- Unpack the conspiracy to send Tommen to Rosby

- Get a glimpse of the streets of King's Landing after the riot

- Analyze Tyrion and Shae's relationship and wince at Tyrion slapping Shae

- Talk about Varys' origin story

Next week: we're back with ACOK, Catelyn VI where Edmure Tully holds the fords of the riverlands against Tywin Lannister with zero consequence!

- Judge the Lannisters justly for their conduct regarding Lollys Stokeworth 

- Talk extensively about Tyrion slapping Joffrey (again)

- Get into the political fallout from the riot

- Examine the root causes of the riot

- Theorize on what happened to Tyrek Lannister

Next week: we're back with ACOK, Tyrion X when Tyrion learns more information and hears Varys' backstory.

- Examine Myrcella as a political figure 

- Peel back the layers of Tyrion's mindset RE both Stannis and the smallfolk as threats

- Contrast the potentially manufactured spark of the riot with the genuine grievances motivating it

- Praise George's exquisite pacing and ramp-up to the riot itself

- Brainstorm better directions for justice in King's Landing

Next week: we cover the aftermath of and fallout from the riot in the second half of ACOK, Tyrion IX!

- Discuss the metaphysics of Davos and Melisandre's morality and culpability in the act that's about to happen

- Get in on the parallels between Robert and Stannis/Ned and Davos

- Note that Melisandre's onion metaphor is wrong.

- Get spooky with the birth of shadows and the death of kings and castellans

- Answer the question: how the hell did Melisandre make a shadowbaby?

Next week: we return to King's Landing where Tyrion encounters some minor civil disturbance, nothing major in ACOK, Tyrion IX, Part 1!

- Talk about Stannis' tent and how well it captures the man

- Dig further into the complexities and contradictions of the Stannis-Davos dynamic

- Lay out all the many options Stannis has on the table

- Watch sadly as corruption befalls Team Dragonstone's lofty ideals

- Imagine how Storm's End might fall to Team Young Grift

Next week: the fourth and final (we swear) part of our series on ACOK, Davos II, in which Melisandre gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. Mazel tov!

- Talk Stannis' relationship to his turncloak lords and how it contrasts with his relationship to Davos

- Explore Davos' self-image and how it leads him to both tell Stannis the truth and shape that truth into euphemisms

- Watch as Stannis slowly realize that his conscience is calling him a hypocrite

- Praise George's complex characterization of Stannis and his worldview

- Debate the great question of our time: Did Stannis give the order for Renly's death, or did Melisandre act on her own?

Next week: we are joined by Matt aka Joe Magician for the third in our FOUR part series on ACOK, Davos II!

- Talk D&D

- Introduce (and say farewell) to Cortnay Penrose 

- Loudly boo the arrogant hypocrites who have joined Stannis

- Praise George's brilliantly written dialogue

- Discuss how Davos' perspective changes the scene

- Debate Cortnay Penrose: hero or villain?

Next week: Stannis and Davos get deep into politics, philosophy, and personal baggage in the second part of our three-part look at ACOK, Davos II!

- Talk about GRRM's worldview vs Tolkien's.

- Get into the Pureborn and what boredom and wealth do to the Pureborn (and people)

- Demonstrate that Xaro is a total POS

- Talk about the rise of magic and what that means

- Roll our eyes at Quaithe and Jorah

- Answer the question as to what would have happened if Dany went to Asshai

Next week: Myrcella goes to Dorne, and a minor plot-point but the city erupts in riot in ACOK, Tyrion IX!

- Analyze the Petyr Baelish backstory

- Evaluate Catelyn's mental state as she returns to the Riverland

- Answer whether Starks can commit war crimes too (they can)

- Get deep on Brienne and how her brokenness doesn't make her unique, only more human

- Do some war shit by taking a look at Edmure's plan

- Take a close look at Edmure and Catelyn's relationship and their relationship to their father

- Answer the question as to what happened to Ned's bones after Riverrun

Next week: we go to a magic show with Dany where Quaithe says some cryptic shit in ACOK, Daenerys III!