GOT Scorecard: Season Four, Episode Three
"Breaker of Chains"
Last week was a serving of a porterhouse steak with mashed potatoes - a meal likely to end with a gluttonous belch, a rubbing of the belly, and a desire to not see food again for a minimum of 12 hours.
Tonight was served tapas style. There was nothing served in a large enough portion to command your attention; rather the variety of each dish deserved to be contemplated in isolation as well as in complement to the meal.
Sansa
Ser Dontos flees with Sansa down the winding streets of King's Landing, escaping the wrath of a devastated Cersei and an outraged Tywin. Dontos has a boat on the outskirts of town, and rows Sansa under a blanket of fog to a ship moored well outside the city. Dontos urges Cersei up the rope ladder to the ship's deck, where she is greeted by our old friend Petyr Baelish (aka Littlefinger). Dontos' reward for helping Sansa escape is to have a couple of crossbow bolts fired at point blank range into his face and chest. "Money buys a man's silence for a time; a bolt in the heart buys it forever", explains Baelish.
Baelish also explains that the necklace Sansa was given by Dontos (an heirloom of his house) was actually made at Littlefinger's command. He crushes one of the stones with the hilt of his dagger and throws the remnants of the necklace into Dontos' boat.
He tells Sansa that she will be safe with him.
Margaery
Margaery sits with her grandmother Olenna, discussing the traumatic events of the wedding. "So am I the Queen?" asks Margaery. "More than you were with Renly. Less than you would have been if Joffrey had done you the courtesy of consummating the marriage before dying. In any case, this would not be an opportune moment to press the issue."
Olenna then goes on to tell of the death of her own husband. It seems she cared for him slightly less than Margaery cared for Joffrey. She points out to Margaery that being married to Joffrey would have been a disaster, and that just because Joff is dead, there is no change to the advantage the Tyrells would bring to the Lannisters by marriage. And "the next one"...presumably Tommen...will be much easier than Joffrey.
Baelor's Sept
The late, lamented King Joffrey lies in state, painted rocks over his eyes, crown upon his head, Widow's Wail upon his breast. Tommen and Cersei are at his side. Tywin, never one to dally with smalltalk, begins preparing Tommen for his ascendancy to the throne, over Cersei's objections as to the appropriateness of the conversation.
What makes a good king? Tywin asks.
Holiness? No. Baelor was holy, and a bad king.
A sense of justice? No. Aerys I was a just king, but he was gullible. (I think he said Aerys. But Aerys I ruled for 11-12 years, so maybe I misheard. It's not particularly important.)
Strength? No. Robert Baratheon was very strong, but he neglected his duties as a king.
What did they all lack? asks Tywin.
Wisdom? Yesss! But what is wisdom? Wisdom is knowing what you don't know, and listening to your counselors.
Tywin then dogs Joffrey before his corpse has even begun to stink, and in front of his grieving mother (Tywin's only daughter). Joffrey wasn't a wise king, or a good king. If he was, maybe he'd be alive. Somewhat cold, but Tommen doesn't seem to take offense. I'm sure he spent most of his time trying to ensure that Joffrey didn't take notice of him.
Tywin and Tommen wander off to discuss marriage and the continuation of the king's line.
Jaime stops by and clears the room to spend some quality time with his sister. Cersei is certain that Tyrion is the guilty party in Joff's poisoning. She vividly recalls the time when Tyrion promised her that her joy "will turn to ashes in your mouth", which he told her after she had Tyrion's whore (or so she thought at the time) tortured. She asks Jaime to kill Tyrion, as she's wise enough to know that Tyrion is a slippery little bugger and will likely be set free if it comes to a trial. She wants Jaime to avenge their son. Jaime obviously didn't care too much for his son. With considerable amounts of self-loathing, he has sex with his sister while she's gripping the mourning cloth draping their son's bier.
Arya
Arya and the Hound are somewhere in the Riverlands, living off the land as best they can. The Hound is hoping to sell Arya to her Aunt Lysa in the Aerie, but he's not quite sure how to get there, it seems. He tells Arya that he's thinking about sailing to Essos to become a sellsword, perhaps with the Second Sons outfit.
Arya would be interested in going to Braavos. She claims she has friends there. "I doubt it", replies the Hound.
They are interrupted by a farmer who owns the land where they rest. Arya spins a tale about her "father" fighting for the Tullys of Riverrun, their cottage burning down along with her mother, and how her father has never been the same. She is rewarded with a nice meal and a warm place to sleep - 2 things they obviously haven't enjoyed in quite awhile. She is very pleased with herself.
Arya is less so when she finds that Sandor has abused the hospitality they were given. He shakes down the family for the silver they foolishly admit they had, and gets mad at Arya when she gets upset. "They'll both be dead come winter. Dead men don't need silver."
In the exchange of the night, IMO, Arya tells Clegane that he is the most horrible person in the Seven Kingdoms.
"There's plenty worse than me." Sandor replies, "I just understand the way things are. How many Starks they got to behead before you figure it out?"
. Seriously I could feel a part of my innocence dying, this is what you get from watching HBO. Between that and the gay orgy I was close to turning this ish off. Seriously who enjoys those scenes.
I don't care how many of those scenes I see in my life, aint nothing gonna make me acknowledge that shyt as acceptable behavior.
And we know old dude from last week is not touching that Greyjoy blimp.)
. They probably will leave the decorations up and have the wedding next week.
Did this episode finally change y'alls mind on the new Daario? I fukks with him. 
How'd they keep a straight face in that scene.
Have y'all not seen the movie "
You're late, He was recasted with a new actor.
Game of Thrones really messed this up brehs
