I find myself so oddly overprotective of Jason Stackhouse because yes, in the early seasons he was kind of just about the dumb and the sex and the naked but there was a time during his first go round with the Fellowship of the Sun when he became absolutely made of awesome. It's sad to see how much his character has regressed in later seasons, but his period of shining amazing was such that I'll always root for him. And he grew up with Sookie, who may be the certifiable worst person in the universe, so he had to be a little bit fucked up.
I would so be down for an Arya and the Hound show. I want her to be the last Stark standing.
I want her to be the last Stark standing.
Bran finds this joke to be in poor taste.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY.
I love being unspoiled for this show. Screw reading the books for now.
Signed,
Never ever going to a wedding in Westeros
I was honestly thinking of stopping watching because of the level of unpleasantness rife, but things are looking up!
And the Lannisters have nothing on the Boltons in the Fucked Up Families categories.
Never ever going to a wedding in Westeros
At least not a noble one.
Poor Theon.
Right? That's some fucking acting, that is. Fantastic scene.
And the Lannisters have nothing on the Boltons in the Fucked Up Families categories.
RIGHT? I mean, fuck, man. That was a fantastic scene, all around, though. Not only re-affirming our hatred of Team Flayed Man, and showing the cracks in the house, but also providing all the exposition we need, and without any nekkid ladies. I think House Bolton are one of the few groups of characters where I have no sympathy at all. Like, I can see where most everyone else is coming from, even if I think they're idiots or awful. The Boltons just need to all be given to the Lord of Light (which is my new "Die in a Fire"). Also, dear Myranda (girl who shot the other girl), do you really think this is going to end well for you? Have you been paying attention at all?
Best. Episode. Ever.
You're just saying that because you don't like Joffrey.
To be fair, no one likes--sorry, liked Joffrey. Ding-fucking-dong. (Although, a salute to the actor, who has stated repeatedly that he's done with acting after this role)
In other reactions: Loras across-the-room-flirting with Oberyn! That's fantastic. I do love the dominoes that the change in Loras's plotline from the books have allowed to fall. His hurried exit from the wedding, though, was good (and his line to Jaime! Dude. Burn.) In fact, one of my favorite things about that sequence (and I was wondering if/how they were going to do the bit with the dwarves. I'm glad they didn't figure out a way to have them properly ride. Not least because I have an issue with the violence against domesticated animals that would have been at the end of that chain of events.) was the reaction shots because it was a whole series of "Oh, yeah, that person would be off-put because of X, while the other person in the shot is off-put because of Y." Joffrey: Offending everyone in the room, except his mother. Because that's a good plan.
I was glad we checked in on the remainders of the Baratheons. The whole dynamic of the religious fervor (Selyse's whole-hearted, fundamentalist buy-in vs. Stannis's balancing act vs. Davos's conviction that they're all fucking nutters) is fascinating, and totally complicated by the fact that the evidence they've seen is in inverse proportion to their level of belief. The scene with the princess was another nice boob-less bit of exposition (readers: is the "sacrifices cleansed of their sins and going to heaven" thing an addition, or am I forgetting it from the books?). As a side note, fuck yeah, you aren't going to beat Shireen into compliance with your crazy-assed religion. Who you do you think you are, a Bolton? It really feels like there's going to come a point where Davos will need to take Princess Shireen and run (King's Blood and all that). And I really don't know which side of that Stannis would come down on.
I'm sure a shot-by-shot breakdown of Bran's vision is going to turn up at some point (how much do I love that this is the GRRM episode this season? thiiiiiiiis much), but that was definitely a dragon's shadow over King's Landing. And were those the crypts of Winterfell? After the references to everyone's favorite equation-notated theory last week? Iiiiinteresting.
Charles Dance and Dame Diana need to have scenes together all the time. And can we get Lord Bolton in on some of those? All the gravitas. Like, I think the orbit of the Earth shifted a bit the day they filmed that (also, look! Exposition! Still no boobs!). And her son being basically useless was nicely done. That there is a matriarchy, bitches.
Right, yes, Tyrion. I wonder if (next comment is based on book knowledge)
1) the Tyrells feel the least bad that he's taking the fall for this, as well as 2) if Shae really is most sincerely gone.
Anyway, a fantastic kick-off to what is sure to be several episodes of fantastic acting opportunities for Peter Dinklage. I mean, it isn't suspicious at all that Tyrion's wife has suddenly evaporated. Let's hope Bronn is some sort of loyal, or Tyrion's (continued...)
