Keep Your Friends Close...
When it comes to weddings, Game of Thrones has a serious knack of putting everyone in the Seven Kingdoms in a serious case of cold feet, with the traditional wonder of marriage now being associated with death, betrayal, and "Look, the pie!". In this weeks' offering however, the ceremonial bonding of Tyrell and Lannister went without such tragedy (or relief in Joffrey's case) and instead finished with Tommen and Margaery getting it on, something of which was quite an odd thing to comprehend (I mean, what's the age difference?). Aside from Margaery finally becoming Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, her short term in power seems to have gone quickly to the forefront of her mind, abruptly teasing Cersei Lannister about the loss of her title as Queen Regent, whilst making her aware of her sons's newly found sexual prowess. Weird. King's Landing seems to be the place to be at the moment for the soap-like action on Game of Thrones, with Margaery loving life as the new Queen Bee, along with her rather obvious stranglehold over her newly acquired husband, whilst Cersei feels the pressure of a loss of control not only over King's Landing, but her family too. Good to see Jonathan Pryce turn up too as the titular High Sparrow, as the A-List cast on GOT continues to grow.
Up in the North, Sansa seemed less pleased when offered the chance to marry full-on loony tune Ramsey Bolton, adopted son of traitor Roose, famous for being one of the key instigators behind the Red Wedding, something of which Sansa, and seemingly the rest of the North have kept in mind, yet with Littlefinger at her side all the way, revenge seems to be the key motive in this arrangement. Maybe we shall witness a wedding massacre we can be on the side of this time (I sound crazy). Good to see a flayed man/woman too. Always good to see those. Not. Before his re-appearance, I completely forgot about poor old Reek, who although seems to be completely broken and lost, still hid at the sight of Sansa at Moat Cailin. Was such reluctance to greet his long-lost sister (ish) born out of fear or out of embarrassment? I'm sure we shall see in the near future. Keeping a watchful eye on proceedings in the North was Brienne and Pod, with the latter being given the chance to fight like a Knight via the help of Brienne, who reminisced the first time she met Renly whilst outlining her cause for revenge against Stannis for the death of her long-lost King.
On the subject of Stannis, the Wall once again proved to be the highlight of the show, where not only did Jon seemingly go easy on Ser Alliser by making him first ranger, but simultaneously became ultimate badass when lopping off Janos Slynt's head despite his last-ditch attempt to cry mercy. Although Jon refused Stannis's offer to become Jon of House Stark, it was made clear by Davos that although on the outside, the one true King is as cold as a December morning in Fraser, Colorado, the admiration for Jon still remains, albeit in the same way it was for Ned (RIP, Mr. Bean) proving to be both a compliment and warning at the same time. In Volantis, Tyrion is still seemingly on the longest holiday trip ever whilst STILL being hounded by Varys about the potential threats upon leaving their most cosy of people carriers. Such advice probably should have been adhered to a bit longer however when Tyrion is captured by friend-zone himself, Jorah Mormont, who obviously hopes to get back in Daenerys' good-books by supplying his new friend to the Queen. It might actually get Tyrion to Daenerys quicker however so I am all for a good kidnapping. Shout out too to the Dragon Queen prostitute. I bet she is making a killing.
Finally, Arya continued to be slowly but surely tutored by the hands of Jaqen H'ghar, who forced her to dispose of all belongings attributed to Arya Stark, including Needle, who was the subject of tear-moment of the episode. It shows how deep the characterisation is in GOT when you end up weeping at a flippin' sword. So all in all, another solid episode which continues to enhance the storylines of all the key people in the Seven Kingdoms, even without a slight appearance from Daenerys. I'm still waiting for something to happen in Tyrion's storyline but his recent kidnapping should bring that to fruition in the coming weeks. Good to see you again Jorah.
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