Too bad the same cannot be said of the trip to the Iron Islands. "Did you pay the iron price for it or the gold?" And I wouldn't throw Carice Van Houten off my war table either.
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And while the pair actually having sex is another example of an implied relationship in the book made explicit in the series (remember Renly and Loras), it is a logical step for the visual version and impressive because the nudity is not used to mask exposition. However, with the stunning show of hypocrisy that comes after - Stannis, the hater of all oath breakers breaking his marital oath by bedding Melisandre - perhaps it is Davos who is putting all of his faith in the wrong leader? While much of the rest of the episode felt a little bit flat, once again the Dragonstone sequences worked quite well, largely because of the performances and a sense that their story is actually progressing, laying down more set-ups (30 ships for an attack) while also paying off previous ones (Melisandre seducing Stannis). Melisandre is pretty much the embodiment of the seductress - with all her red and fire and mystery - so it's no surprise to see her use her feminine wiles on the rigid Stannis.ĭavos is busy convincing his old pirate buddy to join their fight against Kings Landing as well as keeping his religious son from putting too much faith in, well, Faith. His comment is also perfect to kick off the Dragonstone sequence because it highlights sexuality as another kind of feminine power (even if he intends to, uh, take the queen), one that's especially familiar in the fantasy genre and highly relevant to this narrative thread. Salladhor Saan's comment may be a bit crude but it was a bit refreshing to hear two rational men talk about the irrationality of religion, another one of the big themes riding all the way through the Game series, one obviously closely linked with power.
"The one true God is between a woman's legs." At least then the desperate and dire nature of their circumstances would have felt compounded by the loss of the blood of her blood and the scene would have had added dramatic weight and not just played like another obligatory visit across the sea. The brief scene in the 'Waste' with Daenerys, Ser Jorah and her starving Khalasar would have been much better had it been paired with the similar one-off in the season premiere (a scene I said felt wedged in purely out of a need to satisfy audience dragon-lust).
However, even though the sequence in 'The Red Waste' manages to hit the thematic concerns on the head (or nose), just like last week it lacks narrative momentum and any sense of development (story, character or otherwise). Leadership and power are not only a man's game, especially the case when the show joins our Khalessi across the Narrow Sea. "The Night Lands" is not only concerned with outlining how the gender roles differ from region to region across the Game of Thrones globe but it also encourages audiences to ponder the show's overall thematic concerns - power, leadership, governance, honor - in gender terms as well.
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