After Tyrion's speech in the previous episode the trial is over and he is back in his dungeon. Jaime pays him a visit and he is disappointed to learn that his brother won't act as his champion; he hasn't learnt to fight with his left hand and would stand no chance against Gregor 'The Mountain' Clegane, who Cersei has chosen to represent her. Tyrion has no more luck when he asks Bronn to fight for him; he has been bought off with an attractive bribe and the prospect of a castle
and understandably isn't keen to fight The Mountain. It is his third visitor who provides a surprise by offering to fight for Tyrion
none other than the Lannister hating Oberyn Martell.
Across the Narrow Sea Daenerys orders Daario Naharis to take the Second Sons to retake Yunkai and kill all of the masters; Jorah Mormont counsels her to be merciful and changes her mind. At Castle Black Jon Snow advises the Night's Watch to block the tunnel through the wall before Mance Rayder's forces arrive but his advice falls of deaf ears. Arya and The Hound are continuing on their way to the Eyrie and are attacked giving Arya another chance to use Needle. As Brienne and Podrick stop at an inn for a meal they learn that Arya is alive and being taken to the Eyrie. Finally at the Eyrie Sansa strikes Robin and is kissed by Lord Baelish either of which could enrage her mad aunt.
There might not be a huge amount of action in this episode; just one gory scene where The Mountain dispatches a bunch of no-hopers forced to fight him; that doesn't mean this isn't a fine instalment. There is also a great scene where Arya kills a soldier; he has her sword in his heart before he even knows she is a danger to him; Maisie Williams was brilliant in this scene. As one might expect Peter Dinklage is fantastic as Tyrion talks to his three visitors and Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau, Jerome Flynn and Pedro Pascal impress as Jaime Lannister, Bronn and Oberyn Martell. The final scene, at the Eyrie, is impressive and quite shocking; Sophie Turner is getting better and better as Sansa, possibly because her character is getting more to do, Aidan Gillen was great as Lord Baelish; just about everything his character does should make him unlikeable but every so often he does something that makes the viewer cheer for him and Kate Dickie impressed as Sansa's mad aunt Lysa as she spoke of what happened to those who went through the moon gate before trying to push Sansa out. Overall another fine episode with many great scenes; even the secondary scenes are enjoyable and advanced the plot.
Across the Narrow Sea Daenerys orders Daario Naharis to take the Second Sons to retake Yunkai and kill all of the masters; Jorah Mormont counsels her to be merciful and changes her mind. At Castle Black Jon Snow advises the Night's Watch to block the tunnel through the wall before Mance Rayder's forces arrive but his advice falls of deaf ears. Arya and The Hound are continuing on their way to the Eyrie and are attacked giving Arya another chance to use Needle. As Brienne and Podrick stop at an inn for a meal they learn that Arya is alive and being taken to the Eyrie. Finally at the Eyrie Sansa strikes Robin and is kissed by Lord Baelish either of which could enrage her mad aunt.
There might not be a huge amount of action in this episode; just one gory scene where The Mountain dispatches a bunch of no-hopers forced to fight him; that doesn't mean this isn't a fine instalment. There is also a great scene where Arya kills a soldier; he has her sword in his heart before he even knows she is a danger to him; Maisie Williams was brilliant in this scene. As one might expect Peter Dinklage is fantastic as Tyrion talks to his three visitors and Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau, Jerome Flynn and Pedro Pascal impress as Jaime Lannister, Bronn and Oberyn Martell. The final scene, at the Eyrie, is impressive and quite shocking; Sophie Turner is getting better and better as Sansa, possibly because her character is getting more to do, Aidan Gillen was great as Lord Baelish; just about everything his character does should make him unlikeable but every so often he does something that makes the viewer cheer for him and Kate Dickie impressed as Sansa's mad aunt Lysa as she spoke of what happened to those who went through the moon gate before trying to push Sansa out. Overall another fine episode with many great scenes; even the secondary scenes are enjoyable and advanced the plot.