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Who is this mysterious man? And is his non-standard syntax the source of all his power? Is he a genie? I think he is a genie. It made me so happy to see Arya catch a break, I half expected the episode to go out on a jaunty French song, like an ironic Mad Men kicker. Arya gains a new ally in Jaqen H’ghar, who - annoying distaste for definite articles aside - proves to be a very useful friend indeed, killing the torturer known as “the Tickler” on Arya’s command. In fact, “The Ghost of Harrenhal” seemed downright chipper at times. I’m a sucker for a good sisterhood bonding scene (even when it comes with slightly creaky lines about “a woman’s courage”), but it’s especially good to see some rays of light break through the long, dark, terror-filled night that is Game of Thrones.

In a show that’s often so grim, so focused on how terrible people can be to each other, it was a refreshing change of pace to see the brokenhearted Brienne (“I only held him that once, as he was dying”) turn her sorrow and rage into something that felt - dare I say it? - positive, by pledging herself to Catelyn. (There must be a healthy legion of Bronn-ienne shippers out there, right?) The two set off, Thelma and Louise–style, forming a feminine counterpart to the muscle/brains duo of Bronn and Tyrion.

Thankfully for those of us who’ve been feeling gore-fatigued lately, Renly’s death was relatively quick, allowing us to focus on the far more interesting point of Brienne’s wild, berserker grief.Ĭatelyn tells Brienne - as Margaery and Littlefinger will tell a red-eyed Loras in the following scene - that she can’t avenge her beloved if she’s dead and urges Brienne to flee with her after the big gal kills a pair of guardsmen in self-defense. Melisandre’s smoke monster kicked off the episode by blowing into Renly’s tent and - with Catelyn and Brienne watching in horror - skewering the jolliest contender like a smoked ham. We’ve reached the halfway point of season two, and suddenly there’s one fewer king clashing for the Iron Throne.

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