Ahh, and here we have it, the biggest shocker of the first book. Great ending scene, HOWEVER... I was a little underwhelmed with the rest of the episode. Definitely not as good as last week's. The TV budget limitations really reared their ugly head here. The first two battles of the war, and we see NONE of the fighting, nor does Tyrion even get to fight, as he does in the book. And we don't even get an inkling of what happened at the Battle of the Whispering Wood, not even that it was at night, only that Jaime was captured. Really makes me worried about you-know-what at the end of season two.
-No real complaints about the Frey stuff (cept maybe the rather small audience hall), although Lord Walder sure doesn't look 90 does he?
-Heartbreaking to see Dany's world falling apart. The episode didn't quite capture the chaos of it all though. More killing in the book as I recall. I liked the sounds coming from the tent, but missed the imagery of the shadows moving within.
-Good stuff at the wall. Longclaw! Always loved the revelation that Aemon was a Targaryen.
-Was wondering where they were going with the drinking game scene until "Ahah, the Tysha story!"
-As I said, great scene to end the episode with, but... kind of lousy setting. Budget limitations again. Don't really even see the Sept of Baelor, and what the heck was that thing they were all standing on supposed to be anyway? Looks like we may possibly get a little bit of of the first ACoK Arya chapter next week?
