GoT s4e8

[Clueless Morgan]

I'm just going going to sit here with a smug smirk because I know what happens to tyrion.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Enjoyed the episode. Actually preferred this season to all the others aside S01 even if they have been a bit liberal with their interpretation of the story in places (to be expected though I guess).

Having read all the books so far I think the screenwriters and producers have done a pretty bang up job getting the important material in.

[pocaracas]

No spoilers, then....

Thus far, all the characters (the ones we get to hear their names, at least) that have died on the show are the same ones that died in the books... and at roughly the same time and event... with one honorable exception: Robb Stark's wife.
Since she's very much dead on the show, I won't be spoiling much, even so:

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She doesn't go to the red wedding. She goes to her parent's and we never know for sure if she's pregnant. And we never hear from her again.... which is almost the same as having her killed, so I totally understand why they did that on the show - one less actress to feed and worry about showing up a few seasons later... and almost surely having to recast.

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It is then reasonable to expect that the characters that die on the show will be the ones that die in the books, so it will not be show writer's fault that some character dies, but rather the source material - George R. R. Martin.


On a side note, pertaining this episode, I loved the expressions on the faces of the audience to the fight. Great acting there!
Sansa is all grown up now, thanks to uncle Petyr.
Jon Snow is still a boy... (he's supposed to be 16!)
Arya laughing was awesome!
Bran's story departs a bit from the books, but it's broadly the same... I've said enough about it on another thread, a few weeks ago.

Ser Jorah... I was under the impression that he was "dismissed" much earlier in the books (Qarth, maybe?)... maybe they wanted to keep the actor around.

These next two episodes should, if they feature what I expect them to, provide quite a few more plot twists! Stay tuned!

[Napoléon]

Ser Jorah... I was under the impression that he was "dismissed" much earlier in the books (Qarth, maybe?)... maybe they wanted to keep the actor around.

He's a good actor, hell he's one of my favourites. I knew it was coming but I was still gutted when Daenarys told him to fuck off. Stupid bitch, without him she wouldn't be where she is!