'Game of Thrones' What You Need to Know About What Happened Before Season 1 Opens
"Game of Thrones" S01E01-02: Winter is coming, the game is on
Game of Thrones S01E03-E07: Kindness fortitude
Game of Thrones S01E08-E10: Living humble or dying noble?
Game of Thrones S07E01: Shall we begin?
Game of Thrones S07E02: The Storm Is Born
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The official title of this episode is "The Queen's Judgment" (also translated as "The Queen's Justice"). This episode can be described as the home of the queens. On the surface, this queen refers to Cersei Lannister I on the Iron Throne. In fact, there are the following queens in the play: Daenerys Targaryen, the current guardian of the Seven Kingdoms, Cersei Lan. Nest I, Olenna, Queen of Thorns, Ellaria Sand, Queen of Dorne, if you count Yara Greyjoy, Queen of the Iron Islands, and Sansa Stark, the Acting Guardian of the North, there are 6 bit.
In this episode, some of them suffered setbacks, some were in the limelight, some were tragic and withered; some cried with joy when they reunited with their loved ones, while some said goodbye to their loved ones.
The first collision of ice and fire, the intersection of characters on multiple lines, whether it is the reunion of relatives or the narrow road of friends, all show that all encounters in the world are reunions after a long absence, and there is providence in the dark.
Dragonstone Island: Old friends reunite, aunts and nephews meet
Jon Snow and the little devil meet on Dragonstone Island. Although they call each other "Bastards of Winterfell" and "Little Gnomes of Casterly Rock" , they understand that they are now different. The illegitimate younger brother of the year is now the king of the North, and the dwarf of the year now stands on the opposite side of the Lannister family and becomes the hand of the queen. Even the Onion Knights say that the place of Dragonstone has changed.
Snow and the little devil have experienced six seasons of ups and downs with each other: they have loved and lost, they have both been hurt and lost because of others' betrayal, and they have both fought heroically in large battles, from the gate of hell. Been there once.
Back then, the first acquaintances of Winterfell were sympathetic to each other because of the names of bastards and dwarfs.
Regarding the conversation about their first meeting, I have excerpted some plots from the original book and reviewed them together:
"Then bastard, let me give you some advice," Lannister said. "Never forget who you are, because the world will never forget. You have to turn resistance into help, so that you have no weaknesses. Use Arm yourself with it, and no one can use it to hurt you." Jon wasn't in the mood to listen, "Do you know what it's like to be an illegitimate child?" Just like an illegitimate child." "You are your mother's biological son, a Lannister." "Really?" The dwarf smiled bitterly. Died in childbirth, so my dad was never sure if I was his." "I don't even know who my mother is," Jon said. "It's a woman anyway." He gave Jon a sad smile. "Boy, please remember that while all dwarfs in the world may be considered illegitimate children, illegitimate children are not necessarily considered dwarfs." He turned around and hunched back to the banquet hall, humming a love tune. When he opened the door, the indoor lights clearly sprinkled his back in the courtyard. At that moment, Tyrion Lannister stood tall like a king.
Back then, Jon was still a rambunctious stunner. The little devil gave Jon's guidance one after another at Winterfell and the Great Wall of Despair, which made Jon get out of the predicament and began to trust him, and the little devil also admired Jon's talent and character. That's how friendship developed between them.
How can old friends not reunite with each other? On the way, they talked about Sansa Stark, whom they all knew well. When Snow said that he was not Stark, Long Ma's mount Drogon suddenly flew out. It was a coincidence that this sentence appeared in time .
Jon quickly got down on the ground, showing his quick reflexes and extremely high military literacy. The giant dragon that suddenly flew out and the tall and mighty Dothraki took away their weapons and ships, and the successive dismounting of Long Ma made Jon realize that this queen is not easy to mess with.
Melisandre, the first hero who facilitated this meeting, did not appear in front of Snow and the others, but hid in a high place and silently observed everything. From the conversation with her and Varys, I feel that Varys has something to say, and suddenly I feel that my praise for Varys's concern for the country and the people in the last article is a bit hasty, and his purpose does not seem to be that simple. Compared with Littlefinger's ambitions, Varys is not so simple. He can't see exactly what he wants. Either he really cares about the country and the people as he said, he is really a wise man of high realm, or he hides quite Deep bosses, big conspirators and the like, if it's the latter, it's really terrible.
The meeting between the two kings did not go well at first. As soon as Jon Snow and Onion Knight entered the hall, they saw Long Ma sitting high above. Missandei began to introduce Long Ma, adding a series of titles before her name: "The one in front of you. Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, rightful heir to the Iron Throne, rightful queen of the Andals and the First Men, Guardian of the Seven Kingdoms, Mother of Dragons, Khaleesi of the Steppe, Unburnt, Liberator."
Snow then looked at the Onion Knight. Under the shock of Long Ma's huge aura, the Onion Knight finally calmed down and said, "This is Jon Snow."
The Onion Knight was probably thinking about how to add a large title to Jon Snow. After a few seconds of silence, he only said: "He is the King of the North."
"I am the last bloodline of Targaryen, Jon Snow, make an oath and submit to me, and I will make you the guardian of the North." Long Ma emphasized that she is an orthodox royal descendant, and made Xue Xue in the name of the queen. No surrendered, and mentioned that Stark's ancestors had sworn allegiance to Targaryen.
Snow didn't give in at all. Didn't he talk about family history? He mentioned how the Mad King treated the Stark family back then. Long Ma, who was justified, apologized for her father's mistakes, but did not give up her bottom line at all. Snow's attitude was also very firm: the first thing to do now is to unite against the White Walkers. The war between you is like a child playing a house. Same.
"I was born to rule the Seven Kingdoms, and I will definitely do it." Long Ma said domineeringly that it was her beliefs that supported her to survive so many years of living in a foreign land and a life of ups and downs. She had escaped death countless times and created the world. Incredible miracle: The birth of a dragon, not seen in centuries, leads the Dothraki across the sea for the first time.
In the original book, it was mentioned that the 13-year-old Long Ma was still a girl who was homesick and longing to go home. Facing the threat of her brother Viserys "awakening the wrath of the sleeping dragon" and the savagery of Khal Drogo's gang of Dothraki, She can only give her courage and strength by reciting in her heart, "I am the descendant of the true dragon" countless times.
In the face of the aggressive dragon mother, the Onion Knight strikes out decisively. It has to be said that he is a negotiator who is good at convincing people with reason. He first said that the White Walkers sounded absurd, and then forcefully stated that Jon was not an unknown person, and should be on an equal footing with you, because he also had great achievements: an illegitimate son who was named commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch by virtue of his charisma, and was popular among the people. The sturdy North is revered as the King of the North, for his people, he fought against it; for his people, he took risks; for his people, he was pierced in the heart. He gave his own...If it wasn't for the little eyes that Jon stopped, the Onion Knight would have almost told about Jon's resurrection.
Maybe Snow feels that it is a bit inappropriate to reveal the details too early without knowing the other party at all. Long Ma's strong attitude has to make Snow think about whether she will inherit crazy genes, and the cause and effect of the resurrection. It doesn't look glorious.
The two sides refused to give in to each other. Fortunately, Varys came in to report the military situation at this time and ended the conversation. In the end, Long Ma did not forget to emphasize her attitude: "I am the legitimate queen of the Seven Kingdoms, and you claim that you are the king of the north, which is an act of public rebellion."
Varys told Long Ma that most of the sea army was almost completely destroyed, and the two allies, Yara Greyjoy and Dornish Snake, were captured.
Theon Greyjoy was salvaged by the surviving Ironborn and lay on the deck, enduring their contempt and rejection.
The little devil came to the mountain to reflect on the loss of the first battle, and happened to see Jon Snow. "I trust the eyes of the people of the city more than the common sense that everyone knows, but the human mind can't bear such detached problems, the White Walkers, the Night King, the Legion of the Dead." The little devils of the past never believed in gods . The legends of ghosts, Mormont and Snow's personal experience forced him to change his mind, but at this time, the Dragon Mother's camp and Cersei lost one after another, and the little devil no longer cared about the non-human beings such as the White Walkers.
"Children are not the same as their fathers. Fortunately, we are all like this. Sometimes, for foreign invaders and the big fools in the north, there is a mystery behind the surface." The little devil told Xu Nuo: Long Ma and Xu Nuo are both benevolent kings. Mom couldn't go to the North to fight the White Walkers for the sake of a stranger's words, and Jon's request was unreasonable. The implication is that Snow can make some reasonable demands, and he can help intercede.
However, Jon Knowing Nothing Snow had to wait until the little devil made the words so straightforward that he suddenly realized that he proposed to mine dragon crystal.
With the little devil's efforts, Long Ma agreed to Snow's request, and the relationship between the two kings finally eased. Long Ma looked at Jon Snow's back, her eyes were worth pondering, the Onion Knight's words "he was stabbed in the chest for his people" made her become interested in the man in front of her. She had never seen such a stubborn and fearless man. .
King's Landing & High Court: Reincarnation of Heaven, Karma
Euron Greyjoy returned with a great victory in the naval battle in the last episode. He took three prisoners and was cheered by thousands of people on the street of King's Landing, so he rode all the way to the Hall of the Iron Throne. I still remember the last time it was Tywin Lannister who rode into the halls of the Iron Throne so arrogantly.
His behavior has been upgraded to version 2.0, and he also brings three captives (Yara Greyjoy, Ellaria Sand, Tranee Sand) all the way to Cersei on the Iron Throne.
After teasing Jaime's hand in the last episode, Euron started teasing James again in this episode, and teasing James seemed to be a great fun for Euron.
For such a big gift from Euron, Cersei must make a gesture in order to win him over. She shrewdly told Euron that he would get his wish, but only after the victory of the war.
"Uncle, will Bran get better?" Little Myrcella asked again. She inherited all the beauty from her mother, but not the slightest bit of Cersei's vicious character.
After Cersei handles government affairs in the halls of the Iron Throne, she then goes to the dungeon to start her revenge plan: she talks to Ellaria, mentions the death of the red snake Oberyn Martell, uncovers Ella Leah's scars.
Then she did the same, putting poison on her lips, and kissing Ellaria's daughter, Treni. Cersei let Ellaria see her daughter being poisoned in prison, let her live to watch her daughter's body rot a little bit, and let her not miss a single moment. It has to be said that Cersei tied the mother and daughter of Ellaria in the dungeon, which is no worse than the Mad King back then.
After revenge, Cersei, who was in a good mood, came to James, and she seemed to see James' dissatisfaction with Yoren. Cersei has her own take on balancing Field Commander Jaime and Navy Commander Euron. The next morning the servant came in and knocked on the door to deliver the letter, and James avoided it, not wanting anyone to see it. Cersei said domineeringly: "I am the queen, here are my seven kingdoms, I can do what I want." Just as she taught her son Joffrey many years ago: "One day, you will sit on the Throne, what you say is what you say."
"If there is a father, there must be a daughter, and that's true."
A representative from the Braavos Iron Vault comes to visit, supposedly to urge Cersei to repay the debt as soon as possible. Cersei pointed out that apart from her, Iron Vault has no better investment targets, because it is impossible for a revolutionary like Long Ma to stand on the same line as Iron Vault.
Cersei did the landowner's favor, asked him to stay in King's Landing, and swore to pay off all debts within half a month. When you watch the end of this episode, you will understand why Cersei is so confident.
As early as the fifth episode of the fourth season, Tywin and Cersei talked about the iron vault of Braavos, and the gold mines of Casterly Rock have been exhausted long ago (which is equivalent to the fact that Casterly Rock has no strategic value at all, which is small. The devil is not clear), the royal family owes the Iron Vault a lot of money, and cannot win over a specific person in the Iron Vault, the only way is to repay the money. So after Joffrey's death, Tywin wanted Cersei to marry the Knight of Flowers, in order to gain the support of the wealthy Highgarden.
At that time, Gao Ting's army was strong and strong, and its strength should not be underestimated. If Lannister attacked Gao Ting at this time, there was no chance of winning or even more debts to the Iron Vault. This also explains the Queen of Thorns' question: Why didn't Tywin capture Highgarden when the gold mines were exhausted? It's a pity that the Queen of Thorns will have to go down and ask Tywin this question in person.
"My sister's army will fight for her out of fear, and the Unsullied will fight for something greater. They will fight for freedom and those who gave them freedom, they will fight for you, so they will surely win ."
Spiritually speaking, the Unsullied are indeed invincible, but they encounter Euron, who is extremely fast and has cheated. They took the Casterly Rock City from the sewer raid that the little devil said. Grey Worm felt that the enemy was too small to succeed so easily.
He looked towards the sea, sure enough. Euron's ships came to burn all their ships, the Unsullied had no ships and no food, and the back road was cut off, which was equivalent to being besieged in Casterly Rock. Grey Worm really did well in the last episode, and this is the rhythm to sacrifice.
From the map, Euron was really busy. He accepted Cersei's invitation from the Iron Islands and rushed to King's Landing. From King's Landing, he passed through Blackwater Bay and fought a fierce naval battle near the Sea of Dorne, killing Grey. Joey and Dorne's fleet, and then returned to King's Landing to receive the reward, and finally rushed to Casterly Rock City to cut off the Unsullied's retreat. Maybe the map says one thing, but the reality is something else.
Jaime Lannister adopted the tactic of Robb Stark, the young wolf master, who captured himself in the Whispering Forest. Armor power, he assembled the main Lannister troops and marched towards Highgarden, followed by Sam's father Randall Talley and the little devil's former friend and entourage, Bronn.
Watching the army marching towards her city gate, the Queen of Thorns looked calm, maybe she had been ready from the moment she decided to take revenge, and the time to come is still here. With the sad tone of "The Rains of Castamere", Jaime walks into the Queen of Thorns' room.
The Queen of Thorns is the Queen of Thorns. Before she died, she did not forget to blacken Cersei, saying that she was a terrible devil and sow a seed of alienation.
Jaime defends Cersei, saying her methods are cruel, but well-meaning: "When people live peacefully in the world she created, do you really think they'll blame her for the way she created it?"
The Queen of Thorns saw Jaime's affection for Cersei and went after her, saying that Cersei had a disease that would destroy Jaime, make him lose control, and one day he would regret it.
What follows is the best scene: Jaime pleads with Cersei for the Queen of Thorns, only to kill her with a glass of poisoned wine to make her less painful. The Queen of Thorns drank poisoned wine, died generously, then told the truth about poisoning Joffrey, mocking Jaime's good intentions: "Tell Cersei I want her to know I did it."
The endless Tyrell family was destroyed in this way. When we watched the first season, we sympathized with the tragic experience of the Stark family, but now, in contrast, Stark has come through hardships, and it is really a feng shui turn.
In addition to Euron, Cersei is also an open existence in these three episodes: persuading the princes of the Reach for their own use, forming an alliance with Euron Greyjoy, destroying the Dragon Ma navy, balancing the two commanders of the sea and land, Wisdom fights the Iron Vault and recovers the High Court.
The failure of the two major battles of the Long Ma camp was not only due to the tactical mistakes of the little devil, but mainly due to the lack of generals with military talents. Cersei understands Long Ma's strategic deployment so well, either it is really open, knowing herself and the enemy, the screenwriter needs to force the two sides to achieve a balance for the plot, or there are traitors in Long Ma's camp: eliminating the little devil and leaving Missandei and Varys.
Long Ma lost two allies, Dorne and Highgarden one after another, and the navy suffered heavy losses. She only had the potential ally in the North.
Winterfell: Hello, Sansa.
Before Jon went to Dragonstone, Sansa handed over all affairs in the North to Sansa, and Sansa also methodically ordered her subordinates to make all preparations, showing her leadership skills.
Littlefinger seized every opportunity to sell his theory of thick black science to Sansa (Mr. Li Zongwu once wrote in his book "Thick Black Science" during the Republic of China: The so-called thick black science should have a thick skin but invisible, and a black heart. And colorless, in this way can become a hero.).
Littlefinger's words sounded plausible on the surface: the battle wasn't limited to being in the south or the north, every situation had to be taken into account. It feels great that you can't fault it, but it always feels like something's wrong. He told Sansa not to trust anyone, a little provocative.
Judging from Sansa's expression, although she doesn't fully believe in Littlefinger, she does agree with his ideas. If Bran hadn't returned to Winterfell at this time, I don't know what Littlefinger would have said.
"Hello, Sansa." Bran calmly greeted his sister. Sansa rushed to hug Bran excitedly. Bran's expression was still calm. He was no longer the teenager who wanted to be a knight.
The siblings came to the heart tree, and Sansa happily said to Bran: "You are now the Duke of Winterfell." (This sentence once again shows that blood relationship is far superior to everything), but Bran always has the world's love. I don't understand my loneliness.
At this time, Sansa's heart was broken: I kindly told you that if you have the opportunity to become king, you not only don't care, but also say something that I don't understand.
old town academy
Fortunately, Xuecheng finally no longer has anything to do with food. With Sam's help, Jorah Mormont's greyscale is cured. In order not to implicate Sam, who violated the rules of the academy, he could only open his eyes and talk nonsense, and kept silent about Sam's deeds. Jorah Mormont leaves the Citadel to find Her Majesty the Queen he longs for.
Nothing could be hidden from Dr. Marwin, who did not criticize Sam too much, but affirmed Sam's ability and character. He didn't kick Sam out of the academy, he just punished Sam to re-copy the rotten manuscript, and he didn't know what secrets Sam would discover in the process of copying.
Commander-in-Chief Jeor Mormont may not have imagined that Sam would be grateful for his kindness and save his son's life. Ellaria Sand would not have thought that the kiss of the viper would cause the pain of losing her daughter today. Life is such a causal cycle, so what is sown will reap the fruits. Those who sow the cause must eat the fruit.
PS. This episode broke records again with over 6200 words written. Thank you for your patience in reading such a long page.
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