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• #The dragon prince season 1 and 2 recap series#

But the greatest thing about this show is that it lifts up the curtain to say, “This is what it costs to win a war.” And so the episode began with Tywin melting down Ned’s great sword, Ice, and throwing a wolf’s pelt on to the fire. History, as Churchill famously said, is written by the victors – he could have added that when they come to write it they tidy up the loose ends and smooth away the trauma. One of Game of Thrones’ key themes is the gaping chasm between the songs sung of the noble deeds of war and the brutal reality. In particular it’s hard to see Tywin responding well to either Oberyn’s arrival or his older brother Doran’s rather pointed snub. It was quite an entrance and I eagerly await his meetings with the rest of King’s Landing’s treacherous crew. Within minutes of arriving in King’s Landing, he had stripped two whores, procured a procurer and severed the veins in a Lannister soldier’s wrist. With him, Chilean actor Pedro Pascal (of The Good Wife), all flash and swagger, had a ball. Despite a tendency to veer into Inigo Montoya territory, Oberyn (the Red Viper) is one of the most entertaining characters in the books – a lover and fighter determined to extract vengeance for his sister’s violent death. Of these, the most notable were Dornish prince Oberyn Martell and his “paramour” Ellaria Sand (played by Rome‘s Indira Varma with near combustible levels of smoulder). Two Swords barely wasted a word, managing to fill us in on most of the main players (alas, poor Stannis, I missed your dour proclamations – here’s hoping you return soon) while introducing some interesting new ones. We’re now 31 episodes into our journey through Westeros and David Benioff and DB Weiss are increasingly confident about juggling both an expanding cast and ever more complex storylines.

#The dragon prince season 1 and 2 recap series#

Hello, everyone and welcome back for what promises to be a fantastic series if this tautly paced opening episode is anything to go by. And tell him the Lannisters aren’t the only ones who pay their debts’ As ever, we are going to (hopefully) avoid book spoilers as well.Ĭlick here to read Sarah Hughes’ season three finale recap Do not read on unless you have watched season four, episode one (which airs in the UK on Sky Atlantic on Monday at 2am and again at 9pm). Spoiler alert: this blog is published after Game of Thrones airs on HBO in the US on Sunday.