Probably. As for La Donna, she's stepped out before.(Admittedly, with her ex, and with old-school playing on the radio...( but she so obviously settled for Good on Paper, DDS. But they had some good loving. But they are also doing the commuter thing, and most Simon marrieds do cheat. But it did make the apparent monogamous devotion between Cray and Toni really stand out.(I miss him a lot.)ETA: Alan Richman was the Massengill in question...glad I checked because I almost put some other dude's name in there...bad wanna-be reporter, no biscuit.

Time magazine blog recap of The King's Road

And an interview with Jason Momoa about doing those sex scenes.

As for La Donna, she's stepped out before.(Admittedly, with her ex, and with old-school playing on the radio...

Yeah, Antoine was definitely a throwback moment, but the fact that she did and they set Nelson up from the getgo as so flirty leads the mind to wonder, which is exactly when old Dave will yank the rug out from under us.

And yeah, I miss Cray, too. And I found Davis and Annie absurdly sweet, which of course, means it can't last, dammit.

The Khal/Dany rape scene was so ungraphic. I wonder if there was more filmed. And I wonder why they went that way when the text didn't.

So, I have HBO now for Game of Thrones and have been poking around. True Blood was incomprehensible whining. I'm watching Treme right now, and it's a mix of "That's where they went?!?!" and horrible terrible New Orleans nostalgia. It doesn't help that the only time I go back is for funerals.

I also stumbled onto an interesting Publicly Speaking with Fran Lebowitz. Anything else I should be taking advantage of while I have the HBO in my house?

I think that they needed to speed up the time between when Dany marries Drogo and when she starts to figure herself and become more of an equal partner.

Sophia Turner's family adopted Lady after the filming. (Sophia Turner plays Sansa.) The picture is of Sophia, Maisie (Arya) and Isaac (Bran) with Lady. Apparently, the three kids became friends on set and have continued to get together.

I'm torn about Davis/Annie, Barb. They are cute together and Annie deserves more than Sonny's retrograde "Star Is Born" bullshit, but I still have a soft spot for Davis/Jeannette(the chef) ita, I watch too much on HBO now that I have it.

I think that they needed to speed up the time between when Dany marries Drogo and when she starts to figure herself and become more of an equal partner.

But why start out extra rapey?

not having read the books I would guess:

a) so that her transformation into a strong character later would have more impact

b) so that his "transformation" into a character who is articulate, sweet and tender would have more impact

I think rape should always have a really good reason, and I think that the character transitions I've seen in the books so far, just getting him into the bridal bed, and the transition they make there, and her acceptance--that's pretty damned big.

Twelve people die at his wedding, but he's not the full on beast you think that makes him. I liked that transition more than I like the transition of yet another woman falling for her rapist.

It's possible that in a week with Vampire Diaries, I'm over that.