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As HBO posters have reminded us: “War is Coming.” Maybe the Lannisters would have a stronger grip on the throne had they not beheaded the realm’s most honorable Lord, Eddard Stark, put a bastard, incest-born son in as king, kidnapped their two daughters and told everyone else to basically stick it. Even Tyrion’s charm is dubious when the concern he shows for the Stark captive-queen is only measured by what she can do for the Lannisters. They are an old, powerful family who care nothing but for their own advancement at all costs. We hate him, and pretty much all the Lannisters (save Tyrion) with a passion. Did he ever think she might still be upset over the fact that he beheaded her beloved father Ned Stark? Nope. We open on the evil tween king Joffrey watching men fight to the death while berating his young tween wife/queen for basically breathing. However, since this is all epic fantasy it makes it bearable to endure.

The problem is that the episode ends on a scorch: The premiere contains some of the most grizzly scenes probably witnessed on television - even by Thrones standards. Last but not least we catch up with Dany, still on the march through the desert lands and still as dragon-loving and mythic as ever. They are even more honorable and immensely likeable at the beginning here as Robb wages war. As bad as the Lannisters are the Starks are good. A secret that drove much of the action in season 1 is nicely exposed in this episode so we know we will be on to new stories and new developments. The evil tween king is, in fact, a Lannister.

The Lannisters - still as creepy, corrupted and twisted as ever - are in the midst of losing the throne, in part due to their own idiocy and hubris and in part due to the fact that the king is there by fraud. The evil tween king Joffrey has a precarious grip on the throne (although he’s too maniacal to realize it) and Robb Stark is planning to wage war to avenge his father’s ignoble death. But that’s okay, I like that each character gets equal screen time and I like the slow build to the start of season 2. In episode 11, “The North Remembers,” all the characters seem to be marching toward the finish line from the story developments of season 1 - and they cross it at a crawl. We pick up where we left off in season 1 for the season 2 premiere of Game of Thrones on HBO. It seems we will still be waiting for the best of times in Westeros for quite a while.

It was the worst of times, it was the… worst of times.

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