And thus began the tradition of the ninth episode of a season being one of the most shocking or most memorable.
Talk about the ultimate payoff of a season-long . The first time I watched the show, when Lancel was first forced to tell Tyrion about the wildfire, I kinda figured it was a misdirect meant to make the audience imagine a terrible weapon that'd turn out to be as underwhelming as Greek fire has usually been in visual mediums. Especially since Tyrion and Bronn considered it a myth that was as destructive as a cap gun.
I was not expecting to see that ship's hull leaking green goop, or what happened right after. I can't even count how many times I've rewatched the shot of Bronn's arrow arcing over the ships to hit its target over the last 12 years; the whole sequence is so fucking cinematic, it's breathtaking. I was already used to high quality shows with great production value on HBO, but this was an entirely new era of epics being condensed into a regular TV season schedule. The green mushroom cloud forming right after is the cherry on top.
When Joffrey "Baratheon" is smiling while Sandor Clegane looks horrified at the death and destruction in front of them, you know something fucked up just happened; if it's enough to upset The Hound -- yeah, I know, he's got a well-founded fear of fire, but still -- shit seriously just got real.
And then comes one of Peter Dinklage's best performances on the show that doesn't contain the line "I am guilty of being a dwarf!"
"Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let's go kill them!"
Review by Digital PhreakerBlockedParentSpoilers2024-05-13T00:38:56Z
And thus began the tradition of the ninth episode of a season being one of the most shocking or most memorable.
Talk about the ultimate payoff of a season-long . The first time I watched the show, when Lancel was first forced to tell Tyrion about the wildfire, I kinda figured it was a misdirect meant to make the audience imagine a terrible weapon that'd turn out to be as underwhelming as Greek fire has usually been in visual mediums. Especially since Tyrion and Bronn considered it a myth that was as destructive as a cap gun.
I was not expecting to see that ship's hull leaking green goop, or what happened right after. I can't even count how many times I've rewatched the shot of Bronn's arrow arcing over the ships to hit its target over the last 12 years; the whole sequence is so fucking cinematic, it's breathtaking. I was already used to high quality shows with great production value on HBO, but this was an entirely new era of epics being condensed into a regular TV season schedule. The green mushroom cloud forming right after is the cherry on top.
When Joffrey "Baratheon" is smiling while Sandor Clegane looks horrified at the death and destruction in front of them, you know something fucked up just happened; if it's enough to upset The Hound -- yeah, I know, he's got a well-founded fear of fire, but still -- shit seriously just got real.
And then comes one of Peter Dinklage's best performances on the show that doesn't contain the line "I am guilty of being a dwarf!"
"Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let's go kill them!"