yet you were happy to watch Dexter, Homeland, and Boardwalk Empire on cable unless those also were streamed for you on the net

Do you know anybody who has HBO? I say that because you can get HBO GO from them by registering or having them register for you.

Few people have HBO compared to AMC...

Just download the episodes.

I still think you should try to watch it on cable tv or dvd because alot of the dialogue is heavily accented and you may miss alot of important details without closed captioning on. Like Savador San mentioning to Davos how Stannis repaid him by cutting off his fingers (I hope they go into that in more detail for non-readers because its a very interesting story) It sucks that HBO Go doesnt offer that feature

Just got officially renewed for a third season.

I thought so too, between the Stannis and Melisandra scenes and Arya's scenes at Harrenhal, which were wonderful. I can't wait for next week which should be another great episode.

It was really important to find a good Arya. Her story is probably the most adventurous one in ASOAF.

I dont recall any mention of Joffrey's Patrick Batemen scene from any of the characters point of view in the book

They added those in to make him look more of a sociopath. We don't see much of his perspective in the book so I can sorta of see why they want to add them. The funny thing is I would say there are at least two characters who are more fucked up than him in this series. The Mountain is a real sicko as we have already seen some of his exploits. And then there is one other character

I agree that this was the best episode of the season. Much better than the last one. Love all the Tyrion and Arya scenes. The Renly/Stannis meet up was also well done. Cant wait for the next one!!

Although I did love the shadow pregnancy I thought this would have been a better cliff hanger because that particular cliff hanger happens early in next weeks episode

I was expecting that cliffhanger, but I guess they wanted something different.

can anyone explain what the black magic baby was?

Is it an evil all powerful being formed?

It isn't really evil. It is a shadow creature that has a purpose. If you want to be spoiled but there are hints there in the episode on what it will do. . It is dark magic but at this point you don't really know Melisandra's agenda.

i think its best that the certain event happens next episode and not yet. This episode was good build-up.

The Black Magic parts in the show are weird but in the end some of the best parts.

Seeing the dragon in the end of the last season was beyond cool.

Question!

I'm reading Book 1 now and Illyrio says to that they in the Free Cities don't fear the Dothroaki because the Lord of Light would hold their city walls against a million of them, or so the red priests promise.

Clearly the Red Priestess currently advising Stannis worships the same Lord of Light, but does she, and all red priests (she is the only one revealed so far), originate from the Free Cities?

If the question can be answered without spoilers, I'd appreciate it.

Its been a long time since i read the first books but yes the red priests/esses are all from the Free Cities. Places like Asshai and Myrr.

That clears it up. Thanks for the quick reply!

I don't remember Illyrio mentioning either the Lord of Light or any red priests in the show.

I don't think they showed Thoros of Myr in the first season either.

Thats right Thoros is mentioned in Season 1 but not seen.

This is a great series so far. Better than Lord of the Rings, though I doubt most on wokj would agree with that.

But it suffers from not enough episodes per season and so stuff feels crammed in and rushed at times. I know it's expensive but 2 more episodes per season would help a lot and it's probably HBO's most popular show right now so I'm not sure why they wouldn't do that. The storytelling is great but needs more room to breathe.

I haven't read the books and have no idea what the future holds but it looks like Jon and Arya are the long term heroes and I have a feeling Robb will die because he made that mistake heroes always make: he should have killed Jaimie the first chance he got. Which is a shame because Robb came out of nowhere half way through season 1 to be one of the coolest characters.

The only characters I'm invested in are: the Starks (including Jon), Daenerys, and Tyrion. Also to a lesser extent: Jorah and Bronn. The rest of them, no big deal if they die, and I assume many of them will.

A.G - I agree that there should atleast be 12-13 episodes per season.

Book 3 is being broken up into 2 seasons (which will cover some of Book 2, Most of 3 and some of 4 and 5).

seems to be the case for Beric Dondarian too. It seems like they are saving his "OMG Kenny" for the third season too. Its ashame because his story arc is rather tragic and moving.