Beyond the Wall Jon Snow finally meets Mance Rayder, the king of the wildlings, and is duely accepted by him because of his noble reasons for abandoning the Night's Watch. Jon will no doubt struggle adapting to the foreign community, but already his presence amongst a new group of characters seems promising against the stark comparison of his storyline last season.
At King's Landing Tyrion is saddened that his efforts during the battle of Blackwater have gone unnoticed by his father. Cersei is overly suspicious of what Tyrion might say to Tywin, but Tyrion asks him for his family inheritance Casterly Rock, to which Tywin replies that Tyrion is an embarrassment. I've always felt sorry for Tyrion in regards to his relationship with his family, particularly after his efforts to save them last season, but we've never actually seen a Lannister family dynamic with Tywin involved. Unfortunately it just led to a very depressing and subdued Tyrion, the opposite of what his character is loved for, so lets hope he soon finds a way to one up his father without being entirely disowned and losing his power.
Meanwhile Petyr Baelish tells Sansa that he is in negotiations to take a role that would remove him from King’s Landing and he offers to smuggle her out with him, but Ross, his handmaiden, tells Shae that Sansa should be careful with Baelish. Margaery Tyrell, Joffrey's newly be throed, has no reason to run, however, undertaking her role as future Queen quite well when she stops at the Flee Bottom and comforts children from the orphanage. Joffrey does not join her, afraid to step out of his carriage, and later that night at dinner Cersei tells Margaery that she ought to be more careful, to which Joffrey openly disregards her. It's great to see some tension between two characters that have been so strong together, especially from Margaery, who is a vast change from having passive Sansa at his side. No doubt she won.t stay there too long though if Cersei thinks she is being undermined.
Stranded on a rock in the bay outside King’s Landing after the battle of Blackwater Davos is picked up by a ship belonging to Salladhor Saan who returns him to Dragonstone despite his concerns about Davos returning. There he finds Stannis secluded and that Melisandre has been burning people alive at his castle for speaking out against her. Davos loses his temper at Melisandre, attempts to kill her, and is sent to the dungeons. While admirable, Davos's constant plight to ween Stannis out of Melisandre's throe has become quite tedious and repetitive. With still no more information given about who Melisandre is and her intentions the storyline seems baseless, and quite a waste of three characters who I'm sure could have potential.
Across the Narrow Sea Daenerys arrives at Astapor in Slaver’s Bay and is considering buying renowned eunuch slave soldiers, the "Unsullied". She and Ser Jorah witness a demonstration of their fortitude, but Daenerys is horrified to hear of their gruesome training. Later, walking throughout a nearby market, a warlock, masked as a young girl attempts to assassinate Daenerys with a scorpion, but is thwarted by a cloaked Barristan Selmy who swears his allegiance to her. Darenerys self-importance is as heightened as ever now that she has acquired enough money to actually start progressing. However, I'm afraid her storyline will continue to be plagued by distracting subplots as it always has been, and Selmy's arrival at the end of the episode does nothing to qualm those thoughts,
Rating: 3/5
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