Last week Game of Throne producers David Benioff and Dan Weiss promised that the season finale was their ‘finest hour ever’.  Its awesomeness intimidated them, they said.

Wow.  Just wow. Let me say that again, wow.  So, that was pretty intense, gripping…(insert adjective here).  I think I need a moment to breathe. Or maybe I need to hit rewind.

Thank the Old Gods and New; Game of Thrones is back, even if it is just for a few more weeks.  And in “The Mountain and The Viper”, story lines are starting to be tied up, while others are beginning to open up.

After the emotional peak that was Tyrion’s courtroom speech last week, the question was always whether Mockingbird would reach the same dizzying heights. It had a lot to live up to and in it’s own way, it measures up.

Years ago, when they first began casting for Game of Thrones, book readers worried WHO, if anyone, would be able to do justice to the character of Tyrion Lannister. 

Half way through the season and still so many questions to be answered, yet so many questions HAVE been answered. 

“No, no, no. This is not how it happened in the books.  This is not how it was supposed to happen. What has HBO done?”

After the much-anticipated Purple Wedding saw the demise of the Caligula-esque King Joffrey, you’d be forgiven for thinking GoT would let us lay back, light up a cigarette and enjoy the moment.