Tyrion and Shae’s scene focuses on Tyrion’s fear of being burned for being a Lannister and having “no choice” in the matter of defending the city. We flash next to two vignettes of Tyrion and Shae, and Cersei and Grand Maester Pycelle, awaiting Stannis’ attack and why we as watchers maybe don’t want Stannis to win this battle. There are heroes and villains on both sides of this battle, and while we all want Joffrey gone, we don’t necessarily want Stannis to win. We don’t know who to root for in the battle to come. This is not Battle of Helm’s Deep with ten thousand ugly Uruk-Hai there to end all human life. This sense of ambiguity that Davos gives is simply glorious and filters into our perceptions as watchers and fans. High Captain Davos makes the point that there are several royal fleets and King’s Landing’s defenders see them as instruments of destruction. Matthos emphasizes that this is the royal fleet. Davos fears sailing against the royal fleet after avoiding it for most of his smuggling career. Watching the common men suffering in putrid conditions as great lords stand atop them in the fresh air emphasized the social stratification of Westeros and the terrible condition of the common people in war.ĭavos and his son Matthos have a brief conversation above-deck which displays the contrast between Davos’ realism and Matthos’ true-beliefism. This was a particularly nice touch on the part of the showrunners. Below-deck, Stannis’ men huddle in miserable conditions. We open to Davos Seaworth and Stannis Baratheon staring into a dark and uncertain horizon as hundreds of ships follow them towards King’s Landing. Instead of focusing on multiple locations and storylines, “Blackwater” directs our entire attention to one location: King’s Landing. Martin himself, “Blackwater” is Game of Thrones at its absolute finest. Directed by Neil Marshall and penned by George R.R. For now, we’ll be looking back to 2012 and Game of Thrones’ penultimate episode that saw Stannis Baratheon and Tyrion Lannister meet in epic battle.
What was all that book wankery at the start? We’ll touch on all that at the end.
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Welcome back to Watchers on the Wall’s Memory Lane series where each and every Game of Thrones episode is reviewed prior to the start of Season 6! I’m BryndenBFish, and I’ll be your tour guide for this episode. Feast your eyes on the beautiful, beautiful wildfire explosion that shot Game of Thrones into the cultural stratosphere. Where is Stannis in the rear commanding the battle from atop a high hill? Where is the clash of navies on Blackwater Bay? Where’s Tyrion’s chain? Where’s…
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