"Sometimes those with the most power have the least grace."
What is the difference between a threat and a promise? Whether in this world or the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, the only true promise in this life is death. It is, after all, the one destination that we're all inexorably headed, and while we can perhaps temporarily avoid that journey through a series of detours or byways, the night lands are the one place we all end up eventually.
Of course, the danger is increasingly higher for those enmeshed in the war for control of the Iron Throne than, hopefully, the readers of this review. Extending one's lifespan, staving off the various threats that rise up to hurry you on your journey, requires a certain skill of bargaining. Or the ability to play the titular game. You can choose to be a player or a pawn, or you can have that choice made for you.
The notion of threats lingers over this week's episode of HBO's Game of Thrones ("The Night Lands"), written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and directed by Alan Taylor, another fantastic installment that continues to expand the world of the series outwards and further shade the characters we've gotten to know in the first season. But throughout the action, there are increasing perils for several characters.
Arya (Maisie Williams), still in the guise of orphan boy 'Arry, and Gendry (Joe Dempsie) are threatened on multiple fronts: by the sudden arrival of the Goldcloaks with a royal warrant for Gendry, and in the fear of...
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