The new season of Game of Thrones starts July 16. As a lead-up, I’m re-watching the first six seasons of the show. Below are 10 thoughts I had while watching the second episode of season two, “The Night Lands.” Spoilers for the entire series, but for this episode in particular.
- Varys really does know everything that happens in King’s Landing, doesn’t he?
- And here’s Sam meeting Gilly for the first time. I really hope those two get a happy ending.
- Poor Rakharo. He deserved so much better than that.
- Was the bit with Littlefinger wiping cum off the mouth of one of his whores really necessary?
- Pod really was a hot mess when he was first introduced.
- Tyrion sending Janos Slynt off to the Wall for carrying out the murders of Robert’s bastards is just great. And it resulted in him being executed by a bastard.
- I love that Gendry is smart enough to see that Arya is a girl. Especially because she was so often mistaken for a boy in the first season.
- Re-watching this scene with Theon hitting on Yara is so disturbing, now that I know she’s his sister.
- Salladhor Saan is quite the charmer, isn’t he? I think Cersei is awful, but even she doesn’t deserve to be raped.
- As if interbreeding with his daughters wasn’t awful enough, we learn Craster is also offering up his sons as sacrifices to the White Walkers.
Be Running Up That Road 