Game of Thrones 2.3 - "What Is Dead May Never Die" - Rate and discuss

Rate and discuss (with spoilers for the episode, but not for forthcoming episodes) "What Is Dead May Never Die", airing on the 15th April on HBO and on the 16th April on Sky Atlantic. To discuss this episode with spoilers for future events please use this thread.

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Re: Game of Thrones 2.3 - "What Is Dead May Never Die" - Rate and disc

Cannot wait for it.

Dormer!!!!!!!!

YAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!

 

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And while you wait, SNL explains the nudity in GoT...

 

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^Nothing we didn't already know.

 

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One thought I have: The actress playing Asha (still not calling her Yara) is awful. She delivers every single line in a monotone, even when she's supposed to be sarcastic or playful, which Asha in the books is frequently.

 

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Overall I liked it, lotsa sex and gore lol... telescoping Arya's story made sense and works well I think.

 

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I actually like Asha so far. She seems to have a drollness about her that I picked up in the book.

I thought this was the best of the season so far. We finally met Renly, Brienne had a great entrance, and Tyrion was at the top of his game. Arya's story, truncated from the books as it is, works well. (Though I wish I could have hear Hot Pie's battle cry.)

 

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It was one of the best episodes of the series so far, very well written and very well shot. Hard to pick a favorite scene ...
Bryan Cogman should write more episodes.

P.S. Natalie Dormer is hot.

 

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Her name is Yara, your refusal to use the name is ridiculous. It's not like Asha had some super secret special meaning that's lost by changing the name, it's Yara in the show, deal with it.

Great episode, but I really wish they would show less of Tyrion, does he really need that many scenes in every episode? I know he's popular, but they could use some if his screentime for other characters, most of his scenes with Shae are pointless for example, show them together once every three episodes, that should be more than enough. This episode I would have liked to see more of Renly, Loras and Margaery.

 

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Yara has an R in it and it fits her wild nature much better.

 

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A fantastic episode. Possibly the best to date. I loved, loved, loved The scene with Renly and his wife.

 

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Are Natalies boobs less firm then they were in Tudors?

 

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Natalie Dormer would get it.

Loved the episode, Brienne and Margery great entrance. I love how Margery is all okay with Renley, and she knows this is all a giant game and still still wants to have a King inside of her. Loved Tyrion's deception

 

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I wonder who will play Dormers lover. A girl has needs.

 

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Looks like she is pretty intent in having her husband (Via her brother) satisfy her needs lol

 

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Just till she has a baby then she can have all the fun she wants. Do the books have anything to say about this?

 

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I think this was the best ep of the season.

Marg's...ahem... suggestion that her brother help out about bowled me over. However, seems that she is a smart girl that that is ready to roll with the punches.

Unlike the intros that started out season 2, which to me felt forced; The intros of M and B flowed nicely. I found myelf liking them. I find quite a few women on this show to be vapid and stupid. However, I like Marg and Bri because they seem to have layers and don't appear to be simpletons.

Arya and Gendry's story continues to intrigue me. I was sorry to see their sardonic protector die.

Cersei continues to be the stupidest woman on the planet. What was she going to do with her daugher praytell? Keep her locked in the China cabinet?

Tyrion is quite possibly being too clever for his own good. I see all of this crashing down on him somehow.

 

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Very possible, but it's been a fun ride so far. Cersei seems woefully ill-equipped to defend her agenda from him, and anyone who can manipulate LittleFinger, Varys and GM Pycelle, master manipulators all in their own rite, all simultaneously makes him quite possibly the most dangerous man in the Seven Kingdoms. Really liking his style and glad to see that he's starting to show his true nature. But like you said, if they all gang up on him, I fear even he may not be able to fend them off. Unless, of course he has one serious exit strategy ace-in-the-hole that he's still working on. One of his best lines from the books is something along the lines of "Plots, like fruit, require ripening". He's only just begun...

 

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poof

 

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Excellent episode.

Favorite moments:
+ Theon's stuff. All of it.
+ Tyrion's plot, plus his sitdown with Varys