What this week’s episode of “Game of Thrones” lacked in controversial scenes, it made up for in insane twists that even readers of the book couldn’t see coming. Because they haven’t happened yet. OMGWTFBBQ.
Here’s everything you missed on “Oathkeeper”:
Kill Your Masters
Some people suggest you kill your darlings. In Meereen, where they only speak, I want to say, Meereenese, they instead write “Kill The Masters” on the wall, in English, in what might be blood. This is the one and only warning the slave-owners get before Daenerys’ forces completely over-run the city.
Still, it’s not all sunshine and an uncomfortable walk over broken slave-collars. Dany decides to get revenge on the masters for crucifying kids a few episodes back, by crucifying them. Barristan Selmy cautions that injustice can be dealt with, with mercy; but Dany has gone full on Zod standing in front of her dark banner at the top of Meereen.
Is she headed down a bad, bad, road? We don’t want to cast judgment, but it is a road paved with slave-masters nailed to signposts, so there is that.
Love ‘Em Or Lannister ‘Em
Oh, those loveable Lannisters. Jaime may be getting better at fighting, but Bronn can still smack Jaime down with his own hand.
Tyrion isn’t much better off, telling Jaime about his upcoming trial for the murder of Joffrey, “I know that one of my judges has wished me dead more times than I could count. And that judge is my father.”
And Cersei is going slowly mad. I’ll mention that this scene is pretty consistent with the books, but takes ...
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