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  1. I liked this episode, though there were definitly highs and lows. My favorites in 3e10 were the Arya & Hound scenes because they condensed her getting darker slowly into that breaking point when she sees Robbs mutilated body. Priceless remark of the hound after she butchered the Frey-soldier: "Next time you're going to do something like that, tell me first." I liked the Jon & Ygritte scenes too (3e09 and 3e10). Rose Leslies performance was excellent. Both scenes had suttle actions that said a lot. In 3e09 Ygritte was ready to stand with Jon aginst the other wildlings. She aims her bow at them, but Jon pushes her down. My opinion is it's implied that he wants to keep her from making her own people an enemy of hers. In 3e10 Ygritte obviously left the group and went after Jon, but Jon chooses the watch. Ygritte though still can't let go of him. Even though it is established by now that Ygritte is a good shot with her bow she manages to hit him 3 times without killing him. I'd say it's implied here that that was her, intentionally hurting him badly, without killing him ( The wrath of a wildling-woman ;-) ). That's how I saw this. Speculation: I think Ygritte might be the first character who lives longer than in the books. Her death in the books was very arbitrary to me and I thought that there would have been much potential for more interesting material if she'd have bothered Jon a little longer. Jeoffrey was again brilliantly performed once more. I'm so much looking forward to the next wedding ;) Davos was very good too, only the last one in the council room felt a little off to me, but more because of the behavior of Stannis. In the books it felt more like Stannis was the rational to harschness character who knew exactly what he wanted and used Melisandre as a tool to get it. In GOT Stannis, especially in this scene, often seems indecisive and a marionette of Melisandre. I think book-Stannis is the more believable character. The weakest one was Theons. His breakdown to agreeing to be calling himself reek seemed off. Either the initial resistance was to much or the breakdown to fast, concidering, that those 3 blows were "harmless" and "unimanginative" compared to what Theon had to endure from Ramsay before that. I would've split that in two scenes, having a broken and very messed up Theon in the second scene, leaving the terrible things that happened to the viewers fantasy. The idea of showing the birth of Reek onscreen was a nice one though. As a lot of people I also thought they would end on the resurrection of the halfrotten body of CS. Would have been the bigger shocker at the end, but I guess the timing would not be right. Found the interviews with Michelle Fairley interesting ^^ Boldly lying very perfect all the time I waited for a slip up. Never happened, but she told in one interview that she had a dinner with only Weiss and Benioff before she left Ireland after the Red Wedding shoot. I think I know at least one topic there... :)
  2. I liked the Jon & Ygritte scenes from 3e09 and 3e10 a lot. Rose Leslies performance was excellent. Both scenes had suttle actions that said a lot. In 3e09 Ygritte was ready to stand with Jon aginst the other wildlings. She aims her bow at them, but Jon pushes her down. My opinion is it's implied that he wants to keep her from making her own people an enemy of hers. In 3e10 Ygritte obviously left the group and went after Jon, but Jon chooses the watch. Ygritte though still can't let go of him. Even though it is established by now that Ygritte is a good shot with her bow she manages to hit him 4 times without killing him. I'd say it's implied here that that was her, intentionally hurting him badly, without killing him ( The wrath of a wildling-woman ;-) ). Speculation: I think Ygritte might be the first character who lives longer than in the books. Her death in the books was very arbitrary and I thought that there would have been much potential for more interesting material if she'd have bothered Jon a little longer. Dany is in heaven right now. In the books it has been similar, but the series intentionally polished this "perfect" moment for Dany. Probably because that'll give people someone to route for after the shock of the Red Wedding and because it'll be more dramatic when all those problems from the books will pop up in Dany's path next season. My favorites in 3e10 were the Arya & Hound scenes because they condensed her getting darker slowly into that breaking point when she sees Robbs mutilated body (Priceless remark of the hound in the last scene: "Next time you're going to do something like that, tell me first."). Second favorite was Jon&Ygritte (see above). The weakest one was Theons. His breakdown to agreeing to be calling himself reek seemed off. Either the initial resistance was to much or the breakdown to fast, concidering, that those 3 blows were "harmless" and "unimanginative" compared to what Theon had to endure from Ramsay before that. The idea of showing the birth of Reek onscreen was a nice one though.
  3. The aftermath of the episode in the internet is at least as entertaining as the episode. Knowing what would happen from the books, the build up seemed kind of long winded to me. The scene itself was quite graphic but, as far as I remember, toned down a lot compared to book. I remember reading the chapter well. I did not throw the book, but I cursed and stared at the page for quite a while before reading on. As for people to quit watching the show: We did see how that worked out after the 1. season... ;)
  4. Having seen 7 of 10 episodes I think I'm quite sure that I like the first season better, because it has a more coherent feel. Don't get me wrong, the second season is once more a gem, but the segments are barely long enougth to get whats going on. I suspect people not having read the books really have to pay attention... I actually like the changes, because they are very well set and make for surprises even if you've read the books. Exchanging the Westerlings through some singular alluring exotic beauty was a clever move, because it keeps the character-zoo a bit smaller and still serves the plot point. Putting Tywin into Harrenhal for an extended period also cuts back on nonessential characters and gives Tywin and Arya more screentime for character-development. I really like the Tywin-Arya-scenes. Those two actors work so well together. As for the Tywin feeding Arya scene. I don't think Tywin knows who "The Girl" really is, he for sure suspects that "The Girl" is more than she seems though. Feeding her was no act of mercy. He suspected the poison-dart was meant for him and when he offered Arya his meal, my first thought was he tests her, because he thinks someone very close to him might try to poison him. Having Arya eat his meal, checks if this meal might be poisened, and has "The Girl" think twice to either poison meals herself or accept a bribe to do so. If she has to "fear" having to eat the occasional meal herself, she might even look out for people tempering with "My Lords" food (That's how I think Tywin would think...). The highborn-question is him probing who this not so ordinary girl might really be. I'm looking forward to how far the writers will go with this twist. I suspect they will have Tywin find out Aryas real identity which will force her to flee from the castle in the way portrayed in the books. At that point this additional peace of knowledge for Tywin would have no serious repercussions for later events. Jon/Ygritte works very well too. Ygritte was one of my favorites in the books and i really hated it when and how she died. I think the writers blew her part up at this point, because it was a given that she'll be a favorite and because in all the gloom going on, she's a bright spot that counterweigths all the seriousness a little. Also she transports a lot of exposition about wildling-background and motivation that is scattered over many pages in the books. The Quarth-storyline is much more interesting than in the books. I really like what the've done there, though I'd not have had Dany go as "weak" as she does when "loosing" her dragons. The changed Quarth this leaves behind makes no differences as far as the books go so far.
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