Its the Rains of Castamere, a song that celebrates a Lannister victory over a rebel house. Spoiler In the book, the song is a signal to kickoff an infamous event... I'm guessing HBO wants viewers to be familiar with it so they recognize it the 2nd time around
WOW Please, the Imp, not him, he's the only reason why I even have an ounce of sympathy for the Lannisters. But why the hell did that guy attack him? I thought he's of the Kings Guard? And Tywin's entry at the end, pure badass.
So? This is King's Landing. The series starts with one Hand, Jon Arryn, presumably being murdered. Ned Stark then becomes the Hand and has his head chopped off. Tyrion then becomes acting Hand. A lot of people don't like him, even members of his own family. Why would it be surprising that someone would attempt to have him killed, even at the hands of a member of the Kingsguard? The Kingsguard is sworn to protect the King. Nobody apparently gives a **** about the Hand, regardless of who it is.
Silly me, I forgot about the backstabbings and betrayals throughout the series lol, I just thought in the face of a common enemy, they wouldn't have time to be killing each other.
Awesomely creepy Rains of Castamere. The kingsguard are sworn to the king and queen regent first, and Cersei probably reminds them that all the time since she's always at odds with Tyrion. Bad episode for Loras but damn good episode for Cersei.
I like that they stayed focus on one storyline throughout the whole episode, and didn't jump around to John, Theon, and Rob's POV which would have broken the action. It would be nice to see more focused episodes, but probably impossible to do given how many characters there are.
Who was that guy who attacked Tyrion? And the army that charged on Tyrion's men in the end -- who were they? Tywin's forces? And when did Tywin and Loras team up? I'm thoroughly confused.
I understand budget and all that but it appears this season that theres about 7 horses in all of westeros and everyone has to take turns borrowing them.
Ser Mandon Moore, one of the Kingsguard Joffrey had ordered to protect Tyrion as he was fleeing from the battle.
One of the kingsguard. His motives are unclear, Cersei or Joffrey could have told him to make sure Tyrion doesn't survive the battle. Or maybe he just wanted to kill Tyrion, who had been an ass to him since he arrived. Remember Littlefinger suggesting a Tyrell/Lannister alliance to Tywin. And Loras talking about wanting to get his revenge on Stannis.
Sansa got a little ballsy in this episode. She tells Tyrion she'll pray for his safe return just as she'll pray for the Kings'. Tyrion knows full well she hates Joffrey and would love to see him die in battle. She then tries to manipulate Joffrey into leading his vanguard, making it appear shameful if he doesn't, all in an effort to hopefully have him slain. It didn't work because Joff's a coward, but I liked the attempt. Also, I'm sure many non-bookreaders picked up on it but for those who didn't, the main reason the Hound fled the battle is that while he's otherwise a badass, he's deathly afraid of fire. Remember that it was his bother, The Mountain, that pushed his face into a flaming brazier when they were kids, giving him his scars.
