Game of Thrones - episode 7: You Win or You Die.

Oooh, this episode was good! Although some people may have preferred last week's, but I loved the dialogue in this episode. It was tricky. (YMMV of course).

( Spoilers for tv series - with focus/impressions on characters )

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Thank you to the people who responded to the Girl With Dragon Tattoo post - rather vigorous and interesting discussion. Learned all sorts of stuff and changed my mind about a few things as well.

Hot day, stayed indoors. Crampy. Ugh.

Watched True Blood - which was fun. Every season - it's the same, starts out interesting, drags a bit in the middle, takes off like gangbusters towards the end, slows down a little, then takes off again, with a cliff-hanger. Ball appears to have the soap opera structure down to an art form - that's exactly what soap operas are like. King Russell? LOL! He goes on network news - rants and sounds incredibly crazy, pissing off everyone, kills the anchorguy, then turns with a smile and states: "And now, Tiffany with the Weather." (I can't remember the girl's name.) Oh and Howard's girlfriend Becky on Big Bang Theory has gotten a job on True Blood as Hutch's new love interest. Didn't realize she was so short, which makes me realize how short everyone on Big Bang Theory truly is. She can't be more than 4 foot. Either that or Jessica and Anna Pacquin are a lot taller than I think they are. I know Alexandra Skarsgard is 6'5 - the same height as my brother. (No, we're not Scandinavian, German - yes. Also Irish, Welsh, Anglo, French-Belgium and Scotch Irish. )

Also watched Supernatural - everything but the final episode. Enjoyed it, but I have issues with it. Women either are monsters, die, or get brain-washed in this thing. It's getting old. How hard would it have been to have the nerdy guy in the basement be a gal? Come on. You know there's a problem when every time you see a female character you start betting yourself - okay how long before she's kidnapped, betrays the hero, turns out to be a monster, or dies? Actually I keep betting myself on how long she'll stay alive in the show. Right now the longest living recurring female character may be Lisa. We'll see how long that lasts. She's a mother and Dean's ex-girlfriend one true "female" love (we all know his real one true love is either Sam or Castiel). Which means her chances for survival aren't high. Granted now that he's removed himself completely from her memory and from her life...she may actually live but never pop up onscreen again. Women only survive on this show if they ride off into the sunset never to be seen again.