So far every episode of this show has been epic, and I don't mean that in some hyperbolic, stoned surfer way. Each week something gigantic happens, usually violent. Sansa is whisked away by the Fool, Dontos, who is then shot through with an arrow by Baelish, who we now know was behind the plot to kill Joffrey (I think). I warned you that this crap is too confusing for my right brain.
Anya and Sandor rip off some poor farmer and his daughter after he graciously lets them stay with him and eat a fine rabbit stew. The whole thing actually reminded me of the Bundy Ranch standoff in Nevada, where a rich cattleman has been illegally grazing his cows on federal land because he says it's "the people's land," and he doesn't recognize the federal government. The dialogue in Game of Thrones was perfect:
"Seven blessings to you," says the farmer.
"What do you want," says Sandor back, curtly.
"What do I want?" replies the farmer. " It's my land."
"When I'm standing on it it's my land," says Sandor. All they need now is a militia, which frankly is basically all that exists in the Seven Kingdoms anyway -- bands and hordes of armed marauders.
But the real Greek tragedy came in the form of Cercei and Jaime over their inbred son's dead corpse. Cercei implores her brother to kill Tyrion, whom she is sure has taken away her beloved psychopath, Joffrey. "No," he says, citing the fact that Tyrion is his brother, and far be it for him to ever traverse the bounds of morality with a sibling. He then proceeds to try and have sex with Cercei, natch, because being at the sepulchre of the unholy result of your forbidden love does make one frightfully horny. She resists, sort of, but they end up having sex; this is being billed as a rape scene, and perhaps it was in the book, but I can't help but think she probably took a glimmer of joy from it.
Finally, we come to stoic, serious-faced Daenerys atop her goddamn horse, leading her goddamn armies to collect more slaves for the afterlife. (Oh wait, no, that was the Zodiac Killer.) She arrives at the last gigantic collection of slaves in the kingdoms and catapults slave-collars at them, which at first seemed like a bad idea until i realized she was using them as proof that she had freed thousands just like them. (I told you I was slow!) Anything that gets her closer to her final destination, The Throne, is fine by me because this is taking forever, and I can't listen to her enunciated in those other languages much longer.
The mystery to me is how Tyrion is going to get out of the huge mess he's found himself in. Apparently in King's Landing you have a right to a speedy trial, because he is about to be tried and, we assume, found guilty of Joffrey's death in just a few days after the event. Hey, they never said "guilty until proven guilty" wasn't also in the Constitution.
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