Season 4, Episode 8 - 'The Mountain and the Viper', HAVE read the books.

Nerdlingr wrote: »

Yeah that scream. Jaysus, pure agony. Loved the reactions of ellaria and tyrion as well. I thought in the book he kept on bashing his head instead of 'head popping' him but cant really remember. Amazing scene though, like others here I wish it had gone on longer.

I did like how one punch from The Mountain knocked out his teeth, harks back to Bronn telling Tyrion why he wouldnt fight him given his brute strenght.Even Jaime looked impressed with Oberyn's moves and lets be honest aside from a few slip ups he was handing the Mountain his ass throughout that fight, it was really well done.

What on earth was that manservant doing with Oberyn's blades prior to the fight? Hope he wasn't cleaning off the poison. :eek:

Holy mother of god but Sansa was looking well, err I mean...drat the viper is dead :P

Arya's laugh was brilliant, I just love Maisie Williams too. It was a clever way of showing how broken Arya has become that she finds the death of her Aunt just before arriving hysterical. I'm curious about where they're taking the Stark sisters' stories as both have us in unsullied territory. How does Arya end up anywhere but being reunited with Sansa from that point? The twist in her story that Maisie mentioned may not be the gift of mercy at all.

The fight was a little short but wow that was so gruesome. Pedro Pascal was fantastic this season and we'll all be sorry to see him go, but what a way to go it was!

Poor Jorah, but Barristan was such a good guy in the way he handled it. Hopefully as he becomes more prominent next season he won't suffer from the very ham-fisted acting of Emilia Clarke. Maybe that's harsh but dafuq was she looking at?

Great shot of Winterfell too. I really enjoyed that episode and just 2 more to go.

TimeToShine wrote: »

The fight scene was pretty much perfect. Could have done with Tyrion getting sick at the end but otherwise couldn't have been any better.

I knew there was something missing. and his "i'm feeling more innocent by the minute" line

Liam O wrote: »

Emilia Clarke is hamming up scenes far too much. Another poor performance in this one. Her overacting is getting really tiresome.

Completely agree, she's becoming the worst part of the show for me, while Alfie Allen is becoming one of the best, another great performance from him.


Feel like most here that the fight could have been longer, but it was awesome. I'm pretty ok with gruesome stuff most of the time but I had to look away during the eye gouging :eek: Oberyn was such a fantastic character, pity he was so short-lived, but at least he went out with a bang!

TimeToShine wrote: »

I think the next episode is all based at Castle Black so it should cover the first three.

The last episode should cover the rest, but I'm not too sure if

Jon will be announced as LC of the Nights Watch this season or if they'll wait till next year

Why are you putting that in spoilers? This is the thread for people who have read the books.

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

What's with the spoiler tags?

That end was probably the most gruesome scene in all of GoT. It felt so unexpected even though I knew it was coming! I don't think he crushed his eyes in the book though.

And Sansa


Seriously, what's more important?

He did, this is the passage from the book:

"Elia of Dorne," they all heard Ser Gregor say, when they were close enough to kiss. His deep voice boomed within the helm. "I killed her screaming whelp." He thrust his free hand into Oberyn's unprotected face, pushing steel fingers into his eyes. "Then I raped her." Clegane slammed his fist into the Dornishman's mouth, making splinters of his teeth. "Then I smashed her ****ing head in. Like this." As he drew back his huge fist, the blood on his gauntlet seemed to smoke in the cold dawn air. There was a sickening crunch. Ellaria Sand wailed in terror, and Tyrion's breakfast came boiling back up. He found himself on his knees retching bacon and sausage and applecakes, and that double helping of fried eggs cooked up with onions and fiery Dornish peppers.

That was glorious. The fight could have been a bit longer but what we got was brilliant. Absolutely did it justice.

Not sure about the changes, but the scenes at The Eyrie were great. Looking forward to more 'Alayne' less Sansa.

Thought Arya's laugh was a bit weird. Her scenes have been quite polarising for me. Killing of Rorge and Polliver were two of the highlights of the season, but some of the lines to the farmer and his daughter along with that laugh felt very jarring and out of place. I'd prefer a more stoic Arya.

Grey Worm and Missandei... why?

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It's the little details

Should definitely post the Royce pic^ over on the non reader thread to show them how connected it all is.

Arya laughing was like it was a blooper, was a bit weird.