His sword was broken by the Kingsguard who was standing a couple feet away from him, at the ready. I expect, had he reached for a longsword, he’d have had his head taken off just as his fingers touched it.
I’m assuming that Syrio didn’t survive his encounter with the last guard. But I do agree that I would have liked to have seen more of him.
If Syrio lives, the next time we see him he should totally be sporting an eyepatch.
It’s possible I guess.
I just hated that scene – for one reason. The guy is armed with a dull stick, and still manages to disable several guards in just a few seconds. But he never picks up a real weapon. He is virtually guaranteeing his own death, and even worse, he’s leaving more guards alive to search for Arya later.
That was WAY dumber than all the poor choices Ned made in the last couple episodes.
The throwing the knives away part was Drogo. That was badass.
Oops, you’re right. I meant that Syrio was the idiot for not grabbing a real sword among the many available.
Nobody cares about the living dead coming back to rip people limb from limb and then setting dead family to kill live loved ones? I feel like Osha-- Hey! Bad shit is coming down from the north.
Well, I can’t take Osha too seriously right now either. The way this thing is paced, we won’t be seeing the undead in the middle of town until the end of next season.
Drogo: You are already dead.
But then you can’t look all badass facing off a knight with a hilt and 6 inches of wooden sword.
Syrio knows looking badass is half the battle.
No no, the guy on the internet knows better. Like the guy who thought that HBO screwed up because there were metal sounds from the wooden practice swords…
-Joe
So we’re going with the theory that it’s easier to fight with a 6" piece of wood than it is to pick up a sword while moving?
Syrio had 3 or 4 guys come at him one at a time before his stick broke. Somewhere in there he surely had time to pick up one of their swords. He certainly had plenty of time to banter. 
And he was doing just fine with the stick. A thick, strong, hard stick has been an effective weapon for quite a long time.
Did you see how Syrio fought? those swords would be completely useless to him.
I have no idea what time frame the books play out over, but they’ve got a cast full of kids aging normally to deal with. Poor Walt disappeared out of Lost because he insisted on entering puberty like a bat out of hell, while the show’s chronology was about a month per season.
I clearly went to the kitchen for a coke at the wrong time, because I missed monstercock. Geeze, all those 2/3 naked Dothrak dudes, and instead of hung-like-a-horselord, we get Hodor and poison wine death march guy parts out.
No no no. He should have picked up a broadsword. That way we could have a whole other bunch of people whining about how he used a sword that demands a style with which he wasn’t familiar.
-Joe
The kids age in the books too, though, so that’s not such a big deal.
Honestly, as far as nit picks go this has got to be one of the silliest ones. Almost the very first words out of that characters mouth are that HE DOESN’T FIGHT LIKE THAT.
No, what he should have done was picked up a sword from one of the guys laying around there. I’m sure the guy inches away from him wouldn’t have hacked him in half.
Remember kids, whatever happens in the story is just plain wrong. The internet says so!
-Joe
I missed the second one <technically missed the first one, too, but saw his bum>, but you’re totally right! We have wholly nekkid women running around, ALL hot, and we’re supposed to be happy with Hodor? I want my hung-like-a-horselord!!!