Game of Thrones “Second Sons”

SPOILERS ABOUND IN THIS ARTICLE!  TURN BACK IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE BOOKS!!!!!

Season 3 is coming to an end.  Only two more episodes left and I’m left wondering where different plot points are going to be situated along the rest of the season.  I have predicted since they decided to split the third book between two seasons that the Red Wedding and Jofferey’s wedding would occur at the same time at the end of this season.  They have been building up to my prediction being true, but I’m still unsure if they will have the weddings in the ninth episode or the tenth.  In previous seasons, the big climax happens in the ninth episode with the tenth being a build up to next season.  In season one it was the beheading of Ned Stark.  In the second season the battle of Blackwater Bay occurred in the ninth episode.  So I feel like next week we will witness the brutal murder of the Stark family and the wonderful death of Jofferey Baratheon, which I personally can’t wait for.

The episode did bring up an interesting point that I didn’t consider while reading the book.  The arranged marriages of Tyrion & Sansa, and Cersei & Loras would have made a mockery of both families’ trees.  Jofferey would have been Loras’ brother-in-law AND his son-in-law, making himself his own uncle.  Margaery has the same predicament, just swap the genders.  This family tree tomfoolery was missed by me in the book so it was interesting to think about.

Other than that, it was business as usual in the Game of Thrones camp.  I can only scream great writing and amazing acting so many weeks before it gets old.  This show rarely stumbles, and when it does the stumble isn’t even that bad, you just get a mediocre episode.  Although, I think they would’ve had more room for interesting scenes if they would have moved some plot points up to take place during “The Climb,” although that would muddied the thematic point of that episode.  I guess I can’t complain too much.