Game of Thrones 3.4 "And Now His Watch Is Ended" (spoilers)

[NewJeffCT]

Should be a good one - the follow up to Jamie getting his hand chopped off should be powerful as well, if the title is an indication to those who have read the book.

[Baitball Blogger]

1. I wonder if my hunch is correct.

Will Jamie's loss of his fighting hand change the scales in favor of Tyrion in their father's eyes?

[BainsBane]

26. no

The father is a complete asshole toward Tyrion.

[zeeland]

35. The dynamics between Jamie

and the female knight (can't remember her name) is fascinating. Bet
she will help train him to use his left hand as his sword hand or devise
an prosthetic of sorts.

[Baitball Blogger]

36. She is certainly "raising baby," so to speak.

Teaching Jaime to redefine himself. I wonder what he'll be at the end of this journey?

[zeeland]

44. As far as learning to have

a healthy relationship with a woman, he has no where to go but up, if ya
know what I mean.

[Baitball Blogger]

45. Oh, I know what you mean.

She's tall, so he has to stand on a chair to meet her eye to eye.

[NewJeffCT]

37. Brienne of Tarth

is the woman, played by the 6'3" Gwendolyn Christie. Tarth is an island off the coast of Westeros and is considered part of the Stormlands (the Baratheon lands - Storm's End for Renly, Dragonstone for Stannis)

[zeeland]

47. A grand name for a grand woman.

Something about the Isle of Sapphires was mentioned by Jaime
and it saved her life?

[Mike Daniels]

48. He told the Bolton lackey that Tarth was the source of all sapphires in Westeros

and that Brienne's father would reward the lackey for ensuring Brienne's safe return.

In actuality, the sapphires reference the color of the water around the island.

[zeeland]

49. Cersie is in for a surprise if Brienne and Jaime make it back.

She's losing her grasp of the power she's held over
so many.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Okay, we are on in the East coast.

[avebury]

3. OK - Can you now spill

on what happened? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. So far, in this episode, SPOILERS

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Jaime is wearing his hand like a necklace and the Tyrion should be satisfied that the Eunuch understands the concept of revenge.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Theon, out of the pan and into the fire?

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Sansa, is she being set up for a fall?

[NewJeffCT]

13. Don't want to give away too much

but, she has her ups & downs in the coming 10 episodes.

They seemed to have dropped the Ser Dontos bit, though. If you remember last year, Ser Dontos was the guy who was drunk at Joffrey's name day tournament and Joff - in his infinite wisdom - was going to have the guy killed, but Sansa said the guy was a fool, and Joff made him his fool...

In the books, Dontos plays an important role. He's not been in the TV show since, though.

[Baitball Blogger]

17. Big Spoiler

I think you were the one that told me that she was married off to Tyrion. I think I can see the political reason for that after the Eunuch spoke to Dame Diana Rigg. If Sansa is married, then Little Finger can't use her.

[NewJeffCT]

20. spoiler alert

swipe below for spoilers -

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If Sansa is married to Loras Tyrrell - like Maraery said - she would be a Tyrrell and Loras would also be second in line to Winterfell after Robb Stark (by his marriage to Sansa). This is assuming that Bran & Rickon are dead.

However, if Tyrion married Sansa, then Sansa would be a Lannister and Tyrion would be second in line to Winterfell, after Robb Stark.

Whoever had Winterfell would be very powerful because they would have the North behind them if it ever came down to Lannister vs Tyrrell.
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[Liberal Veteran]

15. That poor girl is unwittingly caught between so many schemes....

A bargaining chip for the Lannisters, a pawn in whatever Littlefinger is planning, and Tyrell/Varys pulling in another direction.

Not to mention a Stark led rebellion in the North in part to get her back to her family.

And poor Sansa is both powerless and clueless as to how many strings are pulling her.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. Powerless and clueless does not seem to be a healthy combination in GoT

I'm surprised she made it this far.

[Hayabusa]

56. She is, with Eddard dead and Bran and Rickon assumed dead

along with Robb being a traitor, the person with the largest claim to the North. She's not important, her claim is.

[Baitball Blogger]

57. Can someone marry her and kill her and maintain title to the throne?

Assuming she doesn't have an heir.

I'm assuming that's what Margery Tyrell is up to?

But, now the secret is out that Bran and Rickon are not dead. And there are people who know that Sansa's sister is alive too.

Those Starks.

[Hayabusa]

58. Worked for Ramsay Snow.

[NewJeffCT]

59. don't call him "snow"

he doesn't like that.

[Hayabusa]

61. Sorry.

You must remember his name!

[WolverineDG]

60. Margery doesn't want her dead

well, not yet, anyway, before there's a Tyrell heir.....

just remember, Margery wants to be THE queen. Do NOT underestimate the Tyrells.

[NewJeffCT]

16. Tensions were running high at Craster's Keep

and, Craster drew his axe on the NW guys when one of them called him a bastard... then, the guy repeated himself, and added in "daughter fucking" on top of it, and Craster lunged, and got stabbed and killed when the guy pulled his knife. Mormont then drew steel on the guy and got killed. Sam ran and fled with Gilly and her son.

[bluedigger]

7. Told you so.

She speaks Valyrian, after all.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Why was it assumed that she didn't know it?

[bluedigger]

9. Because she was an ignorant woman?

He only insulted her every time he opened his mouth.

[NewJeffCT]

10. She was with the savage Dothraki

so, would obviously not know Valarian

[bluedigger]

12. True, but she didn't look very Dothrakian...

He failed to do his due diligence.

[NewJeffCT]

11. Dracarys!

[OriginalGeek]

22. That was the coolest scene ever

until the next coolest scene anyway. GoT seems to be chock full of 'em.


But I literally cheered out loud for her. That was a virtual kick in the balls to all the smug assholes I've ever known.

[NewJeffCT]

14. Is it just me

or, does Emilia Clarke look even more attractive this year as Danerys than the previous two seasons? Maybe a new makeup artist? Maybe she's just more confident in her role? Something else?

[Baitball Blogger]

18. I suggest you look at her carefully in the last season shows.

In this last episode they went through a great deal of trouble to show her in profile, and I couldn't help noticing she looked more "mature." Think about it. She is now an adult. No longer a child.

[warrior1]

19. Yes, Dany is trending.

https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%22Daenerys%20Targaryen%22&src=tren

[bravenak]

23. I'm so excited!!

Waiting for Fire and Blood!

[NewJeffCT]

24. and, Lord Mormont's watch has ended

Sad to see him go - Ser Jorah's father was a good guy.

[BainsBane]

27. that was a shocker

They are always taking out major characters. So what will happen to the Night's Watch now? Will they all become White Walkers?

[NewJeffCT]

29. The Night's Watch is the only "democracy" in Westeros

The men of the Night's Watch elect their own leaders by secret ballot. Not sure if they've been mentioned at all, but the two men that head the other two manned forts on the Wall (The Shadow Tower & Eastwatch by the Sea) are the two most likely candidates.

[BainsBane]

39. I don't think they are in the TV show

I've only seen the wall.

[NewJeffCT]

40. They've shown Castle Black on there as well

which is the main home of the Night's Watch.

[BainsBane]

41. That's the frozen wall, right?

[NewJeffCT]

42. Castle Black is the "main" castle on the Wall

The huge wall of ice was built thousands of years ago by Brandon "The Builder' Stark to protect humankind from The Others/White Walkers. It is 700 feet tall and 100 leagues, or 300 miles, long.

There are 19 castles along the wall, only 3 of which are currently in use - Castle Black, which has about 500 men, and the other two castles (The Shadow Tower and Eastwatch) have the other 500. (Less the 200+ killed at the Fist of the First Men). In the past, more castles were manned and the NW had upwards of 10,000 men instead of the current 1,000. Over the last several hundred years, though, the number of men and the number of castles used has dwindled.

The number of men at each castle could differ on the show, as they often use smaller numbers (Tormund was told to take 20 men to climb the wall on the show - the book number of climbers was over 100...)

http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wall

[BainsBane]

43. So where are the Night walkers now

Have they already gotten by the wall? On their way still?

[NewJeffCT]

46. No, they have not gotten south of the Wall yet

Mance Rayder and the wildings are also North of the Wall, though.

[Hayabusa]

62. Yeah, but you always have to look out for

the unlikely candidates...

[NewJeffCT]

63. Dolorous Edd

for Lord Commander!

[avebury]

25. OMG! The ending of the episode was totally awesome! nt

[BainsBane]

28. I'm starting to like her again

She was on my nerves when she was constantly yelling "where are my dragons." The actress really isn't quite up to the role. She's beautiful but can grate on the nerves.

[NewJeffCT]

30. I think her character is supposed to be a bit annoying

but, in the books, she's 14 or 15, and annoying can be forgiven in somebody that age. On the show, she's early 20s.

[avebury]

31. Can somebody explain to me what was up

on the guy that was tortured, rescued, made some type of confession and then was returned to his torturers? Why did they guy return him to the torturers?

[NewJeffCT]

32. It should be explained in a coming episode

I would think. Let's just say that it's not very pleasant.

Reek Reek, it rhymes with Freak.

[BainsBane]

33. He's sided with the Starks

That's as much as I know. I expect there is a reward in it for him.

[zeeland]

34. Lots of Karmic payback

lots of Karmic payback tonight. He had it coming. I think his
sister is behind it.

[Avalux]

38. That guy is Theon Greyjoy; he was a 'prisoner' of the Starks, but became part of the family.

He left Winterfell when the rebellion started and returned home to his father, Lord Balon Greyjoy, who ridiculed his loyalty to the Starks, so he betrayed them and joined the fight against the North. He invaded Winterfell and killed/burned two children, then pretended they were the Stark children to wield power over the residents.

He controls Winterfell for a short time, but is then betrayed by his own men, imprisoned and tortured after Stark's men retake it.

I think he was made to believe he was being rescued to get a confession out of him about the Stark children. It was all a set up.

[NewJeffCT]

50. So, was Podrick Payne really a sexual prodigy?

Or, is Ros pulling a fast one on Varys? Saw an article on the episode, and the reviewer thought it was the showrunners tweaking the media for criticizing GoT about the nudity/sex on the show, and that Pod really only talked to the girls...

[NewJeffCT]

52. No, Pod is not any sort of prodigy in the books

He's a good kid, from what I recall.

[BainsBane]

53. I for one would appreciate more details

On exactly what skills he has.

[NewJeffCT]

54. He really knows how to use his spear

As Ser Mandon Moore can attest.

[BainsBane]

55. I'm guessing it's the tongue

The best lovers I have have been particularly proficient in n that area.

[NewJeffCT]

64. Track Varys' package on its journey from Myr to the Red Keep

http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/74994/track-varyss-mail-order-sorcerer-from-game-of-thrones?kml