I have sympathy for him too. Someone semi-spoiled in another thread that his story only gets more plaintive as the series goes on.
He gets unchained from the tree (still in shackles) for promising a reward from both his father as well as Brienne’s father. Offered pheasant at a table (stump of a tree), then abruptly slammed down on the stump. The head guy pulls a good sized knife/scimitar, jams it right close to his eye and essentially tells him that he doesn’t give 2 shits about Jaime’s dad. The head guy starts to walk away and says, “oh, well let this be a reminder to you that your pops isn’t here!” and cuts off Jaime’s right hand.
That horrible song was a punk remix of the song that the banner of the flayed man men were singing after capturing Jaime and Brienne.
It does seem like the flayed men are still interested in getting a reward from the lannisters and/or Brienne of Tarth’s dad because they didn’t follow through in raping Brienne in the woods.
Pretty sure I saw Brutus from Rome failing to comprehend Jon Snow’s grand scheme to capture the Mountain. I wonder if Caesar and he meet south of the Wall, somewhere near the Rubicon.
I haven’t seen anyone mention it here, but in case anyone else was confused about the Gilly timeline: I’ve heard a couple people assume that the baby Jon saw sacrificed was Gilly’s baby, then she got pregnant again, and nine months went by before the crows came back. (One podcaster briefly speculated the “second” baby could be Sam’s!) Actually, the baby Jon saw was another daughter/wife’s, and it’s probably been about 3 months since they were last at Craster’s - Gilly was showing but not near birth when they left for the Fist.
As for Sam, I think the implication is that he could be very useful in the right circumstances - he seems bright, inquisitive, and able to retain lots of obscure information. It’s just that he’s in the exact wrong circumstances to allow those talents to shine. And since this show isn’t into standard fantasy tropes like “commoners are the equals of nobility” and “surely there will be a last-minute derring-do rescue for the hero in a tight spot,” it makes sense that they’re also tweaking, “seemingly hopeless but loveable schmo gains super fighting powers via montage” with Sam.
One thing I have to say, I have never liked Littlefinger. I love Varys as a slimy schemer, but Littlefinger just icks me out completely. And something about his portrayal just makes him really repulsive.
Oh, definitely, this story is all about destroying fantasy cliches and stereotypes. But Sam still annoys me. Like in the scenes last season after they left Craster’s keep, in which Sam kept mentioning Gilly like some lovestruck puppy. And then now, when he’s so easily discouraged from running for his life by some bullying.
I hope the rest of the gang from Misfits shows up. Told my wife he was able to sneak in and help Theon escape because he can turn invisible. Forgot she didn’t watch Misfits so she thought I was spoilering.
So I wonder if Jamie was bullshitting about Brienne being from the “sapphire islands” with a father willing to give a fortune for her safe return. Note that I do not want to be spoilered on this or any other aspect of the show; I’m just idly wondering.
Pff, only if you know what “plaintive” means, college boy.
I certainly have pity for Theon. He was stuck in a no win situation. People would have called him a traitor whether he sided with the Starks or with the Greyjoys. Theon’s original plan was actually pretty decent. A Stark-Greyjoy alliance would have served both sides far better than a Stark-Greyjoy war. It’s even a little bit sweet when you think about it. He was trying to bring his adopted family and his biological family together.
That doesn’t excuse all the terrible things that Theon did, but that doesn’t mean we can’t both condemn Theon for the bad things he did while simultaneously pitying him for all the bad things that happened to him that drove him to make those decisions.
It was a nice continuity nod to hear Jamie talking about how much he hated his daily lessons. Last season Tywin mentioned Jamie being dyslexic (well, he didn’t use the word, but that was the description) and how he forced him to study daily and in retrospect it was some of his favorite time with the boy.
Catelyn did refer to Brienne as “Lady Brienne” until Brienne asked her not to and unless her father was a nobleman willing to indulge her I don’t see how she’d have acquired a knight’s training. Tarth is one of the islands in the Narrow see between Westeros and Essos.
This show is a goldmine of “s/he was in that” riches for things she hasn’t seen - it’s a running joke for us.
“He’s in Ripper Street!” “Haven’t seen it.”
“Remember Braveheart?” “No.”
“He’s the guy that said ‘Yarp’ in Hot Fuzz.” “Don’t remember.”
“He was the bad guy in The Golden Child.” “Never saw it.”
“She was Nymphadora.” “Don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“He was a Bond villain and an Indiana Jones villain.” “Don’t care.”
