Tuesday 9 April 2013

Game of Thrones 3.2 Review: Dark Wings, Dark Words


In King's Landing Margaery invites Sansa to lunch with her and her grandmother, Olenna Tyrell, who is amusingly honest and abrupt. They ask Sansa what Joffrey is like, since Margaery is to be married to him, and poor Sansa just can't quite ever grasp her composure, initially hesitant, then telling them the truth about Joffrey, before retracting everything she said.

As Joffrey is being fitted with his wedding clothes Cersei questions him about Margaery. He quickly grows angry and impatient with his mother, but is obviously not above heeding her advice, later inviting Margaery to his chambers. He questions her about her late husband Renly and where her loyalties lie, but she cleverly distracts him by admiring his love of the hunt and crossbow skills. Margaery's not exactly subtle about it either, and one has to wonder whether or not Joffrey is just dumb, or doesn't mind being played with as long as a pretty young woman is playing with the idea of his perverse sexual desires.

Tyrion finds Shae in his room, and he is afraid Of Tywin's threat to kill any whore with which he shares a bed. Shae is unperturbed, and has come to tell him about Petyr Baelish taking an interest in Sansa, to which Tyrion replies that now Sansa is no longer betrothed to Joffrey, many men will take an interest in her.

Beyong the Wall Mance Rayder tells Jon that the way he got all of his men to fight in his army was that if they didn't work together, they'd all die. Jon encounters his first warg, people who can see through the eyes of animals, in Orell. Orell awakens from his trance after inhabit acting a crow and tells Mace Rayder that he has seen the Fist of the First Men, and the aftermath of the battle which took place there.

In an unknown location, Theon is tortured by a group of men, and despite answering all of their questions through fully they continue to do so. After they leave a boy who claims to have been sent by Yara Greyjoy, promises to aid him once the soldiers are sleeping.

While heading towards the Wall, Bran, Rickon, Osha and Hodor are confronted by Jojen and Meera Reed. Jojen shares a dream with Bran, and reveals he's a greenseer like Bran. He says that after Ned's death and seeing Bran in his visions, that Jojen and his sister were sent to look for him.

Travelling north, Arya Stark,  Gendry, and Hot Pie are discovered by group who fight for the Brotherhood without Banners. He offers to take them to an inn to eat if they tell him how they escaped Harrenhal, which they do. As they are leaving another group of Brotherhood soldiers enter with a captive Sandor Clegane, who recognises Arya and reveals her true identity to the men.

While transporting a chained Jamie to King's Landing, he and Brienne encounter a farmer who gives them up to men whose allegiances lie to the North, and as such, they want to give Jamie's head to Robb.

Rating: 3.5/5

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