Game of Thrones Season 2 Episode 6“The Old Gods and The New”

Note: This contains Spoilers!

Director:

David Nutter

Writer:

Vanessa Taylor

New Additions to the Cast:

Rose Leslie as Ygritte, The Wildling

Based on ” A Clash of Kings” Book #2 in A Song of Ice and Fire series” by George R.R. Martin

Story:

Princess Myrcella is sent away from King’s Landing. Theon Greyjoy’s plans succeed. Robb and Catelyn receive important news. At the Fist of the First Men, the ranger Qhorin Halfhand gives Jon Snow the opportunity to prove his worth.

Review:

What an episode!! “The Old Gods and the New” is written by Venessa Taylor, the same person who wrote the awesomely disturbing and demented “Garden of Bones”. This episode has some disturbing scenes and some awesome kills.

I was surprised to see Theon taking Winterfell so soon. In the book it too long.I never did like Theon. And if they would have show his journey to Winter fell, it would have easily taken and episode or two, which would have caused a loss of time to tell the stories of the other people. This scene was a surprise to both, those who have read A Clash of Kings and those who haven’t.

Now, coming to Arya. She and Tywin make such a great couple. He seems to be trusting her with his stories. He also seems to enjoy her company and seems to rather like talking to her over his war council. But he seems to be more into the relationship than she is. She, sadly had to waste her second kill-wish on Amory Lorch , who fell face first when Tywin opened the door. Now the people know that there is an assassin in Harrenhal.

The riot scene was almost as I had pictured it in the book. Tyrion is as usual AWESOME! And Joffrey got what he deserves; a slap across his pathetic little face. That also by an Imp. “We’ve had vicious kings and we’ve had idiot kings, but I don’t know that we’ve ever been cursed with a vicious idiot.” was an amazing line said by Tyrion, which aptly describes Joffrey.

Finally we get to see Robb again, along with Lady Talisa and Cat returns with Brienne. She (Cat) reminds Robb that he has to marry one of the ugly Frey girls. And they get the bad news that Winterfell has been taken by Theon Greyjoy. Though he wants to return, he cannot as he has to fight a war. Jon also has his encounter with the wildlings and Ygritte.

Dany, in this season comes of as a more stronger, she also tries to get around by saying ” I am Daenerys Stormborn” and boasting about how she jumped into the flames of her husband with the Dragon eggs and she came out with the baby dragons. Her lines were just awesome in this episode. But the end was very sad. She looses her Dragons. Which never happened in the book. So the logical explanation is that Pyat Pree has taken them to the House of the Undying Ones. Also Irri doesn’t die on the second episode. She is there till the end of the third book.

The episode was amazing.. Only 4 more to go…