For a second, Sansa thought she’d be safe. Just for a second. Lysa is completely crazy, and this episode makes it clear that Baelish really is an untrustworthy person. He’s very intelligent and strategist. Therefore, extremely dangerous. Sansa must not trust him.
Arya will be upset when she finds out that Joffrey is dead and she wasn’t the one who killed him.
I really wish Bran had spoken to Jon...
Sandor Clegane: "Your friend is dead, and Meryn Trant's not, because Trant had armor and a big fucking sword."
jon always getting saved smh. And wassup with these frustrating "almost reunions" shit be pissing me off
At least Bran is all right :)
Nooooo! Jon and Bran were so close to reuniting! :( I just want the few remaining Starks to be together, is that too much to ask? But at least we got to see a cute reunion between Jon and Ghost.
Sansa Stark: *finally having a good day, smiles
Writers: Nuh-huh, no ma'am. Not today!
I don't know why, but Cersei blocking Tommen and Margaery's view of each other always makes me laugh.
Oh, Margaery, you were doing so well, and then you had to mention the "sister or mother" title. After Cersei's last warning about what she'd do if Margaery called her "sister" again, I'm guessing this was intentional on Margaery's part, to get under Cersei's skin.
Jorah: And in Astapor, the council you installed to rule over the city has been overthrown by a butcher named Cleon, who's declared himself "His Imperial Majesty."
Makes me think back to Cersei's line: "everyone wants a coronation these days."
Dany would hate the comparison, but she's in the beginning stages of learning the same lesson Robert Baratheon did: conquering and ruling are two different thing.
Lysa: What wife would do for you the things I've done for you? What wife would trust you the way I've trusted you? When you gave me those drops and told me to pour them into Jon's wine, my husband's wine, when you told me to write a letter to Cat telling her it was the Lannisters--
And there it is: Littlefinger organized the assassination of Jon Arryn and intentionally turned the Starks against the Lannisters. Even though doing that itself wouldn't have been hard, the extra nudge after Jon Arryn's death was brilliantly evil. Anyone remember Petyr announcing that Valyrian steel dagger used by the assassin to kill Bran was his? That was the only true thing he said; it wasn't just his dagger, it was also his assassin, and he expertly played Cat and Ned by lying about losing the dagger to Tyrion, which kicked off the entire War of the Five Kings. As full of himself as Baelish is, he has good reason to believe he's the most cunning man in Westeros, because no one ever suspected him.
Littlefinger not expecting the Septon and two witnesses being behind that door was hilarious. I think he'd forgotten at what a bat-shit wildcard Lysa is.
Sansa going from being under Joffrey's thumb to having to hear her aunt wailing like a stuck pig on her wedding night...LMAO. Poor girl hasn't had a comfortable night's sleep since her father was arrested.
Cersei finding out Casterly Rock is broke had to hit her stomach like she'd swallowed a brick, and then another when she found out how badly in debt the crown is to the Iron Bank.
Tywin: Vesting the Tyrells in the crown will help a great deal in this respect.
Man, knowing how all of this goes shows how long-planned these schemes and conspiracies were before they were ever realized.
Tywin: I know you're building a strong case against Tyrion. As a mother, that is your right, but as a judge, I cannot discuss the trial with you.
Good lord, when Tywin Lannister respects judicial conduct more than some real life judges, something's really gone fucky.
And now out comes Crazy Aunt Lysa.
Ha ha, Podrick looks like a Hobbit on his pony compared to Brienne.
Oberyn: You have my word that your daughter is safe and happy. We don't hurt little girls in Dorne.
Cersei: Everywhere in the world, they hurt little girls.
With the life Cersei has had, that's such a poignantly depressing line. Given Westerosi customs, and having experienced them first hand, she has zero reason to believe Myrcella is safe, especially in the care of a family that has really good reasons to fucking hate the Lannisters.
That was a good bit of humanizing herself in front of Oberyn. Likely not to get him to trust her, but to empathize for her loss and hopefully rule in her favor against Tyrion when the trial comes.
Grenn: Karl was a top paid cutthroat in Flea Bottom. I've seen what he can do with a knife.
Locke: Have you seen what I can do with a knife?
Grenn: Not yet.
Locke had already proven himself a good fighter, so they probably just assumed he was being a bit cocky, but if they knew he was there on Roose Bolton's orders -- to kill Jon and Bran -- they'd probably be a lot more worried. There's a reason the flayed man is the Bolton sigil; peeling a skin's man off his skin was their specialty. Their fucking words are "Our blades are sharp."
You can't really appreciate just how fucking strong Hodor is until you see him in action when he's not in control of himself. If there's any character on this show that deserved the illustrious honor of being Hodor's first kill, it's Locke.
At least Bran got some comfort in knowing that one of his siblings (even half) was still alive and absolutely thriving, whereas he'd had zero news about Arya and only uncomfortable news about Sansa before Winterfell was taken by Theon. I can't imagine how difficult that moment had to be for him. Jon was always liked by the younger Stark children -- except for Sansa, because, well, she was a little bitchy before leaving Winterfell -- because Jon felt like such an outsider at Winterfell that he was easy to befriend and look up to when the kids didn't really understand how "things" worked.
In terms of face-offs with Jon, Jon versus Tanner was one of the most satisfying for a couple of seasons: wasn't over too quickly, and Tanner actually could back up his boasting about how deadly he was with a knife. Longclaw through the back of the head and out his mouth...glorious!
Rast looking like the panicking, fat little piggy he used to call Sam just before his well-earned death by Ghost is also very glorious.
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