A Man Without Honor
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Theon Greyjoy. In speaking with some friends about the overall reality of the show, one of the biggest complaints is that of time, they have a hard time showing the passage of time in this show. With Theon I think it’s even more so then with others, because many will look at his turn as being sudden. But in talking with some friends one of the big points that was brought up is the importance of names in this series. In the books as well it seems your Name is more important then your life, it is what defines you. In almost every episode including this one, someone spouts off someone else’s lineage. Theon Greyjoy’s journey over the past couple episodes have been over a couple of months at least and in that time his name has been in serious question. He lived nobly with the Starks, a family who tore him away from his parentage and when they trusted him the most they sent him back to his family, a family which called him a Stark and not a Greyjoy. Theon wants the love of his father more then he cares about the love of the Starks and this yearning has driven the boy into a madman. In the past two to three episodes we’ve seen how cruel he must become to please his father and in this episode was saw him go even a step further. This show tends to show some of the best stuff in it’s closing scene, and Theon Greyjoy closed out this episode with one of the more brutal moments of the whole series. I haven’t read the books so I don’t know anything ahead of this point but that final moment was stellar. I’m loving where they’ve taken Theon.
In preparation for the second season starting I did a marathon of the first season. I remember that throughout the first season the storyline I cared about the least was Daenerys Targaryen and the Dothraki. Right up until the final episode and the final moments of the first season. When Daenerys rose from the ashes with her dragons I yelped, out loud. I was so excited at where they could be taking this storyline and now this storyline is one of my favorites. I’m glad that there isn’t as much Dothraki mythology going on and instead a fierce battle is going on in Qarth. Also the final moments of this one, Daenerys in the hall of the Thirteen, I was floored. I am loving Pyat Pree and his House of the Undying, he is severely creepy and is likely to do a lot of damage.
I had mentioned before that I haven’t read the books, but there was one character that I was too stressed out about and I ended up reading some spoilers about her, that person being Arya Stark. So I won’t say too much about her storyline, just that anytime she is one screen with Tywin I love the acting between the two of them.
In an interview the actor who plays Jaime Lannister said a scene in this episode was his favorite moment in the series. They gave some good time to Jaime and his deviousness shone through.
Jon Snow had some fun north of the wall, a little sexual banter was nice. A tender moment was shared between Tyrion and Cersei. Sansa became a woman and The Hound showed his teeth.
Now you can correct me if I’m wrong, but thinking back through out that episode and I may have to see it again, but I don’t think there was any female nudity, which may be a first for the series. There was one male who’s ass was showing in Qarth and I think that may be the only nudity of the episode.
What did you think of this episode?