This was the theme I picked up from this episode. It was heavily run by women, regardless of our all-star match up in the ring (that we had to wait until the final 5 minutes for -_-). Let me explain...The episode's open features a very drunken no-name broad who was burping tunes for her men friends to guess. One man immediately guessed "The Rains of Castamere" and from that moment, fans, we should have known what this hour would bring us.
ENTER YGRITTE: our firey ginger friend who placed her faith in Jon Snow only to be left to her wildling, ahem excuse me, "Free People"tribe who ensured her she'd be in biiiiiiig trouble of Jon Snow wasn't actually dead as she had reported. Maybe she didn't kill him, but she's certainly taking out her rage on the whole of Mole's Town.
EXCEPT FOR our friend Gilly and baby Sam whom Ygritte found mercy for, even in her blood thirsty, broken hearted fury. Point one for the girls.
Next stop is the Eyrie, where our weasley dude Lord Baelish has some questions to answer about the fallen (see what I did there?) Lysa Arryn. Though Lysa's stroll through the moon door may seem like a point against the females here, it got Sansa to shed her snake skin and reveal how capable she also is of being sneaky like, and even for, Baelish. I'm reluctant to give her a point because I find it quite creepy that Littlefinger's trying to get his hands on the whole family, and Sansa's only 14, but when she stepped out triumphantly in her raven dressed she didn't look too against it. And she's alive.
As is Arya! As if there were ever any doubt, but she gets a BONUS POINT for finding something to actually laugh about in this world. I must say, I've always sort of rooted for the Hound for some strange reason, but his infected neck wound and now this botched mission to get paid in exchange for one of the last Stark children is slowly but surely tearing him down.
Over the Narrow Sea, we have our most complex chick yet. Our Khaleesi who has certainly grown in many ways (is she merciful? is she losing sight of her true mission?) and has just broke up with two major dudes. She sent Daario Naharis packing, but only to benefit her rule, and now that we know Jorah has been Varys' little bird this whole time, she won't even give him a moment to speak in private. OUCH. Girl Power at its finest though. How dare that two-timing Wall surrenderer try his luck again? He don't have to go home but he sure can't stay here. If he doesn't have the Lannisters paying his bills in exchange for info, where in the seven kingdoms is he headed?
That's not concern of Khaleesi's. One point for her for kicking dudes to the curb and still having a solid posse. So we have one point for Khaleesi, one for Sansa, one for Ygritte, two for Arya, and as Tyrion patiently awaits his "trial" in a cell, we must not forget the wrath that is Cersei Lannister-Baratheon-(Tyrell?) who put him there. If we go back far enough, we can bring Joanna Lannister in here, the mother of the twins and the imp, a.k.a. the most loved man to ever walk the face of this planet, whether it be in the real world or the fictitious Westeros. Is this some kind of sick karma finally coming his way?
Nah. There were other girl probz he's faced since the death of his mother. One word: Shae. He did everything he could and more to make Shae happy and safe, and she came back onto the scene as none other then Team Cersei.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
There is more to this saga than just Joffrey's death. Don't us forget the Oberyn was so willing to kill the Mountain to hear his sister's name finally spoken and avenged. What's interesting about this is he got the Mountain on his back but couldn't shut up or swallow his pride; an absolute perfect parallel to Tyrion whose trial it is after all. How fitting that his contender is just as stubborn as he?
But we knew Oberyn had personal motives. Everyone's fighting for a dame somewhere. Buuuut, mostly everyone is losing.
So who really gets the points for Oberyn's face obliteration? Cersei is the obvious front-runner, since she had been waiting her entire life to have her "monster" brother killed, even though she probably didn't want it to be for regicide of her sadistic son-king. Is it Shae, then, who definitely has a case of the crazy ex-girlfriend if-I-can't-have-you-then-you-must-dies?
Cersei may have had her moment this week after hearing her father proclaim her brother would die. But the person who just died so that Tyrion would die is the Prince of Dorne, the country that OH YEAH.... has her daughter.
I don't know ladies and gents. They call her the Mother of Madness, and as we look at history, things don't always fair well for our Mad friends.
Also, if I gave the nod to Cersei on behalf of the ladies, I'd subtract one from the board for Ellaria Sand, Oberyn's woman, whom he promised to not leave alone in this world but uh, did.
So though things really aren't fairing well for many of our men, the ladies are pulling all the strings.
As for Tyrion, I absolutely refuse to believe he's about to die. All Men Must Die, but even Grand Maester Pycelle couldn't actually refer to Tyrion as a "man."
Maybe I'm being overly optimistic.
Oh I certainly am, but there are two episodes left to get Tyrion on a boat somewhere. Maybe to meet up with his wife so she doesn't shack up with Littlefinger. eek.
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