Six episodes in with only four to go.  There’s still a lot of ground to cover in regards to all of the different threads, but everything is slowing starting to come to a head and come together.  This week’s episode had a new writer credited and whenever I see her name, it makes me very very happy.  I caught it in the credits and even backed it up to make sure I was seeing right.  Sure enough Jane Espenson worked on this episode and anytime she’s around, excellent writing is a guarantee.  The woman knows how to write complex characters and stories so this episode was a real treat.  I wish I could say the same for some of the characters though because a couple of them didn’t have such a great time.

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Things are really starting to pick up now that we’re getting further into the story.  I would imagine that the rest of the episodes will move pretty quickly.  If this season ends at the same point as the book, they have a lot of ground to cover and things start to pick up with Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things.

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