With only two episodes of
Game of Thrones to go, the action really came to a head with the absence of The Hand (see what we did there?) on Sunday's episode. Yes, winter is coming, but the battle has already begun at King's Landing. Who will survive? Let's take a look at "The Pointy End" for clues. TVGuide.com's Hanh Nguyen is an avid scripted-TV watcher, a horror-avoider and someone who's read
George R. R. Martin's
A Song of Ice and Fire book series, on which HBO's
Game of Thrones is based. Colleague Rich Juzwiak rarely watches scripted TV, is a gorehound and became alerted to Martin's existence just recently, as he started researching this new swords-and-sandals (well, boots) series. He knows nothing ...