Game of Thrones begins....

[grumbler]

The episode was about women taking charge - Danny, Sansa, Cersei, Olenna, Yara, Brienne, even Margaery and Osha, they all dominated men around them. 

Dany, sure. Sansa, well she convinced a man they had common aims. Cersei & Olenna are always plotting, but did they accomplish anything this week? Yara stood up to her broken little brother who just wanted to help her, Bravo. Brienne, no idea what you're talking about. Margaery, same. Osha, dead.

Brienne's encounter with Davos and Melissandre  was pretty epic, especially with the drop the mike line about "he admitted it... just before I executed him." 

I think that the whole idea that this episode was "about women taking charge" is easily overstated, however.  It was a good inning for some women, but not for Cersei, Yara, Margaery, or Osha (who failed rather miserably).  It was definitely Dani's biggest episode to date.

[Josephus]

It was definitely Dani's biggest episode to date.

For a couple reasons at least. 

[Eddie Teach]

It was definitely Dani's biggest episode to date.

For a couple reasons at least. 

It's funny, I had just seen or read an interview where she was talking about how she didn't have to take her clothes off as much these days.

[crazy canuck]

Well, not doing something is not explaining at all, and makes people wonder why they live in fuel soaked huts.

They don't.  They were in a structure built with dried out wood located in a desert.  Its not entirely surprising that it caught fire and went up so quickly.

[crazy canuck]

In the books her control is far more discrete.

In the show she is more of a composite character.

[Grey Fox]

It was definitely Dani's biggest episode to date.

For a couple reasons at least. 

It's funny, I had just seen or read an interview where she was talking about how she didn't have to take her clothes off as much these days.

Looked very cgied to me.

[Martinus]

Brienne's encounter with Davos and Melissandre  was pretty epic, especially with the drop the mike line about "he admitted it... just before I executed him."

I also don't recall if Brienne actually looked at Melissandre when she said Renly was killed by blood magic, but I am sure Melissandre kinda went "oh shit". 

And that was right after Davos asked her what happened to Shireen. I think Melissandre should better get the hell out of the dodge.

[Jaron]

Brienne's encounter with Davos and Melissandre  was pretty epic, especially with the drop the mike line about "he admitted it... just before I executed him."

I also don't recall if Brienne actually looked at Melissandre when she said Renly was killed by blood magic, but I am sure Melissandre kinda went "oh shit". 

And that was right after Davos asked her what happened to Shireen. I think Melissandre should better get the hell out of the dodge.

Melisandre would DESTROY Brienne if she got uppity with her. She's got mad skills with the magic.

[grumbler]

It was definitely Dani's biggest episode to date.

For a couple reasons at least. 

It's funny, I had just seen or read an interview where she was talking about how she didn't have to take her clothes off as much these days.

Looked very cgied to me.

Nope. It was her.  She agreed to make an exception after she read the script.

[Grey Fox]

It was definitely Dani's biggest episode to date.

For a couple reasons at least. 

It's funny, I had just seen or read an interview where she was talking about how she didn't have to take her clothes off as much these days.

Looked very cgied to me.

Nope. It was her.  She agreed to make an exception after she read the script.

Ah.

Thank you, Miss Clarke.

[Berkut]

She is adorable.

[viper37]

It was definitely Dani's biggest episode to date.

For a couple reasons at least. 

It's funny, I had just seen or read an interview where she was talking about how she didn't have to take her clothes off as much these days.

Looked very cgied to me.

yeah, that fire was all fake!


It looks CGIed, because she was not naked in front of a crowd.  She shot her scene in some place, and the crowd was shooting elsewhere.
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/15/game-thrones-emilia-clarke-dany

[Grey Fox]

Plus the fake fire around her.

[Grallon]

Why do female breasts always look flat when released from bondage?


Anyway another good episode and quite a strong scene for Daenarys.  I assumed Jorah and her lover, whose name escapes me, had used the cover of night to douse the place with whatever alcohol the Dothraki were imbibing.  Although I seem to recall Mongols and other plains tribesmen use mostly fermented mare milk as their booze of choice - not exactly the most flammable substance.



G.

[Grey Fox]

Gravity.