If the last episode was about talking, then this episode is about listening. Carcetti (OK, Lord Baelish) goes for a walk with Ned Stark and shows him all of the people hired to listen in public spaces. Some of them work for the King, some work for the Queen, some are just freelance ears, and some of them listen for free for the Huffington Post for some reason. Elsewhere Lil' Katniss repeats to her father the many tips she's gleaned from listening to Cesar Milan, The Sword Whisperer. And Brother Fucker is forced to listen to King Meatsauce banging his many paramours. He laughs a lot during sex, huh? That's weird.
Meanwhile, Draco Malfoy talks about dragons. I guess they're all dead? That's too bad. Dragons are rad. This chick knows what I'm talking about:
Lord Baelish gives Ned Stark a few leads regarding the death of Jon Arryn (the previous Hand who was likely murdered by the Lannisters) but Ned shrugs off his recommendation to investigate conspicuously. (You should really listen to this guy, Ned. He's from Baltimore! He know the game!) He visits an armory, where he finds...Chris from Skins! YEAH CHRIS! Oh, and in THIS SHOW, he's the King's bastard son.
Back in Dothrakiville, Draco Malfoy has had enough of all the roving warrior shit. He lashes out at his sister, who has also had enough. A lot of enough-having in the Traegaradedaen family, huh?
The tournament that Ned Stark called a needless extravagance goes forward anyway, though it looks pretty low-rent.
Oh, and guess who gets killed in a joust? A guy who was somehow related to Jon Arryn (it wasn't really explained very well)! That probably means something about the Lannisters' plot! Or maybe not!
Finally, Lady Stark is still travelling home. She stops at a tavern, and who should show up but Tyrion Lannister! ("Oh, Lady Stark! Small world, huh? Get it? SMALL!"-Tyrion Lannister) In a move that will probably prove to be catastrophically stupid, Lady Stark decides to accuse him of Attempted Murder Of A Bonus Jonas right there, in front of everybody. We'll see how this goes, but word travels a lot faster than justice. Even in Game Of Thrones town, where everything takes like five fucking weeks to get anywhere. Just playing, I luv u Thrones!
aha - Hi Chris! When I see Tyrion, I always read it as Tire Iron.
ReplyDeleteYou're not wrong about Catelyn Stark's move being "catastrophically stupid"...
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work!
the Starks are such plodders. it's almost like they've never even SEEN The Wire. ugh.
ReplyDeleteIIRC, the knight who's killed in the joust by Gregor Clegane (those Cleganes are a fun bunch, eh?) was Jon Arryn's squire in King's Landing. when Jon died suddenly, the squire was almost immediately knighted by the Lannisters, which may or may not be meaningful, but doesn't seem NOT meaningful.
also, Ned and Robert know each other because they were both fostered by Jon Arryn, in the weird creepy kid-swapping element of the Game of Thrones, so Ned is investigating the murder of The Hand but also of his surrogate father, who he probably knew better than his biological dad. just to add a layer to the emotional intensity for our grim-faced hero, Ned. this also kind of explains why Ned loves Robert, despite Robert being kind of useless in every way, as far as we can tell, except for impregnating almost everything that walks.