Young Lion

Again, I'm just going to post what I already posted in another forum. AMAZING episode, TERRIBLE choice for the final scene. I know what I'm going to say is very unpopular, but for me this episode was much, much, much better than the last one. Considering the content they had for the 9th episode they should have done a lot, and I mean a lot better. The hard part was actually screwing it up, and when you have content like they had for the Red Wedding, it's almost impossible to fail and it's expected for them to deliver the best product they can. But it felt very underwhelming for me, but thank God the last episode saved it. This episode had so many characters, so many storylines, that it felt rich, complete. Of course, considering they showed a lot of things from a lot of different characters, most of the scenes felt a little rushed, but it's not really their fault, considering the amount of time they had, but I loved it. One of my favorite episodes this season. Beautiful start, with Roose looking over the destruction of the Stark's bannermen. I thought the Robb/Grey Wind scene would be terrible, considering the picture that was released before the episode aired, but they did prove me wrong. It was beautifully done. Perfect, really, because it managed to achieve and develop the appropriate feelings in me at least. Eerie, creepy and sick. Exactly as it should have been. Stannis/Davos and Tywin/Tyrion's scenes were amazing as usual. It shouldn't even be up to discussion. I LOVE Dragonstone. Add to that Stannis and Davos in a scene there with Stannis' theme playing in the background and you got one hell of a moment. The thing I hate is how much they're destroying Stannis' character. Making him decide to sacrifice Gendry without thinking much, when in the books he had to think a lot, and in the end he was still struggling with the decision and then sentencing Davos to death in a complete normal way. The way they made him say it was so emotionless, like it was just procedure, like it was all normal. Finally, Jaime gets back on my screen. About damn time. Pretty short, but it achieved its purpose by developing and showing how much Jaime and Cersei care about each other. It was very short and I expected more, but it still managed to get the point across. Yeah, twins practicing incest, pretty bad, but when you look at all the forced marriages completely devoid of any love, and all the other tragedies and atrocities that happen in Westeros, I just cannot fault them. A couple that actually loves each other. The problem with this scene is that they might have created a little problem by making Jaime arrive in King's Landing before Joffrey's wedding and Sansa's disappearance. I mean, in the books, considering he AND Brienne only arrived there when Sansa had already fled, they did not have a chance to talk to her or take her away, but now they can do all that. Of course they will find some way around it, but I don't really think the excuse will be good. Especially regarding Brienne. Balon not giving a damn about Theon, his son dammit. Unbelievable. Theon/Ramsay's scenes have, in a way, the quality they have in the books. Powerful, sick, emotional and extremely eerie scenes. The best, literally. Reek, Reek, it rhymes with freak. Terrific stuff. People should just buy the books to read Theon's chapters. Legit masterpieces. Snow/Ygritte was good and bad at the same time. The acting was good, especially the emotion from Ygritte, her internal struggle was very well executed and came across, but why in the fuck weren't the other wildlings with her? Completely out of nowhere, Ygritte finds Jon, and very luckily for Jon she just happens to be alone! I cringed at that. This scene should have been incorporated with the one from the prior episode, like in the books, it just wasn't because they had to have some sad dialog along with it. Nothing serious though. The last scene I just can't... I prefer to not even talk about it. P.S. Am I the only one who doesn't really like how much they are trying to make Arya look like a badass? They are trying so hard to force it, when it should come naturally. Not really a fan of how they are handling things with her.

I already posted this in another forum, but I'm going to post it here too. Good episode, but I expected much better. Way better. Maybe it's my own fault for getting my expectations really high, but the amount of unnecessary changes they made in this episode was way too much. So much that it heavily deteriorated the quality of the product. Let's see: - Blackfish being in the Red Wedding instead of being in Riverrun. - Arya being hit by a fist instead of an axe - Missed chance of even more suspense/outrage for non book readers, considering most people would wonder about her fate. - Roslin not crying when the bedding started - Such a little thing but at the same time a very nice touch who added a lot to the drama of the scene. Can't understand why they didn't include this. - Roose executing Robb - Why in the hell didn't they go with the way he was executed by Roose in the books. It was so much better. - "The Lannisters send their regards" - It should be "Jaime Lannister sends his regards" - How hard could this be? One of the most iconic lines in the series. Yes, it may seem such a minor thing to most, but I'm really disappointed at this. Not to mention that the correct line will probably have a lot more importance in the future. - Where was the Greatjon? They put the Blackfish there, who shouldn't really be there, but don't show the Greatjon? C'mon now. - Even though this is not their fault, considering it was a thought in the books, it would be incredibly nice if they included the "No, not my hair, Ned loves my hair". It would make the scene even more dramatic and emotional. - Catelyn not clawing her face and laughing hysterically, therefore showing her descent into madness and extreme grief. Michelle Fairley proved she could do it, and yet, for some reason, this was not included. Again, the inclusion of this would make the whole scene much much better. Much more emotional, powerful, sinister, eerie and creepy. A thousand times better. All of this changes were absolutely unnecessary, they could easily do it the right and much better way. That's why I'm irritated by it. With all of this said, it's still worth to mention that it was still a good episode, it was still emotional and powerful and yes, I felt a little depressed when it ended.