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Game of Thrones *NO BOOK SPOILERS* |OT| Season 3 - Sundays on HBO [Read the OP]

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Mashing

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The dire wolves look great this season.

Interested in where Bran's storyline is going. Brienne is one hell of a sword fighter.
 

Gobias

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Yeah at the end Brienne was pretty much able to overpower him with just one hand. Wish there were some more 1 on 1 sword fights.
 

Kave_Man

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Not sure I would say poor Sansa... I mean, Sansa is stupid as can be, but it works out in her favor if Joffrey goes for Margaery.

Oh Sansa is definitely a dumb girl but Margaery going to Joffrey is no guarantee it works out in her favour.

It was in Ned's favour to admit he was a traitor and he would be shown "mercy". That didn't turn out too well...

I do have to say Margaery is playing things well, she is so manipulating Joffrey. I was actually shocked he was showing interest in a woman for once.
 

Madness

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Roose Bolton's bastard

Wtf? Who is roose bolton's bastard? Sometimes these episodes get to me. It's like give the good guys a fucking break. Just when Arya is about to be safe, fucking hound comes out of nowhere and identifies her.
 

Kave_Man

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Roose Bolton's bastard

Seems unlikely. I only say that because the dude did come to Robb with the bad news and they had no clue where Theon was or if the boys were safe. If it was the bastard who caught him I'm sure he would have told them so and then Robb could kill Theon himself instead of the torture.
 

Madness

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roose bolton's bastard is the bastard son of roose bolton.

What kind of answer is that man? Dude, it's not a book spoiler is it? This is the no book spoiler thread man. Wtf. Why do guys like you have to ruin it for us? Pulling this "I think it's this, but I'm just guessing crap".

EDIT: THE FACT YOU'VE NOW STEALTH EDITED BOTH POSTS WITHOUT A MENTION WHY YOU EDITED THEM, TELLS ME ITS TRUE

That aside, what do you guys they'll do with Jamie? I have a feeling that Robb won't let Karstark behead him just yet, not while they still have Sansa.
 
Fucking hell, HBO Go is a real piece of shit sometimes. Took me 2 hours to get through this episode.

The player really is shit. Can't even improve the buffering by pausing, and it's low res shit all the way through.

I love reading the replies in this thread, you guys are in for a treat this season.
 

Milabrega

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I missed the first ten minutes of the episode, first scene I saw was
Theon on the rack
can someone fill me in on what I missed?

Thanks Sho_Nuff82
 
I missed the first ten minutes of the episode, first scene I saw was
Theon on the rack
can someone fill me in on what I missed?

First 10 minutes:

At the beginning Bran has a dream of the three-eyed crow, and he tries to shoot it with his bow and arrow (with Robb and Jon Snow giving advice). No matter how hard he tries, he can't kill it. There's another boy in the dream that he doesn't know, he finds out later that the boy is Jojen Reed. He, Rickon, Osha, and Hodor continue their journey to the Wall.

Robb's camp gets two letters - both bad news. One informing him that his grandfather (Lady Catelyn's father) has passed away at Riverrun, the other (from Roose Bolton's bastard) finally telling him that Winterfell was burned to the ground, the castle put to the sword, the Ironmen escaped, and that Bran and Rickon are missing/presumed dead or captured. Catelyn wonders why Theon has sent no letters demanding ransom if he has escaped with Bran and Rickon as hostages.

Next scene is the one you walked in on.
 

Madness

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First 10 minutes:

At the beginning Bran has a dream of the three-eyed crow, and he tries to shoot it with his bow and arrow (with Robb and Jon Snow giving advice). No matter how hard he tries, he can't kill it. There's another boy in the dream that he doesn't know, he finds out later that the boy is Jojen Reed. He, Rickon, Osha, and Hodor continue their journey to the Wall.

Robb's camp gets two letters - both bad news. One informing him that his grandfather (Lady Catelyn's father) has passed away at Riverrun, the other (from Roose Bolton's bastard) finally telling him that Winterfell was burned to the ground, the castle put to the sword, the Ironmen escaped, and that Bran and Rickon are missing/presumed dead or captured. Catelyn wonders why Theon has sent no letters demanding ransom if he has escaped with Bran and Rickon as hostages.

Next scene is the one you walked in on.

I don't think you need to spoiler tag anything that has aired already. That's what I love about this thread. We can discuss it as it airs. I read the OP to make sure. It sucks for those that haven't watched it yet, but they should avoid the thread until they watch.

Edit: anyone else can't believe how different Bran's voice is? Watching season 2 to now, it's completely different. There's the hint of the 'child' gone already.
 
I love how Margaery is playing Joffrey, she knows what to do to keep her king happy. And she probably used her conversation with Sansa to know what he likes. Maybe Tyrion will betray his family and flee with Sansa and Shae, I'd like that to happen.
Bran's story just got more interesting and explains a lot of what happened previously. And I'm glad Brienne was able to handle the kingslayer because I was pretty certain that she was going to die there.
I hope the Hound likes Arya as much as he liked Sansa. She'd be safer with him.
 

Nizz

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I love how Margaery is playing Joffrey, she knows what to do to keep her king happy. And she probably used her conversation with Sansa to know what he likes. Maybe Tyrion will betray his family and flee with Sansa and Shae, I'd like that to happen.
Bran's story just got more interesting and explains a lot of what happened previously. And I'm glad Brienne was able to handle the kingslayer because I was pretty certain that she was going to die there.
I hope the Hound likes Arya as much as he liked Sansa. She'd be safer with him.
I don't know, when he mentions "what are you doing with that Stark bitch" didn't convince me too much. It was a surprise to see The Hound but god damn at the timing, poor Arya can't catch a break. :/

Really love how the Dire wolves are represented onscreen since season 2 when they went with CG. I think they look great. Brienne was pretty damn impressive against Jaime even going at it one handed. Eager to see how this is resolved.

Even though this show is only an hour long it still feels like it flies by and I'm left wanting more, always a good sign in my book. I love how things build up over the season and so far leading to 2 satisfying season finales so far.
 

Hamlet

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That was a really good episode today the actress playing Lady Olenna Tyrell was great all the snide remarks love it
 

Kozak

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Oh boy I was really expecting Jaime to die there! Soo good that they'll be returning him back to Rob.

I actually hope they kill Jaime. He's a great character and the show would miss him but damn, that would really set things off!
 

Xamdou

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So Bran can see through the eyes of animals, does that includes walkers and dragons? I haven't read the books yet but damn the maybe I should.
 

StudioTan

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Brienne is awesome. That is all.
 

StudioTan

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Is Brienne actually that skilled or was is just because Jaime didn't have total arm freedom and tired in general?

She's skilled. In season two she defeated a group of men (offscreen if I recall) which is how she ended up as Renly's personal bodyguard.
 
Is Brienne actually that skilled or was is just because Jaime didn't have total arm freedom and tired in general?

A mix of both really, it can't be easy to fight in chains no matter how good you are. But Brienne did beat Loras who is considered one of the better knights in the 7 kingdoms.
 

NateDrake

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A mix of both really, it can't be easy to fight in chains no matter how good you are. But Brienne did beat Loras who is considered one of the better knights in the 7 kingdoms.

True, but Jaime is hyped as the best of the best -- though he ranks himself as such and stated only 3 men could match or beat him. Her beating him with relative ease was just disappointing to see.
 
So Bran can see through the eyes of animals, does that includes walkers and dragons? I haven't read the books yet but damn the maybe I should.

It would be interesting if he can control dragons. I'm interested to see if they ever actually develop into intelligent versions or if they are going to be strictly animal like and maybe that will dictate it.
 
I like Margaery Tyrell so much. She's playing the game well at the moment. Being kind to Sansa thus receiving pertinent information about Joffrey. During their sit down, I thought the traitor talk was alluding to the discussion with Sansa, but thankfully it was not and it was about Renly who she outed as a way of gaining Joffrey's trust. Really good stuff there.

The rest has a lot of things going on. Finally a name for seeing visions through the eyes of animals, Brienne all suited up winning a fight with Jaimewhere she could not kill him, the William Hurt looking guy and his band of men running into Arya's trio and the hound being the first person to actively identify her existence. So many new characters to digest and to understand.

"Hodor, Hodor."

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Names of the new characters
 

Somnia

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True, but Jaime is hyped as the best of the best -- though he ranks himself as such and stated only 3 men could match or beat him. Her beating him with relative ease was just disappointing to see.

He has also been locked up with almost no food probably for quite awhile, he wasn't nearly at full strength AND he was in chains.
 

Somnia

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Both of which were stated in an earlier post.

Ok? It still answers your post about how disappointing it was. You can't expect him to just immediately pick it back up after weeks/months however long of being a prisoner and being the best of the best again. He held his own at the beginning, but obviously became tired.
 
True, but Jaime is hyped as the best of the best -- though he ranks himself as such and stated only 3 men could match or beat him. Her beating him with relative ease was just disappointing to see.

I don't think you should be disappointed. His hands were bound, he's tired and has been malnourished for a good bit, and he was unarmored fighting a giant opponent in full armor. That's a lot of disadvantages, there.

His quote about there only being 3 swords in the kingdoms equal to his is stretching the truth a bit. He's a Lannister, afterall.
 

demolitio

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This show is simply amazing how it balanced out 50 different storylines and still make them feel like they're pretty fleshed out. It's not perfect in some events considering the time constraints, but they've done a good job of making me look forward to different stories and remembering the characters' personalities instead of just struggling to come up with the names.

Margaery has been awesome this season basically manipulating her way wherever she wants. She's damn gorgeous too of course. :p

Stupid question time: Why is the Kingslayer's hair so much darker now? Is it just from the long march and getting dirty (although I thought it was blonde still last season during the long journey)? I thought maybe they had some killer dye in King's Landing or something. :p

I'm sure it's just my memory failing me mixed with some painkillers but I thought it was lighter even last season.
 
This show is simply amazing how it balanced out 50 different storylines and still make them feel like they're pretty fleshed out. It's not perfect in some events considering the time constraints, but they've done a good job of making me look forward to different stories and remembering the characters' personalities instead of just struggling to come up with the names.

Margaery has been awesome this season basically manipulating her way wherever she wants. She's damn gorgeous too of course. :p

Stupid question time: Why is the Kingslayer's hair so much darker now? Is it just from the long march and getting dirty (although I thought it was blonde still last season during the long journey)? I thought maybe they had some killer dye in King's Landing or something. :p

I'm sure it's just my memory failing me mixed with some painkillers but I thought it was lighter even last season.

If it's darker, I'd say it's to disguise him.
 
Well at least Catelyn finally admitted it, "I am the worst".

Caesar's Mance is boring.

Mackenzie Crook is not.

Jojen/Meera reveal was pretty awesome.

Brienne is the best.

Great episode.
 

dominuece

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Another great episode.

Good introduction of the Reeds and Queen of Thorns. All of the characters are portrayed accurate as fuck!

I'm impressed by how deep they are already going (book length wise), yet still having tight character arcs.

Very promising season.
 
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