Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon!

[Jess]

I hope one day that Sansa finds out that Littlefinger screwed over Ned, causing his death and ultimately caused a war between the Starks & Lannisters, also resulting in the death of her mother and brother.

And then I hope she gets some awesome revenge.

But not yet, she needs to learn the tricks of the trade from Littlefinger, first.

Good episode. Desperate to see the trial by combat.

Does anybody know why it's two weeks until the next episode?

[Del Murder]

Memorial Day holiday maybe?

[Freya]

There's no episode this week cause of memorial day.

[Shorty]

I know I'm going to be disagreed with here, but I felt like the scene between Tyrion and Oberyn in the dungeon was more powerful than Tyrion's speech in the Keep.

Good episode. I figured Lysa flying would happen soon, but I was so smurfing looking forward to the trial by combat, I've been looking forward to it all season and now we have to wait another two weeks

Pretty surprised that they showed a sensitive side to The Hound. Whenever the show strays from the books, I just keep in mind what Bunny said about the show characters being in a parallel universe than the book characters, and I remember what's been done with The Walking Dead and that the show was ultimately better than the comic book story and to just go along with it.

[Shlup]

I actually agree with you. When Oberyn was talking I almost felt the need to throw my fist in the air.

[McLovin']

Oberyn had the best acting by far in that final scene. The way he portrayed his indifference to Tyrion's "affliction" was so human. You can see the water filling in his eyes as he speaks. Then when he says "what about what I want?" was just so freakin raw, man. Tyrion's reaction when he finally hears the words "I will be your champion" just bursts with emotion, too. Like he'd just been proposed to and had this array of emotions from happiness, relief, surprise, gratitude. I cheered. Not as much as Lysa being Littlefinger'd tho.

[Jinx]

Agreed, Shorty! I thought the trial scene was great, of course, but not the special scene everyone is saying it is.

[Rostum]

I agree, I was very moved by the scene with Oberyn and Tyrion. I thought it was just as good, probably even better than Tyrion's court scene.

[Ayen]

Tyrion's speech felt a little forced to me. Oberyn's came across a lot more natural.

[Alive-Cat]

He's probably got a sore throat, or his cat jumped on his throat loads during the night.

[Loony BoB]

I still feel Tyrion's was better, but that's mostly because I felt that Tyrion was being an idiot for not realising the obvious thing that was going to be said the entire time. As soon as The Mountain was revealed as one part of the fight, Danielle instantly said "Oh, Oberyn has it in for him" and I'm sure it was Tyrion he was talking to in depth about this very thing when they first met in the city before the wedding. So for the forever clever Tyrion to be oblivious as to why Oberyn would be walking in there uninvited was beyond me. I suppose it made for good reading or something but surely Tyrion would have been aware of this possibility from the moment Oberyn started talking about it all?

[Shaibana]

There's no episode this week cause of memorial day.

thats stupid :l

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I could see Tyrion not really catch on just because at that point, pretty much everyone had abandoned him. Even Bronn, the one person he thought he could count on as his champion, wouldn't fight for him. Then comes Oberyn who has made it known that he hates all Lannisters. Normally Tyrion probably would have put two and two together, but in the state he was in at that moment he probably just assumed Oberyn came with more bad news.

[Shorty]

Yep, going to have to agree with Scotty on this. After you have hope your friends and family are going to pull through for you and they don't, after it being apparent that the entire city has zero faith or love for you, why would Tyrion assume that this stranger from another land would stand up to champion on his behalf? It's obvious to us as viewers, but I think that saying Tyrion should have known what Oberyn intended is taking credit from his character and situation.

On top of that, Oberyn has made it pretty clear that he has no interest in the personal squabbles of everyone else. Why would Tyrion hope that he would be defended by Oberyn when the man is apathetic toward his defense at best?

[Shaibana]

Oberyn will only fight for his own personal gain.
either way, for oberyn it will be a win win situation (sort of)
if he wins the Mountain will die and if he dies, he will take a lannister with him