BLOGGING GAME OF THRONES, S4E07: Fall Be Kind

The working title for this post was going to be "Fewer And Fewer Good Men," but I just can't resist an Animal Collective reference (and in that spirit: wait until you read how circular and off-kilter this post is! Sorry, I'm really sick today). It's true, though: good people are harder and harder to find in Westeros these days. They're disappearing from the shelves like there was a fire sale or something! Oh, sorry, The Hound, I meant to say--they're on sale in some other way. Some of them quite literally so; shoutout to Bronn and his swag new gloves. Allegiance to Tyrion might be going out of style, but patent leather never does! Meanwhile Arya's budding nihilism is in full bloom, the Hound is probably going to become a zombie, and Jorah Mormont keeps trying to stop Dany from killing slaveowners! When are you going to stop standing in the way of righteous justice, Jorah?

While we're talking about clothes: shoutout to Dany's Aquaman number right here. GET THAT LOOK!

This episode is mostly table-setting, except for the one big thing, which we will discuss in a minute. Elsewhere, we get to check in on a few of our old favorite boobs. Such as Melisandre's boobs, and a delightful young boob you might remember called HOT PIE! He's back, and he still likes pie! How delightful is Podrick and Brienne's Excellent Adventure, by the way? I hope we get segments that long every week! Which is also what Dany said.

Tyrion goes in search of a champion for his trial by combat and finds one in a rather unexpected place. Ricky Martell is chomping at the bit to get his spear into (but not in that way, this time) Gregor Clegane (re-cast from his memorable equinicide in season 1) and informs Tyrion of his intent to volunteer as tribute.

But whatever happens there is going to happen next week. So is Stannis's long-pending departure from Dragonstone, and so is whatever is going to happen at The Wall, and so is whether or not the Hound will get all Khal Drogo from that gnarly bite on his neck. We're waiting on a lot of answers. Especially: DO YOU GUYS THINK LYSA IS GOING TO BE OK?

So, I just want to invoke the book (sorry) really quick to say that this scene, in which Littlefinger confesses to Lysa that Cat was the only one he ever loved and then shoves her out the moon door, is a hilarious and morbid coda at the end of Book 3, and that is really where this scene belongs. We should have ended this season on that ridiculous note, which honestly warmed my heart after the less spirited killings that came before it. I was a little surprised at how straightforward it was played here, with the ominous music and all of that. Come on! This is a moment of triumph! Am I alone in my joy?