Keep it up, guys!
This pot aint slow boiling.
The symbolism of fire and its spreading influence is not lost on the show.
With the war seemingly at an eerily halt, chaos spreads everywhere.
But despite noble intentions, their entire lair is a hotbed of crazy and feverish frenzy.
They pray to the Lord of Light and in his name light swords on fire for ritualistic executions.
The maddening confusion of this tense opener is a metaphor for how nuts Westeros has become writ small.
Honestly, Beric should have won this bout.
Seems like a lot of trouble all to let the Hound go.
However, not all of the burning narratives this week are of such ominous malcontent.
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In a bit of relief, it is actually a very sweet scene.
Both show enough skin to hopefully appease all gender-leaning audiences and make amends for their rudeness toward one another.
Jaime also cements Brienne as a new fangirl when he reveals the truth about his Kingslaying.
The Mad King intended to burn all of Kings Landing to the ground when Jaime took the Targaryens life.
Remember that green wild fire from Blackwater?
Crazy stuff, eh?
Should we believe or pity the man who pushed Bran Stark from a tower?
It is at least clear that there is the truth in the Kingslayers silver tongue.
For all of Jaimes cynicism and cruelty, he is clearly more Tyrions brother than Cerseis.
He does not fancy himself as the next Tywin Lannister like his twin.
He was once a 16-year-old boy who dreamed of being a knight.
For him, joining the Kings Guard was a moment of triumph.
There had to be something that made him so bitter.
Yet, like his brother, Jaime still would rather vile men not rape women.
But it is too late for Tumblr.
Many a Geek girl found a new passion tonight when Jaime fell into Briennes arms.
They like, the Beauty of Tarth, are in for the long haul now.
Speaking of fans, we need to talk about readers generally preferred king, Stannis.
But on the show, Stannis is just kind of a tool.
With a wife like this, Stannis all of a sudden seems fairly reasonable and down to Earth!
The row of mutilated baby corpses is something right out of a Ryan Murphy TV show.
It is almost as terrifying as where Stannis goes next, to the locked tower chamber of his daughter.
Because of a terrible affliction from birth of greyscale, half the childs face is covered in dead skin.
This causes her parents to forget her existence and her suffering.
It is for this reason that she becomes Davoss first visitor in the dungeons below.
She will teach Davos to read and he will give her company.
Conversely, there is no sympathy in Robb Starks heart.
On the other side of Westeros, the King in the North has his own fires to put out.
and thus gives up half of his Northern forces.
To do this, he will reunite with the Freys.
Surely old Walder wont be too peeved that Robb reneged on marrying his daughter.
It might be a consolation for Robb to know that all the Starks are losing allies.
It really is a shame.
It is frustrating that a potentially interesting fellow like Gendry will be relegated to the background now.
Not unless HBO wants to clarify on one of the books bigger mistakes.
Over in Essos, it already seems like they are rewriting certain aspects.
Daenerys Targaryen has proven herself a conqueror by taking her first city with a newfound army of free Unsullied.
It is not her fault that they could not control a dragon.
However, that is a poor argument that will likely not impress the other slave cities of Essos.
In truth, she broke her promise and took what was hers because she could.
With her army and three dragons, Dany need only survive any retaliation from Astapors local allies.
It should be like shooting fish with wildfire.
Beyond these dry climates though lies her homeland.
A place that she will meet with a free army of enraptured followers and freemen.
Hence, political brilliance on her part.
One that Selmy believes is undercut by Jorah Mormonts presence.
It is so jovial, one cringes when Selmy brings up Jorahs past.
That says something about how bad slavery is viewed over there when Joffrey is king.
But in Jorahs defense, he has been by the Khaleesis side since the beginning.
He has SAVED HER LIFE at least three times.
Granted, the first time was due to the intrigue he was committing for Varys.
But Selmy doesnt know about it…does he?
A whisper of a flame is starting to be coveted between these two men.
Fortunately, Targaryens have always been a very calm and rationally collected family.
The one family only slightly less sound is meanwhile plotting in Kings Landing.
Yet, long story short, the Lannisters learned of the Tyrells plan to marry Sansa Stark to Loras.
A family of whom Sansa will be head if Tywins war with Robb has anything to say about it.
Naturally, the best way to keep Sansa from the Tyrells is to marry her to a Lannister ally.
One of small stature, but fierce loyalty.
The kind one could expect from a son…
Tyrion is horrified.
He will not marry a child!
Tywin reminds Tyrion he needs a wife.
In Dinklages best moment thus far this season, he burns a hole into his fathers head.
But her joy is short-lived when Tywin reveals that Cersei too shall wed….the FABULOUS Loras Tyrell!
I doubt there was a single viewer left standing from that revelation.
One senses that if there were a political advantage to it, he would have them marry each other.
The flames are rising all across Westeros and barely a body was placed in the cold ground.
All the major families announced their moves this week.
Talk about placing all your money on red.
That forebodes something terrible given the tone of this series.
As the back five ofSeason 3approaches, there is the uneasy feeling that we havent seen anything yet.
A blaze approaches; one that threatens to burn everyone, including the audience.
I cannot wait!
Okay…one more time:DRACARYS!
