When the Many Stop Fearing the Few: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap for ‘The Gift’
One can’t go without mentioning the hero of the episode: big oafy guy who broke Tyrion’s chains for him for no reason. What a nice guy!
One can’t go without mentioning the hero of the episode: big oafy guy who broke Tyrion’s chains for him for no reason. What a nice guy!
Jaqen knows in her heart Arya is not ready to become No One, but he acknowledges, “She is ready to become someone else.” She says nothing, enthralled by the unmoving, yet not really dead faces in the walls. What I would’ve said to that is, “Where do you put the rest of the bodies?”
Trudy has gotten her happy ending, which is not something anyone else on this show can say. She’s going to ride into the sunset on a Learjet to her new rural life in Wichita.
Tyrion told Jorah that traveling with him consisted of “long sullen silences and the occasional punch in the face,” and that’s what it feels like to watch this season thus far.
Distracting ourselves from the inevitable is no longer possible. We must accept that none of these characters has more than hour to live.
Tyrion’s last familial ally has turned against him. It’s hard to blame Jaime, but it’s safe to say Tyrion was justified in the crossbow-to-the-chest-on-the-toilet incident.