out and kicking ass again instead of his perpetual sulking at Dragonstone.

And of course, the Mountain is still alive somehow after the duel and is going to be turned into an even worse kind of killing machine. Yeah, deserve's got nothing to do with it.

Great to see some development to the Bran plot line. He finally meets the three-eyed raven after four seasons and it turns out to not be a raven at all but some really wise old guy in a magic tree. I'm thinking his comment about Bran being able to "fly" is in reference to him some day being able to Warg into one of Dany's dragons. Poor Jojen, by the way. Killed by a ****ing zombie skeleton, but had to think he was always destined for that fate. Also, after hearing about them for a while throughout the series, I had wondered when/if the Children of the Forest would show up and it seems they'll play a large role now with Bran. The real battle against the White Walkers is still looming in the background of everything.

I had hopes for an Arya/Sansa reunion, but I guess any Stark reunion in this narrative is too much to ask for. We did get a ridiculous fight with Brienne/the Hound instead that Brienne amazingly won twice (first with swords and next in hand to hand). She may be the best fighter in Westeros. I feared before the episode that the Hound might die this season and it appears that he may have. But shit, if his brother can survive being stabbed straight through the chest, maybe he can survive too. A most interesting (and ruthless) decision Arya made there not to give him the mercy kill he wanted, though. Getting off Westeros while she can for Braavos is probably the best thing for her. It could be time for her to become one of the Faceless Men assassins. The only thing that kept her from doing so in S2 was her now mostly dead family.

And finally, in the epic climax, Tyrion kills Tywin. I had a slight suspicion something like that might occur when Jaime and him spent a bit of time talking about fratricide/patricide/matricide, etc. a few weeks back, but I thought it might be Jaime that would be the one to do it, not Tyrion. Amazing to see the guy that has pretty much been running this show since Robert/Ned died go down in that unsavory fashion. And at the hands of his own unwanted, hated son who he had sentenced to death...such beautiful justice for once. Glad that Tyrion both survived the season and got out of there with the help of Varys (who may be a decent guy deep down after all! It's too bad he didn't do the same for Ned in S1, not that he could have ever known what Joffrey would do). Tyrion will be a wanted man now for as long as the Lannisters control Westeros. Have to think he'll head east and stay there.

All in all, I think that had to have been the best season finale yet, a great end to another phenomenal season. They tied up quite a few loose ends and left off with a few new intriguing storylines. GoT is showing absolutely no signs of slowing down heading into Season 5.

Without having read the books, I think Varys is still loyal to the Targaryens, and has been essentially working this whole time a long play to put one of them back on the throne.

Presumably hiding from both Melisandre and the City Watch after Davos released him (I assume he made it to shore).

If he's loyal to anybody, it probably would be them. I wonder if Dany in Meereen is their eventual destination now.

Still rowing.

It is weird about tyrion. His main opponent he killed. His sister hates him but he saved her. She does not have to marry and can stay at kings landing. Jaime can control her.

So who becomes Hand of the King now? LittleFinger? lol.

Littlefinger is in the Eyrie.

Good final episode, but some entitled ****ing book readers spoiled a huge thing for me that wasn't shown because they were so butthurt it wasn't shown in this episode.

****ing assholes.

edit: not on CP, on reddit.

What did they ruin? In spoiler tags please :D.

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Is Arya now headed to Bravos or to the North? I rewound and could see it either way: That Arya changed her mind and is headed to Bravos, or the coin and saying convinced the captain to take her north.

Wife thinks to the North, I think to Bravos.

Bravos

Bravos.