Game of Thrones...the Purple Wedding

[shadowkat]

Well that followed books closely, except for the scenes with Jamie and Brienne who weren't there in the Books. In the books they were still at Castle Bolton. The timeline is slightly different.

Also, they've brought all the Theon stuff from Dance of Dragons into the fourth season. Wish they hadn't. I hate the Theon/Ramsey Snow stuff. That was amongst the reasons I gave up on the books...it was just grueling.

Although - the worst bits were saved for last season. And well the beginning of this episode. They had more scenes like the beginning of this episode referred to in the books.

Other than that...it was pretty close. Joffrey's death scene certainly was, as was the performance of the dwarf actors prior to it - used by Joffrey with the express intention of humiliating Tyrion and torturing Sansa.

Also, like it did in the books, Dontos takes Sansa away from the party...Sansa's arc is closely following the books so far.

So I'm curious where it will go from there? In the books, Jaime frees his brother from prison, sends Brienne after Sansa and Ayra, and goes against his father. Will that happen here? No clue.

Loved the interaction between Tyrion and Jaime prior - and Tyrion loaning Jamie his sellsword to practicing his fighting.

They really have written Shae into a corner, haven't they? I'm not sure it works for her arc to follow the books. I can't remember if Tyrion sent her off to Pentos in the books or not? I don't believe he did. She was also more materialistic and pandering. And she was present at the Purple Wedding in the books. They may go a different route there??? (wishful thinking)

While last week's episode was better written, this episode worked well enough.

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[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to think they will...there's plenty of foreshadowing in the earlier seasons.