TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery
- heyzeus
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Re: TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery
That was an insanely intense Mad Men episode last night.
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Re: TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery
Until that OTHER thing happened, I fully expected "Puking Layne Price" to become an annoying meme.
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Re: TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery
Plus he's in a world that is apparently swarming with babes and he's putting his life at risk for a girl who's pretty cute.
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Re: TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery
Everybody acts like Ned Stark was the best guy ever, but he saddled all of his kids with some weird baggage and slavish, self-destructive standards of honor and morality. All the Starks need to lighten up.
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Re: TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery
You don't have to have read the books to figure out that marrying for love when you're a king in the middle of a war is a bad idea. And the Stark/Lannister deal is inspired by the Wars of the Roses between York and Lancaster. Edward IV of Lancaster went off and married a commoner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Woodville
because she was sexy, and wound up getting overthrown and having to flee for France. But in his case he overthrew the dude who overthrew him, who he had previously overthrown. (Ah, history.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Woodville
because she was sexy, and wound up getting overthrown and having to flee for France. But in his case he overthrew the dude who overthrew him, who he had previously overthrown. (Ah, history.)
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Re: TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery
The best guy ever, in comparison to everyone else in the world.bob thrill wrote:Everybody acts like Ned Stark was the best guy ever, but he saddled all of his kids with some weird baggage and slavish, self-destructive standards of honor and morality. All the Starks need to lighten up.



