Bran and Meera find a new ally. Gilly meets Sam's family. Arya makes a difficult choice. The Lannisters and Tyrells march against the High Sparrow.Bran and Meera find a new ally. Gilly meets Sam's family. Arya makes a difficult choice. The Lannisters and Tyrells march against the High Sparrow.Bran and Meera find a new ally. Gilly meets Sam's family. Arya makes a difficult choice. The Lannisters and Tyrells march against the High Sparrow.
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- TriviaThe first appearance (in a flashback) of Aerys II Targaryen, commonly known as "the Mad King", played by David Rintoul. The showrunners initially planned on including flashbacks of him in the first season, and shot scenes with Liam Burke, but were eventually deleted. Note that Aerys' shaven appearance and half-long hair contradict his description from the books as well as the Histories & Lore bonus featurettes on the Bluray editions, where it was explained that the Mad King's hair, beard and fingernails became long and filthy; his paranoia reached such depths that he refused to groom himself, nor allow any blades near him (except for his Kingsguard's swords). By the time of Robert's rebellion, he looked like a homeless vagabond.
- GoofsThe physical appearance of Aerys "the Mad King" Targaryen in the flashback scene heavily contradicts all other representations of him made by both the TV series and the novels, particularly that he is clean-shaven: his madness increased so much that he was too paranoid to allow any blades in his presence, thus did not cut his hair, beard and fingernails for years. By the time of Robert's Rebellion, Aerys' matted hair was so long that it hung below his waist, his uncut nails several inches long.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Thronecast: The Door (2016)
Featured review
I AM THE MOTHER OF THE DRAGONS
At times throughout the six seasons of Game Of Thrones, it's felt that all the story lines are moving except for Daenerys Targaryen's tale of revenge. Sure, she's conquered cities and raised an army while being a single mother to three surly teenage dragons, but at the same time, she's not really done that much either. Daenerys has been a lot of spinning wheels and painful lessons. Roger Ashton-Griffiths is brilliant as this character, so goofy yet so pompous at the same time. He's no match for the High Sparrow in terms of being able to manipulate the masses, and even his own mother just rolls her eyes at his attempts to be in charge of anything other than a sandwich. Diana Rigg's reaction shots this week are amazing; she's one of the show's biggest weapons, and we get just enough of her every now and then to remind us all that the Queen of Thorns is a true power broker; Olenna is rich enough to get her way and old enough not to worry about niceties. This theme of independence runs throughout the entire episode, courtesy of Bryan Cogman's script. Sam is finding his manhood again, standing up to his cruel father Randyll Tarley (James Faulkner, last seen as Pope Sixtus on Da Vinci's Demons). Granted, Sam doesn't exactly stand up to him; it's more like sneaking around after he's in bed to steal the family's Valyrian steel blade Heartsbane and to take off with Gilly and little Sam after Randyll goes on a prolonged rant about how Wildlings are less than human. Still, by Sam's standards, that's practically flexing his muscles and preening. No matter how weak Sam might seem in front of his father, we've all seen what he's capable of when he has to act, and Sam and Gilly remain the most adorable couple in Westeros in spite of Randyll's insults. The wights are some of my favorite creations on the show, because every sword-carrying skeleton gives me flashbacks to Ray Harryhausen, and every flaming zombie stuntman gives me a gleeful reminder of one of the best 'man on fire' scenes in movie history from Swamp Thing. Even the appearance of Dany on the back of a dragon looks pretty good; the show's CGI dragons can sometimes be a bit dodgy, particularly when they're in flight, but it's such a cool scene that it's easy to overlook the computer and focus on just how awe-inspiring it must be for a Dothraki horde to watch a dragon fly overhead, especially since their Khaleesi is on the back of said dragon, a silver dot in a field of green and black scales.
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