I know, I saw that. "I hate the bastard, but I do admire him."

I'm also loving Elizabeth Ashley as Davis' wild and crazy aunt.

She is spectacular in everything, but this is clearly her role.

wrod. Also, if she's interested in taking on *female* bohemian n'er-do-wells, I'm absolutely prepared to join that Emily's List of The Damned.

Yeah, Lysa has totally lost it. And they totally went for it, didn't they?

I never know whether I hate the chapters in the Ayrie because she and Robin are so crazy or because of my fear of heights or a combination.

In the book, young Robert Arryn is described by a character as 8-going-on-3. Unfortunately, he's got fairly severe epilepsy... plus a fairly crazy Mom.

Say what you will about the Aerie... all the guests get a view.

Martin is definitely going to the same well that Shrek does for Prince Charmings.

So what did you think about the tourney scene?

I thought it was odd how they broke it up - but I guess it did take place over a couple of days.

I suspect that is the case, and they should have tried to make it a little clearer.

We should be seeing more of the Brothers Clegane: Gregor ( who cut his horse's head off) and especially Sandor (the guy with the burns) by and by.

Have we seen the dragon skulls before now? They get described enough in the books, but I don't think they've shown up until now.

No, that is the first time we see them.

(It's not for nothing she played Sarah Conner.)

t headslap I can't believe I didn't recognize her until you said that. I just went back and watched a scene with her and slapped my head a few more times.

Also, as someone who *hasn't* read the books, I'm finding it really hard to keep all the characters and their names and their histories straight. It's very confusing!

I'm still unhappy that they gave Sandor's lines to Littlefinger (last week) but perhaps it was best to explain the Clegane brothers before we saw that fight.