Kill the Boy

For the most part, this is a standard mid-season episode that advances various plotlines but it also contains one of my favorite sequences in the entire series: Tyrion and Jorah's journey through the eerie, fog-shrouded ruins of old Valerya.

This is what I've been missing from the GoT verse: the mystery and exoticism of unexplored realms. Of which there are still plenty.

Other than that, this episode is notable for more developments in Daenerys' story. Ser Barristan was the wise adviser who could hold her back from her more dragonny self.

With him gone, who's left? Missandei thinks everything Daenerys does is peachy. Follow your instincts, great. Jorah is in love with Daenerys and can't be objective. Daario just encourages her worst instincts.

I guess it's up to Tyrion now, the guy who by his own admission loves power for its own sake and who will be a hunted fugitive as long as Cersei breathes...

The focus begins with Dany, whose miscalculations and ego have caused great distress. She begins by trying to rule through fear. She brings in the city's family leaders. She feeds one of them to the dragons, a horror filled scene. We don't know at this point if the carnage will continue, or if she is making a point. At first it appears to be the former. Things change however. The most interesting story takes us back to Theon and Ramsey, the utter psychotic "possible" son. He is totally evil, embracing the fear of everyone. He is also a coward because he has only accomplished things through his being shielded by his power base. He abuses women and plays psychological games with Sansa. He knows that she is vulnerable. She has grown some and believes that Littlefinger will do something to help her, but we will see how much this trust is worth. The forces under John Snow and his people amass and head out to face the Boltons. In a nice hook, we have Jorah hoping to appease the Dragon Lady with Tyrion. Unfortunately, they are accosted by the people who have become savages because of greyscale. The concluding scene sets up an interesting road ahead.

Kill the Boy isn't as excellent as I hoped much like the previous episode, but it's still solid. Yes, the plot progression is still too slow and hasn't been advanced further and not to mention the new characters haven't been given anything to do. Despite those issues, however, everything still turned out fine.

The performances are still good, the script, despite how the slow the plot has been so far, is still well-written, the music score is still great, the scenery is still gorgeous, the sets and costumes are still nice, the directing is crisp, and the editing is smooth. So, overall, another solid episode in spite of it's slow pacing. :)

The consolidation of the power of Daennerys. The alliance of Tormund. The survive against stone men and the blesssures of Mormont. And the meet of Sansa with Theon. Simple events, seductive for the great way to define the story. The axis - the love story between Missandei and Gray Worm. A well crafted embroidery of facts and inspired use of nuances - the expectation of Lady Brienne as basic proof.

This Episode show us a lot of alliance & new relationships between characters. and it contained with a lot of pointless scene. at least this episode continue the story. with a one big death in the end.