Without the sense that both were driven despair their choices became more selfish than grief-stricken, and thus less understandable.Īll of which makes me sound like a moany old witch and I would stress that I have loved this season, flaws and all.
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I’m not sure why the writers decided not to have Robb and Catelyn believe they were dead but it lessened both Catelyn’s decision to free Jaime and Robb’s to marry. The most mishandled storyline of all, however, was that of Bran and Rickon. When it did reach its endgame we were barely aware of the very real conflict driving his choice. Similarly we trudged endlessly through the snow with Jon yet his storyline barely progressed. That’s not to say that Stephen Dillane wasn’t impressive, more that the force of what he gambled and ultimately lost was lessened by the amount of time he spent off stage. For example we probably could have done without seeing Dany for a couple of episodes given our brief glimpses of her consisted largely of her shouting about her dragons but by benching Stannis we lost a lot of the power of his tale. Yes, it’s hard to marshal a huge cast and a number of disparate storylines but I felt that the writers often dropped the wrong strands. But, while I agree with him about the innovative structure, this season has not been without its failings.Ĭhief among them was the pacing.
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Todd VanDerWerff, TV editor for the AV Club, makes a compelling argument as to why series two has actually been more impressive than series one.
Thousands will die at your command…you will betray everything you once held dear’Īnd so a fascinating if flawed season came to an end with well-paced final episode that left us with the feeling that this story is really only just beginning.
For the purposes of this blog we are also going to (hopefully) avoid book spoilers as well. Spoiler alert: Don’t read on if you haven’t watched all ten episodes of Game of Thrones Season Two.
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