Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted May 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 13, 2013 Looking forward to tonight's episode. It was written by George RR Martin himself, and that usually spells action. The last one he wrote was Blackwater in S2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted May 13, 2013 Awards Moderator Share Posted May 13, 2013 (edited) My favourite part of tonight's episode was the brief look of terror on Joffrey's face when Tywin started to ascend the steps to the throne. Â I also liked the bear. Â And the dragons. Daenerys has been brilliant this season. Â Overall, a really good episode. It felt like lots of characters' stories have advanced properly this week - Jon, Arya, Jaime, Tyrion (poor guy), Robb and so on. Â And I'm going to keep saying it, but poor Theon. A fade out is never a good sign... Oh, and it's fucking surreal watching Iwan Rheon in Vicious straight after watching him in Game Of Thrones. DON'T TRUST HIM MCKELLEN Edited May 13, 2013 by HarmonicGenerator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Hahaha Alfie Allen got his cock chopped off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endorphin Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I actually found that episode to be a bit of a let down. The chemistry between Jon Snow and Ygritte feels really forced to me, as does Brienne/Jamie to a lesser extent. Rob's wife is a boring character too, and the Theon storyline doesn't really have me engaged for some reason, maybe because the guy torturing him is playing it too much like a smug pantomine villain. Â My favourite scenes were at Kings Landing, Margery Tyrell is excellent and any scene with Tywin is obviously great. More of a 6/10 episode compared to the blockbuster last week. Â I also hate Samwell, and fat, pathetic, jolly characters in general. My joy was unbridled at the end of last season when the night walkers were overcoming him. Just when I thought a nice brutal death was going to overcome him the cowardly little cunt hides behind a rock. He is like the Neville Longbottom of Game of Thrones, and I will probably vomit when he has his inevitable 'payoff' moment overcoming adversity to perform a heroic deed. I also adore Hannah Murray so I hope to god she isn't scripted to get with Samwell. Hope the producers rethink their liberal nudity and sex policy if he manages to get his leg over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted May 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 13, 2013 Another victory for Tywin Lannister in the ongoing season of "Tywin Lannister has meetings with people". Charles Dance continues to radiate the authority of complete superiority over everyone around him. Â Also a welcome return for Bronn this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted May 14, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 14, 2013 I miss Bronn  "She's a child" "She's a foot taller than you" "She's a tall child" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted May 14, 2013 Moderators Share Posted May 14, 2013 (edited) the Theon storyline doesn't really have me engaged for some reason, maybe because the guy torturing him is playing it too much like a smug pantomine villain. Â I'm feeling that way about it a bit too now. I think because it has gone on for a few weeks being a bit obscure and no answers still forthcoming or even much hinted at. Unless, like Keith, you just really love watching Alfie Allen getting tortured there's not loads to invest in. Â Like, Theon is a cock and all and I was happy he was getting shit on to begin with, but now I'm just wondering what's going on. Â Â I enjoyed the character development for Sansa. I normally find her very annoying, but she's actually interesting now Margery's taken her under her wing a little and she's getting hardened up and learning how the world works. I can actually see loads of potential in her slow build now. Edited May 14, 2013 by Chest Rockwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I agree with most of Endorphin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I actually felt last night was a return to form after what felt like an episode of Four Weddings last week. I thought the Theon scene was uncomfortable to watch, in a good way, mainly because of what we've found out about the torturer's penchant for flaying and the early suspicion that the two girls were going to be part of a horrible hallucination. He is a tit though, and although I don't enjoy seeing him get tortured quite as much as Keith does, he's definitely earned a bit of painful contrition. Â I think the bloke who plays Lord Bolton is great. He's got such a slimy malevolence about him, he's like a cut-price Tywin Lannister, and I like the way he's hedging his bets with both the Starks and Lannisters. You just know he has the potential to be a real nasty cunt - I'm only at the end of the second book now so I don't know how it turns out (nor do I want to), but I have the feeling he has a potential to be a much bigger character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted May 14, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 14, 2013 The past two episodes have actually made the Jon storyline interesting which is a minor miracle. Â Season 3 is really firing on all cylinders for me, every episode has been a cracker and everything is moving along nicely unlike season 2 which often felt like it was killing time waiting for the Blackwater episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted May 16, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 16, 2013 Fully agreed with you, LaGoosh. Having enjoyed the first season but not quite got the "best show in the history of television" hype a lot of people gave it, and watched Season 2 because I thought I should, I'm totally fucking loving this one. Â Jaime Lannister's face turn really is something to behold. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endorphin Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Well Samwell's awful moment of heroism came even quicker than I thought. I couldn't even watch the scene, fast forwarded through all of it - don't think I've ever hated to watch a character so much, to the point where I cringe every time he opens his mouth. The actor has to take some criticism for this, he is playing it horribly.The episode as a whole was excellent, Joffrey and Cersei were suitably punchable, the lack of Jon Snow was refreshing. I thought the best scenes were with Stannis, Davos and Gendry were the best. In fact, the whole leeches scene might have been the best in the season so far, built up beautifully and everything from the lighting to the dialogue was perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheman Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 No episode next week due to Memorial day weekend so it's June 2nd/3rd for episode 9. Arrested development will fill the void nicely though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pier Six Brawler Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Well that's shit, is Mad Men missing an episode as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted May 21, 2013 Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2013 Lighting and fastforwarding bits? What is this, Impact? Â Anyway... as much as we all hate Samwell I thought that ending was really good, because it was creepy as hell. Â I really enjoyed this episode. No Jamie, and the rest of the Lannisters were firing on all cylinders. Good stuff! Felt like a pretty focused episode as they didn't jump around everyone too much.. week off for all the Stark (and ex/half-Stark) boys. Â The Hound is great. Â Sansa is supposed to be 14? What the fuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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