Game of thrones season 7 episode 2 discussion

GAME OF THRONES SEASON 7 EPISODE 2 DISCUSSION FULL

GAME OF THRONES SEASON 7 EPISODE 2 DISCUSSION FULL

Those who enjoy finding modern-day parallels will have had a field day tonight: from CerseiвЂ™s attempts to whip up hatred of the Dothraki to VarysвЂ™ вЂњpower to the peopleвЂќ speech, the hour was full of moments that deliberately echoed modern upheavals. I was sold as a slave and carved up as an offering вЂ¦ you wish to know where my true loyalties lie? Not with any king or queen but with the people.вЂ™ Jim Broadbent as Archmaester Ebrose, John Bradley-West as Samwell Tarly. This is Game of Thrones, though, so IвЂ™d say the meeting is more likely to ruin everyoneвЂ™s lives than end in happily ever after.

Throw into the mix DanyвЂ™s propensity for demanding vocal displays of support and JonвЂ™s strong dislike of doing so and you have the sort of ingredients that fuel many a bad romcom. Oh, and could he just take the time to dig up her ancestral home for the cache of dragonglass thatвЂ™s buried there? It wonвЂ™t take that long and itвЂ™s not as though anyone likes spending time on Dragonstone anyway. Consider this: he not only has to hold the uneasy Northern Alliance together and prepare them for the great battle thatвЂ™s looming with the Night King, he also has to convince Dany that she should stop worrying about claiming her familyвЂ™s gloomy birthright and instead join forces with him. Jon, meanwhile, has his own game to play, and if the odds are stacked against Dany and her rapidly depleting band of unlikely allies, theyвЂ™re even worse for him.

ItвЂ™s part of me and I will never stop fighting for it no matter the odds, but the odds are against us.вЂ™ I accepted it because the north is my home. Interestingly TyrionвЂ™s note to the North was far more conciliatory. This last detail finds its counterpoint in the alliance between Euron and Cersei, two people for whom power is just a game and who have no plans beyond seizing the throne, and laughing as their enemies are crushed beneath their feet.Д®milia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen, Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, Gemma Whelan as Yara Greyjoy, and Indira Varma as Ellaria Sand.ДЄnd what of Dany? She stressed throughout this episode that she had no interest in being the Queen of the Ashes or in being her brother Viserys, yet her message of forgiveness to Varys was tempered by the threat of death by dragon burning вЂ“ and her summoning of Jon very much from the Stannis Baratheon school of Bend The Knee or Be Damned. Varys is right that kings come and go but stable nations last, that itвЂ™s not a question of who rules but of how they intend to do so.

Tyrion is right that if Dany simply sailed to KingвЂ™s Landing and burnt its inhabitants into submission the talk would all be of her father, the Mad King, and that fear is no way to rule. Olenna was right that peace doesnвЂ™t last and you need to think about how you would respond to insurrection. There are a number of solid points that lie behind the self-interest, however. The opening scene between Dany and her advisors took the time to establish how unstable her grand alliance really is thanks to its many competing interests: Olenna and Ellaria desperate for revenge, Yara hopeful that a Targaryen Queen will allow her to rule in the Iron Islands, Varys keen to stabilise a nation and Tyrion (well letвЂ™s just say that I thought the plan to use the Unsullied to attack Casterly Rock was both astute and very beneficial to a certain smart Hand of the Queen). Yet, as the focus narrows and more characters are swept from the board, it becomes clear that behind the big set pieces this showвЂ™s main interest lies in the nature of governance, in how one should rule and to what end. The pulsating final five minutes of this episode, in which Euron Greyjoy brought House TargaryenвЂ™s motto, fire and blood, to life, eliminating two thirds of the Sand Snakes in the process, made it clear that budget is not an issue this season. Excuse me while I take a few minutes to remember to breathe. вЂPeace? Do you think thatвЂ™s what we had under your father, or his father, or his? Peace never lasts, my dear.вЂ™ Do not read unless you have watched season seven, episode two, which airs in the UK on Sky Atlantic on Monday at 2am and 9pm, and is repeated in Australia on Showcase on Monday at 7.30pm AEST. Spoiler alert: this blog is published after Game of Thrones airs on HBO in the US on Sunday night and on Foxtel in Australia on Monday.

Game of thrones season 7 episode 2 discussion