So I don't want to be one of those people who complain about changes to the book, because so far most of the changes haven't been too bad and many have been necessary in translating the book to tv. Even annoying ones like giving The Hound's story to Sansa to Littlefinger last season didn't actually change the story or characters much so I was fine with them.
But I do think the Jaime murdering his cousin scene was a bad idea. I mean it was brilliantly acted and everything, but book Jaime just wouldn't do that. And I know the show and the book are different, but they seem to be sticking close to the book for the rest of his story so changing his character like this could introduce problems later (but can't say much more because of spoilers.) It's like they thought "well Jaime pushed Bran out of a window so let's have him do something else shocking and evil!" But he did that to protect Cersei and it's a lot different to brutally murdering his cousin. Killing guards on the way out, fine, but that was too far. It's just annoying because the show seems to be missing some of the subtleties of the characters. Which is understandable because it's a tv show and not a book, but actually adding stuff so out of character doesn't help.
So I know how True Blood fans feel when they complain about the show "ruining" Eric I guess!
Anyway, it was a good episode as always since it's so well acted and even though it was talky for the first half it then went crazy with the Pyat Pree murders (and I don't mind that change at all.)
Why didn't HBO submit Charles Dance for best supporting actor?
Shame about Bran and Rickon being murdered!