Episode 25: A GAME OF THRONES, EDDARD V: "The Seed is Strong"

Hello and welcome back to the NotACast, the one true chapter-by-chapter podcast going through A Song of Ice and Fire one chapter a week! Today, Emmett and Jeff tackle AGOT, Eddard V in which Ned soft-interrogates Grand Maester Pycelle, has a great moment with Arya and gets a lesson in paranoia from Littlefinger This week, we: - Answer a question about whether GRRM not taking an active role in the show led to lower quality seasons. - Throw numerous shade at Pycelle (who deserves every bit of it) - Analyze Ned Stark as our neo-noir medieval detective - Pontificate on the heat and "sweet milk" and what they symbolize - Pycelle's role in Jon Arryn's death - Varys killing Pycelle foreshadowing - How GRRM tells a mystory story   Next week: AGOT, Jon IV!   Our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NotACastASOIAF  Our twitter: https://twitter.com/NotACastASOIAF  Emmett's tumblr: http://poorquentyn.tumblr.com/  Emmett's twitter: https://twitter.com/PoorQuentyn  Jeff's twitter: https://twitter.com/BryndenBFish