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shapinglightWell, I finally watched it.
Spoilers behind cut.
Have to say, the final scene, though horrible, wasn't as bad as I was expecting, if only because I had the impression we would have to see a lot more than we did. It was still really nasty, but probably no different to what most Horrible Bolton brides have been through. That said, Ramsey is a genuine bona fide psychopath, and who knows what he might do next?
Well, people who've read the books know what he might do next. Do you think there's the slightest glimmer of a chance that the show will go there, given where it's already gone? God, I hope not, but you never know with this lot. They can be cluelessly ghastly (the Cersei/Jaime rape scene last season) let alone cluefully (which should be a word, if it's not).
Speaking of them being clueless, having seen the episode I'm afraid I now think it's wishful thinking to believe that Sansa is going to somehow stay strong and get herself out of this. To me it seems clear that what's happening to her is not about her but about redemption for Theon. The only good thing I can see in it is that Brienne is somewhere nearby and there's just the slightest, tiniest possibility that, even if it is mostly Theon who saves Sansa, Brienne will have a part in it.
If this were any other show, I'd be hoping that by the end of the season Brienne would have sliced off Ramsey's dangly bits and thrown them to his dogs, then thrown him, his awful dad and that horrid girl Miranda to the dogs too, if Melisandre hadn't arrived yet to set them all on fire. But I just don't think the show is going to diverge so far from the books where the Boltons are concerned.
The showrunners are in love with them and their horribleness.
Meh!
Otherwise, the episode was mostly okay, except for the Sand Snakes, who were just plain ridiculous. None of them look like they could punch their way out of a paper bag, to be honest, let alone fight someone like Bronn. Silly, silly, silly!
Speaking of silly, I am so waiting for Cersei to be hoist with her own petard. Stupid woman. I can just imagine what her father would have to say to her.
The Cersei/Granny Tyrell face-off was a thing of beauty. The Arya stuff was weird and unsettling, and weirdest of all was that the funniest scene in the episode was the one where Tyrion and Jorah were captured by the slavers, who seemed a jolly bunch.
Always nice to meet people who enjoy their work.
Spoilers behind cut.
Have to say, the final scene, though horrible, wasn't as bad as I was expecting, if only because I had the impression we would have to see a lot more than we did. It was still really nasty, but probably no different to what most Horrible Bolton brides have been through. That said, Ramsey is a genuine bona fide psychopath, and who knows what he might do next?
Well, people who've read the books know what he might do next. Do you think there's the slightest glimmer of a chance that the show will go there, given where it's already gone? God, I hope not, but you never know with this lot. They can be cluelessly ghastly (the Cersei/Jaime rape scene last season) let alone cluefully (which should be a word, if it's not).
Speaking of them being clueless, having seen the episode I'm afraid I now think it's wishful thinking to believe that Sansa is going to somehow stay strong and get herself out of this. To me it seems clear that what's happening to her is not about her but about redemption for Theon. The only good thing I can see in it is that Brienne is somewhere nearby and there's just the slightest, tiniest possibility that, even if it is mostly Theon who saves Sansa, Brienne will have a part in it.
If this were any other show, I'd be hoping that by the end of the season Brienne would have sliced off Ramsey's dangly bits and thrown them to his dogs, then thrown him, his awful dad and that horrid girl Miranda to the dogs too, if Melisandre hadn't arrived yet to set them all on fire. But I just don't think the show is going to diverge so far from the books where the Boltons are concerned.
The showrunners are in love with them and their horribleness.
Meh!
Otherwise, the episode was mostly okay, except for the Sand Snakes, who were just plain ridiculous. None of them look like they could punch their way out of a paper bag, to be honest, let alone fight someone like Bronn. Silly, silly, silly!
Speaking of silly, I am so waiting for Cersei to be hoist with her own petard. Stupid woman. I can just imagine what her father would have to say to her.
The Cersei/Granny Tyrell face-off was a thing of beauty. The Arya stuff was weird and unsettling, and weirdest of all was that the funniest scene in the episode was the one where Tyrion and Jorah were captured by the slavers, who seemed a jolly bunch.
Always nice to meet people who enjoy their work.