Lion of Venice

Welcome! I'm quite new here too, see you around the board! :)

9 out of 10 for me, one of my favourites episodes if not THE favourite. Only two things are in the way of a full 10: -Shae acting like a bitch, screaming and being annoying. -Random Roz and her sexposition scene with Pycelle, I wasn't needing that and neither was the audience I think.

I agree with So1ar, it's not about the battle with lots of extras, it's about seeing the meaningful character in that situations.

Ah I missed this one: Hello, I'm quite new here. I've read ASoIaF only once but I'm planning to read it again now that the excellent TV show recandeled my love for Martin's work. I live in Italy (guess where...) and my passions include martial arts, bodybuilding, books and most of all cooking, which I'm quite good at!

I simply like how she acts to Tyrion in the books, she complements him well when they are in a scene togheter, she's always playing her cards to get the most advantages out of him and she plays them well. I don't like her being aggressive and generally putting herself above Tyrion in the tv series, she even gives him orders, even if in a playful way, and threatens him. Of course this is just a first impression based around what we've seen in the last episode, maybe it will change, maybe they will find a new chemistry between this version of Shae and Tyrion.

I gave this episode an 8 instead of a 10 for two reasons: The changes made to Shae, I don't mind when the TV show changes something about a character if it's for the better, but I liked book Shae better, you don't need to give a character a foreign accent or a mysterious past to make it interesting, even if I do understand the need to make her recognizable from the other whores and Roz above all. Master Aemon really can't sell his performance to me, I don't buy that he's blind, nor that he's wise and knowledgeable. Just personal taste I think. Everything else was excellent, I loved the final scene with Ned and every single moment Bronn was on camera.