Comments on: Review & Recap: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 3 Slowly Rises From The Ashes of ‘Battle Of Blackwater’ In Episode 1, ‘Valar Dohaeris’

By: T.

T. — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:20:15 +0000

Did you notice that in the opening credits, smoke rises out of Winterfell? I thought it was nicely done and a reminder to what happened to the castle at the end of Season 2.

By: MS

MS — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:20:15 +0000

Good recap. I thought that conversation between Tyrion/Tywin was so brutal – and so good. Almost verbatim from the books. That's an extremely important conversation in the course of their relationship. It'll be interesting how they handle it. I also liked that they ventured away from the books and didn't go through the whole Barristan Selmy plot where he pretends to be someone else for a while before finally making the 'big reveal' – it worked in the books but wouldn't on TV since we would be able to see right away that it was Selmy. Have you read the books by the way?

By: jchoffler

jchoffler — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:20:15 +0000

the castle in the Westerlands is actually Harrenhall, the place Arya was taken last season and served Tywin. (Which is shown in the opening credits) The Mountain (Not Theon's Men) abandoned it and slaughtered all the northern prisoners.