So I have a blog

Safe to say that I completely forgot about having this blog (oops). Thats definitely going to cost me some points in class. To try to make up for that I'm going to be doing daily posts from this point on. For todays, lets do a recap of this season of Game of Thrones so far.

*Spoilers for every episode up to and including "The Climb", which aired May 5th.*


Episode 1: Valar Dohaeris

This was a great episode to kick off the third season. We open beyond the wall with Samwell fleeing the aftermath of the last season's finale at the fist of the first man. Sam continues to be useless by not only having to be saved from a wight by Ghost and Lord Mormont, but by also reveling that he failed to send off the ravens warning the night's watch about the imminent threat (his only job).
Staying North, Jon Snow gets to know the wildlings. Jon meets Tormund Giantsbane and the king beyond the wall, Mance Rayder. Jon seemingly convinces Mance that he has truly turned cloak from the nights watch.
In King's Landing we meet back up with Tyrion. He's recovered from the failed assassination attempt on him during the battle of the blackwater. There is even a subtle joke about the fact that he does not lose his nose as he does in the books. Bronn (now Ser Bronn of the Blackwater) almost gets into a fight with two of the kings guard. Despite the fact that he is now a knight, he continues to work as Tyrion's bodyguard. Even though Tyrion's plan is what saved the city, he has lost his job of Hand of the King (went to his father) and he received no credit for winning the battle (also went to his father).
In the aftermath of the battle of Blackwater we find that the Onion Knight Ser Davos survived Tyrion's wildfire scheme. He gets saved from an island by a ship that turns out to be loyal to Stannis Baratheon. Davos decides that the red priestess Melisandre is a bad influence on Stannis and that he must try to kill her, even if it means his own life in return.
The King in the North Robb Stark discovered that castle Harrenhal is almost entirely filled with corpses following the abandonment of it by the Lannisters. One of the notable people who still live there is the disgraced ex-Maester Qyburn. Note: He is going to end up being very important in the future, remember him.
Back in King's Landing Tyrion meets with his father, who is now again Hand of the King. As a reward for his services in saving King's Landing, Tyrion wants his father to acknowledge that by right, Casterly Rock is his to inherit. Tywin explodes on Tyrion and claims that he will NEVER get it, and also for good measure threatens that any more whore's found in his bed would be hanged. Just to drive home the point with him. Still in King's Landing, creepy Littlefinger pitches a plan to Sansa about helping her to escape from both the city and the reach of King Joffrey.
Across the Narrow Sea we catch up with Dany. She decides to invest in a slave army to help win back her iron throne.
Davos has a very short reunion with Stannis before he is imprisoned by him for planning to kill the red priestess. Poor Davos really never is able to catch a break.
We head back to King's Landing where Lady Margaery Tyrell is wandering around fleabottom and raising morale of all the poor folk. This blows Joffrey's mind. As someone with such disdain for the commoners he is both shocked and entranced by the fact that a highborn lady walks around with them. I think he also appreciates the fact that the love of the people is something that he needs and its something that Margaery could provide for him. Later they "enjoy" an uncomfortable dinner with Queen Cersei. She sees Margaery as a serious threat to her manipulation of Joffrey. Not only is she younger and more beautiful than Cersei, but Margaery "has her claws in him".
In the funniest scene of the episode, Dany looks at a group of Unsuillied (a prized fighting slave force). The slave owner constantly insults her, but Dany uses a translator and pretends that she does not speak High Valyrian. She uses this to not only see what the slaver is really saying, but to judge how the translator phrases everything. The episode ends with an assassination attempt on Dany from the Warlocks that she upset last season. She is saved though by her knight. Not Ser Jorah though, but Ser Barriston Selmy, formerly of the kings guard. (Widely considered the greatest knight in the history of Westeros, and he was dismissed by Joffrey in season 1 due to his old age). In the books it's not revealed yet who he is, although due to the nature of film it would be difficult to be able to hide his true identity. Barriston has come to Dany to pledge his sword for her, considering her to be the proper heir to the iron throne and the one he would give his life for.