The first scene showing the Freys parading around with Grey Wind's head on Robb's body was unexpected, I didn't think they would show that scene on the show! The worst part about it was that Arya saw the whole thing. But Arya ends up getting a bit of revenge when she comes across some of the participants in the Red Wedding and kills the men with the help of the Hound. It was a bit of foreshadowing of who Arya will become, and it will be awesome!
I'm not going in order with what happened because I just don't remember- so many characters that it goes back and forth between.
So on Dragonstone: Davos releases Gendry when he knows that Gendry will be sacrificed by Melisandre to the God of Light. There was a lot more insight into Davos that was interesting; he and Gendry started off similarly in Flea Bottom, the slums of King's Landing. Stannis is furious when he finds out and orders Davos' death, but when Melisandre looks into the flames and sees that the battle is not going to be against the other kings but against the white walkers in the north, and decides that Davos should live. I'm very much looking forward to them going north to the Wall.
Speaking of the Wall, Jon Snow is on his way back to the Nights Watch when Ygritte finds him. She is very obviously feeling betrayed, and shoots Jon with 3 arrows before he escapes from her and makes it back to the Wall.
Bran and his entourage make it through the Wall and in the meantime run into Sam and Gilly. Sam figures out that Bran is Jon Snow's brother (now the first one besides Theon to know that he is still alive!!) Sam and Gilly make it to Maester Aemon, and Gilly and her baby will stay as guests at the Wall. This is also leading up to something, but I won't spoil it.
We got to see Theon (Reek) this week, who is still being tortured, and it is revealed that his torturer is Ramsay Snow, the bastard of Bolton, a betrayer of Robb Stark and the North. Certainly we now know they're a family to be reckoned with. It also makes me quite uncomfortable that the Bolton house sigil is a flayed man. A 'part' of Theon is sent to the Greyjoys on the Iron Islands, and his sister is going to make a valiant move to rescue him from Ramsay.
In King's Landing, Joffrey is still being a complete terror of a King, but Tywin Lannister, terrifying as he always is, puts him in his place. Tywin also always has a way of making his son Tyrion feel worse about himself, and says that he wanted to throw him into the sea when he was born. Picture perfect family right there.....not.
The final scene of the show brought us to Daenerys where she is waiting at the gates of Yunkai for the slaves that she freed to leave the city. They all say 'Mhysa' which means 'mother' and carry her through the crowd.
I know I'm forgetting some parts but hopefully nothing too important. This episode was more for tying up loose ends rather than starting up anything new. It would've been interesting if they had ended this season with the Red Wedding rather than it having been the previous episode and left a crazy cliffhanger, but I am looking forward to next season and seeing the second half of A Storm of Swords onscreen!
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