GAME OF THRONES

Season 3, first episode synopsis

First off word came out that this was the season that was going to step out of the order.  What does that mean? The first two season of Game of Thrones followed the books pretty well.  This season however will follow book three in a different way.  It will only take have of book three combined with a few things in the fourth – and possibly the fifth – book.  This means season four will follow the second half of the third book and may take half or a part of book four too.

So let’s begin with The Wall in the north.

Sam has escaped from the White Walkers (wtf?) and meets up with his brothers of The Night’s Watch.  He forgot to send ravens and there’s some pissed off and scared men in the group.   As for John, who has left The Night’s Watch, he enters the wildlings community and sees a giant for the first time.  May I say that his face was priceless!  He is lead to the leader’s tent where he is asked “why do you want to join” The wildlings.  And John answers “To be free”.  *buzzer* wrong answer.  So John has to explain what he saw in the previous season – he sees a White Walker – and that when he told his commander the commander already knew.  Well, John got pissed and that’s why he said F it to his brotherhood.  But really, even in the first season he wanted to leave, especially after he learned his father was falsely accused of being a traitor and was eventually beheaded.  Any who, John is accepted into The Wildings and will have his uniformed changed.

At King’s Landing:

Tyrion and his sister, the Queen, have a little chat over the battle from the previous season that Tyrion fought in.  The Queen mentions “I heard you lost your nose” but really he only has a cut across it.  In the book Tyrion really does lose his nose…well, I’m glad with that change to the story.  The queen is afraid that her brother will tell their father that she and her son, Geoffrey the king, have screwed up the kingdom.  Tyrion goes to talk to his father, explaining that since his older brother became a Knight – thus stepping down as the heir to his father’s estate – he, Tyrion, should inharet.  But his father says no, why?  Because 1) Tyrion is a dwarf and 2) because Tyrion’s mother died giving birth to him his father can’t be sure if Tyrion really is his son (and he is but his father doesn’t want him to be).  Also because Tyrion is known to spend time drinking and being with whores his father doesn’t want his estate to have shame brought on it.

 Tyrion

Meanwhile, Sansa and Littlefinger get their chat on about how she can escape King’s Landing.  Since the King tossed Sansa (his betrothal) aside for Margery, Sansa knows that she isn’t safe in King’s Landing and needs to escape.  Since Littlefinger was in love with Sansa’s mother when he was younger he wants to help her.  Frankly, although I haven’t read the third book yet, I think he’s being a creeper.  Just saying.

As for the King he sees how his new betrothal is working with the people to strengthen the moral of the people.  She is a natural politic leader and is a HUGE help to the kingdom.

 The king and his betrothal

Dragonstone…Yea?:

Davos survives from the battle of last season and is saved by a pirate ship.  He is taken back to Dragonstone where he goes to Stanas (the true king of King’s Landing – not Geoffery).  But Melasandra, Stanas’s priestess and lover, is there and she taunts Davos because his son died in the battle when the boat caught on fire.  “Death by fire is the purest death” she tells him and this pisses him off and he tries to stab her.  Stanas has him arrested.

Across the sea with Danny!”

Daenarys is going to a city to buy an army.  The army she finds is perfect yet there are two problems.  1) they are slaves and 2) the only way the soldiers become soldiers is to prove they are not human, to show no emotions, by killing a newborn baby in front of the mother.  Danny notes that there are 8,000 slave soldiers and that means 8,000 babies were slaughtered.  This makes her wonder if it’s the right move.  Since she was ruled over by her brother and by her husband (season 1 – both who are now dead) like a slave she doesn’t think it is morally right for her to have slaves, even if they are soldiers.  Then, apparently, those creepy dudes from The House of the Undying from season 2 are not dead.  Instead they are out looking for Danny and her dragons.  WTF?  But then Sir Basten shows up to scare off the Creepers and ask for Danny’s forgiveness (Danny’s father was King and Sir B was his Hand.  He wasn’t there to save him from being killed and was demoted to the King’s Guard as leader.  But then Geoffrey fires him and this causes Sir B to go to Danny and help her to get revenge on King Geoffrey).

Danny and the soldiers 

Okay, overall things look good but this first episode was not full of action – which is fine there was some drama but it was okay – but it’s too early to judge the season.  Like a book you can't expect everything to happen in the first episode, where would be the fun in that?