Great ep...i almost spit out my beer when i saw Theon get ko'd i was all inspired by his speech and the wack..lol...fuk now i gotta wait... Maybe Sixx or anyone else can provide how the hbo finale and the book differ?
there were a number of differences. rob in the book never secretly married the nurse, maybe that's part of the third book which I haven't read.
they also went easy on the dwarf. in the book he was very close to death, but he was a lot more disfigured. not only did he have a slash down his face but a portion of his nose and his upper lip were completely chopped off. also dont think he ever saw Shae after he awoke and the book ended.
the shit with Theon had a lot more detail but I thought hbo did a clever and comical way to quickly sum up his fuckery with that braveheart speech followed by the ko blow, shit was hilarious and it didn't go down like that in the book although he still got punked as always.
my only real gripe was the entire season and Qarth. Qarth was dope in the book, lots of characters, lots they left out. the House of the Undying was crazy in the book but probably way too hard to pull off on a tv show.