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Deja vu.

This inevitably leads to Game of Thrones vs. Vikings...

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Not even close, The Vikings.

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I don't know. Vikings can be rather historically inaccurate and regularly glosses over the negative aspects of Viking culture.
 
The whole time I was saying just finish him Oberyn, just finish him. Surely Tyrion get's away, right? Then again, I was shocked when Ned's head hit the ground.

Take aways for me: As usual, Danerys' story sucked. Arya is still the coolest character on the show. The Mountain is slowly climbing up my favorites list. Where is Stannis and his crew? Is John Snow going to make it past the next episode; if so, will he get his hot redhead back? Ready for next week.
 
Take aways for me: As usual, Danerys' story sucked.

Danaerys without Jorah will be painful.

The Mountain is slowly climbing up my favorites list.

Mountains don't climb.

Where is Stannis and his crew?

He's around. We probably won't see him until next season though, unless they film a brief filler scene during the last episode of the season.

Is John Snow going to make it past the next episode; if so, will he get his hot redhead back? Ready for next week.

If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.
 
The trend I am seeing is that, with the notable exception of Ned Stark, they are not handling the big deaths very well. The Red Wedding looked strange to me, and it was missing some things to give it oomph. Lysa's death was fumbled due to the short-sighted design of the moon door (as a moon hatch, instead), plus a change in lines. Even Dontos' death was a little pointless given that we don't grow to care for him much in the show.

I feel the same about Oberyn. The fight was unnecessarily short and lacked a few things to make it more poignant. It wasn't the performance, but maybe more of the build up and the camera work. This is a man who's been talking about avenging his sister since he arrived, but we watch the fight from afar. His lines are delivered quickly, and he basically only has a few minutes to swing his spear around and look badass. Not only that, but it looks like the Mountain was killed, too? We won't find out for a couple of weeks there.

I guess this is only made worse because of the rest of the episode. I would have to time it, but did a story about beetles get almost as much time as the fight?
 
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