Game of Thrones: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
Things are looking bleak for a great many of the characters in “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”. There were a couple of unexpected twists in this episode. Time to the break it down.
Arya Stark
Arya is none too happy these days in the House of Black and White. Not that I blame her, as she demanded to know what is being done to the dead bodies after she washes them. That alone seems to be a pretty revolting task, but the mystery behind it only makes things worse. She gets a nocturnal visit from Jaqen H’gar who asks her about her life story. Every time he detects a lie, he lashes her. The most interesting aspect of this was when she talked about how she left the Hound for dead and that she hated him, for which Jaqen repeatedly lashed her. She could try to deny it all she wants, but she had an affection for The Hound. In a scene that was like a flashback to The Walking Dead and the Governor with his room full of zombie heads, Jaqen leads her to a room that is filled with heads of the deceased. I’m guessing this is what allows the Faceless Men to change their identity. Whatever the case, that was a pretty repulsive scene that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Tyrion Lannister
Just when it seemed like Tyrion and Ser Jorah Mormont were starting to get along, they were surprised by slavers, who took them as slaves. I absolutely loved Tyrion’s justification of why they couldn’t just chop off his manhood in order to sell it to some rich, eccentric dude. Once more, Tyrion used his quick wit to save his life, and in this case, Jorah’s as well when he brought up how good of a fighter Jorah is. Now it looks like both of their fates are tied to how well Jorah does in the fighting pits. Jorah has already shown himself to be a capable fighter, but he is going to go up against younger, stronger, faster opponents. My guess is that he will do well for himself and attract Daenerys’s attention, which will save both him and Tyrion.
Cesei Lannister
Cersei is playing a seriously dangerous game. First, she dismisses out of hand Lady Olenna, who wanted to bargain with her in a way that she would with Tywin Lannister, but Cersei is no Tywin. When Littlefinger warns her about the danger of what she’s doing with Ser Loras Tyrell’s arrest, she dismisses him as well. At Loras’s trial, Queen Margaery winds up being arrested. King Tommen shows himself to be a weak little fool as he does nothing while his wife is arrested. I think this will ultimately backfire on Cersei. For one thing, giving these fanatical religious types so much power is a horrible idea especially when she has three children born of incest with her brother. Second, she’s in for a world of trouble openly going against the Tyrells like this. They are about as rich and powerful as the Lannisters, and with Stannis breathing down her neck, she can’t afford this type of war.
Jaime Lannister
I have to say it was ridiculously unbelievable that Jaime and Bronn arrive to retrieve Myrcella at the exact same that the Sand Snakes go to kill her. Granted, this sets up a nice battle scene, but come on. I’m only willing to suspend disbelief so far. The fight scene between Jaime and Bronn and the Sand Snakes was pretty cool. My guess is that Prince Doran won’t go too hard on Jaime since he was trying to protect his daughter/niece.
Sansa Stark
Even though Sansa is my least favorite character in the show, I couldn’t help but to feel sorry for her, marrying a psychopath like Ramsay Snow. This episode started to show the first signs of Reek/Theon Grayjoy beginning to break. First, with him giving away Sansa at the wedding and acknowledging that he is indeed Theon. Then with Ramsay forcing him to watch as he takes Sansa against her will as he takes her virginity away on their wedding night. It was a really disturbing and uncomfortable scene that I could have done without. My guess is that something bad will happen to Sansa (worse than this episode), and Theon will turn against Ramsay to save Sansa. I still don’t get what Littlefinger was thinking here. He usually has his fingers on the pulse of everything going on, so it’s hard to imagine he didn’t know Ramsay was a sadist. It’s hard to say at this point if he actually cares about Sansa or if she is just a pawn in his greater schemes.
This episode wasn’t quite as good as the last couple of weeks, but there was definitely a lot to sink your teeth into.
Arya Stark
Arya is none too happy these days in the House of Black and White. Not that I blame her, as she demanded to know what is being done to the dead bodies after she washes them. That alone seems to be a pretty revolting task, but the mystery behind it only makes things worse. She gets a nocturnal visit from Jaqen H’gar who asks her about her life story. Every time he detects a lie, he lashes her. The most interesting aspect of this was when she talked about how she left the Hound for dead and that she hated him, for which Jaqen repeatedly lashed her. She could try to deny it all she wants, but she had an affection for The Hound. In a scene that was like a flashback to The Walking Dead and the Governor with his room full of zombie heads, Jaqen leads her to a room that is filled with heads of the deceased. I’m guessing this is what allows the Faceless Men to change their identity. Whatever the case, that was a pretty repulsive scene that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Tyrion Lannister
Just when it seemed like Tyrion and Ser Jorah Mormont were starting to get along, they were surprised by slavers, who took them as slaves. I absolutely loved Tyrion’s justification of why they couldn’t just chop off his manhood in order to sell it to some rich, eccentric dude. Once more, Tyrion used his quick wit to save his life, and in this case, Jorah’s as well when he brought up how good of a fighter Jorah is. Now it looks like both of their fates are tied to how well Jorah does in the fighting pits. Jorah has already shown himself to be a capable fighter, but he is going to go up against younger, stronger, faster opponents. My guess is that he will do well for himself and attract Daenerys’s attention, which will save both him and Tyrion.
Cesei Lannister
Cersei is playing a seriously dangerous game. First, she dismisses out of hand Lady Olenna, who wanted to bargain with her in a way that she would with Tywin Lannister, but Cersei is no Tywin. When Littlefinger warns her about the danger of what she’s doing with Ser Loras Tyrell’s arrest, she dismisses him as well. At Loras’s trial, Queen Margaery winds up being arrested. King Tommen shows himself to be a weak little fool as he does nothing while his wife is arrested. I think this will ultimately backfire on Cersei. For one thing, giving these fanatical religious types so much power is a horrible idea especially when she has three children born of incest with her brother. Second, she’s in for a world of trouble openly going against the Tyrells like this. They are about as rich and powerful as the Lannisters, and with Stannis breathing down her neck, she can’t afford this type of war.
Jaime Lannister
I have to say it was ridiculously unbelievable that Jaime and Bronn arrive to retrieve Myrcella at the exact same that the Sand Snakes go to kill her. Granted, this sets up a nice battle scene, but come on. I’m only willing to suspend disbelief so far. The fight scene between Jaime and Bronn and the Sand Snakes was pretty cool. My guess is that Prince Doran won’t go too hard on Jaime since he was trying to protect his daughter/niece.
Sansa Stark
Even though Sansa is my least favorite character in the show, I couldn’t help but to feel sorry for her, marrying a psychopath like Ramsay Snow. This episode started to show the first signs of Reek/Theon Grayjoy beginning to break. First, with him giving away Sansa at the wedding and acknowledging that he is indeed Theon. Then with Ramsay forcing him to watch as he takes Sansa against her will as he takes her virginity away on their wedding night. It was a really disturbing and uncomfortable scene that I could have done without. My guess is that something bad will happen to Sansa (worse than this episode), and Theon will turn against Ramsay to save Sansa. I still don’t get what Littlefinger was thinking here. He usually has his fingers on the pulse of everything going on, so it’s hard to imagine he didn’t know Ramsay was a sadist. It’s hard to say at this point if he actually cares about Sansa or if she is just a pawn in his greater schemes.
This episode wasn’t quite as good as the last couple of weeks, but there was definitely a lot to sink your teeth into.
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