>I'm going with how the books roll: If you don't see a
>character die, he/she probably isn't dead.

Serious. I need to stop falling for the rope a dope

>Tyrion killing Tywin on the shitter should make the audience
>happy after the shit that Tyrion has gone through this season.
>That and him strangling Shae with the Hand's chain.

Not entirely sure about this. Despite his antagonism towards Tyrion, Tywin is a fan favorite because the character is so well written and compelling. I'm sure people will cheer Tyrion surviving, but it'll be bittersweet with Tywin's machinations gone.

And re: Lady Stoneheart, that's why you've got to show her and
>the Brotherhood killing the Freys first. The initial "Oh
>shit!" moment has to be that she's back and she's getting
>revenge on the people that betrayed and killed her and her
>son. It adds too much if she's back and she's hanging Brienne.

I think you're spot on here. While I think it'd be beastly to end the season with her (supposed) hanging, I do think it's important to establish LSH's motivations first.

However, now that I'm thinking about this... LSH might be too much of a reveal if she's not the *final* reveal of the season. I'm thinking this might get pushed to next season then, with Tyrion/Tywin as the final scene of the season. While LSH would be a mindblowing reveal this season, there's still plenty of material to work with too.


>Well, if they had eliminated some of the extraneous stuff in
>last night's episode, they could have fit in Stannis. We
>really didn't need 20 minutes of Sam mooning over Gilly.
>Episode could have ended with Stannis coming to the rescue,
>and the election could have been done in the final episode,
>only in a less convoluted way.

Pretty much. Although I do understand needing to deepen that relationship before their eventual journey, it's just not... exciting.