This becomes clearer in the next episode. I think that's all I can say without being spoily.
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All I'm saying is that his absence in between season 1 and now doesn't mean much, since that wasn't a change from the books. And it would've been a little unusual if they got the same actor back now to play a small role that hadn't been needed for the last three years.
I don't think he's been in the show any less than he was in the books until just now. He appears at the very beginning of Dany's story, and then Arya overhears him conspiring with Varys in the Red Keep, and that's it until Tyrion shows up at his house.
In the book, Jon was already Lord Commander by this point. Having him shoot Mance all on his own is definitely more of a defiant move.
Agreed. Even though it was pretty obvious how she was setting up various disasters for herself all along, it was still so satisfying/scary/hilarious when all the shoes started dropping at the end. I hope they keep the punchline of "the realm is now being ruled by Grand Maester Pycelle and Harys Swyft" (or some other…
Rattleshirt (or at least someone wearing his stuff) was standing right next to Tormund.
I'm not sure Mance did anything on the Winterfell mission that only Mance could've done. I'll miss him, though. I liked the idea of him getting back to his sneaky scruffy roots and leading a tiny bunch of spies after having been king of 100,000 people.
But in the book, Tyrion was already trying to get to Dany when Jorah kidnapped him. He was just taking a more roundabout (and maybe safer) approach, by tagging along with a larger group.
He said "officially", not "technically". I think his point was just that as long as she has no kids, no scandals, and no diseases, the aristocratic families involved in a super-profitable arranged marriage don't really care if the bride has gotten laid before.
Which makes sense in terms of the backstory of the series, since Westeros-the-continent was populated for tens of thousands of years before the Targaryens invaded and mashed together all the fiefdoms (below the Wall) into one big country.
IIRC, they had a brief shaky bit of fake TV news footage suggesting an outdoor riot. Not great, but one of the few times they've even tried to get out into the civilian world.
And it's nice to see how quickly he cottoned to Healy being bad news. They've written Foggy as someone who's maybe overly impressed by someone like Wesley, since Wesley is a walking picture of success, but who's also a good observer and has probably met some fucked-up thugs before.
Well, there was an episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. where some vaguely fascist neo-Odinist types in Norway decided that all these Asgardian shenanigans were proof of their destiny, and got ahold of an alien artifact and started causing havoc with it. But since it was Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the havoc was somewhat…
Good grief, that was him, wasn't it. Yeah, he is 1000 times more charismatic in this. Not just the face but the voice… rowr.
I think we're supposed to at least think that Foggy knows a lot about the neighborhood, and has some people skills. I really like that they're letting the comic-relief guy be smart and competent too in his own way— and also that he's not just pathetically crushing on Karen, but honestly having a good time with her…
I don't want to argue this too hard, it's normal for people to just not agree about what is or isn't realistic, but I do think it's a mistake to talk about "the show's portrayal of men" as if that's one single thing. The show has always featured plenty of men behaving badly, but in lots of different styles. Campbell,…
What made the scene work for me was that those guys weren't idiots. They eventually focused on the task at hand and obviously knew the right questions to ask (at least the lead guy did)… they just indulged in a lot of asshole behavior first which they either honestly thought was funny, or just knew they could get away…
And I think the way this season started out (a CIA pro dabbling in treason as a fuck-you to every sexist she ever worked for) indicates that they might be making this into more than a "recurring minor theme" now.
I don't care about the grade, but I think it's odd that the review devotes so much space to arguing that the episode can't possibly work well for anyone who hasn't seen Breaking Bad, which isn't really supported by anything other than the reviewer being able to imagine negative responses that such a person might have,…