game of thrones

[kimmy]

Well, season 3 is in full swing! Can't wait to see more. Kimmy, do we get to look forward to your detailed commentary on each episode this season?

I've been avoiding this thread until I caught up. Now that I'm caught up, AAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!!

-k

[Bonam]

Aaaaggghhh indeed. One of the most shocking scenes in the whole series. Check out the twitter feed "RedWeddingTears", all those poor viewers really got hit hard!

[kimmy]

Awesome ending for today's episode!

I assume that was in reference to Dany marching out of the city with her new army behind her and her dragons circling overhead? For me, that was chills-up-your-spine awesome.

Somehow you just knew the moment that he cut off Lord Karstark's head that Robb had made a large mistake. Like his dad, putting principle ahead of practicality cost him everything.

I have enjoyed Lady Tyrell and Margaerie this season. When we first met Margaerie last season, it was easy to assume she'd be another hapless "babe in the woods" like Sansa. But she knows what's up; clearly she takes after grandma.

I found the relationship between Jaime and Brienne of Tarth to be oddly endearing. In episode 8, when Jaime found out that she was not going to be ransomed, I expected him to shrug his shoulders because, hey, he's Jaime Lannister and he's going back home anyway. Instead he goes all-out hero to rescue her. Perhaps he felt compelled to prove to her (or himself) that his "Oathbreaker" reputation is undeserved. I wonder if he'll invite her to stick around. After all, he could use a (cough, cough) hand.

-k

[kimmy]

Aaaaggghhh indeed. One of the most shocking scenes in the whole series. Check out the twitter feed "RedWeddingTears", all those poor viewers really got hit hard!

Apparently Arya Stark was among them:

https://vine.co/v/b3XZMHmxzxh

-k

Edited June 4, 2013 by kimmy

[Boges]

I found the relationship between Jaime and Brienne of Tarth to be oddly endearing. In episode 8, when Jaime found out that she was not going to be ransomed, I expected him to shrug his shoulders because, hey, he's Jaime Lannister and he's going back home anyway. Instead he goes all-out hero to rescue her. Perhaps he felt compelled to prove to her (or himself) that his "Oathbreaker" reputation is undeserved. I wonder if he'll invite her to stick around. After all, he could use a (cough, cough) hand.

-k

Episode 7, There was a cool bear fighting scene.

The reaction to this is pretty amusing amongst the interwebs. Even John Stewart commented on it last night.

I think people look for good guys and bad guys in the shows they watch. The Starks: Good! The Lannisters: Bad. But for GoT it's a little more murky and complex than that.

Jamie and Tyrion appear to turing into good guys. Catelyn, while driven by the love for her children, was never all that nobel. Rob was as expendable as his father, nobel people that didn't play the game very well.

Cersei, on the otherhand, appears to be the most evil of them all (until Walder Frey, did what he did) But she loves her children just as much as Cat Stark. She was seconds from sacrificing her son rather than see him fall into the hands of Stannis' army. Cat betrayed her son just for the faint hope that Sansa and Arya would be released.

All these characters doing what they do is what makes this show interesting. People who hate the fact that the "Good Guys" got killed probably shouldn't be fans of the show anyway.

That being said, it was a well done but, brutal scene.

Edited June 5, 2013 by Boges

[Mighty AC]

I'm reading the books, but I'm behind the TV series. Usually, I prefer to read books before movies/shows but I am glad that I was surprised by the 'red wedding' scene. Wow..that was a shock.

Joke: "Why doesn't George R.R. Martin use Twitter? He already killed off all 140 characters."

[kimmy]

All these characters doing what they do is what makes this show interesting. People who hate the fact that the "Good Guys" got killed probably shouldn't be fans of the show anyway.

I realized at some point during season 1 that we weren't going to see justice done, and that the best we might hope for would be to see the "bad guys" suffer too. Since then I've come to the realization that we aren't even going to see that. The closest you're going to get to seeing Cersei Lannister get what's coming to her is if you watch the recent "Dredd" movie and watch Lena Headey meet a grisly end at the hands of the title character (fun movie, btw.)

In one of the recent episodes Lord Davos, "the Onion Knight", told Stanos about wanting to give comforting words to his young son, yet not wanting to lie to him. "I think mothers and fathers made up the Gods because they wanted their children to sleep through the night."

I think somewhat the same view might explain the idea of heaven and hell. It's bleak to think that Ned's reward for being a good man was to spend the last days of his life suffering in a dungeon and have his head cut off by a psycho teenager. It's bleak to think that the same psycho teenager will go on causing such suffering without facing any consequences. Where is the justice? It's not going to happen in this life... but if you're religious, you can believe that your gods are going to see justice done in the next life. In the next life Ned finds peace and King Joff will pay for all the terrible things he's done. In the next life, the starving African children will have full tummies, and Bernie Madoff will be starving. If you believe in an afterlife, you can believe in the justice you're not going to see in this life.

I think the only characters in the show who I would consider wholly good are Davos and Osha the wildling. They're both former criminals, oddly enough. I think Osha's selfless devotion to Brann and Rickon makes her the most noble character in the show; the Onion Knight's strong moral compass and loyalty to Stanos make him a close second.

Conversely I'd say the only characters on the show who are utterly without redeeming features are Joffrey and The Red Woman. (plus Gregor "the Mountain" Clegane, although I don't think we have seen him since halfway through season 1).

Everybody else on the show, even Cersei, has at least some sympathetic qualities thrown in with the bad, or some blemishes among their virtues. It's kind of like real life in that sense.

-k

[GostHacked]

Were people expecting something different with the ep title 'Red Wedding' ??? I don't watch the show anymore, but it's not that hard to get to that conclusion.

[Boges]

Were people expecting something different with the ep title 'Red Wedding' ??? I don't watch the show anymore, but it's not that hard to get to that conclusion.

The episode was named "Rains of Castamere". That was, apparently, the somber song the band played after the bedding ceremony.

Red Wedding was what it was called in the book.

[GostHacked]

The episode was named "Rains of Castamere". That was, apparently, the somber song the band played after the bedding ceremony.

Red Wedding was what it was called in the book.

Shows how much I pay attention.

[Boges]

I think the only characters in the show who I would consider wholly good are Davos and Osha the wildling. They're both former criminals, oddly enough. I think Osha's selfless devotion to Brann and Rickon makes her the most noble character in the show; the Onion Knight's strong moral compass and loyalty to Stanos make him a close second.

Conversely I'd say the only characters on the show who are utterly without redeeming features are Joffrey and The Red Woman. (plus Gregor "the Mountain" Clegane, although I don't think we have seen him since halfway through season 1).

Everybody else on the show, even Cersei, has at least some sympathetic qualities thrown in with the bad, or some blemishes among their virtues. It's kind of like real life in that sense.

-k

Osha is a better version of Theon Greyjoy. The Starks took her in even though she was the lone surviving person in her Wildling group that tried to take Bran hostage (Ironically I think it was Theon that killed the guy that was holding Bran)

She saw her second chance as a blessing and vowed to protect the 2 Stark boys. Unlike Theon, who betrayed the Starks for the family that gave him up.

I think there are more nobel characters in the show that you list.

Sansa doesn't seem to have any evil to her, other than the early snobbiness seen by any teenage girl.

The 2 Stark boys haven't shown any evil streak, ditto with Samwell. Sam's story is rather tragic and he's using his brain and luck to survive in a horrible circumstance.

I don't see any fault in Jon Snow. It would take a very moral person to blow his cover because he didn't want to kill an innocent old man. That trait is seen in Arya too. She habours justified hatred for the Lannisters and the Hound.

More than not, you see rather innocent people finding themselves in bad situations and doing what the need to surive. Brienne of Tarth, Gendry and the Stark boys are examples of this.

It's the evil people that are more nuanced and who make GoT's far more interesting.

Edited June 7, 2013 by Boges

[kimmy]

Sansa doesn't seem to have any evil in her, but I'm not sure I can think of anything noble she has done either. She's almost completely passive; she doesn't act, she's acted upon by others.

Rickon is basically just a prop at this point in the show; he makes no decisions and has only had a few lines in the whole series. Bran is not evil, but as with Sansa, I can't think of anything noble he has done either. He's preserving his neck and chasing his raven.

Jon Snow is certainly a good guy, but he was also full of wrath and resentment, and rather arrogant and self-absorbed earlier in the series. He seems to have grown up a lot, though.

Sam Tarley is a character I could have included on the list of truly noble people in the show, I agree. Perhaps Brienne as well, though she's not really a major character. I should have also included Littlefinger on the list of characters without redeeming qualities. He's just a scumbag.

Along with the nuanced bad-guys, we also have nuanced good-guys. I think that Tyrion and Varys are good-guys in the sense of caring about things beyond power; they both seem to have some desire to serve the common good. But Tyrion will always be conflicted by his need to win his father's approval, and Varys is just too complicated to know where he truly stands. On the one hand he has more than once said "I serve the realm, because somebody has to" when asked whose side he's on. On the other hand, he might be the guy who gave Dany the dragon eggs, and giving dragons to somebody who plans to wage war on Westeros doesn't seem like the greatest idea if you really care about peace and protecting the innocent. Ser Jorah's devotion to protecting and serving Dany is rather noble, but he seems to be rather jealous in that role and one might be a little suspicious of how pure his motives really are. Dany herself is quite noble in some respects, hating slavery and the killing of innocents... but she's also ruthless and war-like and vengeful and arrogant and one suspects that everything else comes second to her desire to avenge her family and retake Westeros.

And poor Theon... even when he was in the midst of betraying the Starks, one could at least understand why he was doing it and see how conflicted he was. After they torched Winterfell, I really wanted to see Theon pay for it... he's paying now, yet it's just not much fun to watch. I assume that before the end of the season we'll find out who Mysterious Torture Guy is and why he's terrorizing Theon. The possibilities that seem likely to me are:

-a Stark partisan getting revenge.

-a Stark partisan hoping to use Theon to blackmail the Greyjoys into taking their forces back to the Iron Isles.

-someone with the Bolton/Frey alliance hoping to use Theon to blackmail the Greyjoys into taking their forces back to the Iron Isles.

Those seem like the logical assumptions, and of course I'm probably completely wrong.

-k

[kimmy]

So what's up in the final episode? What's up for season 4? Where does the story go when they've killed many of the significant characters and the storylines that have been a big part of the show up to now?

I assume there'll be "clean-up" of last-weeks events, figuratively and literally speaking. We should find out the aftermath of the Red Wedding. I assume that will mean Roose Bolton will inherit Ned's old job as the lord of the North, and that Walder Frey will be rewarded with a windfall of cash as well as highly eligible husbands for his daughters.

I guess Bran's journey to find his crow will be a major storyline.

Perhaps we'll find out the next stop on Arya's tour of tragedy. Sandor will get her out of Frey country alive, because for a bad guy, he's actually a pretty good guy. What can she do now? Take up the Faceless Man's invitation? Join the Brotherhood?

After last weeks' events, the war with the North is clearly finished. The Starks are completely wiped out as a player in "the game of thrones". Stannis, Dany, and the Iron Isles remain as military threats to the King. Presumably we will continue to follow Dany, and continue to follow Stannis and his crazy witch, and continue to not follow anything relating to the Iron Isles.

Sansa is actually kind of lucky to have married Tyrion when she did, because if she'd waited another week, being a Stark wouldn't be worth a dime.

We should also find out how Jaime's doing now that he's free. What will he do with his life now that his sword hand is gone. And what happens to Brienne?

I guess we will also continue to follow Sam, and Jon, and the wildling invasion. And the zombies are still out there somewhere. Considering how season 2 ended, I thought there'd be more White Walker stuff in season 3.

We might get more weddings tomorrow night, with lucky Loras and Cersei, and lucky Margaery and King Joff. Hopefully they end better than the last wedding.

-k

[Boges]

I really enjoyed the finale.

I think the ending was a bit lame. We get it Dany is awesome but now she's a chick version of Spartacus with Dragons?

It's interesting that we never saw the other Greyjoys up until the 10th episode. They were such a huge part of season 2. The war in the north is most certainly not done. We have Bolton v Greyjoy now.

A little bit of a spoiler for those that didn't read the book. Apparently in book 5 we get introduced to Reek (Theon) but it doesn't say what happened to him. To ensure that the actor that plays Theon stays employed the makers of the show decided to show you what happened to him.

The scene with Tyrion and Tywin was some of the best back and forth of the season if not the series, great acting!

"You just sent the most powerful man in Westeros to bed without his supper"

LOL!

I also really liked the scene were Varys tries to buy Shae off because he really believes Tyrion will save everyone and having a whore on the side is way to much of a distraction.

It's kind of comical to have such a tall girl like Sansa married to a midget. Shae looks like a midget compared to Sansa.

Hound and Arya could make quite the dynamic duo.

One great thing about the episode is you get something to look forward to in just about every storyline. So many questions, so many things are about to happen but we have to wait until next April to find out what happens (unless you want to be a sucker and read the book)

Edited June 10, 2013 by Boges

[DogOnPorch]

Now what will Pope Alexander VI and Cesare do now that Rob Stark is dead? Heh...at least GOT gets a 4th season.

[kimmy]

I think the ending was a bit lame. We get it Dany is awesome but now she's a chick version of Spartacus with Dragons?

It reminded me a bit of the ending of the first season. "Gee, sorry we killed your favorite characters last episode. Here's a feel-good moment with Dany. Are we cool now?"

Crowd-surfing on a sea of freed slaves seemed a bit over the top. The point seems to be that Dany has an awesome ability to inspire loyalty. She's also accumulated a vast army, and having just conquered two major cities, she must have some fair amount of resources behind her as well. I suspect that we will see her army embarking on an armada of ships in the closing moments of the final episode of season 12.

It's interesting that we never saw the other Greyjoys up until the 10th episode. They were such a huge part of season 2. The war in the north is most certainly not done. We have Bolton v Greyjoy now.

It seems like kind of an odd choice for a new storyline. Is Yara Greyjoy going to be a character that we spend much time with next season? Are we going to follow her on this reckless mission of hers, or is she going to show up in episode 7 nailed to the crucifix next to Theon's? She seems like kind of an odd choice for a face-time character... we hadn't seen her since sometime in season 2, and she was kind of a bitch last time we saw her. Her cruel mockery of Theon was a big factor in his decision to betray the Starks. I guess we could get behind her because we hate Roose Bolton and we only mildly dislike Yara? I dunno.

Find out that Theon's torturer was with the Bolton/Frey faction and is intended to blackmail the Iron Islanders to leaving the North was a bit of a surprise, because it was completely logical. After all the face-time given to Theon and Ramsey in the past several episodes, I was suspecting some astounding plot turn, not something that made perfect sense.

Extremely idiotic move by Ramsey in having Theon "dismembered", however. Theon was Balon's only son, and rendering Theon unable to provide Balon with heirs vastly reduced his value as a hostage.

Y'know, I know hindsight is 20-20, but making Roose Bolton his lieutenant wasn't Robb Stark's smartest move. He was Robb's most capable commander, but the dude lives in a castle called "the Dreadfort" and his logo is a guy who has been crucified and skinned alive. I mean, there were signs that Roose isn't exactly a nice guy.

The scene with Tyrion and Tywin was some of the best back and forth of the season if not the series, great acting!

LOL!

I also really liked the scene were Varys tries to buy Shae off because he really believes Tyrion will save everyone and having a whore on the side is way to much of a distraction.

It's kind of comical to have such a tall girl like Sansa married to a midget. Shae looks like a midget compared to Sansa.

It was nice to see Sansa and Tyrion interacting like friends... though, the news about Robb probably put an end to that.

Agreed about the scene with Tyrion and Tywin, they are both terrific actors. I also liked the scene with Tyrion and Cersei. It was one of those occasional scenes that remind you that she's not just a heartless bitch, she's also a person, and a rather unhappy one.

Tywin telling Joffrey to GTFO was fun. I wonder if there's a point where Joffrey will get the idea that he could turn against Tywin?

Hound and Arya could make quite the dynamic duo.

The odd couple, version 3. (version 1: Tyrion and Bronn. version 2: Jaime and Brienne.)

Why is Sandor still looking after Arya? Is it because he's secretly a big softie? Or is he still hoping that somebody would pay money for her?

Arya is turning into quite the little ball of hate. (understandably so...) Her list of people that she needs to kill is now so long that this show will have to run longer than Gunsmoke for her to finish it. Didn't the Faceless Man from last season offer to make her one of them and teacher her their ways? Considering that there's nothing left for her in Westeros and revenge is basically all she has left, she should reconsider that offer.

One great thing about the episode is you get something to look forward to in just about every storyline. So many questions, so many things are about to happen but we have to wait until next April to find out what happens (unless you want to be a sucker and read the book)

I feel bad for people who've already read the books... watching the Ned's beheading or The Red Wedding completely unprepared was an awesome experience. I'll get the book and catch up, but I won't read ahead.

-k

[Melanie_]

I've read the books, I knew what was coming (and I know who bites the dust next), but the Red Wedding was still crazy to watch on the show. Generally when you've read a book and then watch the tv show or movie there is a lot of disappointment, but so far I've been amazed at how faithful they"ve been to the books, and how well they've met the expectations of the faithful.

Winter is coming.

Edited June 15, 2013 by Melanie_

[Bonam]

I suspect that we will see her army embarking on an armada of ships in the closing moments of the final episode of season 12.

Hah! Sounds about right...

It seems like kind of an odd choice for a new storyline. Is Yara Greyjoy going to be a character that we spend much time with next season? Are we going to follow her on this reckless mission of hers, or is she going to show up in episode 7 nailed to the crucifix next to Theon's? She seems like kind of an odd choice for a face-time character... we hadn't seen her since sometime in season 2, and she was kind of a bitch last time we saw her. Her cruel mockery of Theon was a big factor in his decision to betray the Starks. I guess we could get behind her because we hate Roose Bolton and we only mildly dislike Yara? I dunno.

Game of Thrones has a huge cast and frequently shifts focus between different sets of characters. Sometimes characters shift from appearing in a negative light to a more neutral or positive one, or vice versa. We see this with Jaime, for example.

Y'know, I know hindsight is 20-20, but making Roose Bolton his lieutenant wasn't Robb Stark's smartest move. He was Robb's most capable commander, but the dude lives in a castle called "the Dreadfort" and his logo is a guy who has been crucified and skinned alive. I mean, there were signs that Roose isn't exactly a nice guy.

Don't think Robb had the luxury of looking for only nice guys as his generals But you're right... Robb wasn't exactly known for his good and sound decisions. He was a rash kid, acting with his heart rather than his head, and blindly assumed that he could trust others around him to act with the same honor he grew up seeing in his father.

Arya is turning into quite the little ball of hate. (understandably so...) Her list of people that she needs to kill is now so long that this show will have to run longer than Gunsmoke for her to finish it. Didn't the Faceless Man from last season offer to make her one of them and teacher her their ways? Considering that there's nothing left for her in Westeros and revenge is basically all she has left, she should reconsider that offer.

With Ned, Robb, and Cat dead, Bran beyond the wall on some crazy quest, and Sansa a brain-dead doll, Arya is pretty much the last remaining hero of House Stark. What remains to be seen is if she's up to the task!

I feel bad for people who've already read the books... watching the Ned's beheading or The Red Wedding completely unprepared was an awesome experience. I'll get the book and catch up, but I won't read ahead.

Be careful in book 3 (storm of swords). The show kind of jumps around book 3 in season 3, showing some things while leaving others for later (presumably season 4).

[Bonam]

Sansa doesn't seem to have any evil in her, but I'm not sure I can think of anything noble she has done either. She's almost completely passive; she doesn't act, she's acted upon by others.

Sometimes the greatest evil is to passively let your enemies use you, to the detriment of your own people and your own family. Sansa pisses me off.

Ser Jorah's devotion to protecting and serving Dany is rather noble, but he seems to be rather jealous in that role and one might be a little suspicious of how pure his motives really are.

You can see it written plainly on his face when he comes back from sacking Yunkai and reports to Dany, and she asks him "what of Dario?".

And poor Theon... even when he was in the midst of betraying the Starks, one could at least understand why he was doing it and see how conflicted he was. After they torched Winterfell, I really wanted to see Theon pay for it... he's paying now, yet it's just not much fun to watch. I assume that before the end of the season we'll find out who Mysterious Torture Guy is and why he's terrorizing Theon. The possibilities that seem likely to me are:

-a Stark partisan getting revenge.

-a Stark partisan hoping to use Theon to blackmail the Greyjoys into taking their forces back to the Iron Isles.

-someone with the Bolton/Frey alliance hoping to use Theon to blackmail the Greyjoys into taking their forces back to the Iron Isles.

-k

Looks like you guessed rightly. You are doing a pretty good job of predicting things in this series! Once the series catches up to the books I'll look forward to hearing your thoughts on the next book hah...

And yeah... Theon deserved punishment, but what Ramsay had in store for him, no man deserves.

Edited June 15, 2013 by Bonam

[kimmy]

Here is how I picture a Yara Greyjoy storyline playing out:

Season 4 episode 1:

Yara stands at the wheel of her ship The Black Squid, as her crew of cut-throats scurry about tying ropes and doing other sailory-looking stuff. The wind tousles Yara's flowing locks.

Yara: "Arrr, I be a saucy pirate wench, out to avenge me poor brother! Ye best be wary, Lord Bolton, because I am coming for your booty, and I be fixin' to drop anchor on your face!"

Crewmen: "Arrr! Arrr! Arrr!"

S4 e2:

No Yara.

S4 e3:

No Yara.

S4 e4, after opening credits:

The captain's quarters. Yara studies a map. A crewman bursts in.

Crewman: "M'lady Captain! There be a galley ahead, flying the flag of the Flayed Man!"

Yara, charging out of her quarters: "Avast! All hands! If it's a fight ye be craving, it's a fight ye shall have!"

Crewmen: "Huzzah!"

(cut to Tyrion guzzling wine in King's Landing.)

S4 e4, before closing credits:

On the deck of the Bolton galley. Yara stands with a bloody cutlass and her crew run about ransacking the conquered ship. She sinks the cutlass into a still-twitching body at her feet. The body stops twitching.

Yara: "Arr, this be but a wee taste of what is coming for ye, Lord Bolton."

She grabs an oil lamp.

Yara: "Ye have won the day, me hearties! But we have more work ahead."

She flings the oil lamp to the deck, igniting a blaze.

Crewmen: "Huzzah!"

S4 e5:

No Yara.

S4 e6:

Lord Bolton sits at a table, studying a map. An advisor arrives. The advisor has horrible facial scars and is missing a limb, so he has probably served the Boltons for many years.

Advisor: "Lord Bolton, more bad news from RoosePort. Three more of our ships have been lost."

Lord Bolton: "Lost?" He fixes the advisor with a chilling glare.

Advisor, startled: "One failed to return from patrol. Two ships failed to arrive at their destination. We believe the Ironmen..."

Lord Bolton: "That will be all, Frackne."

Advisor: "M'lord... we can not match the Ironmen at sea!"

Lord Bolton: "The Dreadfort is not 'at sea', Frackne."

Later...

On the forecastle of The Black Squid: A crewman looks toward the coast through a telescope at a plume of smoke on the horizon. Yara stands beside him.

Yara: "RoosePort? Be ye certain?"

Crewman: "Aye, that be her, I'm sure of it."

Yara takes the telescope and looks through, a smirk dawning on her lips.

Yara: "RoosePort will be ashes before nightfall."

S4 e7:

The Black Squid is anchored in the harbor. Other ships in the harbor are ablaze, as are many buildings. Terrified citizens scream, and try to flee. Many are cut down in their tracks. Yara watches the sacking and razing of RoosePort with a grim satisfaction.

S4 e8:

Yara supervises as her crew organize the goods they've pillaged from RoosePort. A crewman arrives at a spring, clearly in a panic.

Crewman: "Banners, my Lady Captain!"

Yara: "What?"

Crewman: "A legion approaches! With banners! The banner of the Flayed Man!"

Yara: "Avast, me hearties! Take what ye can carry and get back to the Black Squid! Now! Move!"

Yara and her men run toward the harbor, but entering the harbor is a whole squadron of tall ships flying Flayed Man flags.

S4 e9:

Yara's crewmen desperately pull the anchor on board and fly the sails.

Crewman: "It's no use. Those Bolton ships will be on us before we can get underway."

Yara: "We're Ironmen, Yurgi. Ironmen from the Iron Isles. We'll live free or we'll die at sea with our swords in our hands."

later...

The deck of the Black Squid is a chaos of swashbuckling swordplay. One of the Bolton ships has tied up the Squid with grappling hooks and soldiers are swarming over the sides. Archers from another Bolton ship are unleashing a firestorm of flaming arrows, and the Squid's sails are ablaze.

Yara, while stabbing an enemy in the stomach: "Arrr, this be the end. And yet, I am not sorry to die like a daughter of the Iron Isles. I only regret that I could not save me poor brother. Theon, me brother, I've failed ye."

A flaming arrow slams into her chest. She falls to one knee, then to her back. Her eyes roll back in her head.

S4 e10:

Theon is awakened by a rude blast from a bugle. Ramsey enters.

Ramsey: "Hey, old chap. You know, I want to bring you a visitor. A special family reunion planned for you."

Theon: "huh, wha, nuh, nuh no no nononono."

Ramsey: "You guessed, right? Your sister! Wouldn't it be nice if your sister could join you here?"

Theon: "noooooo"

Ramsey: "I know, it would have been great. I know you'd have liked to have seen her. Too bad. We didn't capture her."

Theon looks visibly relieved.

Ramsey: "But, we did bring some of her!" A couple of thugs arrive, carrying a platter with Yara's head.

Theon: "NOOOOOOOOO!"

Well, that's how I'm picturing it, anyway.

-k

[DogOnPorch]

:lol:

I like it.

[Mighty AC]

'Beware of cookies bearing fortune'

I'm about to start book 2. I really hope that by the time I've finished the series I get to read about Tyrion, gutting Tywin and then saying "A Lannister ALWAYS pays his debts!"

Edited June 18, 2013 by Mighty AC

[DogOnPorch]

Tyrion the anti-hero. He reminds me of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever in some ways. My wife has read all the books but not myself...so I wait. Winter is Coming 'n all.

Sad about "The Borgias" being canceled, though. Caterina Sforza was a tough lady. Won't get to see how THAT ends. &*^%*%

[Mighty AC]

I wasn't aware of that series, though it looks like something I would have liked.

[DogOnPorch]

I wasn't aware of that series, though it looks like something I would have liked.

Still worth a watch for the first 3 seasons. Jeremy Irons as Pope Alexander VI has got to one of his best performances. Same levels of intrigue as GOT...you just have to put-up with Caterina Sforza finally being captured and brought to Rome as an ending...of sorts. They had a fourth season written, but the show was too expensive for Showtime.