Game of Thrones – favorite scenes

This is a favorite scene but it;s subtle. The great warrior lord Stannis discovers the bookworm Sam may be learning something about the Walkers. At first you think Stannis, who really is an ironclad ruthless warrior, will disdain Sam for his bookishness. Sam’s father had resented Sam and told him that either Sam join the Night Watch or he will be killed in a “hunting accident.” Stannis brings up Sam’s father, and you think that’s where the scene is going, comparing the warrior to the disappointing son, Sam. But then Stannis surprises Sam, and his dedicated warrior single-mindedness ends up surprisingly validating the disowned bookish son. Sam is empowered to be who he is at heart, in an unexpected way and from an unexpected source.

This is one of the great scenes in the entire series. Lady Brienne is not supposed to be a knight because she is a woman, yet she is charged with escorting the great but now crippled Jamie back to King’s Landing. Jamie has just lost his hand. He intrudes in a bath with a much put upon Brienne but wearily says don’t worry, not interested. When Jamie sarcastically hints she failed to protect her last lord, she is offended and drops all concerns but honor (Jamie does not know that Brienne was not at fault for what happened to Lord Renly). Her sense of knightly honor overcomes everything in the scene and influences the normally imperious (but also maimed) Jamie.

wv wrote:

Yes, GOT has many quiet non-battle, non-soap-opera scenes that are quite good. Like that one, with Stannis.

Good dialogue on that show.

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v

Yes. Though I find it to be a bit up n down, though I don’t mind that fact. Some scenes are just poorly done. (I generally find those scenes in the Daenerys narrative. I know I am supposed to like that narrative, but I don’t as much.) (Which, again, is fine.)

wv wrote:

zn wrote:

wv wrote:

Yes, GOT has many quiet non-battle, non-soap-opera scenes that are quite good. Like that one, with Stannis.

Good dialogue on that show.

w
v

Yes. Though I find it to be a bit up n down, though I don’t mind that fact. Some scenes are just poorly done. (I generally find those scenes in the Daenerys narrative. I know I am supposed to like that narrative, but I don’t as much.) (Which, again, is fine.)

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Yes, up and down.

I find the actress who plays Daenerys to be the weakest link
in the whole series. She is no Meryl Streep.
Maybe its the writing, but I think its mainly her.
I also think her captain of the Unsullied was miscast.
No way that skinny kid would be in charge of a band of spartan warriors.

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v

I may be alone in this, but I actually like the Danaerys actress and character. But I think you’re correct about the Unsullied . . . though I’d say it’s the entire outfit. They were set up as this invincible fighting force initially, in both the books and the TV show, but in the show, they seemed to turn into a second-rate force all too quickly. The Sons of the Harpy got the better of them in two key scenes, and the Unsullied just looked flat. Obviously a matter of abysmal coaching, from the position guys on up to the HC. Not enough F bombs, apparently.

They need Mike Wauffle, at least.