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“Game of Thrones” is still one of the hottest shows on television as it enters its fourth season. Despite the deaths of a handful of the characters of Season 1, the plot continues to fascinate its audience with its violence and promiscuity.
While many people are still digesting the shocking events from the Red Wedding in Season 3, Season 4’s premiere was a great start that provided the audience with hints about plotlines the upcoming season would focus on.
Arya teams up with The Hound for some good, old-fashioned revenge. Her target is Polliver, the man who stole her sword, and their tavern escapade turns into a gory slash fest. In an epic moment toward the end of the episode, Arya ends up standing over Polliver and recites what he said to her, before stabbing him in the throat.
The audience pities Jaime Lannister when he gets rejected by his sister Cersei for some casual reunion lovemaking, because, obviously, being held a prisoner was his fault. She claims that it is “too late.” Jaime just can’t seem to win right now.
Daenerys Targaryen has three rebellious dragons on her hands, who apparently are entering some sort of teenage phase and don’t need mothering anymore. The dragons should have had more airtime though, especially with a substantial CGI budget and how much hype HBO built around the dragons. If Daenerys is going to have dragon troubles, we want to be able to see more than a couple of minutes of it.
Let’s also take a moment to appreciate the sassiness of Jon Snow, everyone’s favorite illegitamate child. His ability to sweet-talk his way out of death for being a traitor is marvelous, and the show just would not be the same without his smart mouth.
This upcoming season is sure to continue pleasing its audience with more gory goodness, especially after the second episode of the season on Sunday when Joffrey died. Yes, it finally happened. When everyone thought he was just being dramatic, he was actually choking and dying. The most hated character on television will finally stop filling minds with his bragging and annoyance.
It was assumed something big would happen during the Purple Wedding, but the death of Joffery took everyone by surprise and was probably the best thing that could have happened. The series continues next Sunday with episode three, “Breaker of Chains.”
The question on everyone’s mind is: who is going to die next?