Episodes
Thursday May 31, 2012
Season Two Episode 09: Blackwater
Thursday May 31, 2012
Thursday May 31, 2012
The entire season has been building up to the siege of King's Landing and it did not disappoint. We were not treated to the spectacle of knights clashing in broad daylight across a burning broken bridge of boats, but we were treated to one hell of a CG explosion that blows Davos into the Blackwater. Cersei gets drunk and morose and almost discovers who Shae is, then almost poisons poor little Tommen. Stannis is the first up the siege ladders, sans helmet. Tyrion rallies the troops and leads them out after the Hound gets spooked by everything burning, and Joffrey wimps out. Lord Tywin's host arrives in time to save the city from Stannis, with Ser Loras apparently leading the vanguard.
Friday May 25, 2012
Season Two Episode 08: The Prince of Winterfell
Friday May 25, 2012
Friday May 25, 2012
Lord Tywin decides it's time to leave Harrenhall, and Arya doesn't have time to tell Jaquen he's her third name. So instead she correctly guesses that Jaquen would rather help her escape with her friends than kill himself. Robb Stark finds out his mother set the Kingslayer free, and winds up in the arms of his field surgeon girlfriend. Tyrion frets about the impending siege of King's Landing, and about Shae's safety after Cersei tortures Roz, mistaking her for Tyrion's true mistress. Quoren Halfhand tells Jon he should pretend to 'go native' with the wildlings, and shoves him down a slope before he can object.
Thursday May 17, 2012
Season Two Episode 07: A Man Without Honor
Thursday May 17, 2012
Thursday May 17, 2012
Theon goes hunting for Rickon and Bran, and comes back with two extra crispy child corpses. The Kingslayer kills his cousin and Lord Karstark's son to escape his pen, briefly. When re-captured Karstark wants his head, and with Robb off visiting the Crag with his field surgeon girlfriend, Catelyn is afraid she may lose their hostage. Daenerys discover she's been hoodwinked by Xaro and Pyat Pree, who stage a coup of Qarth. Tyrion frets over the imminent siege of King's Landing by Stannis. Sansa becomes a woman grown. Cersei laments that her incest led to Joffrey's bad behavior.
Thursday May 10, 2012
Season Two Episode 06: The Old Gods and the New
Thursday May 10, 2012
Thursday May 10, 2012
Bran's dream of drowned men in the courtyard of Winterfell comes true. Osha sleeps with Theon and kills one of his men, to help the Stark boys escape with their direwolves. A starving mob assaults King Joffrey's entourage in the streets of King's Landing. Catelyn catches Rob flirting with... not Jayne Westerling. Jon Snow is unable to kill Ygritte, the wildling girl he captures, and ends up spooning with. Danerys is unable to convince anyone in Qarth to fund her invasion of Westeros, meanwhile someone makes off with her dragons!
Thursday May 03, 2012
Season Two Episode 05: The Ghost of Harrenhall
Thursday May 03, 2012
Thursday May 03, 2012
Things move along quickly in this episode. Lots of story from A Storm of Swords is consolidated in interesting, and not always satisfying ways. The Shadow baby strikes, and it changes everything. We get our first glimpse of life for Arya at Harrenhall, and death for the Tickler at Harrenhall. We see Theon struggling to prove himself as Captain to his ironborn crew. We see Tyrion expertly scheming... and plotting. Daenerys meets the people of Qarth and discovers Ser Jorah's got the hots for her.