HBO's Game of Thrones. [No Book Spoilers]

[Kalam]

This is one of the instances where I prefer the tv series. My only real disappointment with it at the moment is the lack of Strong Belwas and Daario's new actor. This last episode definitely made me sit up and pay attention.

[Bittersteel]

Sign the petition.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/recognize-stannis-baratheon-one-true-king-westeros/KTtsMHGx

[Miwiw]

Stannis? He'll have his attention later on. He'll actually be the only king that acts like a king.

[Franke]

Stannis is my man, but I will not create an account on that website just for him.

[Bittersteel]

Stannis? He'll have his attention later on. He'll actually be the only king that acts like a king.

If Dumb&Dumber (D&D) will actually make it look that way. The way they've portrayed him up to this point have made me lost much interest in the show.

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They better not fuck up the charge against the wildlings.

[Tom Cruise]

[BASNAK]

If I understood correctly Littlefinger said he poisoned Jon Arryn? Why? To marry his wife?

[Teeth]

To stir up shit, shit during which he could sneakily skip some steps on the hierarchical ladder. Also, because a widowed Lysa is his easiest route to real power. At least I guess, personally I can't really get over the fact that killing Jon Arryn and setting up the Starks against the Lannisters is a complete hit or miss move, while he is supposed to be some prudent master schemer.

[Franke]

To stir up shit, shit during which he could sneakily skip some steps on the hierarchical ladder. Also, because a widowed Lysa is his easiest route to real power. At least I guess, personally I can't really get over the fact that killing Jon Arryn and setting up the Starks against the Lannisters is a complete hit or miss move, while he is supposed to be some prudent master schemer.

Pretty much this. I cannot emphasize enough how much I detest Littlefinger.

I think that's exactly what's gonna happen.

As neither Jon nor Bran can die at this point of the story. I think they cannot afford to let the Craster's Keep events be more than a short intermezzo to troll overconfident book readers.

I imagine an epic showdown involving Jon and the leader of the mutineers and/or Locke in front of burning Craster's Keep with Bran and the Reeds getting away unrecognized by the Black Brothers

Kinda. I love that and how Bran/Hodor actively contributed to their own rescue.

[Molly]

I switched to watch the real 1080p version but hell, it takes ages to get it

[Banok]

littlefinger already said why in the shows; "chaos is a ladder".

I was a bit disapointed with the bloody gate. is it's supposed to be impenetrable. but in the show those cliffs are really not that high, they are basically just like normal walls which you could scale with a ladder.

its not supposed to be good but here is my rough sketch of how I think they should have looked.

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[Molly]

Long Live King Tyrion!

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Long may he reign... well, I wish it would be like that somehow. I love that little fellow

[CrazyCracka420]

In the books they don't really ever say who killed Jon Arryn (or I missed it if they did), I was always under the impression the Lannisters (Cersei) were responsible for it.  So I thought it was kind of cool they explain it more in depth in the TV show. 

Also in the books (and TV series) I always really detested Littlefinger as well, but I always had much respect for his ability to play the game of thrones.  One of my favorite quotes from the book (that didn't make it into the tv show):

Littlefinger talking to Ned Stark:

"You wear your honor like a suit of armor...You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move."

[the real god emperor]

But Jon Arryn knew the truth about Jaime and Cersei , why didn't they kill him? They may've talked Petyr in it like Lady Olenna does in the Purple Wedding.

[Smoothrich]

In the books they don't really ever say who killed Jon Arryn (or I missed it if they did), I was always under the impression the Lannisters (Cersei) were responsible for it.  So I thought it was kind of cool they explain it more in depth in the TV show. 

Also in the books (and TV series) I always really detested Littlefinger as well, but I always had much respect for his ability to play the game of thrones.  One of my favorite quotes from the book (that didn't make it into the tv show):

Littlefinger talking to Ned Stark:

"You wear your honor like a suit of armor...You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move."

Reread the last Sansa chapter in Storm of Swords, its one of the best ones in all the books. They took some material from it for this episode, and presumably the rest will be in the season finale.

To stir up shit, shit during which he could sneakily skip some steps on the hierarchical ladder. Also, because a widowed Lysa is his easiest route to real power. At least I guess, personally I can't really get over the fact that killing Jon Arryn and setting up the Starks against the Lannisters is a complete hit or miss move, while he is supposed to be some prudent master schemer.

Dude fucking loves Tullys and hates Starks. Ned Stark is the obvious replacement of Jon Arryn for Hand of the King. Assassinating Arryn would presumably bring Ned Stark to Littlefingers domain at King's Landing, widow up the Lady of the Vale who is obsessed with him, and give him opportunities to creep all over Cat.

As long as you remember Littlefingers motivations and history (spite for highborn, dueling Brandon over Cat's hand and getting owned as a teenager, being fostered at Riverrun by Lord Tully) his actions are very understandable.