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There are two key scenes in “What Is Dead May Never Die,” the best episode of “Game of Thrones” so far this season, and both involve Tyrion, the very small man who casts a very large shadow, to paraphrase Varys. In the first, the King’s Hand tells three different plots to three different men (the Spider, Littlefinger, and Maester Pycelle), to see which one of his fake plans gets back to Cersei. It’s a brilliant strategy of finding out who he can trust in King’s Landing – or at least not completely distrust – and after he discovers it’s Pycelle who blabs, Tyrion sends the beardless rat to the Black Cell.
The second comes after Varys poses a riddle to Tyrion, about who a sellsword would side with if a king, a priest, and rich man, all with gold, told him to kill the other two. After Tyrion unsatisfactorily answers, the eunuch says, “Power resides where men believe it resides. It's a trick, a shadow on the wall." The five men fighting for power at the center of everything each believe that they’re the REAL king, and their task is to trick others, like Theon Greyjoy, into believing the same thing. It’s only if they play the game well enough, with behind the scenes assistance from people like Tyrion, will they win.
The wheels of power were spinning in “What Is Dead May Never Die,” and it feels like the season has REALLY begun. Bullet points below and GIFs after the jump.
- HODOR.
- When Lady Brienne of Tarth (but don’t call her that) was wearing her armor, she looked like Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- The actor who plays Renly is doing the right amount of overemoting for such a ridiculous character.
- “My son is fighting a war, not playing at one.” CAT BURN.
- Spend enough time with the Lannisters, and you too will become a jerk, as we saw with Sansa. Though, to her credit, Shae is a terrible handmaiden.
- This Week in Tyrion's Poopless Quest: Six days without pooping??? That can’t be good. Thus ends This Week in Tyrion's Poopless Quest.
- The Queen Mustn’t Know sounds like a Morrissey song.
- Random question: when you see Aidan Gillen, do you think of Littlefinger or Tommy Carcetti first? (Or Stuart from “Queer as Folk,” I guess?) I’m still on Team Carcetti, but the gap is getting smaller.
- Margaery knows how to play the game better than Renly. Baby=People Having Faith in You=Power.
- I love how eager Bronn looked to cut Maester Pycelle’s balls and chain off. Also, line of the night: “There are no goats, half-man.”
- Scratch that, the REAL line of the night was: “There’s men out there who want to f*ck your corpses.” Greatest battle charge ever. That scene was so good.
- RIP Yoren. Once you delivered that monologue, you should have known your time was finished.
- Attractive Women of “Game of Thrones” Power Rankings: #5. Maester Pycelle’s Whore on the Floor, #4. Gilly, #3. Cersei, #2. Shae, #1. Margaery. Not even close.
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This will be the only time I ask for some semblance of a spoiler… will I get to see a lot more of Maraery through the course of this series? Good lord I hope so.
Also, I loved how Theon gave his Dad some shit. For all their “we do not sow, we take what is ours” bravado, he reminded his dad that he capitulated to King Robert and the Starks, bent the knee and gave away his only son in defeat. He should have ended with “so you can suck it!”
Stuart from Spin City.
That is all.
I love the look on Bronn’s face, especially in that GIF above. Everyone else is scheming and politiking, and he’s just like :popcorn:
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If Margaery was a president she’d be Baberaham Lincoln
Margaery totally looks like an elf (a super-hot one, mind you). That actress should get together with Kate Micucci and… uh… do something elvish.
Sucks that Yoren died, but I’m glad he got a badass monologue before he went out. And also managed to kill four or five Lannister soldiers.
Looking forward to seeing how Jaqen H’gar repays Arya.
I can only imagine how fucking cold Alfie Allen must’ve been in that baptism scene… it looked like it was maybe 40 degrees there to begin with, and then having water poured on his face while the wind blew on it. Damn.
The scene with Tyrion playing Varys, Littlefinger and Pycelle off each other was amazing and the editing was seamless. It was definitely my favorite part. I actually cackled when they finally cut again to show him making the last deal with Littlefinger.
Call me crazy, but I didn’t see Sansa’s almost cry-fit at having Shae as her new handmaiden as bitchiness so much as being given yet another insult by the Lannisters. She’s a daughter to a ‘traitor’, she’s humiliated by the Queen at dinner most likely every night and tormented by the fact that she has to marry her father and possibly brother’s killer and now they give her a handmaiden that doesn’t even know what her job is. I took her reaction to show that she no matter where she is the Lannisters will always find a way to humiliate her.
Agreed on both paragraphs. Sansa was clearly very upset from the dinner with the Lannisters, and was just taking it out on Shae. Which is still kinda bitchy, but totally excusable, and completely different from her season 1 bitchiness. Plus Shae kind of invites it, if you ask me.
Fair point. I’m probably being too hard on her; it’s not as if she’s in a particulary plesant situtation. But still, don’t mess with Tyrion’s girl.
Princess Bitchface!
Does anyone else think that Yara/Asha looks like Russell Crowe? I honestly can’t get it out of my head.
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OK, my bad, it was just sitting next to the Limburger.
The death of the blonde kid at the end was just cold.
i love this show, only issue is i’m finding it hard to remember most of the secondary characters and their names. like, i know who they are when I see them but when i read people talking about different characters (like you guys) i get so confused hahaha
also, is there better character on TV right now than Tyrion? I think no.
Read Sepinwall’s recaps on hitfix.com. He does a great job keeping track of everybody.
I read all the comments and saw no one give props to my favorite line of the night: “I buried an ax so deep in his head they buried him with it.” HAH! I laughed really hard and wrecked the moment… totally worth it.
I don’t remember if it came up in the books, but I’m pretty sure Tyrion is going to pour all that poop juice in someone’s wine.
What, Lady Brienne of Tarth isn’t on your attractive women of the episode list? im pulling the race card (against the giants of course).
And no mention of Little Baratheon’s lover’s quarrel with Margaery’s bro? that was ALL HBO right thur.
Oh and one more thing: that klepto kid who stole Robert Baratheon Jr.’s bullhead helmet totally deserved to get a blade shoved in his throat. “Carry me” he says. HAH.
That kid got what was coming to him because his name was Lommy Greenhands.
Lemmy = Cool.
Lommy = A violent death.
Yup, I’m glad that little dick is dead. Good on Arya for capitalizing on it and protecting Renly.
Henceforth, I will refer to Margaery as Queen Rockin’Tits…
Let this be my decree…
Say what you will, but as far as I’m concerned, there will only be one Queen Rockin’ Tits, and her name was Queen Victoria.
Marge is Little Queen Bitchface. Now drink!
Am I alone in saying I’m a big fan of both Varys and Renly? Varys seems like the smartest member of the council, which means he’s probably the smartest one on the show/book. And Renly seems like he would make the best king. He’s not evil like Joffery, not unlovable like Stannis, smarter than Robb. Seems like most people hate these 2 but I like them? Am I alone? And if so, is it possible I’m gay?
I’m with you on both. While neither plays “honorably” and both have an inflated sense of self-worth, I think that they both legitimately have The Realm as their priority.
And yes, you are gay.
I didn’t know people hated Varys. I mean, he’s supposed to be creepy and manipulative. Is that the complaint?
Amory Lorch; now that’s a mean motherfucker. Some jarring aspects to this episode. Shae and Littlefinger’s accent again. Brienne’s baritone but most jarring of all is the casting of Yara/Asha – I’m seeing Uncle Fester all the time now.
Arya saves everything. Maisie Williams is wonderful. Joren had a good death. Can’t wait for more Jaqen. A great ending and loved the sinister music over the end credits.*
*There’s a Dragon Unit and a Wolf Unit. That’s kinda cool.
Renly and Loras’s love scene is what should have happened at the end of Lord of the Rings. SO much sexual tension between Frodo and Sam.
+1
9/13 = instagram?
I thought Aidan Gillen was Cameron from Ferris Bueller until just now
I’ll let you have this one, UU. BUT NO MORE.
#albanylove
thanks JK
My bad, I blame the allergy medicine I’m on. Plus I should read the the first paragraph in italics.
Going to agree with a few of you here that the show is pretty heavy handed compared to the book.
Also am I the only one that thinks Shae is a complete train wreck of an actress?
I think her character is “She’s hot, she knows it, so why should she work?”
Also she used to be a porn actress. But if you had seen Head On, you would know she can be really great.
Shae and Asha/Yara could both benefit verily from some classes on Proper Bitchface Usage from Professor Cersei and her TA Sansa (Princess Bitchface)
Well, I really don’t like her, but I dunno how much of that is the actress’s fault. I definitely hate her Arianna Huffington voice (a lady whom I like despite her horribly annoying voice), but beyond that, I think the fault lies with the character and her hollowness. Always busting chops, being willful, misunderstanding what people say and getting upset. She’s never really said or done anything that was cool. Plus her face is super-long. Anyway, maybe this stuff with Sansa will provide her a chance to actually do something interesting.
So glad to know Im not the only one that would still tap Ariana Huffington
Dude! Ix-nay on the ook-bay!
The actress playing Brienne was born to play that role.
And also perhaps the lead in the Larry Bird Story.
Nice.
Larry Bird, you’re too pretty for this world.
I got a “distant lesbian who plays rugby at an all girl’s school” vibe, too.
Damn glad I closed the office door before reading that “too pretty” line.
Was she CGI’d like the direwolves? She looked like a giant walking along with Catelyn.
“There’s no link between diabetes and diet. That’s a white myth, Ken; like Larry Bird or Colorado.”
He’s Carcetti, Dominic West is McNulty, and Idris Elba will always be Stringer Bell.
And Michael K. Williams will always be the black guy from Trapped in the Closet.
Seriously check out Idris Elba’s show Luther on teh netflixes.
By the end of the first season you’ll all be like Stringer Bell who?
Also notable: Cat’s line of “These are the Knights of Summer, and winter is coming”
(Which I mentally capped off with her saying “…Bitch”)
Yeah I wish she said that. I love how the Starks sneak that in any chance they get.
MAESTER: Time to get up, Bran.
BRAN: But Winter is coming.
HODOR: Hodor.
Tyrion giving the coins to Pycelle’s prostitute was fantastic. I looked at that smile and I was like “GIF that, immediately!”
“We Do Not Sow” House of Greyjoy motto completely owns.
Yoren vs crossbow was saweeet.
Do you think Yoren got tips from Sean Bean on how die a noble death? Seems almost exactly like Boromir.
One does not simply die from a crossbow, he talks shit then goes HAM on The Kingsgaurd, like a boss.
The scene with Loras and Renly, hoo boy…
Made up for it with Margaery coming in topless. Plus her character is pretty great.
#TeamMargaery
“Prefer my dress like this? or …like this?”
Always take the latter.
Margaery’s suggestions to Renly raised the freak level of this show once again. This is in no way a bad thing.
My eye doctor pulled the same thing today. I was not amused.
Very pretty lady, yes. And I was also glad that her character turns out to be pretty cool. Was afraid she was gonna be a bitch, all resentful of Renly being gay and stuff. I guess we’ll see how that develops though.
Was I the only one laughing my butt off with the “Arrow To The Knee” scene … or at least until the kid got “helped up” …
I laughed, too. We’re terrible people.
The cinematography was so awesome this episode. The shot of Theon burning the note was amazing.
Dude. Yes. That shot was fantastic.
In the next few episode Wal-mart comes to Mordor
I like that Tyrion spending time with Shagga (Son of Dolf) has resulted in him appropriating Shagga’s catchphrase (Taunt? Threat?). Plus, he’s flexible about it! Sure, there aren’t any goats, half-man, but there’s bound to be something you can feed an old maester’s manhood to.
Also – HODOR is probably the best salutation.
Natalie Dormer as Margaery makes me happy in so many ways, few of which I can discuss in front of a crowd. I loved her as Anne Boleyn on The Tudors and she did not disappoint me last night in any aspect of her character.
More Bronn, please. I want a spinoff show about Bronn running the City Watch. It could be a comedy or a drama. I’ll take either one.
“This week on Bronn Watch, we’re going to cut the hands off of thieves! Later on we’ll be joined by acting Hand of the King Tyrion Lannister, who will share his secret of pouring the perfect flagon of mead, and how to poison it even if being watched very closely. “
Plot: Bronn’s new partner for the City Watch is an young uptight nerd, planted there by the Lannisters to spy on Tyrion’s Hand of the King position. The title: Brains vs. Bronn.
Theme song: Bronn’s Boys Bronn’s Boys / whatcha gunna do, whatcha gunna do when dey come for youuu
FTR, Sansa didn’t learn to be a jerk from the Lannisters, she’s always been that way. The Lannisters, if anything, have taught her NOT to be a jerk.
Also, first time poster, long time reader.
Fu*ck The Killing.
In my GoT Drinking game I refer to Sansa as Princess Bitchface (Cercei is Queen Bitchface obviously) and Joffrey is Bitchface Jr.
Very good episode this week, with next week’s looking even better. It’s incredible how well each and every actor rises to the occasion when asked, and it speaks to the show’s strengths that characters like Robb, Jamie, and Dany can disappear for episodes at a time without GoT losing a bit of narrative steam.
JK, I think you mispelled “Brienne” in your power rankings.
You must be JK’ing.
Yeah, about that… corrected Power Rankings:
#1 – Queen Margery
#2 – Cersei (Queen Bitchface)
#3 – Brienne
#4 – Gilly
#5 – Whore on the Floor
Shae is terrible, the only casting decision that’s slightly worse than Asha/Yara. She looks like she should be ignoring my girlfriend from behind the counter at some awful snotty boutique in Santa Monica.
When I see Gillen I think of his imdb picture ([www.imdb.com]), because it is the greatest ever. It’s him with a kitten on his shoulder and he’s not even completely in the frame.
That reminds me that I think “12 Rounds” when I see him.
BRIENNE IS THE BEST, AND I WILL FIGHT ANYONE WHO SAYS ANYTHING BAD ABOUT HER.
Is the actress playing her about 6’5″ or are Renly and Cat just short?
@ChiSwede I think she’s 6’4″
She’s actually 6′ 3″
@Wugie Wow. Perfect casting for her.
@Patty Boots I will back you up on that.
Damn, I was close
A true amazon. And quite attractive for a woman of that size.
Wasn’t Ser Loras, I don’t know, more blonde in the 1st season?
Not quite blonde are we? More of a dirty blonde..
Yah he did look different.. I wasn’t even sure it was the same actor as season 1. I went back and looked though, his hair was longer and a lot less curly in season 1, but still brown.
Actually, no, his hair was more brown in the first series since they put the actor in the wig, which is absolutely ridiculous considering he already fit the hair bill for Loras to begin with; that’s why he looks as different as he does. In the second series, however, it’s his actual hair.
Always Carcetti – also #TeamMargaery
Still think of Carcetti, specifically, ‘Councilman Carcetti.’
I laughed so hard at BestWeekEver’s recap last week where they had the pic of Cersei telling Littlefinger they’d never elect a white Hand of Coin.
For the longest time when I heard Carcetti on The Wire I thought of “…this Scagnetti fuck…” from Reservoir Dogs.
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There’s a new sheriff in town, and his name is Reggie Hammond.
Otto Man… Tell me a story
Fuck you.
You know, without Chris coming through with the last Jack Cates line of that scene, this exchange sounds a lot darker than I meant it to be.
That’s my favorite.
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I love how streamlined the Arya stuff is on the show, compared to the books.
Seconded. I hope they can manage the same with Dany’s story.
Dany’s story is incredibly….boring through about four books. It amazing how she went from insanely compelling to “holy shit, please leave the middle east and do something with your dragons.”
I’m on book 4 now and I’m still waiting for something interesting to happen with Dany. I hope the title “A Dance With Dragons” isn’t just alliterative.
Agreed.
It was fantastic not having to see Joffrey this week, unfortunately his screen time was replaced with Sansa being a cunt. I strangled 5 kittens during her cunty rant on the behavior of her hairbrushers.
My only complaint with the show is that it lacks any subtlety with relationships that the book had. Renly and Loras were only hinted at (and Stannis and Melisandre implied), as well as Loras and Margaery being entirely too comfortable with each other.
@PC – If you’re on book four and haven’t given up yet, kudos. That said, Dany finally has a little to do in book five.
From seeing next week’s previews, Dany’s story is also being streamlined like Arya’s. I also like the twist on Theon’s story, this feels like better drama. I was also surprised with Margaery, she comes off pretty innocent in the books.
@Alcoholic
She comes off as pretty innocent, until you see her talk with Cersei. She’s way clever, and realizes looking innocent is her best defense. I do like that they show her intelligence early though.
I always got the sense that Margaery was pretty tough, but in a sneaky, subtle sort of way. She could definitely shoot Cersie down when she needed to.
@House I couldn’t agree more. I worry it’ll take away from Cersei and Margaery’s encounters later in the books.
Perhaps, but I think at that point, the big thing they’ll be focusing on is Cersei’s spiral into paranoia, so I don’t think the impact will be lost too much.
/just cause you’re paranoid doesn’t mean someone’s not after you.
I like that the show is giving us Cersei’s viewpoint earlier. It’ll be that much more effective when she goes crazypants.
Ya think you could make it so the people who don’t want to read the spoilers don’t have to scroll down past the ENTIRETY of the spoilers thread?
Always wanted to capitalize entirety, so thank you sir.
Cant wait to meet Grandma Tyrell. Also Im curious how they go with Stannis and Robb because in the books theyre often viewed from afar – esp Robb – and so when pivotal stuff happens in Book 3 it wasn’t as mind-shattering as i’d imagine it will be in the show.
I didn’t find Dany’s story all that boring. Strong Balwas might be my favorite secondary character. Sorry Hodor.
Minor irritation was that when being “baptized” they are supposed to literally drown you then bring you back to life. I always thought that was pretty metal.
@Stallone
The stuff and people around her is good. Dany boggles my mind though, her decisions in 3 and 5 are maddeningly stupid.
Agreed Stallonewolf, I think Dany’s story is one of my favorite, but book two isn’t kind to her as far as action. I think people are just clamoring for her to ‘wake the dragon.’
Dany is one of my favorites, but her story involves a whooooole lot of waiting.
This is where I’ll make my obligatory recommendation that anyone who’s read the books or has no regard for spoilers check out the analysis and TV-book comparisons at westeros.org: [www.westeros.org]
I understand that the show has to make some things more explicit because it can’t go into the character’s inner monologues the way the books can, and also because you need to make some things more obvious so that your audience follows along since you can’t imply things on screen in the same way as you can in the books (at least in a way that won’t leave a significant part of the viewership behind on the story). So, in that vein, I can understand why the show has handled Renly and Loras the way they have. But the way they’re changing up Margaery’s character — by having her fully aware of the nature of that relationship and being blissfully complicit in it — is a little too HBO-over-the-top for me. I’m interested to see how it affects her character going forward in the series since she is prominently involved from here on out (at least in the books written to date), but also a bit apprehensive because of what a departure it is from how her character is portrayed in the books.
A week later, and I’m still not a fan of the Asha/Yara casting choice. I probably expected too much since she’s one of my favorite characters in the book (DON’T HATE ON MY NERD-CRUSH), but as cast she looks way too much like a female version of Balon Greyjoy. That’s a bit of a downer for me.
One last note; the thing with Lommy and Gendry’s bull helmet was a nice way to tie up the loose end from the book, where the search for Gendry just sort of ends without any real reason.
I cannot wait until we get to On the Road With Brienne and Jamie. Perfect casting. The way they filmed her she looks bigger than the Mountain.
And props to the writers for how they are handling the Theon story. GRRM wrote him as a snotty punk, but I love the depth the show is giving him.
Bunch of comments:
Re; Queen of Thorns, Maggie Smith just announced that she won’t be returning to Downton Abbey and she’d be a perfect fit for the role. The only issue is that the role isn’t very big. The big roles that have yet to be cast (Queen of Thorns, Oberyn Martell, Mance Rayder) probably aren’t big enough to draw huge names. Which is OK, the show has done fine in casting so far. Except for Shae, who has no chemistry with Tyrion.
Also, the previews for next week show Davos and Melisandre rowing to what I assume is Storms End. Do you think they’ll combine that with Renly in the tent, put Renly in Storms End instead? Also, I really want to see what Storms End looks like in the show.
@Bobby Next week is the supposed to be the first HOLY SHIT WTF episode of the season, so I’m guessing a lot goes down.
I’m just about on board with the show’s streamlining – we are losing too much good dialogue though – but if they cut the Ser Cortnay Penrose/Stannis scene out and put Renly in Storm’s End I’ll be miffed.
I’m curious how everyone compares the books to the show so far. I think the show is better in almost every conceivable way. People always want to say “the book was so much better” mainly just to sound like a pedantic ass but I think this is a clear cut example of the screen providing things that the books couldn’t.
Most notably:
The acting of Tyrion, King Robert, Joffery, Cersei, Theon, Kingslayer, Varys, and many others
The scenery and landscapes are unspeakably gorgeous
The way GRRM writes can get tiring, IMHO
And most importantly, the show is MUCH tighter
@miamidiesel I understand why they changed Loras and Renly’s relationship – a) it adds a little HBO-ness to the show, but it was a good way of showing that Margaery plays the Game of Thrones quite well in her own right, whereas in the book it was a lot of innuendo that would otherwise be hard to show on-screen.
@mrcheivous – Speaking of which, the show is one of the few that preserves and improves on the written work. I think the casting is absolutely amazing, and really gets all the characters right. Not to mention that the acting and writing is phenomenal and the way they’ve managed to condense important plot points and not leave anything significant out has been amazing.
Am I the only one who is a little worried about how they’re going to pull off the Red Wedding?
I desperately hope they include the scene with Renly and Stannis, and that apple. Could be super awesome. Next week is gonna ROCK.
Someone mentioned the Ironmen’s baptism being more of a drowning, which is totally right, and is definitely missed. The Ironmen still do seem the most metal, but they are definitely way more metal in the books.
Overall, this week was the first week that really lived up to S1, in my mind. S2E1 and E2 were good, but there was just too much ‘setting the table’ for my liking. I know the ins and outs of the story and nuances, so its a bit disappointing, to me, that my friends have to miss out on some of that, even though they don’t really realize it. We’ve glazed through a whole lot of Davos’s and Arya’s stories. Arya’s is still holding up really well, but with Davos being so prominent from here on out, it’s a shame there hasn’t been more detail there.
@Leigh- Big ups on the westeros.org re-directs. That was a good read last week, and I’ll keep reading them.
#Team Margaery. Can’t wait for the Queen of Thorns and the Red Viper.
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They’ve messed with the ages of these characters almost too much on the show. When the little Tyrell Princess and the little Stag get together, its gonna be all sorts of creepy. Although, big ups to the little guy pulling such a cougar (relatively speaking).
@ Dub_C Peach. Pretty sure it was a peach. It’ll probably be a banana in the show.
DubC said what ive been saying to my friends who havent read the books. I like the books better only because i love rich detail. I see the reasoning behind the streamlining. To do the books real justice you would have to have 20 episodes in a season.
I wished they would have done the Damphair scene where he’s drowning ironmen because indeed metal.
A minor point, to the people who have mentioned the Drowned God ceremony. Only the priest’s disciples/other priests/whatever are actually drowned. Everyone else is just anointed with sea water, if I’m remembering correctly
@Charlie Br0nze- Ah yes, a peach. Good memory. But, as per your banana mention, I really hope it goes down something like this – [westeroscommunitycollege.tumblr.com]
-I may be the only person who likes the Asha casting (her name is ASHA! I refuse to call her by that stupid name they gave her for the show). I think it was just in my head that I made her prettier than the book details her as being.
- Also, any word on the casting for Ygritte? I can’t remember off the top of my head which season she will show up in but that is the one I am eagerly anticipating!
Have a +1 Dub_C, that’s an improvement on my angle. I was thinking banana for the show’s overplaying of the Renly fruitiness. Consider that site bookmarked.
Re: the drowning ceremony, I’m wondering if they’re trying to avoid starting a try-this-at-home trend that gets them bad publicity (and, you know, causes people to drown themselves).
Ygritte should show up this season.
Agreed that Dany’s story is boring in book/season 2, but I love it in the third book (really starting late second book).
And to the person hoping they’ll do justice to the Red Wedding, Benioff and Weiss have said that before they even started making the show they just hoped they could make it to the third book because there are two scenes that they think could make classic television… am assuming the Red Wedding is one, and maybe Joff’s wedding for the other (or maybe the Tyrion/Tywin scene at the end)?
Theon wasn’t drowned in the book. He was anointed with a stream of sea water from a water skin, just like the show depicts. Babies are dipped in seawater–baptized, essentially–to commit them to the Drowned God but that’s as “drowned” as most get (unless someone is knocked off a longship). The only adults who are actually drowned and resuscitated are the religious order of the Drowned Men.
Ygritte will be played by Rose Leslie, who is known to costume drama fans as maid-turned-secretary Gwen from Downton Abbey.