Game of Thrones S5-E5, E6 and E7

After going on vacation I did not get to see the last three episodes on time.  During my time off, I thought I would try something a bit different.  I thought I would add more discussion rather than a just a recap.
In the last few episodes we have Daenerys messing up everything in Meereen.  Finally she made a few good yet somewhat questionable decisions.  She decided to allow the fighting to continue in the fighting pits...only with free men.  Then she decided to marry a citizen of Meereen.  LOLOL ok.  If she thinks that will work to help appease the people of this gawd awful town, then let her at it.

Jorah and Tyrion are traveling the long way to Meereen through old Valyria where they apparently put all of the people with grey scale.  Kind of like a leper colony.  Jorah contracts Grey Scale but hides it from Tyrion.  They are captured by slave traders who want to kill Tyrion for his penis.  Per legend, dwarf penis is lucky. This is hilarious to me.  The exchange the captors have with Tyrion while he tries to save his penis is beyond funny.   Tyrion states that they need to keep him alive to prove that the penis comes from a dwarf because he is well endowed.  LOLOL this is just great.  The captors decide to keep him alive.  Tyrion tells the captors of the combat prowess of Jorah and now they are both off to the fighting pits of Meereen.  I think the duo could be quite funny if the writers let them go at it, they would be even funnier. Even during stressful and dark scenes the banter of Tyrion can make anyone chuckle. Once in Meereen, Jorah and Tyrion come across Daenerys and Jorah tells her that he brought a present with him and Tyrion steps up and says, that he is the present.  Woo HOO, they have finally made it to Daenerys.  I do not know how this is going to play out.  I think that the combination of Tyrion and Daenerys has to be greatness because the Meereen story is past stale.  We need Tyrion to be back in a position where he can regularly use his gifts of tact and manipulation.

I do now know which duo I like better, Tyrion/Jorah or Jamie/Bronn.  Jamie and Bronn are off in Dorne looking for Jamie's daughter.  They are hilarious.  They walk right into the palace and try to take Myrcella.  She of course does not want to go and about that time, there are The Sand Snakes (the daughters of the dead Prince Oberyn Martell) and a battle takes place.  There is no winner because as the end comes so do the palace guards.  They take Bronn, Jamie and the Snakes into custody.  What is it with these Lannister men?  I love them both.  Both of them are witty and have moments of hilarity.  During the battle with the Snakes, Bronn was poisoned by one of the knives of the Sand Snakes.  Think of what took down the Mountain during the battle with Prince Oberyn.  The Mountain is still under the care of the new Maester in King's Landing and we do not know his status other than vegetable.  While in prison Bronn befriends one of the Sand Snakes she then gives him some of the anti-serum to save his life.  Interesting.  Thank goodness.  I thought they were killing off Bronn and I was about to be pissed off.  I love me some Bronn.

 Cersei the bitch is at it again.  This time her sights are set at they Tyrell Family.  She has already had Loris taken into custody via the High Sparrow,  Now she has her eyes on Margaery,  RAH She has Margaery testify in regards to Loris not being a homosexual.  The next to testify is the Gigalo that Loris has been boffing. He testifies that not only did Margaery know, she caught him and Loris going at it once and made him leave.  Since the High Sparrow is a righteous man and Margaery lied, he takes her into custody.  Tommen is upset and trusts his mother to take care of it and get Margaery out of jail.  Tommen is showing his age in that he trusts his mother and does not see the wicked witch that she is.  The next episode lady Olenna tries to convince Cersei to release Margaery and Cersei will have nothing to do with it.  In fact Cersei goes to the prison to Margaery to gloat.

 Lady Olenna has a meeting with the High Sparrow to try to save Margaery and of course it does nothing but to show that The High and Mighty asshat High Sparrow Is a total D-Bag.  The asshat Sparrow calls a meeting with Cersei and tells her all about Lancell and what secrets Lancell had to spill.  He then has Cersei thrown in a cell. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO! Cersei thinks that she is going to be able to get out of this.  After all, her son is the King.  HA, you empowered the monster.  Now, they come after you.  YIPPEE!!!! This is the beginning of the downfall of Cersei Lannister I have been waiting for this for 5 seasons.  Down with the Bitch of Westeros!

There are some bits with Jon Snow and the Knight's Watch.  He is going to free the wildlings and go north of the wall to recruit them to help in the upcoming war with the White Walkers.  He leaves the wall and it is right away that Sam and Gilly are accosted.  Maester Aemon dies and it if Jon does not get back soon the Watch will be no more and nothing but chaos.

Stanis and Mellisandre are marching on the Boltons and Winterfell but they are having a problem.  The snow is coming.  Their sell-swords are from the south and not used to these kind of winters and the cold.  They have abandoned Stanis.  Mellisandre states that they need royal blood.  It is at this time that she tells Stanis they have royal blood in Shereen.  He tries to tell her they could use leeches and she says NO!  Holy Shit Stanis, you can not possibly consider doing this.  NO WAY!  If you kill your own daughter you will loose the respect of everyone.  Is being King worth killing your daughter and loosing the respect of everyone?  Everyone in Westeros will hear the story and think you are CRAY CRAY for following this psycho God that made you kill your own daughter.  I hope to God that you get your head screwed on straight and do not do this.

There has not been a lot of Arya this season.  She is still in the house of Black and White.  She is learning to be No One and getting past who she was.  This is difficult for her.  She has been washing lots of corpses.  The most recent episode someone brings their very sick daughter in for help.  She tells them about the healing waters and the waters are actually poison.  This is a mercy killing and she then washes the little girls body.  This is when Jaqen H'ghar takes her to show her the basement and tells her she might not be able to be No One but she might be able to be someone else.  Yay, I am tired of watching her wash corpses.

Sansa is now married to Ramsay.  There has been a lot of hubub over what happens next.  While wholly unpleasant, for the time that this show was set in, it kind of makes sense and I am not really offended by it.  Besides, it is worse in the book.  It is their wedding night and Ramsay is ready for getting some nooky from his new wife.  He makes Reek stand in the room to watch as he forcibly takes Sansa from behind.  Not nice or kind in any way.  In my opinion, to get that bent out of shape s a bit ridiculous. I think Sansa being married to that tool sucks big time.  I really, really do.  I have never liked Sansa, I think she is a huge idiot but still no one should be treated this way, except maybe Cersei or Theon.  HAHAHA  Later on, Sansa shows her inner idiot again when she tells Theon that they are not alone.  She asks him to light the candle in the tower to signal Brienne for help.  DOH!  Now,  Sansa has been locked in her room all of the time and Ramsay comes to her every night for more nookie.  Not a pleasant existence at all.  I get what she was trying to do but shit, you have to test the waters before jumping in and breaking your neck.  Of course Reek runs to Ramsay and tells him all about Sansa and the plan for help.  Ramsay then tortures and flays the maid that told Sansa about Brienne.  Sansa, really, you do not trust the lackey traitor with your biggest ace up your sleeve on the first go around.  What an idiot?  REALLY!  What an idiot?  I thought she was getting better.  Every time I think that, she then does something really stupid again.  She needed to work on Reek before telling him your one secret.  With the previews for next week, she tries in on Reek again.  We shall see.
The most recent episode there was a lot of action.  Until that point this season has been moving the players to where they need to be on the chess board.  I am happy for all of the action.  Mostly I am happy that Tyrion made it to Meereen and he will be able to begin his journey advising Daenerys.

Game of Thrones S5-E4 Recap

Welcome Back.  This is awesome.  I have to say it is nice seeing that Winterfell is not burning in the credits any longer.  WOO HOO.

Cersei

Margaery Tyrell since I hate Cersei

Gawd what a bitch.  I do not think I have shared my opinion of her very well.  I FUCKING HATE HER.  This I suppose is the whole purpose of her.  Some constant character to loathe through the entire story.  Cersei sends the Kings Master of Coin Mase Tyrell to Bravos to discuss terms on the loan they have given to the crown.  She makes a deal with the High Sparrow to arm him and his men.  They then violently go after anyone Cersei thinks goes against the Gods....Good God when did she take up religion?  The Sparrows go after the brothel owned by Littlefinger and then take Loris Tyrell into custody.  Margaery of course flips out and screams at the King, Tommen.  Tommen does confront his mother, Cersei but she tells him to confront the High Sparrow himself.  Tommen does go to the streets to the High Sparrow and is stopped because the Sparrow is praying.  While in the streets, the crowd calls him filthy bastard and abomination.  Tommen then walks away.  He goes to tell Marjaery and she leaves him to go be with her family.  HA HA HA Tommen, yes, you are only a teenager but it is about time you took up sides and they must be against your mother.

Princess Shireen of the House Baratheon

Stanis
We see him talking to his wife the total crazy biatch, Selyse, who is upset that she did not give him a son.  Instead, she gave him a deformity in their daughter, Shireen.  Later Shireen asks Stanis if she is ashamed of her.  Stanis tells her the story of how she got the gray scale.  He reminds her that she is the Princess Shireen of the house Baratheon and she is his daughter.  Shireen hugs him, and for the first time, Stanis shows us some real emotion and he hugs her back.

Melisandre

Jon
The red priestess, Melisandre, tried to persuade Jon Snow to come with Stanis and the army to march on Winterfell.   Jon tells her that the Knight's Watch is his life now and then she tries to seduce him.  EWWWWW!! Good for Jon that he withstands her seductions.  Jon tells the her that he is in love with another and will not betray her.  On her way out, Melisandre turns and looks at Jon and says "You know nothing, Jon Snow".  This was the line that Ygritte told him time and time again.  Kind of a knife in the heart and low blow.

Sansa in the Winterfell Tombs

Sansa
She is visiting the crypts under Winterfell.  Littlefinger finds her there and he tells her a story of him as a child and seeing Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen.  He hints that maybe Rhaegar did not kidnap and rape Lyanna after all.  HMMM FOOD FOR THOUGHT as this is not the first or even second time this hint has been dropped.  There are rumors all over the place that Jon Snow is the result of their union and not really Ned Starks bastard.  I am sure we will find out later on.  When Littlefinger tells Sansa that he is leaving for King's Landing I expected her to throw more of a hissy like she ususally does.  Instead, she seems to be pondering her situation more...WELL GOOD FOR HER.  Hopefully she lets her spine grow instead of keeping it a bit stunted.  Littlefinger tells her how Stanis is coming to march on Winterfell and kick the shit out of the Boltons.  WOO HOO Once the Boltons are out, Stanis will make Sansa wardeness of the north.  He will do this as a repayment for her fathers loyalty in Stanis' claim to the throne.  If Stanis does not come, Sansa will have to continue the plan to marry Ramsay. Sansa tells Littlefinger she does not know how to please Ramsay and she is scared of Roos.  Littlefinger tells her she should be scared or Roos but that she knows how to maneuver since she has learned from the best, himself of course.  BUT THEN Littlefinger kisses her. BLUCKITY YUCK YUCK YUCK

Jamie and Bron
They are making their way to Dorne to take back Jamie's daughter, Myrcella, from the house Martell.  Their ships captain is taken prisioner by the daughters of Ellaria Sand and Oberyn Martell.  They find out that Jamie has come to take Myrcella back.  The four women decide to save Myrcella from Jamie and Bronn and to make war against the Lannisters.

Tyrion captive of Jorah Mormont

Tyrion
Tyrion is back on a boat this time as a captive of Jorah Mormont.  Jorah tells him he is taking Tyrion to Daenerys.  LOLOL I love Tyrion so much.  This is a funny play between the two.

Daenerys
She takes a council from a Hizdahr zo Lorac, a Meereen man looking for her to resume the traditions of fighting in the fighting pits.  Dani of course will not allow them to begin.  Next come the Sons of the Harpy killing Dani's soldiers and Unsullied.  Grey Worm is surrounded by many, many of them and almost dies and then Barristan Selmy comes to his aid and they are the only two left.  Both are mortally wounded though.

The preview for next week:
Barristan Selmy is indeed dead, Dani is crying then looks pissed.  Sansa looks up and sees Ramsay screwing someone.  You hear him say, "You remember what happens to people who bore me?"  Abd Brienne stating "Sansa is in danger even if she does not even know it".  Then cut to the wall and Jon saying Winter is Coming, we know what is coming with it and we can not face it alone". Stanis is leaving Castle Black and Tyrion is in the boat and looks up and sees.....a dragon.

Tyrion sees a Dragon

Next episode looks like the BEES KNEES!!!!! HOLY COW I can not wait!

Let me know if I missed something or if I need to review anything further.  I would love to hear from you!

Game of Thrones Recap S5-E2

Arya
Good Lord this young gal is a BADASS.  She makes her way to Bravos and goes to the House of Black and White and asks for Jaqen H'ghar.  Per the wizend older gentleman who answered the door, there was no one there by that name.  She sat on the front steps through a rain storm and still no one would let her in.  She had no where else to go so she waited.   After a time when no one would let her in, she threw the coin Jaqen gave to her into the Bravos bay and left the island.  Later in the episode she was walking through the streets of Bravos and there were three fellas who wanted her sword.  She gets into her water dancer stance and then the gentleman from the House of Black and White walks behind her and it scares off the would be robbers.  She then follows him to the island and it turns out that the old man is Jaqen and he does not have a name.  I am so excited for what is yet to come for Arya.  There are moments with her that make me think of Jon.  I suppose that is planned but it is still nice to see.

Sansa
I hate Sansa.  She is blindly following Littlefinger still and it drives me crazy.  Brienne and Pod bump into Sansa and Littlefinger in a inn and Brienne pledges her sword to keep her safe.  Sansa denies her assistance of course.  Brienne and Pod are now on the run from Littlefinger's men.  GRRR.  In the end Brienne and Pod escape and they will follow Sansa and Littlefinger.  Why can she not disappear the same as Rickon did?

Tyrion
Varys and Tyrion are now on a boat headded in the direction of Meereen to find Daenerys.  There is a long deep discussion about being trapped in a situation and Tyrion trapped in the box.  Nothing really new here just a follow up on last week.  There is not alot going on here but what is left to the imagination.  I am imagining he will help teach Daenerys how to be queen.

Jamie and Cersi
Cersi the bitch is ugly to Jamie as they discuss Myrcella and what to do.  Cersi received a serpent in a box and told Jamie it was a threat from Dorne.  Cersi is so ugly to him and I do not understand why.  Just a bitch I guess.  Jamie leaves and goes to Bronn to try and enlist his help to get Myrcella back from Dorne.  Some humters bring Cersi what they think is Tyrions head.  It is not.  She then has a talk with the small council and everyone volunteers to be the new Hand of the King.  Cersi gives it to Qyburn who is the Maester who was stripped of his chain.  Cersi's uncle Kevan states that he is not going to be her little puppet and if Tommen, the King, wants his assistance then the King can ask for it himself.  He then leaves the small council.  I can NOT wait for what is yet to happen to Cersi.  This has been 4 seasons and still no retribution for Ned.  Also, will it ever get through her head that all of her nightmares are because she let Joffrey kill Ned?   Or maybe, just maybe it is because she helped kill her husband the king?  Bitch.

Jon
Jon is at the wall talking with Stanis who is pretty pissed that he shot Manse.  Oh well.  Then we find out there is to be the election of the new Lord Commander.  They expect that Allister Thorne will be the new leader.  Stanis wants Jon to take the knee and give him the north.  In repayment for the fealty, he will give Jon the name Stark and return him to Winterfell.  Jon has wanted to be a Stark for all of his life and tells Sam this.  During the election process, Janos Slint (the guy who was cowering with Gilly during the battle) stands up and declares how awesome Thorne is.   Sam finally speaks up and talks about how Slint was cowering with Gilly and how Jon would make the better leader of the Watch.  Jon is not terribly pleased.  It comes down to a tie with Maester Aemon yet to vote.  He votes for Jon.   Jon Snow is the new leader and lord Commander of the Knights Watch.  WOO HOO Jon.

Not a lot of action this episode.  This was more of a moving the pieces around the board to get them in place for the right move kind of episode.  I EAGERLY await the next moves.

Game of Thrones

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you have not seen the end of season 4 or read the book A Feast For Crows, you might not want to read on.

I know, I am late to this party.  Many, many, years ago I read Game of Thrones.  I was so upset  by the beheading of Ned Stark that I barely finished the book and did not continue on in the series.  I did go on to read wikipedia and see if Joffrey Baretheon got what he deserved or not.  At that time, the Red Wedding had not yet been written and Joffrey was still on the throne.  I was so pissed off that there was no resolution or retribution to the murder of such an honorable man.  I decided I would never finish.

Many years have passed and the show was now on HBO and the buzz is everywhere.  My brother read all of the books and kept trying to get me to read them and watch the show.  Finally, after years of silent protest and solidarity for the life of Ned Stark, I decided to watch.  I think my brother almost peed his pants when I suggested we watch it.

The creators of this series have done an amazing job.  From the costumes to the special effects, the cast to the screenplay.  EVERYTHING has been done with such a deft hand, I am surprised.  I have now watched the series more than once and last Sunday was the season five premiere.  This is he first time I will be watching week-to week.  This is also the first season of the show that will be ahead of the books.  I am a bit nervous for what is to come.

I heard that the first four episodes were leaked.  WTG HBO.  I hope that I miss all of the spoilers that are inevitably coming out in the next few weeks.  I have also decided to avoid my brother as he has of course downloaded and watched all of the leaked episodes.    This episode was a bit slower than most.  I think it was intentionally that way to get you back in the swing of things and remember who was where in their stories.

The Lannisters:

Tyrion.
By FAR my favorite Lannister and my favorite male character.  His story begins with a view from a box.  He has left King's Landing in a crate, smuggled away by Vyres.  They are both now in the house of Illyrio Mopatis.  We know of him because he housed the exiled Daenerys and her brother Viserys Targaryan at the beginning of their story.  Master Illyrio also gave Daenerys the dragon eggs as a wedding gift when she married Khal Drogo.  Tyrion is in a funk since shooting his father on the privy.  (HEE HEE I never thought that word would come up here).  He and Varys continue to discuss (not terribly pleasantly as Tyrion is covered in poo from his crate) their escape and future.  Varys will forever be a patriot of the realm and not whomever is in power.  He is trying to encourage Tyion to take up with Daenerys and her dragons.  Tyrion is by this point drunk and not really caring what happens to Westeros.

Cearsei.
My least favorite person in like forever...wait...only since Joffrey died I guess.  Her season begins with a flashback when she was a child.  She snuck off to go see a witch and have the witch tell her the future.  The witch did indeed tell her that future, and you can see how some of Cersei's decisions come from that place.  Her knowledge she will have three children and not from the king.  The king will have 20 but not from her.  We come back to present time and they are preparing the funeral for her father Tywin.  She is beyond rude to Jamie-her brother whom she has born his 3 children (and is hot).  She blames Jamie for taking up with their monster brother (Tyrion) and then killing their father Tywin on the loo. Jamie helped his brother escape but then Tyrion took the crossbow to their father unbeknownst to Jamie.  That was last season.  This season is the funeral for Tywin and Cersei is bitchier than ever.  Her betrothed, Loras Tyrell, tried to provide comforting words and all she did was blow him off.  Bitch.  He is the Knight of Flowers and brother to her soon to be daughter-in-law the BEAUTIFUL Margery.  Granted he is gay and not any happier about their engagement than she is (she is almost double his age) but he is trying to put up with her.  Then her recent lover (to replace Jamie while he was a captive of the Starks) and first cousin, Lancell Lanister comes up to her and tells her how he has found the seven Gods and to show penance for what they have done (cousins sleeping together and plotting her husband Roberts' death) and the Gods will understand.  She is a total biatch to him too.

The Starks

Jon Snow
Jon is at the wall.  Big shocker.  He is helping train some of he young soldiers in sword fighting when the Red Priestess Melisandre comes to him and has him go to the top of the wall to see Stanis Baretheon.  Stanis tells Jon that Jon needs to convince Mance Rayder (the captured leader of the wildlings) to bend the knee and join Stanis in the war for the Iron Throne.  Jon goes to Mance and does try to convince him.  Mance refuses stating that he would rather die a free man than lose the respect of his fellow compatriots by caving to southerners.  I do not really blame him.  I would not want to kneel to Stanis either.  Besides, Stanis is a bit of an ass hat.  His wife is CRAY CRAY and his mistress, Melisandre, is creepy as hell.  Manse is then put to the death by being burned at the stake.  As a show of honor, in front of everyone-wildlings and all-Jon shoots Mance with an arrow so he will not lose honor why screaming while being burnt.  I believe this to be foreshadowing.  With all of the wildlings and the Knights Watch all looking to Jon with honor and respect, I believe when the time comes he will be the force that unites both groups to fight the White Walkers.

Sansa
Disclaimer: I think Sansa is a bit of a waste of oxygen.  That being said, I had hopes for her for the first time with the end of last season.  At the end of last season, Sansa lied for Petyr about the death of her aunt Liza.  There was a look she gave Littlefinger, Petyr Baelish that said she knows how to play this little game now.  She then dyed her hair and it seemed that  the old pushover Sansa was gone.  WATCHOUT here comes the new Sansa. That was all at the very end of last season.  This season she is now in the Vale with her cousin Robyn and her guardian of sorts Littlefinger.  Robyn is being trained in sword fighting and he is proving to be a total wimp (in the books he has always been sickly).  Not at all surprising there though.  From what we see it seems Sansa is well and truly under Petyr's finger.  This totally bums me out!   HAHAHAHA I was fooled.  She is still being manipulated by Petyr.  UGGGG I had such high hopes.  Alas, she is pretty lame.

Arya
Arya is nowhere in this episode at all.  I was bummed.  She is my favorite character.  In the show, she is a total badass.  In the books she is even better and she started this story at NINE years old.  At the end of the episode, there are previews of episodes to come.  One shows where she goes to Bravos to train.  YAYYYY!

Others

Daenyres
Daenerys is busy in Meereen dealing with holding the city.  Nothing really new here.  She is learning that compromise is not a sign of weakness but of strength.

Brienne of Tarth
Brienne is still in the world heading....where again?  Who knows and cares at this time.  Podrick Payne, previous squire of Tyrion Lannister, is with her and they are looking for Sansa (sort of).  There is a scene where Sansa and Littlefinger are in a carriage that passes Brienne and Pod in the wild.

Gendry
He is still rowing to King's Landing.  (I assume).

This is where we are now.  I love the books and the series is doing them so much justice.

Here is a very old pic of me trying to be Catelyn on the throne.  HAHAHA I had finished book 1 and was trying to show bitchy for the redemption of the death of Ned.


~I have many many friends and family that read/watched this series.  This is for all of them, they who have pushed and encouraged me to continue this wonderful journey.  This blog is dedicated to my friend Suzie who has had a really bad week.  I hope whatever happens, it happens soon and things get better.