First and foremost I felt like Sunday's episode of HBOs Game of Thrones The Prince of Winterfell was, like the previous episode A Man Without Honor, a filler episode thats main purpose was to build up towards next weeks penultimate Blackwater. This is because although there were many interesting things that occurred, the whole episode felt like it was just preparing for the next episode wherein Stannis and his army will finally reach Kings Landing, resulting in a battle between Joffrey's men and Stannis' See the video below for a preview of this battle:
Like the Season 1 episode The Pointy End, Blackwater is written by A Song of Fire and Ice author George R.R. Martin (the series of books Game of Thrones is based on) , meaning its sure to be a good one that captures the essence of the book perfectly. All of that being said there were many interesting things that occurred in last nights episode. Firstly there was a great deal of development between Theon Greyjoy and his sister Yara, who gives us some insight into the relationship she and Theon had prior to the Starks capture of Theon. The episode also deals with Theon's troubles trying to control Winterfell. The budding romantic relationships of Tyrion Lannister and Shae, as well as of Robb Stark and Lady Tarisa are also developed further when both couples declare their love for each other in verbal ways as well as physical.
Arya's troubles at Harenhaal are also developed further when, using her last request of Jaqen, she is able to escape with Gendry and Hot Pie, which they're also able to do since Tywin is riding off to fight Robb. Not only is this development great because Arya has escaped, but also because it means that in future episodes there will be more insight on the character Gendry, who I love because he's portrayed by actor Joe Dempsie, who is most well known for portraying Chris on Skins, one of my personal favorite shows. Other notable but somewhat minor events include; Jon Snow being taken to the Wildling commander the Lord of the Bones where he is told of Mance Rayder's plan to storm the wall, Sam and Gren finding a buried Nights Watch cloak containing a horn and Dragon glass, and thankfully, it being revealed that both Rickon and Bran are still alive. So all in all, although mostly a filler or build up episode in preparation for next week's Blackwater, The Prince of Winterfell, like all episodes of Game of Thrones didn't fail to impress me, with its greater focus on the development of character relationships, and Arya's situation.God Damn is Arya bad ass.
