![]() ![]() The former slaves hissing at her after she executes one of their own is funny at first, only to have it turn ugly quickly thanks to a riot. Dany is struggling to do the right thing, to rule by law rather than justice or whimsy, and she finds out the hard way that doing the right thing doesn’t always mean being popular. For every good ruler, or ruler that tries to be good, there’s a Mad King ready to put them to shame. Tyrion and Varys discuss the fact that there are rulers everywhere, and most of them seem to be bad. Really, he might be the best ward for her, despite also being the creepiest of all possible uncles (and when he called himself Sansa’s uncle, my skin crawled).įun is necessary because the episode is full of downer moments otherwise. ![]() ![]() The fun moments are necessary in this episode, like the brief but brilliant Endor-type chase scene between Littlefinger’s men and Brienne and Pod after the confrontation in the inn with a resistant Sansa and a scheming Littlefinger. It’s a bit of clever structuring, and gives us some much-needed moments of levity in between unpleasant reminders of the difficulty of leadership. ![]()
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