Tonight's episode of Game of Thrones finally took us to the point I'd been anticipating for several weeks now: the death of King Robert. Last week, I was so sure we'd be there, since we actually saw him out on his fateful boar hunt. But no, that development came at last tonight -- and now it's all hitting the fan.But just as interesting as the big developments from the book were, once again, the wonderful new scenes injected for the series. The discussion between Jaime and his father Tywin at the top of the hour was interesting. (And stellar work from the prop department on the dead animal carcass, by the way.) Then there was the very revealing (pun probably intended) scene with Littlefinger, perfectly setting up his duplicity at the episode's end.
I confess that I missed Tyrion this week. (Also absent, Arya, Bran, Robb, Sansa, and Catelyn and her crazy sister.) But I much prefer the tactic the writers are taking to make an entertaining and tense hour of television, even if that sometimes means benching characters for a week.
The thrill ride continues to accelerate... just three more weeks to go.
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