Things I liked:
[ ]The Hound and Arya stole the episode. Arya crossed one off her list and I have the feeling more are coming.
[ ]Any scene with Tywin Lannister is pure gold. The guy is a total sonofabtch.
[ ]The dragons. Ahhh, they're getting so big.
Things I didn't like:
[ ]A new Daario Naharis? I hate a recast.
[ ]Jon Snow breaking every vow possible, then acting like he's better than The Watch.
A big theme throughout the show and the book is the difficult relationships between children and their parents, particularly their fathers. The Roose Bolton is a sociopath in a large part because of his father. Theon is in the predicament he was seeking his father's respect. Tyrion and Sansa are stuck together because of their fathers' actions.
The show opens with Tywin giving his son a tremendous gift of a sword made from Valyrian steel, but then demands that Jaime go to Casterly Rock, which Jaime doesn't want to do. Tywin mocks Jaime for being a glorified bodyguard. The show ends with Jaime realizing that the King he is protecting, who happens to be his own son, is a wretched little brat.
I thought Jamie was great in this episode. He can't wait to get back "home" only to find his father disowning him, his sister/lover now not interested in him and his bratty duckk of a incest-born son thinks he's an underachieving loser. The scene where he's having a talk with Brienne makes you think that she's actually his only friend there. Welcome back, Kingslayer!
I came in here to post about it... beat me to it but I have to say ABOUT TIME. You know some one did a good job as a character when even in real life if you see him you want to punch him in the face.
Two interesting things they showed during Bran's vision:
1) The room with the Iron Throne not having a roof any more and snow falling inside of it.
2) The shadow of the dragon's flying over King's Landing.
I have a feeling that the wedding last night wasn't the worst stuff that King's Landing will see in the near future.
It is worth noting that with Joffrey's death, Ramsey Snow and the Slavers of Murreen are the only true "villains" left in the show. The Lannisters are very 3 dimensional characters, Roose Bolton does follow a certain logic, Littlefinger and Varys are just playing the game and making no apologies for doing so, and Daenerys, Stannis, the Martells, Tyrells and Greyjoys are simply contenders for the crown. In many ways, the Wildings are good guys, since they are trying to get help to fight the White Walkers. Daenerys is a heroine at times, although she has left a trail of wreckage behind her, the dragons are getting out of control, and I personally don't want her to win.
Two interesting things they showed during Bran's vision:
1) The room with the Iron Throne not having a roof any more and snow falling inside of it.
2) The shadow of the dragon's flying over King's Landing.
I have a feeling that the wedding last night wasn't the worst stuff that King's Landing will see in the near future.
partial said:Warning spoilers if you aren't caught up to the tv show. It seems like the blame is going to be on placed on tirion but that just seems a bit silly given that anyone with a brain would be really dubious of tyrion killing joffrey(at least in such an obvious manner) and accusing tyrion would embarrass the lannisters. I can see why his sister blames him since she hates him but why would his father who seems like the real person in charge let tyrion take the fall? Or idk maybe the previews are misleading? I have the sneaking suspicion that once this season is wrapped up a lot of people will die but we'll be more or less at the same place where we started .
Actually they definitively showed who did Joffrey in on the episode last night but it was subtle and I was only watching for it because of the book, so I won't say here. In the book it is way more ambiguous and hasn't been stated for sure, but in the show last night they made it clear.