I think you guys are missing my point. I want ALL the details of what happened with Pod and the three girls. He looked pretty happy. Tyrion asked for the details, too.
In the books, yes. In the show, we don't know. I suspect next episode it will be revealed she understands it.
being close to the book isn't a guage of how good the show is but it was good and they stuck PRETTY close to the book. Awesome great episode, and it is pretty obvious who Ramsey Snow is considering his character and deviousness in the books.
I find it suspicious that Daneyrs is keep asking if the soldiers are loyal. She probably will get them to turn on the guy once they are under her orders There's no way the dragon will obey orders from that guy.
This is a complete guess, but I don't think the fool really wants one of her dragons, especially the "biggest one" ... her Red One. You can't take dragons away from their mother.
After Dany procured Missandei from the slaver, they have a conversation in which Missandei says "Valar Morghulis" to which Dany responds "yes, all men must die, but we are not men" indicating that she understood what Missandei said. Missandei then cracks a smile. It could have been at the "we are not men" part, but it could also be because she realizes Dany understood her and thus understood the slaver as well and she knows that Dany is more sly than she's being given credit for.
I want to add, that I think I'm enjoying the series more than ever now. The first season, I hadn't read the books. By season 2, I'd read through the first 3 books. I may have still been reading Storm of Swords, but Clash of Kings (source material for season 2) was still fresh in my mind. As such, I made a lot of comparisons from what happened on screen to the books. Now in Season 3, there's a bit of distance from when I read the book and while I still make comparisons, I'm able to enjoy the show on its own merit as well. It's kind of the best of both worlds. Especially this last episode. The things that are adapted directly from the book I appreciate, but I also enjoy many of the things they add in.
my guess is that she does knowing it would escape and come back to her. i also have a feeling that she can understand him and is pretending to not be able to.
The episode was directed by David Benioff. I haven't checked to see which other good ones were directed by him but I would not be surprised if some of the other key ones were his.
That's the first one he's directed. He's written several episodes, but his job has mainly been producer.
Good catch. I was under the impression that Valar Morghulis was a common phrase as Arya used it too. Knowing what happens from the books, it seems the HBO series would be very confusing. For example, Stannis only requests 2 kings to die instead of 3, but requires the blood of a royal born. Also, im not sure why they included Hoster Tully's funeral incident in the show. It really didn't advance any plot.
To be honest, I didn't really like how the funeral was presented. It kind of just made Blackfish look like an ass, but in the book he was a lot more compassionate and sympathetic about Edmure missing the arrow shot. I've always kind of liked Edmure in the book, thought he was nice and amenable guy and one of the few lords that actually cares about his common-folk. Messes up often, but feels like people go out of their way to be an ass to him.
As an avid book reader, I don't really mind the bigger plot changes. The things that really irritate me for some reason is when a scene in the book that I enjoyed and looked forward to has a completely different feel and connotation in the book.
