Awkwaaaard...
http://i.imgur.com/3kdpZy1.gifv
Linked because of one bit of language
I like that he was wearing a Thundercats t-shirt.
Anyway, last night's episode...good. Not amazing. More moving pieces around the board before the game begins for real, it seems. For as much as it
seemed like things happened, a whole lot
didn't happen. But I think this episode -- especially being the 5th one -- is kind of the fulcrum episode. It concludes the "setup" phase of the season, and we move rapidly into "execution" (heh).
I enjoy the setup, but I'm more looking forward to the execution. Some thoughts.
- Dany as a pure conqueror rather than a liberator or a ruler. Aegon I reborn? Maybe. Certainly Drogon seems in the show to be rivaling The Black Dread for sheer size and ferocity. But the problem with being a conqueror...is that eventually you either die or win...and then what? Go off to conquer more lands? And what happens when you do that? At a certain point, conquest and the acquisition of land for its own sake, becomes a hollow affair. Dany NEEDS to learn to rule, and while I gather that she's most comfortable as a conqueror, and should "follow her bliss," that can't be done in a completely unrestrained way. It strikes me that Dany is kind of searching for her own identity at the moment, and still has yet to find it.
- Jon, on the other hand, needs to get his ass in gear and get psyched. I understand that he's typically dour like most Northerners, but come on man! It's game time! Put your game face on! Look at Tormund!
He knows what I'm talkin' about!
- I'm looking forward to Walder Frey getting his. I'm kind of hoping he dies at the hand of his own son.
- Still not sure what Littlefinger's endgame is, nor how he's going to actually "win." (At least in his mind.) I get the notion of sowing chaos in the realm, but how's that get him to the throne?
- If Bran can send "messages" back through time (e.g. Hold the door!), does that include other messages (e.g. "Burn them all")?
- I'm glad Arya is a Stark again. A girl had no business in the houses of Black and White Cookies.
- Sam's trip to his home...seems a little pointless. I'm not sure where that's going. I mean, good character moment for Sam, but how's this all gonna play out later? Why are we delving into Tarly family politics?