No big lead-in this time, you guys have been waiting long enough. Here we go, five thoughts on this week's Game of Thrones.
I mean, we knew Sansa wasn't going to get out of trouble that easily.
They did a pretty good job of building up the anxiety when Reek was trotting around Winterfell, teasing us that he might be heroic, but we saw this movie before. Remember, when his sister came to rescue him, and he proved himself to be utterly brainwashed? Yeah, obviously that wasn't going to change after giving Ramsay more time to refine his control over Theon. So he ratted on Sansa, and Ramsay flayed the old lady. Sansa also learned that Reek isn't an ally here, which is important.
And Ramsay's still such a shit; we learned that too.
The death that happened...
Maester Aemon was a great character, and the actor did a phenomenal job as well. Just wonderful, one of the bright spots this season as his role at Castle became more important. I don't know exactly how Maester Aemon would have been "protecting" Sam Tarly from the beating he was going to get from his brothers, but I guess it's not outrageous to think that Aemon had earned enough respect over the years to be able to exert some level of influence simply by associating with Tarly.
Also Sam got laid, in Castle Black. So that was interesting.
...and the death that surprisingly didn't happen.
I was certain that Bronn was done for. They took the time to remind
us of the cut he took in the battle in the "Previously on Game of
Thrones" snippets, and I've thought he's been dead to rights all season. And then they confirmed he'd been poisoned, and then, inexplicably, that girl gave him the antidote. I say "that girl" because the show has still done a terrible job of trying to identify and differentiate the Sand Snakes.
Although...she looked pretty hot when she was trying to juice up Bronn. I might spend some time looking up her name over the next few days. You know, for research.
It was interesting to see how the "lower" fighting pits were so clearly below the level of a queen.
They were downright...pitiful.
YEAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!
I have to say though, adding Tyrion and Jorah to Daenerys' storyline has me fully interested in it again.
I don't know what I'm rooting for in King's Landing.
I mean, Cersei's obviously hateful and selfish and arrogant, but I still give her a lot of leeway for protecting her child. I mean, she's already lost one child, in her arms. The audience wants her to act rationally, and when she doesn't, she gets her comeuppance, but remember that this is basically like handing over the FBI, the Supreme Court, and the National Guard to the Klan. You may hate Cersei and everything she does, but encouraging fanaticism isn't going to solve your problems.
I'm afraid I have to say, unequivocally, that I'm rooting for the Lannisters versus the Sparrows.
And on that, I'm going to go throw up.
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