- Talk about why Renly didn't back Stannis

- Get into the type of castle Storm's End is and why it works as archetype for Stannis and Renly

- Stannis and Catelyn dance. More accurately, Stannis huffs, Catelyn tries to smooth things over. It doesn't work

- Does Stannis have a point? Is he right? Is he wrong? The Amen Brothers throw some elbows

- Stannis: the true sad boy of ASOIAF

- Is Storm's End a spaceship? We discuss

Next week: Stannis, Catelyn, Renly and a peach!

And we were joined by Chloe, AKA liesandarbor from the Girls Gone Canon podcast for this episode for her voice work as Lady Catelyn Stark! Find her stuff and listen to GGC!

- Talk about the news Bran, Rickon and those little monstrous Freys receive from Oxcross

- Analyze Jojen's green dreams and how everyone takes it so damn literally!

- Witness House Bolton entering the Northern game and get introduced to "Reek"

- All the foreshadowing of things to come!

- Who killed Stevron Frey? (It was Black Walder)

Next week: Catelyn, Stannis, Renly and the parlay at Storm's End!

- Dig into the Fist of the First Men (though not literally like Ghost!) in terms of both its surface strengths and deeper weaknesses as a fortress

- Watch with exasperation as Watch leadership descends into mission creep and the last war's strategies

- Introduce Qhorin Halfhand, a peerless badass with a heart gray as his cloak, here to educate Jon in discipline, self-sacrifice, and knowing thine enemy

- Take note of how many plot threads are being set up in these chapters, from the Night's Watch mutiny to the wight attack on the Fist to the Horn of Winter

- Furiously debate who buried the dragonglass and horn at the Fist: Benjen or Coldhands?

Next week: we return to Winterfell, where Jojen Reed urges Bran to open his third eye. Ser Rodrik also returns to the castle, bringing with him a prisoner who goes by Reek...for now, anyway. 

- Contrast the knights beating a helpless child because the king said so...

- ...with the not-knights, the cripples/bastards/broken things, standing up for her

- Take note of how Sansa is maturing and growing wiser, even under such dire circumstances

- Lay out exactly how screwed Team Lannister is after the Battle of Oxcross

- Imagine how Robb's Westerlands campaign would look through a POV's eyes

Next week: the Night's Watch arrives at the Fist of the First Men and joins forces with Qhorin Halfhand in Jon IV *and* V!

- Talk about what will befall Catelyn at the end of the story and how she'll be remembered.

- Get deep on the union of secular and mystical in the castle of Harrenhal

- Talk about the Bloody Mummers and the strategic Lannister position at this juncture in ACOK

- Analyze Jaqen H'ghar, his place in Arya's story and question whether he's the better alternative to the horrors Arya has experienced.

- Unpack the most horrific story in all of ASOIAF: Chiswyck's story of what happened after the Tourney of the Hand

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Next week: Sansa faces Joffrey and is rescued by hero? Protagonist! Tyrion Lannister!

- Talk about our favorite funny lines in ASOIAF

- Examine Tyrion's fun-yet-chilling conversation with Lancel

- Zero in on why Tyrion goes to Shae

- Analyze how Tyrion has put on masks of power, intrigue and games while forgetting about doing the justice he promised to do

- Delve into Tyrion's problematic relationship to Shae and how sex work 

Next week: back to King's Landing for ACOK Arya VII as Jaqen H’ghar offers Arya three murders, wishes

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- Praise how masterfully George changes moods as this chapter goes along

- Shiver as Jojen gets creepy with Bran's dreams

- Zoom out to put the "little grandfather" in context with the other magical heralds of A Clash of Kings

- Sift through both the short-term blind spots and long-term wisdom of Maester Luwin's worldview

- Pity Bran for his bittersweet dreams of knighthood, tempting him onward to sorcery

Next week: back to King's Landing for ACOK Tyrion VII as Lannister dysfunction somehow gets even worse. And we will be joined by a new guest: Jinx Lierre!

- Discuss the "leftover" bits of ASOIAF

- Praise the trippy imagery in the Qarth storyline...

- ...and critique the shapeless plot and threadbare supporting cast

- Lay out Dany's (somewhat redundant) character beats in ACOK

- Come up with opposite ideas about how we would fix Qarth

Next week: we fly back to Winterfell for Bran IV and our ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE! 

- Talk about our favorite bad movies

- Analyze the smallfolk caught in the chaos and brutality of war

- Evaluate how Arya deals with her powerlessness and watching people be tortured, murdered and raped

- Let Emmett go deep on Harrenhal and why this is his favorite over-the-top castle in ASOIAF!

- Theorize on what will happen with the surviving people on Arya's list

Next week: Sigh ... it's Qarth guys. It's Qarth in ACOK, Daenerys II!