Probably just set up for Sam next episode. Or he killed Randyll's younger brother. I guess Ashford doesn't happen in the show? Show Robert never lost a battle?
Edit: all the more odd considering that the Battle of Summerhall should have been fought by nothing but Lords from the Stormlands.
Do they mention the Battle of the Bells in the show?
Not that I remember. We just have to keep watching...
Darkstar will be the next Vulture King.
Craster has 19 daughters and there are 19 castles on the Wall, coincidence I think not!
Im confused about the sequence of these events. First, we see Ned arriving at KL. Then Ned attends the small council meeting. Ned walks out of the meeting. Then We see Cat arriving at KL. LF takes Cat to his establishment. Then LF confronts Ned in the throne room. LF takes Ned to meet Cat. Only way it makes sense is if Cat arrived in KL before Ned. They could have just shown it in a linear way in the episode.
ooh and the guy who offers Ned new clothes, seems to be wearing "Fine Clothes" from Skyrim. Can be purchased at Radiant Raiment in Solitude, think those are the clothes for the diplomatic quest as well.
Im confused about the sequence of these events. First, we see Ned arriving at KL. Then Ned attends the small council meeting. Ned walks out of the meeting. Then We see Cat arriving at KL. LF takes Cat to his establishment. Then LF confronts Ned in the throne room. LF takes Ned to meet Cat. Only way it makes sense is if Cat arrived in KL before Ned. They could have just shown it in a linear way in the episode.
They likely meant for Cat's arrival to be in the last episode and pushed it off because having her leave and arrive in King's Landing in the same episode would make us wonder why Ned & Company were taking so long and why Catelyn (who took a road to KL) didn't notice she was passing Ned.
Looks like they're working on turning Ned into a badass. All he had to do was give a look and take off his gloves and you knew that he was pissed.
Interesting added scene with Jaime and Ned. Can't tell if Jaime is trying to make peace or just be a dick. Some of what he says seems sincere, but Ned isn't having it.
More badass Ned. The only one he's nice to is Renly.
Love Renly's line. Winter may be coming, but the same can not be said for my royal brother...
Seems like Joff is more concerned about the Stark girls seeing him embarrassed than anything.
Gotta love Cersei's advice. The truth is what you make it. Because Joff doesn't already have enough ego.
Joff has some interesting views on the North. Cersei almost sets him straight until her Everyone but us are enemies speech.
Ned finds Needle. Chastised Arya but gives it back???
Catelyn's scene is funny. No one recognised me last time. Hi, Lady Stark...Come visit a brothel with me.
Think Pycelle might have been faster about a good news raven.
The war for Cersei's cunt. lol.
We get to hear part of Old Nan's ww story.
Viserys flips out but gets put in his place.
Nice scene with Jon and Benjen at the top of the wall.
Wow. Benjen shows a lot of dislike for Tyrion. Seems like he's channeling book See Alliser.
Dany is pregnant and Jorah takes off for QOHOR??? His horse must be just as fast as Catelyn's.
Nice goodbye for Tyrion and Jon.
Interesting how the sounds of the wooden swords turn metal for Ned. When Arya winds up with the sword pointed at her belly he looks half ill.
Why must I always be the isle of crazy alone in an ocean of sensibility? The should to everybody else’s shouldn’t? The I-will to their better-nots?
Part of the reason Ned gets so angry at LF that he threatens to kill him right there in the street is not just because LF has been giving him a lot of shit, but because he's just had to climb down a complicated hillside, get into a meeting the moment he arrived, wear someone else's ill fitting clothes, etc. It diminishes the headache that Ned feels a stranger and an outsider.
Yes. But again, doing it this way makes Ned more of a badass. Ned takes no shit.
Here they try to make up for it with having a Jaime/Ned scene which does all right with explaining the backstory (and is likely where the deleted scene of Brandon choking to death would have gone) and conveying a rivalry between Jaime and Ned that they started in the first episode, but I have to stop for a moment and go: wasn't Jaime on the caravan with them? Why is he already dressed and pristine from the road when Ned is entering the Throne Room? Gahh! I like the scene overall, but I think it's placement here is a mistake as Jaime himself should be just as travel weary as Ned is. Perhaps if they'd pushed it to after the Small Council meeting it might have worked better, but where it is, there's a few problems with it.
I really like this scene. It almost makes me wonder if Jaime isn't actually trying to play nice and bury the hatchet with Ned. Ned is having no part of it though, and Jaime reverts to his sarcasm. The timing could be off but if Catelyn can make it to King's Landing at the same time after leaving two weeks later and while using the same method and Jorah can make it to Qohor and back without being missed then super horses really must be a thing.
Ned's confrontational behavior without his being forced to dress in clothes that aren't his really makes him come off as a bit of a dick to the other small council members. Seeing these scenes again after my most recent re-read really makes me go: Damn it Ned, don't you know how to make friends at all? Or at least not make people you could potentially be enemies with less hostile toward you by shoving in their faces their past issues?
It's like show Ned is TRYING to get beheaded. Book Ned at least had several excuses in such a situation.
But Ned's a badass. He doesn't need not want friends nor others blowing smoke up his ass. He has no interest in learning how to play the game. It's just less subtle here than in the books.
I really like how Cersei is ruining Joffrey with her teachings. It almost makes me go: Joffrey might not have turned out half bad if he hadn't of had shitty parents and too much power at too young an age.
I guess that they're trying to make him a bit more sympathetic. I don't remember mention of him being a cat killer at a young age either. But then again, what he does with the prostitutes later may more than make up for this.
However, I will say that Ned not being aware that his daughter doesn't play with dolls seems a ridiculous faux pas for him to make.
I'm not sure that it mattered at that point. Sansa was pissed at Ned. He could have somehow invented and given her a Camaro and she still wouldn't have been happy.
I know Tyrion throws his weight around about having influence in King's Landing in the book, but he does it against people to whom it would make sense to throw that weight around. Throwing it at the raw recruits who are about to be absolved of all crimes by pledging to the Night's Watch makes very little sense.
Honestly, though, what else did he have to threaten them with. He certainly couldn't do much on his own. I guess he could have mentioned Mormont, but ...
I like the touch of Ned watching Arya's lessons & us hearing the wooden swords turn metal--so subtle, but it makes me think that Ned is thinking of the TOJ.
I really link this to Lyanna. He doesn't seem REALLY upset until Syrio points the sword at her belly. Robert had his bed of blood from abdominal wounds. Did Lyanna too?
Shame really. Missing out on all the blood sacrifice. Its amazing he makes it to Qohor and back before we see him again. Mighty fast horses. Also loves how he gives no excuse for leaving or even tell Dany and Viserys.
His must be just as fast as Catelyn's and Ser Rodrick's.
Did Ned take the offer for the change of clothes? Seems to me Ned looks at the man like, no way Im gonna change my clothes. Let's just go to this meeting.
He does in the books. Doesn't look like it in the show.
Wondering what were the roles of Stannis and Renly during Robert's Rebellion. Was Ned as friendly with Stannis as he was with Renly?
Stannis held Storms End and then built a fleet/took Dragonstone. Renly was just a small child. Maybe 5 or so. I think that Renly just reminds him of a young Robert. At least that's what he says in the books.
Why must I always be the isle of crazy alone in an ocean of sensibility? The should to everybody else’s shouldn’t? The I-will to their better-nots?