Reportedly this was the episode that caused the producers to ask for a budget raise from HBO, even though they didn't get as much as they wanted. I agree that it was spectacular (as was Mad Men, in a different way).
Why was this bumped?
Since it was...
I finished book 5 last week...so I'm finally all caught up!
Very weird... LOL This was bumped because I was excited by the news of Diana Rigg being cast--yet my message doesn't seem to be here, but it was bumped... Let's see if this works.
http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles-theater/news/07-2012/mackenzie-crook-diana-rigg-to-join-hbos-game-of-th_59473.html
Tony Award winner Diana Rigg and Tony Award nominee Mackenzie Crook will join HBO's Game of Thrones for its third season, launching in 2013, according to published reports.
Rigg will play Olenna Tyrell, "The Queen of Thorns," and Crook will play Orell.
The series will add over a dozen actors for that season, including Clive Russell, Nathalie Emannuel, Kerry Ingram, Tara Fitzgerald, Paul Kaye, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ellie Kendirck, Richard Dormer, Kristofer Hivju, Philip McGinley, Tobias Menzies, and Anton Lesser.
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